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Gore Vidal's Caligula

Gore Vidal's Caligula

AuthorWilliam Howard
GenreHistorical Fiction, Erotic
First published1979
Original LanguageEnglish
First published1979
Links/c/homevideo/film/35537/caligula/
NotesNovelisation by William Howard (aka William Johnston) of the <a href="/c/books/credit/27391/gore-vidal/">Gore Vidal</a> screenplay for the 1979 film <a href="/c/books/credit/645475/caligula-film/">Caligula</a>. As Mr. Vidal, director <a href="/c/books/credit/316981/tinto-brass/">Tinto Brass</a> and producer <a href="/c/books/credit/130116/bob-guccione/">Bob Guccione</a> divided among themselves during production, Vidal tried to avoid being connected to the movie as much as possible (credits state "based on a screenplay by" instead of "screenplay by") and even the book appeared only in it's very first editions as "Gore Vidal's Caligula", later just as "Caligula". See also the 1979 film: <a href="/c/books/credit/645475/caligula-film/">Caligula</a>