Tinto Brass directed the epic film "Caligula," but he is only partially responsible for what made it to the big screen. "Caligula," produced by Penthouse Magazine magnate Bob Guccione, was notoriously re-edited multiple times in post without Brass' involvement, turning the film into an incomprehensible mess. Guccione also infamously shot multiple hardcore sex scenes after the fact, editing them into the theatrical cut of the movie. Brass took his name off the film and is only given a "principal photography by" credit. Gore Vidal is credited as the screenwriter, but so much additional sexual material was worked in that his credit read "adapted from a screenplay by." Classy actors like Malcolm McDowell, Helen Mirren, John Gielgud, and Peter O'Toole were convinced to participate, many of them

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