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Caligula Uncut; How Penthouse publisher created epic porn.(Entertainment)

When it was produced in 1979, the film Caligula was meant to be the most lavish historical drama of its day, designed for an art-house audience with star casting and spectacular sets.

The cream of British cinema was enlisted, including Helen Mirren, John Gielgud, Peter O' Toole and Malcolm McDowell, as well as a budget of [pounds sterling]17.5-million (R251.65-million) and the script-writing talents of the acclaimed novelist, Gore Vidal.

It was supposed to chronicle the last four years in the life of the power-mad "viper in Rome's bosom" whose brief reign as emperor ended with his murder in AD41. The only fly in the ointment was that the film's financier, Bob Guccione, ...

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