Título: Caligula (film)
Seção: Development
Background: Caligula (Italian: Caligola) is a 1979 Italian-American erotic historical drama film focusing on the rise and fall of the Roman Emperor Caligula. It stars Malcolm McDowell, Teresa Ann Savoy, Helen Mirren, Peter O'Toole, John Steiner and John Gielgud. It is the only feature film produced by the men's magazine Penthouse. Producer Bob Guccione, the magazine's founder, intended to produce an explicit pornographic film with a feature film narrative and high production values.

Conteúdo: The men's magazine Penthouse had long been involved in film funding, helping invest in films made by other studios, including Chinatown, The Longest Yard and The Day of the Locust, but it had never produced a film on its own. The magazine's founder Bob Guccione wanted to produce an explicit adult film within a feature film narrative that had high production values; he decided to produce a film about the rise and fall of the Roman emperor Caligula. Development began under producer Franco Rossellini, the nephew of filmmaker Roberto Rossellini. A screenplay was written by Lina Wertmuller, but Guccione rejected Wertmuller's script and paid Gore Vidal to write a new screenplay. Vidal's screenplay had a strong focus on homosexuality, leading Guccione to demand rewrites which toned down the homosexual content for wider audience appeal. Guccione was concerned that Vidal's script contained several homosexual sex scenes and only one scene of heterosexual sex, which was between Caligula and his sister Drusilla. Vidal was paid US$200,000 for his screenplay, which was titled Gore Vidal's Caligula.  Elaborate sets were built by production designer Danilo Donati, who also designed the film's costumes, jewelry, hair styles, wigs and makeup. Several mainstream actors were cast, Guccione intending to make a film which he felt, like Citizen Kane, would be a landmark in cinematic history. Guccione offered directing duties to John Huston and Lina Wertmuller, both of whom rejected the film. After 

user: What can you tell me about the films development

assistant: The magazine's founder Bob Guccione wanted to produce an explicit adult film within a feature film narrative that had high production values;

user: What idea did he have in mind

assistant: he decided to produce a film about the rise and fall of the Roman emperor Caligula.

user: Where was the movie developed

assistant: The men's magazine Penthouse

user: why was it developed there

assistant: The magazine's founder Bob Guccione wanted to produce an explicit adult film

user: who was part of the movie development

assistant: producer Franco Rossellini, the nephew of filmmaker Roberto Rossellini. A screenplay was written by

user: who wrote the screenplay

assistant: screenplay was written by Lina Wertmuller, but Guccione rejected Wertmuller's script and paid Gore Vidal to write a new screenplay.

user: why did he reject her script

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: What else happened during the development

assistant: Elaborate sets were built by production designer Danilo Donati, who also designed the film's costumes, jewelry, hair styles, wigs and makeup. Several mainstream actors were cast,

user: what were some of those actors

assistant: CANNOTANSWER