![]() ![]() The film's release was controversial it was met with legal issues and controversies over its violent and sexual content. Because the producers did not allow Brass to edit the film, they changed its tone and style significantly without consulting the director and added hardcore sex scenes not filmed by Brass he also disavowed the film. ![]() Brass and Guccione disagreed over Guccione's use of unsimulated sexual content, which Brass refused to film. The final screenplay focuses on the idea that "absolute power corrupts absolutely". Brass extensively altered Vidal's original screenplay, leading Vidal to disavow the film. Guccione hired screenwriter Gore Vidal to draft the film's script and Tinto Brass to direct the film. He intended to cast Penthouse Pets as extras in unsimulated sex scenes filmed during post-production by Guccione and Giancarlo Lui. Producer Bob Guccione, the magazine's founder, intended to produce an explicit pornographic film with a feature film narrative and high production values. It is the only feature film produced by the men's magazine Penthouse. It stars Malcolm McDowell, Teresa Ann Savoy, Helen Mirren, Peter O'Toole and John Gielgud. Caligula (Italian: Caligola) is a 1979 Italian-American erotic historical drama film focusing on the rise and fall of the Roman Emperor Caligula. ![]()
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