In 2024, art historian Thomas Negovan undertook an ambitious project to “rescue” Caligula’s reputation. Using hours of previously unreleased footage, Negovan re-edited the film to restore Gore Vidal’s original vision of perverse power. Featuring the talents of Helen Mirren as Empress Caesonia, Peter O’Toole and John Gielgud as Emperor Tiberius and his advisor Nerva, and Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange) as Caligula, Calgary Cinematheque proudly presents the latest incarnation of Rome’s most infamous tyrant: Caligula: The Ultimate Cut.nauguration of the most infamous tyrant of Rome, Caligula: The Ultimate Cut.