Deep Throat (1972)

Popularity:

Down 6% in popularity this week. See why on IMDbPro.

Director:

Gerard Damiano

Writer:

Gerard Damiano (written by)

Release Date:

24 September 1975 (France)

Genre:

Adult | Comedy

Tagline:

How far does a girl have to go to untangle her tingle?

Plot:

A woman with an unusual birth defect comes to a doctor who has an unorthodox solution to make the best of her situation.

Plot Keywords:

Doctor | Clitoris | Sex | Erotic | Grindhouse Film

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Harry Reems	...	Dr. Young
Dolly Sharp	...	Helen
Bill Harrison	...	Mr. Maltz
William Love	...	Wilber Wang
Carol Connors	...	The Nurse
Bob Phillips	...	Mr. Fenster
Linda Lovelace	...	Linda Lovelace
Ted Street	...	Delivery Boy
John Byron	...	#11
Jack Birch	...	#12 (as Michael Powers)
Gerard Damiano	...	Last Man (as Al Gork)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ron Wertheim	...	Bearded Man on Sofa (uncredited)

Directed by
Gerard Damiano		(as Jerry Gerard)

Writing credits
Gerard Damiano		(written by) (as Jerry Gerard)

Produced by
Phil Parisi	....	associate producer (as Phil Perry)
Louis Peraino	....	producer (as Lou Perry)

Cinematography by
João Fernandes		(director of photography) (as Harry Flecks)

Film Editing by
Gerard Damiano		(as Jerry Gerard)

Production Management
Chuck Traynor	....	production manager
Ron Wertheim	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Chic Kane	....	assistant director

Art Department
Len Camp	....	set designer

Sound Department
Morris Gottlieb	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Francis Goyer	....	key grip
Merci McCowney	....	gaffer
Harry Reems	....	assistant camera (as Ned Reems)

Editorial Department
Rose Anderson	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Berton Goldwater	....	legal advisor
Shelly Martin	....	script continuity
Len Camp	....	location scout (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Gerard Damiano Film Productions (GDFP)

Distributors

• Bryanston Distributing (1972) (USA) (theatrical)
• AMMA (1972) (USA) (theatrical)
• Gerard Damiano Film Productions (GDFP) (1972) (USA) (theatrical)
• Peachtree National Distributors (1972) (USA) (theatrical)
• Vanguard Films (II) (1972) (USA) (theatrical) (New York)
• Aquarius Releasing (1973) (USA) (theatrical)
• Imperial Film AB (1973) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• New Spanish Flagler Street Cinema (1973) (USA) (theatrical)
• Beaumont Film (1974) (USA) (theatrical)
• Pacific Coast Films (1974) (USA) (theatrical)
• Plymouth Distributing (1975) (USA) (theatrical)
• Toei Yoga (1975) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Eurogroup Film Distributors of Italy (1976) (Greece) (theatrical) (softcore version)
• Eurogroup Film Distributors of Italy (1976) (Italy) (theatrical) (softcore version)
• International Home Entertainment (1978) (USA) (VHS)
• Embassy Cinema (1979) (Italy) (theatrical) (limited)
• Public Domain Film (PDF) (1982) (USA) (VHS)
• Gabriel Fariza González (1984) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Forfeited Films (1984) (USA) (VHS)
• Century Distributing (1986) (worldwide) (VHS)
• Laser X (1986) (worldwide) (video) (laserdisc)
• H.R.S. Funai Co. Ltd. (1987) (Japan) (VHS)
• Distribution S.E.L. (1996) (Canada) (VHS)
• Arrow Film & Video (1998) (USA) (DVD)
• Hot Rod Productions Ltd. (2000) (UK) (VHS)
• Nippon Columbia (2000) (Japan) (DVD)
• Visual Entertainment (2000) (UK) (VHS)
• Nippon Columbia (2001) (Japan) (VHS)
• Arrow Productions (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Dolmen Home Video (2005) (Italy) (DVD)
• Dolmen Home Video (2005) (Italy) (VHS) (rental)
• Momentum Pictures Home Entertainment (2005) (UK) (DVD)
• Take Shobo Company (2005) (Japan) (DVD)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• BNN TV (2008) (Netherlands) (TV) (in association with VPRO)
• Umbrella Entertainment (2008) (Australia) (all media)
• Vrijzinnig Protestantse Radio Omroep (VPRO) (2008) (Netherlands) (TV) (in association with BNN TV)
• Another World Entertainment (2009) (Denmark) (DVD)
• Concorde Film (197?) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• France Film (????) (Canada) (theatrical) (Québec)
• Arrow Film & Video (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Home Video Erotica (????) (Sweden) (VHS)
• Kamras Film Group (19??) (Finland) (VHS)
• Star Media Entertainment (2006) (Norway) (DVD)
• VCA Pictures (????) (USA) (DVD)
• Video Film Leasing (????) (West Germany) (VHS)
• Wonderful World of Video (????) (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Royal Fashions  wardrobe
• Sal & Mona  catering

Also Known As:

"Throat" - USA (bowdlerized title)

Runtime:

61 min | Sweden:67 min | UK:50 min (cut version) | Italy:85 min (softcore version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:X (original rating) | Argentina:18 (re-rating) (1983) | Australia:X18+ | Australia:R18+ (censored) | Brazil:(Banned) (1981) | Canada:R | Canada:XXX (Nova Scotia) | Canada:R (Ontario) | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Chile:18 (2001) | Denmark:15 (video rating) | Finland:K-18 (1999) | Finland:(Banned) (1993) | Ireland:(Banned) | Italy:VM18 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:18 (2006) | Sweden:15 | UK:R18 | UK:18 | USA:X

Filming Locations:

3980 Wood Avenue, Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida, USA

Company:

Gerard Damiano Film Productions (GDFP)

Trivia:

The total box office of this movie has often been stated to be $600 million. As noted by Roger Ebert in his review of Inside Deep Throat (2005), most of the porn theaters in the pre-video days were owned by the mob. Inflating box office receipts could have been one of their ways of laundering income from drugs and prostitution, so the $600 million figure may have been a gross overestimation. More conservative estimates would put the figure somewhere around $100 million. Whatever may be the case, very few of the people directly involved in the making of the film saw a big piece of the earnings. As stated in 'Inside Deep Throat', much of the box office disappeared when mobsters came to cinemas to collect all the cash profits, with no one being able to do something about it.

Quotes:

Helen:Mind if I smoke, while you're eating?
Man:No, not at all.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Love Games (1976)

i thought this was about the watergate undercover operation but what did i know?

anyhow, for a genuine masterclass on how to make a very low budget operation which has reputedly made more money than all the 'star wars' movies put together then look no further. this is the sort of thing which makes the term 'swallowing my pride' all the more difficult to fathom... r.i.p. linda.