Running time 156 minutes Country Italy United States Language English Italian Budget $17.5 million Box office $23 million Caligula (: Caligola) is a 1979 Italian-American film focusing on the rise and fall of the Roman Emperor. It stars,,,, and. It is the only feature film produced by the men's magazine.

Producer, the magazine's founder, intended to produce an explicit with a feature film narrative and high production values. He also cast as extras in filmed during post-production by himself and Giancarlo Lui. Guccione hired screenwriter to draft the film's script and to direct the film. Brass extensively altered Vidal's original screenplay, leading Vidal to disavow the film. The final screenplay focuses on the idea that 'absolute power corrupts absolutely'. Brass and Vidal disagreed over Guccione's use of unsimulated sexual content, which Brass refused to film.

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Because the producers did not allow Brass to edit the film, they changed its tone and style significantly and added hardcore sex scenes not filmed by Brass, thus turning Caligula into a pornographic drama that disregarded the director's intentions to present the film as a. As a result, Brass also disavowed the film. Caligula 's release was controversial; it was met with legal issues and controversies over its violent and sexual content. Its uncut form remains banned in several countries.

Although reviews were overwhelmingly negative (though McDowell's performance as the title character and O'Toole's performance as Tiberius were praised), Caligula is considered to be a and its political content was considered to have significant merit. The script was later adapted into a written by, working under the pseudonym William Howard. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Plot [ ] Caligula is the young heir to the throne of his, the -ridden, half-mad Emperor. One morning, a blackbird flies into his room; Caligula considers this a bad omen. Shortly afterward, the head of the, tells Caligula that Tiberius demands his immediate presence at, where the Emperor lives with his close friend, a dim-witted relative, and Caligula's younger stepbrother. Fearing assassination, Caligula is afraid to leave but his sister and lover persuades him to go. At Capri, Caligula finds that Tiberius has become depraved, showing signs of advanced, and embittered with Rome and politics.