In this update: another version of the sex scene from The Imperial Edition, and a link to Gore Vidal’s original script.
There’s a new “Caligula: The Ultimate Cut” with previously unviewed scenes of Helen Mirren (and others). Mirren even offers a Full Heche and a spread-legged shot as she rolls over. What I find intriguing about this is that the new cut allegedly consists entirely of footage never seen before: alternate takes, alternate angles, deleted scenes, etc.
Variety’s review of the film.
Red band trailer here.
UPDATE: Helen Mirren – open leg shot as she rolls over.
Captures:
Film clips here. The top one is the one with the open-leg shots.
UPDATE:
About 15 years ago, a very poor quality alternate cut of this scene appeared in the extras of the three-disk issue called The Imperial Edition. Yes, that was yet another cut from completely different angles. Obviously, they shot a ton of coverage for this film. God knows how many more versions can be milked out of this.
Also naked in the new footage: Teresa Ann Savoy.
At this moment, it seems that the only place you can buy The Ultimate Cut is Spain. Other releases, including theatrical, are planned.
UPDATE:
Gore Vidal wrote the first draft of this screenplay, but the film bore little or no resemblance to his script, so he sued to have his name removed from the film and its publicity. You may remember all of that, but you might not remember that there was a novelization of Vidal’s original script. I have that paperback somewhere in the chaos that is my book collection. It originally sold for $2.25, but is now going for eighty bucks on Amazon Marketplace (even more elsewhere!) Instead of buying a crappy eighty-dollar paperback, you can read Vidal’s actual script for free.