I remember the owner of Penthouse Bob Guccione produced a film about Caligula. It was universally panned at the time but it looks like Guccione was ahead of his time.
Yes, and he paid for some pretty popular 1979 stars to perform in it...
Malcolm McDowell, Teresa Ann Savoy, Helen Mirren, Peter O'Toole, John Steiner and John Gielgud.