Inside Deep Throat (2005)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Directors:

Fenton Bailey
Randy Barbato

Writers:

Fenton Bailey (co-writer)
Randy Barbato (co-writer)

Release Date:

21 April 2005 (Russia)

Genre:

Documentary | History

Tagline:

It was filmed in 6 days for 25 thousand dollars. The government didn't want you to see it. It was banned in 23 states. It has grossed over 600 million dollars. And it is the most profitable film in motion picture history.

Plot:

More than 30 years after Deep Throat's provocative debut, this documentary examines the legacy that the most profitable film of all-time left on society.

Plot Keywords:

Mob | 1972 | Pornography | Pornography Documentary | Blow Job

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Dennis Hopper	...	Narrator (voice)
Gerard Damiano	...	Himself
John Waters	...	Himself
Larry Flynt	...	Himself
Erica Jong	...	Herself
Ruth Westheimer	...	Herself (as Dr. Ruth Westheimer)
Dick Cavett	...	Himself
Camille Paglia	...	Herself
Linda Lovelace	...	Herself (archive footage)
Hugh M. Hefner	...	Himself (as Hugh Hefner)
Bill Maher	...	Himself
Norman Mailer	...	Himself
Charles Keating	...	Himself
Alan M. Dershowitz	...	Himself (as Alan Dershowitz)
Larry Parrish	...	Himself

MPAA:

Rated NC-17 for explicit sexual content; Rated R for strong sexuality including graphic images, nudity and dialogue (edited version)

Runtime:

USA:92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Hong Kong:III | Sweden:15 | Netherlands:16 | Japan:R-18 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Zurich) | Malaysia:(Banned) | Philippines:R-18 | Iceland:16 | Portugal:M/16 | Italy:VM14 | France:-12 | South Korea:18 | Denmark:15 | Argentina:18 | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:R (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Finland:K-18 | Ireland:18 | Singapore:R21 (cut) | UK:18 | USA:NC-17 | Germany:16 | Norway:15 | USA:R (edited version) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Australia:R

Company:

Imagine Entertainment

Trivia:

The filmmakers collected about 800 hours of interview and archive footage.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Early in the film, an unseen projectionist starts the film and we can see the projected image through the projection room window. He carelessly allows the leader to show on the screen. A frame marked "FOOT" is shown. Unless he is running the film backwards, this is wrong. The beginning of a film is marked "HEAD".

Quotes:

Lindsey Boreman: [Linda Lovelace's daughter] This is a picture of my Mom at work in an office... When they found out about LL, they fired her.

Movie Connections:

Features Deep Throat (1972)

Soundtrack:

Jungle Boogie

Interesting but incredibly tedious

If it's possible for a movie to be intriguing and tedious at the same time, Inside Deep Throat has mastered the art of it. Having a famous porn film that cost $25,000 to make and went on to make over $600 million as your subject could make any movie intriguing. But the intrigue wears off about a half hour into the movie. It's clear that the film-maker knew he had a good idea for a documentary but as time went on, he found that there was not nearly enough interesting material to last over 45 minutes. It would have been just the perfect amount of time to fill an hour of E True Hollywood Story, but the NC-17 rating would make that hard.

The best thing about the movie is the vivid creation of the sexual revolution that spun through the US during the time of the film's original release. The life of the main character was also interesting. But these two things don't drive the movie. The rest of the movie may be fascinating, but the story telling is not fascinating. The script is scattered and choppy. The interviews are hardly believable also. Who actually believes that a bunch of porn movie makers who made a porn with such a stupid subject matter actually did it to try and change how Americans thought about sex? They were making a porn! They wanted money, among other things. Nobody sat down and thought about changing America with Deep Throat.

In the end, the movie is something you won't forget, but even a few hours after seeing it I can't remember why I found it interesting anyway.