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Post by The Herald Erjen on Jul 1, 2018 0:28:52 GMT
McDowell has a massive filmography after he did Caligula. How did it destroy his career?
The version I originally saw had all the hardcore scenes and some violence modified. It was soft core sex\porn only. It lost around 10mins and actually makes it a better film. It still runs for around 2 half hours.
His post-Caligula career seems to mostly consist of TV appearances, cartoon voice overs, straight to DVD schlock, and uh...Tank Girl, so yeah I think "ruined" is pretty accurate. Though his drug abuse probably didn't help either. "Tank Girl" was a little over my head, but I thought "Blue Thunder" and the remake "Cat People" were pretty good. |
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Jul 1, 2018 0:30:31 GMT
Trivia Question: Which actor played Emperor Caligula in more theatrical movies than anyone else?
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Post by lowtacks86 on Jul 1, 2018 1:27:35 GMT
His post-Caligula career seems to mostly consist of TV appearances, cartoon voice overs, straight to DVD schlock, and uh...Tank Girl,... ...and Star Trek - Generations. And a Hollywood Star. So "ruined" is pretty inaccurate. Second billing in a mediocre, forgettable Star Trek film? Yeah, I'm sure that made him the hottest commodity in Tinseltown. They don't necessarily hand out those Stars during a an actors career peak (it took four decades after "Star Wars" for Mark Hamil to get his star) |
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Post by OldSamVimes on Jul 1, 2018 2:15:03 GMT
..I probably would have done the same thing if I was him.
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Post by lowtacks86 on Jul 1, 2018 2:19:11 GMT
Second billing in a mediocre, forgettable Star Trek film? Yeah, I'm sure that made him the hottest commodity in Tinseltown. They don't necessarily hand out those Stars during a an actors career peak ( it took four decades after "Star Wars" for Mark Hamil to get his star)And only because of the Star Wars franchise boosting him into the spotlight again with The Last Jedi. His character is iconic, not his acting.
Like I mentioned earlier, many actors aren't interested in being superstars or hot commodities. "His character is iconic, not his acting."
Which was kinda the point I was trying make. Stars being given out aren't necessarily an indicator of how "successful" an actor's career is at the time given.
"Like I mentioned earlier, many actors aren't interested in being superstars or hot commodities."
OK, but even as a "character actor" his career hasn't always been the best. Compare him to someone like say Steve Buscemi. He was never really a "huge" star or anyting, but he has still had a pretty impressive career even though he's pretty always had second billing in a movie. If you compare their careers since the 90s, Buscemi easily comes out on top. (how much straight to video and TV movies has Buscemi done compared to McDowell?)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2018 8:44:21 GMT
Hey come on all he did was to declare war on the sea. He was not insane he just hated the sea. And can you blame him ?
Ok he did some other stuff too but i am sure he had a good reason.
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Post by FilmFlaneur on Jul 3, 2018 14:38:34 GMT
Malcolm McDowell was in biopic about Caligula, the theatrical version had to be heavily cut and censored, pretty much ruined his career McDowell has a massive filmography after he did Caligula. How did it destroy his career?
The version I originally saw had all the hardcore scenes and some violence modified. It was soft core sex\porn only. It lost around 10mins and actually makes it a better film. It still runs for around 2 half hours.
My understanding was that the hard core version was put together, to the embarrassment of the original cast, using additional talent or body doubles, after filming had finished by the producers. Hence the softer version was probably closer to the film McDowell & etc thought they had signed up for. |
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Jul 3, 2018 17:47:59 GMT
McDowell has a massive filmography after he did Caligula. How did it destroy his career?
The version I originally saw had all the hardcore scenes and some violence modified. It was soft core sex\porn only. It lost around 10mins and actually makes it a better film. It still runs for around 2 half hours.
My understanding was that the hard core version was put together, to the embarrassment of the original cast, using additional talent or body doubles, after filming had finished by the producers. Hence the softer version was probably closer to the film McDowell & etc thought they had signed up for. McDowell said in an interview that there are several versions of "Caligula" worldwide, with different levels of pornography, and from what he had heard the most pornographic version of all went to Russia. |
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Post by politicidal on Jul 3, 2018 19:38:40 GMT
Well what else could they have expected from an epileptic that possibly suffered hyperthyroidism? Sunshine and lollipops?
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