Inside Deep Throat (2005)

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Directors:

Fenton Bailey
Randy Barbato

Writers:

Fenton Bailey
Randy Barbato

Release Date:

27 July 2005 (France)

Genre:

Documentary | Biography | History

Tagline:

Neither wind, nor rain, nor invading FUZZ can stop this one.

Plot:

An examination of the infamous pornographic film Deep Throat (1972), covering aspects from the film's creation to its cultural impact.

Plot Keywords:

Deep Throat | Mob | Golden Age Of Porn | Reference To Deep Throat | Freedom Of Expression

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Dennis Hopper	...	Narrator (voice)
Gerard Damiano	...	Himself - Director, Deep Throat (also archive footage)
John Waters	...	Himself - Filmmaker
Larry Flynt	...	Himself - Publisher, Hustler Magazine
Erica Jong	...	Herself - Author, Fear of Flying
Ruth Westheimer	...	Herself (as Dr. Ruth Westheimer)
Dick Cavett	...	Himself (also archive footage: The Dick Cavett Show)
Camille Paglia	...	Herself - Author, Sexual Personae
Linda Lovelace	...	Herself - Linda Lovelace (archive footage)
Harry Reems	...	Himself / Dr. Young / Dr. Schmock (also archive footage: Deep Throat) (also archive footage: Meatball)
Hugh M. Hefner	...	Himself (also archive footage: The Dick Cavett Show) (as Hugh Hefner)
Bill Maher	...	Himself
Norman Mailer	...	Himself
Charles Keating	...	Himself (also archive footage)
Alan M. Dershowitz	...	Himself - Law Professor, Harvard (as Alan Dershowitz)
Larry Parrish	...	Himself - Prosecutor, Deep Throat
Gore Vidal	...	Himself
Francis Ford Coppola	...	Himself (archive footage)
Al Goldstein	...	Himself - Founder, Screw
Georgina Spelvin	...	Herself - Adult Film Actress
Ron Wertheim	...	Himself - Adult Filmmaker (also archive footage)
Andrea True	...	Herself - Adult Film Actress / Helen Bed (also archive footage: Meatball)
Wes Craven	...	Himself - Director, Scream
Patsy Carroll	...	Herself - Linda's High School Friend
Barbara Boreman	...	Herself - Linda's Sister
Len Camp	...	Himself - Location Manager, Deep Throat (as Lenny Camp)
Sepy Dobronyi	...	Himself - The Swinger Count (as The Swinger Count)
Linda Williams	...	Herself - Author, Hard Core
Helen Gurley Brown	...	Herself - Author, Sex and the Single Girl
John V. Lindsay	...	Himself - Mayor of New York City (archive footage) (as Mayor John Lindsay)
John Goreman	...	Himself - Former NYPD (as John Gorman)
Mike Sullivan	...	Himself - Former NYPD
Herb Kassner	...	Himself - Defense Attorney, Deep Throat
William Purcell	...	Himself - Prosecutor, Deep Throat
Ralph Blumenthal	...	Himself - Reporter, New York Times
Xaviera Hollander	...	Herself - Author, The Happy Hooker
Carl Bernstein	...	Himself - Co-Author, All the President's Men
Dan Rowan	...	Himself - Laugh In Host (archive footage) (as Rowan & Martin)
Dick Martin	...	Himself - Laugh In Host (archive footage) (as Rowan & Martin)
Joel J. Tyler	...	Himself - Judge (archive footage) (as Judge Tyler)
Arthur Sommer	...	Himself - Theater Manager, Miami Beach
Bill Kelly	...	Himself - Former FBI Agent
Peter Bart	...	Himself - VP Production, Paramount 1967-1974
Peter Manouse	...	Himself (as Peter 'The Candyman' Manouse)
Ray Shipley	...	Himself (as Ray 'The Ringman' Shipley)
Bruce Kramer	...	Himself - Harry Reems' Defense Attorney
Roy M. Cohn	...	Himself (archive footage: Midday)
Tony Bill	...	Himself - Producer, The Sting
Jack Nicholson	...	Himself (archive footage)
Warren Beatty	...	Himself (archive footage)
Susan Brownmiller	...	Herself - Women Against Pornography (also archive footage: The Dick Cavett Show)
Tom Snyder	...	Himself (archive footage)
Gloria Steinem	...	Herself (archive footage: Donahue)
Jon Lewis	...	Himself - Author, Hollywood V. Hard Core
Annie Sprinkle	...	Herself - Adult Performance Artist
Lindsay Marchiano	...	Herself - Linda's Daughter
Terry Sommer	...	Herself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Warren Burger	...	Himself - Chief Justice of the United States. (archive footage) (uncredited)
Johnny Carson	...	Himself (archive footage: The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson) (uncredited)
Jimmy Carter	...	Himself - President of the United States (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rosalynn Carter	...	Herself - First Lady of the United States (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Chancellor	...	Himself - NBC News Anchor (archive sound) (uncredited)
Jeff Conaway	...	Kenickie (archive footage: Grease) (uncredited)
Walter Cronkite	...	Himself - CBS News Anchor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gerard Damiano Jr.	...	Himself (uncredited)
Phil Donahue	...	(Himself - Talk Show Host (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eric Edwards	...	Himself (archive footage: The Fireworks Woman) (uncredited)
Eddie Fontaine	...	Andy Lamont (archive footage) (uncredited)
Redd Foxx	...	Fred Sanford (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bob Hope	...	Himself (archive footage: Cavalcade of Champions) (uncredited)
Larry Marchiony	...	Himself - Husband of Linda (archive footage) (uncredited)
Whitman Mayo	...	Grady (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roger Mudd	...	Himself - CBS News Anchor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pat Nixon	...	Herself - First Lady of the United States (archive footage) (uncredited)
Richard Nixon	...	Himself - President of the United States (archive footage) (uncredited)
Michael Pataki	...	Ziggy (archive footage: The Last Porno Flick) (uncredited)
Harry Reasoner	...	Himself - ABC News Anchor (also archive footage) (uncredited)
Tina Russell	...	Miss Carridge (archive footage: Meatball) (uncredited)
Morley Safer	...	Himself - Correspondent, 60 Minutes (archive sound) (uncredited)
Howard K. Smith	...	Himself - ABC News Anchor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Arlen Specter	...	Himself - US Senator (R-PA) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Chuck Traynor	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Demond Wilson	...	Lamont Sanford (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Fenton Bailey
Randy Barbato

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Fenton Bailey
Randy Barbato

Produced by
Fenton Bailey	....	producer
Randy Barbato	....	producer
Sarah Bowen	....	associate producer
Mona Card	....	co-producer
Brian Grazer	....	producer
Ian Mallahan	....	associate producer
Kim Roth	....	executive producer
Ashley York	....	associate producer
Ron Howard	....	producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
David Benjamin Steinberg

Cinematography by
David Kempner		(director of photography)
Teodoro Maniaci		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
William Grayburn
Jeremy Simmons

Casting by
Ed Arenas

Makeup Department
Anouck Sullivan	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Beverly Brooks	....	post production manager: Ascent Media West
Jason Bryan	....	post-production manager: World of Wonder
Beau J. Genot	....	post-production supervisor
Eduardo Magana	....	post-production supervisor: World of Wonder (as Eduardo Magaña)
Devon Schneider	....	production manager: World of Wonder

Art Department
Lori Thrun	....	props

Sound Department
Gregg Barbanell	....	foley artist
Michael Bergman	....	additional sound: Binghampton
Paul Berolzheimer	....	foley recordist
Stephen Bores	....	additional sound: Boston (as Steve Bores)
Lance Brown	....	supervising sound editor
Michael Camello	....	sound effects designer (as Michael Z. Camello)
Joe Crabb	....	additional sound: Los Angeles
Thomas Craca	....	additional sound: Washington, D.C.
Stephanie Flack	....	dialogue editor
Bruce Fortune	....	supervising adr editor (as Bruce D. Fortune)
Michael Geisler	....	foley recordist
Albee Gordon	....	sound recordist
Paul Hackner	....	dialogue editor
Joe Hettinger	....	additional sound: Los Angeles
Eddie Kim	....	sound effects designer
Kimberly Ellen Lowe	....	dialogue editor (as Kimberly Lowe Voigt)
Del Martin	....	digital engineer
David McRell	....	digital engineer
Chris Navarro	....	adr recordist
James Azizi Penny	....	sound editor
Jason Piatt	....	foley mixer
Eric Raber	....	digital sound transfer engineer
Brion Regan	....	additional sound: New York City
Jayme Roy	....	sound recordist
Mark Roy	....	additional sound: New York City
George Shafnaker	....	additional sound: Boston
David Benjamin Steinberg	....	additional sound designer
Dan Taylor	....	additional sound: Miami
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer
Mark Weber	....	additional sound: Florida
Nathan Whitehead	....	first assistant sound editor
Tom Williams	....	additional sound: Boston
James Wright	....	consultant: Dolby
Lars Bjerre	....	dialogue denoising (uncredited)
Lance Brown	....	sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Orlando Delbert	....	graphic designer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Lonn Bailey	....	assistant camera: Memphis
Mark Braun	....	assistant camera: Tucson
Forrest Burgess	....	assistant camera: Los Angeles
Oliver Cary	....	assistant camera: New York City
Mario Deas	....	additional photography
Harry Frith	....	additional photography
Pat Kelly	....	assistant camera: Boston
Ilya Lyudmirsky	....	assistant camera: Los Angeles
Allan Palmer	....	additional photography
Jayme Roy	....	additional photography
Katie Strand	....	assistant camera: Los Angeles
Curt Wallin	....	assistant camera: Park City

Editorial Department
David Block	....	hd colorist: Ascent Media West (as David A. Block)
Jamie Boulton	....	additional editor
Marc Fisher	....	hd on-line editor: Ascent Media West
Joe Fontes	....	post-production assistant: Ascent Media West
Clay Foster	....	second assistant editor
Ricardo Gonzalez	....	second assistant editor
Ryan Growney	....	post-production assistant: Ascent Media West
Terry Haggar	....	film color timer: Ascent Media West
Robert Jung	....	digital film recording: Ascent Media West
Christine Seino	....	assistant on-line editor
Michael R. Taylor	....	post-production assistant
Nicole West	....	first assistant editor
Tom Wolf	....	head of post-production: World of Wonder
Craig Sawczuk	....	post-production coordinator (uncredited)

Music Department
Danny Bramson	....	music consultant
Ed Bruno	....	music assistant
Bill Coleman	....	music supervisor
Christopher Lord	....	assistant: composer
Erik Masone	....	music assistant
Angelos Skordos	....	music coordinator (as Angelo 'Pepe' Skordos)
Casey Stone	....	music scoring mixer
Ronald J. Webb	....	music editor

Other crew
Blake Armstrong	....	production assistant
Prudence Arndt	....	archival researcher
Allyn Baum	....	courtesy of: still photography: The New York Times
Ralph Blumenthal	....	courtesy of: 'Porno Chic' article
Barbara Boreman	....	courtesy of: still photography
Peter C. Borsari	....	courtesy of: still photography (as Peter Borsari)
John Branston	....	researcher
Arthur Brower	....	courtesy of: still photography: The New York Times
Liz Carriere	....	production accountant: World of Wonder
Frederick Dechow	....	accounting assistant: World of Wonder (as Fred Dechow)
Charlie Dibe	....	production assistant: New York City
Anthony Edgeworth	....	courtesy of: still photography
Leah Estrin	....	assistant: Kim Roth
Nicole Flowers	....	production accountant: World of Wonder
Bill Georgiou	....	titles and graphics
Diane Glosson	....	researcher
Ari Gold	....	courtesy of: 'Wave of You' music video (Gold/Hair/Cohen )
Al Goldstein	....	courtesy of: Screw Magazine
Daniel Gutman	....	production assistant: Binghamton
Mitchell Gutman	....	production assistant: Binghamton
Alanna Haderly	....	production assistant: Las Vegas
Jeff Hays	....	production assistant: Memphis
Keith Heiley	....	production assistant: Park City
Nicole Hickman	....	researcher
Kari Hubert	....	production assistant: Las Vegas
Moye Ishimoto	....	assistant: Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato
Jean Israel	....	researcher
Bill Kelly	....	courtesy of: still photography
Bettye Lane	....	courtesy of: still photography
Mark Lennon	....	production assistant: Los Angeles
David Lott	....	production assistant: Los Angeles
Lindsay Marchiano	....	courtesy of: still photography
Scott Masterson	....	production assistant: Boston
Legs McNeil	....	courtesy of: Linda Lovelace interview
Rick Morris	....	titles and graphics
Guy Morrison	....	archival researcher
Derek Natzke	....	production assistant: Phoenix
Alex Ortiz	....	post-production coordinator: Ascent Media West
Pablo Pagan	....	production assistant: Miami
Miguel Ian Raya	....	assistant: Brian Grazer (as Miguel Raya)
Harry Reems	....	courtesy of: still photography
William Sauro	....	courtesy of: still photography: The New York Times
David Schiff	....	head of production: World of Wonder
Jeffrey Schneider	....	production assistant: Boston (as Jeff Schneider)
John Sergeant	....	researcher
Tess Smalley	....	production assistant: New York City (as Teresa Reilly Smalley)
Thairin Smothers	....	researcher
Michael Speelman	....	archival researcher
Caroline Stack	....	archival researcher
Rebel Steiner	....	legal counsel: Loeb & Loeb LLP (as Rebel Roy Steiner Jr.)
Lea Stenson	....	production assistant: Los Angeles
Gorm Wagner	....	courtesy of: University of Copenhagen: Physiological Responses of the Sexually Stimulated Male in the Laboratory (as Dr. Gorm Wagner)
Michael Zeininger	....	production assistant: Los Angeles (as Mike Zeininger)
Ian Mallahan	....	archivist (uncredited)

Thanks
Jim Anderson	....	special thanks
Paul Baer	....	special thanks
James Barber	....	special thanks
Peter Bart	....	thanks
J. Ross Baughman	....	special thanks
Brent Benedetti	....	special thanks
Johann Benét	....	special thanks
Carl Bernstein	....	thanks
Tony Bill	....	thanks
Ralph Blumenthal	....	thanks
Penelope Boehm	....	special thanks
Henry Boitel	....	special thanks
Barbara Boreman	....	thanks
Jamie Boulton	....	special thanks
Helen Gurley Brown	....	thanks
Susan Brownmiller	....	thanks
Len Camp	....	thanks (as Lenny Camp)
Patsy Carroll	....	thanks
Dick Cavett	....	thanks
Marilyn Chambers	....	special thanks
Alisa Charoen-Phol	....	special thanks
James Clancy	....	special thanks
Steven Corfe	....	special thanks
Wes Craven	....	thanks
Christar Damiano	....	special thanks
Gerard Damiano	....	special thanks
Gerard Damiano	....	thanks
Eric Danville	....	special thanks
Alan M. Dershowitz	....	thanks (as Alan Dershowitz)
Janice DeSalvo	....	special thanks
Carl Djerassi	....	special thanks
Betty Dodson	....	special thanks
Frank Dombrowski	....	special thanks
Richard Dreyfuss	....	special thanks
Eric Edwards	....	special thanks
Paul Fishbein	....	special thanks
David Flint	....	special thanks
Reginald Flowers	....	special thanks (as Reggie Flowers)
Larry Flynt	....	thanks
Peter Fonda	....	special thanks
David Friedman	....	special thanks
Esther Friedman	....	special thanks
Bob Fukuyama	....	special thanks
Jim Galasso	....	special thanks
Niki Gascon	....	special thanks
Mark Gentile	....	special thanks
Al Goldstein	....	thanks
David Goldstein	....	special thanks
John Goreman	....	thanks (as John Gorman)
Elliott Gould	....	special thanks
Nathan Hagen	....	special thanks
Michael Harrison	....	special thanks
Nina Hartley	....	special thanks
Hugh M. Hefner	....	thanks (as Hugh M. Hefner)
Steve Hirsch	....	special thanks
John Hoffman	....	thanks
Xaviera Hollander	....	thanks
Justin Hrobuchak	....	special thanks
Millie Hsyu	....	special thanks
Adriana Iragorri	....	special thanks
John Jacobs	....	special thanks
Virginia Johnson	....	special thanks
Erica Jong	....	thanks
Chris Joss	....	special thanks
Herb Kassner	....	thanks
Charles Keating	....	thanks
Karen Kehela Sherwood	....	special thanks
Sonia Keshishian	....	special thanks
Dan Knauss	....	special thanks
Anne Koedt	....	special thanks
Bruce Kramer	....	thanks
Richard Kras	....	special thanks
Richard Labunski	....	special thanks
Edward Laumann	....	special thanks (as Ed Laumann)
Ryan Levitus	....	special thanks
Jon Lewis	....	thanks
Emily Lodmer	....	special thanks
Sheldon Lodmer	....	special thanks
Pat Lucas	....	special thanks
Bill Maher	....	thanks
Norman Mailer	....	thanks
Peter Manouse	....	thanks
Lindsay Marchiano	....	thanks
Larry Marchiony	....	thanks
William Margold	....	special thanks (as Bill Margold)
David Margolis	....	special thanks
Paul Mazursky	....	special thanks
Oscar Mazzola	....	special thanks
Robert McDaniel	....	special thanks
Ted McIllvenna	....	special thanks
Legs McNeil	....	special thanks
Robert McNeil	....	special thanks
David Mirisch	....	special thanks
Howard Moskovitz	....	special thanks
Suzanne Moss	....	special thanks
Ruth Nash	....	special thanks
Sheila Nevins	....	special thanks
Camille Paglia	....	thanks
Larry Parrish	....	thanks
Sandra Piha	....	special thanks
Raymond Pistol	....	special thanks (as Ray Pistol)
Wakefield Poole	....	special thanks
William Purcell	....	thanks
Harry Reems	....	thanks
Chris Rodley	....	special thanks
Michael Rosenberg	....	special thanks
Brad Rosenberger	....	special thanks
David Rossie	....	special thanks
Tom Rowland	....	special thanks
Candida Royalle	....	special thanks
Robin Ruse-Rinehart Barris	....	special thanks
Diana E.H. Russell	....	special thanks
Mike Rysavy	....	special thanks
Stephen Saban	....	special thanks
Eric Schaefer	....	special thanks
Francis Schofield	....	special thanks
Bruce Schragger	....	special thanks
Joe Semas	....	special thanks: the Harry Reems' Athletic Club
Brett Shady	....	special thanks
Laura Shady	....	special thanks
Ray Shipley	....	thanks
Gerald Smith	....	special thanks
Jeff Smith	....	special thanks
Arthur Sommer	....	thanks
Terry Sommer	....	thanks
Georgina Spelvin	....	thanks
Annie Sprinkle	....	thanks
Brett Stein	....	special thanks
Christy Sterling	....	special thanks
Brian Stinson	....	special thanks
Carl Stork	....	special thanks
Dee Stulcup	....	special thanks
Elisabeth Swain	....	special thanks
Roger Swain	....	special thanks
Herman Tarnow	....	special thanks
Don Terbush	....	special thanks
Andrea True	....	thanks
Jack Valenti	....	special thanks
Gore Vidal	....	thanks
Matt Vitanza	....	special thanks
Chris Wade	....	special thanks
John Waters	....	thanks
Delores Wells	....	special thanks
Ron Wertheim	....	thanks
Ruth Westheimer	....	thanks
John H. Weston	....	special thanks (as John Weston)
Linda Williams	....	thanks
Charles Winick	....	special thanks (as Charles Winnick)
David Winters	....	special thanks
Leonard Wolf	....	special thanks
Pat Woods	....	special thanks
Lili Fini Zanuck	....	special thanks (as Lili Zanuck)

Production Companies

• Imagine Entertainment (in association with) (presents)
• HBO Documentary Films (in association with) (presents)
• World of Wonder (in association with)
• Home Box Office (HBO) (uncredited)

Distributors

• Universal Pictures (2005) (USA) (theatrical)
• Central Partnership (2005) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Nordisk Film Distributors (2005) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Filmcoopi Zürich (2005) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Independent Films (2005) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Mediasoft Films (2005) (South Korea) (theatrical)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (2005) (France) (theatrical)
• Mikado Film (2005) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Momentum Pictures (2005) (UK) (theatrical)
• Quasar Films (2005) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Shaw Organisation (2005) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Cecchi Gori Home Video (2005) (Italy) (DVD)
• Dolmen Home Video (2005) (Italy) (DVD)
• Dolmen Home Video (2005) (Italy) (VHS)
• Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore (2005) (Italy) (DVD)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Constantin Film (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Nordisk Film (2006) (Finland) (DVD)
• Tornado Film (2007) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Canvas (2007) (Belgium) (TV)
• Nordisk Film (2006) (Norway) (DVD)

Other Companies

• ABC News Video Source  courtesy of: moving image archive
• ABC News  courtesy of: moving image archive
• AP/ Wide World Photos  courtesy of: still photography (as AP/Wide World Photos)
• Adult Video News  special thanks
• Arrow Productions  footage courtesy of: Deep Throat
• Arthur Productions  courtesy of: Linda Lovelace for President
• Ascent Media Laboratories  post production services (as Ascent Media West)
• BBC Motion Gallery  courtesy of: moving image archive
• Badabing Badaboom Productions  foley by (as Badabing Badaboom Productions, Inc.)
• Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin  courtesy of: still photography
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)  courtesy of: 'Saturday Night at the Mill' (as BBC)
• Budget Film Stock Footage  courtesy of: moving image archive (as Budget Films Stock Footage)
• CBS News Archives  courtesy of: moving image archive
• Carson Entertainment Group  courtesy of: moving image archive
• Chicago Sun Times  courtesy of: still photography
• Cincinnati Historical Society  courtesy of: moving image archive
• City of Binghamton  special thanks
• City of Boston  special thanks
• City of Fort Lauderdale  special thanks (as City of Ft. Lauderdale)
• City of Los Angeles  special thanks
• City of Memphis  special thanks
• City of Miami  special thanks
• City of New York  special thanks (as New York City)
• City of Princeton  special thanks
• City of Tucson  special thanks
• City of Washington, DC  special thanks (as City of Washington, D.C.)
• Corbis  courtesy of: still photography (as CORBIS)
• Danetracks  sound design (as Danetracks, Inc.)
• Danetracks  sound editorial (as Danetracks, Inc.)
• Daphne Productions Inc.  courtesy of: 'The Dick Cavett Show' (as Daphne Productions)
• Denver, City of  special thanks
• Documentary Productions  copyright holder (as Documentary Productions, LLC)
• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production (uncredited)
• Dolby Surround 7.1  in selected theatres (as Dolby®)
• Elizabeth Bardsley & Associates  fact check services provided by
• Entertainment Industry Development Corporation (EIDC)  special thanks (as Entertainment Industry Development Corporation, Los Angeles)
• Esquire Magazine  courtesy of: still photography (as Esquire Magazine Hearst Corporation)
• Everett Collection  courtesy of: still photography
• Exodus Trust  courtesy of: moving image archive (as Exodus Trust Archives of Erotology)
• FILM Archives  courtesy of: moving image archive (as F.I.L.M. Archives)
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  special thanks (as Federal Bureau of Investigation)
• Fish Films Footage World  courtesy of: moving image archive
• Florida Moving Image Archives  courtesy of: moving image archive (as Florida Moving Image Archive)
• Footagefinders/Global Imageworks  courtesy of: moving image archive (as Footagefinders/Global Imageworks, LLC)
• Getty Images  courtesy of: moving image archive
• Getty Images  courtesy of: still photography
• Historic Films  courtesy of: moving image archive
• Hope Enterprises  courtesy of: moving image archive (as Hope Enterprises, Inc.)
• ITN Archive/Reuters  courtesy of: moving image archive (as ITN/Reuters Archive)
• John Carroll University Media Archives Department  courtesy of: moving image archive (as John Carroll University Media Archives)
• KABC Los Angeles  courtesy of: moving image archive (as KABC, Los Angeles)
• KPIX  courtesy of: moving image archive (as KPIX, San Francisco)
• KRON-TV  courtesy of: moving image archive (as KRON-TV, San Francisco)
• KVOA, Tucson  courtesy of: moving image archive
• Koch Records  soundtrack available
• Loeb & Loeb  legal counsel (as Loeb & Loeb LLP)
• MacDonald and Associates  courtesy of: moving image archive
• Mavety Media Group  courtesy of: still photography: Leg Show®
• Memphis & Shelby County Film & Television Commission  special thanks (as Memphis Film Commission)
• Memphis Commercial Appeal  courtesy of: still photography (as Commercial Appeal [us])
• Mitchell Brothers Film Group  courtesy of: Behind the Green Door (as Mitchell Brothers Film Group, San Francisco)
• Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)  approval certificate (as Motion Picture Association of America)
• NBC News Archives  courtesy of: 'Today Show' (as NBC News Archive)
• NBC News Archives  courtesy of: moving image archive (as NBC News Archive)
• National Archives  special thanks (as National Archives & Records Administration)
• New Beverly Cinema, The  special thanks (as New Beverly Cinema)
• New York City Mayor's Office of Film, Theater & Broadcasting, The  special thanks (as Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting, City of New York)
• New York City Municipal Archives  courtesy of: moving image archive (as NYC Municipal Archives)
• New York Daily News  courtesy of: still photography
• New York Post  courtesy of: still photography
• New York Times, The  courtesy of: still photography
• Nixon Materials Project, National Archives  special thanks (as Nixon Presidential Materials Staff, Archives II - College Park, Maryland)
• Oddball Film and Video  courtesy of: moving image archive (as Oddball Film + Video)
• Park City  special thanks
• Photofest  courtesy of: still photography
• Producer's Library Service  courtesy of: moving image archive
• San Francisco State University  courtesy of: moving image archive (as San Francisco State University Archives)
• Schlatter/Friendly/Romart  courtesy of: 'Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In' (as Schlatter, Friendly, Romart)
• Screw Magazine  courtesy of: still photography: Screw Magazine
• Silent Movie Theatre  special thanks
• Something Weird Video (SWV)  courtesy of: moving image archive (as Something Weird Video)
• Sony Pictures Stock Footage  courtesy of: moving image archive (as Sony Pictures Stock Footage Library)
• Sony Pictures Television  courtesy of: 'Sanford & Son'
• Streamline Stock Footage  courtesy of: moving image archive
• Swank Publications  courtesy of: still photography: Swank Magazine (as Swank Publications, Inc.)
• U.S. Marshals Service  special thanks (as U.S. Marshal's Office, Memphis, Tennessee)
• UCLA Film and Television Archive  courtesy of: moving image archive
• Universal Studios Licensing  courtesy of: 'Phil Donahue Show' (as Universal Studios Licensing, LLLP)
• University of Copenhagen  courtesy of: Physiological Responses of the Sexually Stimulated Male in the Laboratory (as University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
• University of Georgia Library Media Archives  courtesy of: moving image archive (as University of Georgia Libraries' Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection)
• VCX  courtesy of: The Devil In Miss Jones (as VCX Ltd., Inc.)
• Vanderbilt Television News Archive  courtesy of: moving image archive (as Television News Archive, Vanderbilt University)
• Variety  special thanks
• Variety  used with permission of: Variety headlines (as © Variety Magazine, owned and published by Cahners Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier, Inc.)
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• WSB-TV  courtesy of: moving image archive (as WSB-TV, Atlanta)
• Widget Post Production  sound re-recording

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated NC-17 for explicit sexual content

Runtime:

89 min | USA:92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White (archive footage: news broadcasts) | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:18 | Australia:R18+ | Canada:R (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Denmark:15 | Finland:K-18 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:III | Iceland:16 | Ireland:18 | Italy:VM14 | Japan:R-18 | Malaysia:(Banned) | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:15 | Philippines:R-18 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:R21 (cut) | South Korea:18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Zurich) | UK:18 | USA:NC-17 | USA:R (edited version)

Filming Locations:

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Imagine Entertainment

Trivia:

The film discusses how Deep Throat (1972) was actually distributed to theaters. Prints would be hand-delivered and employees would count heads of moviegoers and then collect the cash profits from the theaters. This process was known as sending "checkers and sweepers".

Goofs:

Factual errors: Joseph S. Peraino is incorrectly credited as "Joseph Peraino, Jr."; he was, in fact, Joseph Peraino Sr.

Quotes:

Linda Lovelace:[archive footage] It makes me feel so tingly all over and then nothing.

Movie Connections:

References The Window of Pleasure (1978)

Soundtrack:

Brand New Key

brilliant

i am an unashamed porn fan, not in the sense that i sit around all the time watching th stuff, but in the sense that i find the people involved in the making and distribution of the stuff to be very interesting, if not somewhat shady and bizarre people but none the less they have a story to share that not many people can lay claim to and so i like to give any material broaching the subject, particularly in its formative years, a listen.

so i haven't seen deep throat, and i don't really want to, if I'm going to watch people engaging in sexual acts i will buy something a little more intense and modern without all the premise of having a plot for arts sake. but this documentary is not about the film persae, it is about the people involved with it and how it affected their lives.

we see and hear from a lot of people who's lives have been both positively and negatively affected by this film over the years and it gives the viewer an insight into what really makes these people get involved in the business to begin with, and surprisingly enough its not just the money as there wasn't much money in it for the actors as such back in the 70s.

so i suggest that anybody that has an interest in rights and freedoms should really watch this as it gives a deeper appreciation of these simple gifts that we have to live by today and are so readily taken for granted.

if you like this kinda stuff also check out a film called Wadd which is about the life and death of john Holmes and also read How to make love like a porn star, the autobiography of Jenna Jameson.