Vidal, who was himself homosexual, came up with a screenplay that contained several homosexual sex scenes and only one heterosexual one. ![]() Guccione had them filmed anyway and they became part of his movie. ![]() Guccione and Brass also fell out when the latter refused to film the un-simulated sex scenes the producer insisted upon. Vidal later disavowed the film after Brass extensively altered his screenplay. He paid Gore Vidal $200,000 to write the script and a man named Tinto Brass to direct. His idea was to feature top class actors in the main roles, but to use Penthouse Pets as extras in un-simulated sex scenes, filmed secretly in post-production by himself and a cameraman. The magazine’s founder, Bob Guccione, planned to produce a pornographic movie with feature film narrative and high production values. It was the only feature film ever produced by Penthouse Magazine. ![]() People with talent allowed themselves to participate in this travesty.’ Needless to say, he gave it zero stars, then completed his critique by quoting another viewer who described it as, ‘…the worst piece of shit I have ever seen.’ ![]() It was during the Brothel-Boat-orgy sequence, which he described as ‘sickening, utterly worthless, shameless trash.’ He went on to add, ‘If it is not the worst film I have ever seen, that makes it all the more shameful. He walked out of the theatre part-way through the showing. Legendary movie critic Roger Ebert went along to see and review Caligula and did something he admitted he rarely ever did.
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