Inside Deep Throat
| Inside Deep Throat | |
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Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by |
Fenton Bailey Randy Barbato |
| Produced by |
Fenton Bailey Randy Barbato Brian Grazer Uncredited: Ron Howard |
| Written by |
Fenton Bailey Randy Barbato |
| Narrated by | Dennis Hopper |
| Music by | David Benjamin Steinberg |
| Cinematography |
David Kempner Teodoro Maniaci |
| Edited by |
William Grayburn Jeremy Simmons |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 89 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2 million[2] |
| Box office | $709,832[2] |
Inside Deep Throat is a 2005 American documentary film about the 1972 pornographic film Deep Throat, at the forefront of the Golden Age of Porn, and its effects on American society.
Content
The film discusses how Deep Throat was 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".
It features scenes from the film, news of the time and interviews, both from archive and purpose-made, with director Gerard Damiano, actor Harry Reems, actress Linda Lovelace, Gore Vidal, Larry Flynt, Hugh Hefner, John Waters, Erica Jong, a prosecutor, Reems' defense, Mafia money collectors, and other people involved or just commenting on the film. Much of the material was compiled from approximately 800 hours of interview and archive footage collected by the filmmakers.
Cast
- Dennis Hopper
- John Waters
- Hugh Hefner
- Larry Flynt
- Annie Sprinkle
- Gore Vidal
- Gerard Damiano
- Dick Cavett
- Wes Craven
- Bill Maher
- Harry Reems
- David Winters
- Norman Mailer
- Erica Jong
- Catharine MacKinnon
- Camille Paglia
- Tony Bill
- Dr. Ruth Westheimer
- Linda Lovelace
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Warren Beatty
- Johnny Carson
- Bob Hope
- Jack Nicholson
- Gloria Steinem
- New York City Mayor John Lindsay
Production
Narrated by Dennis Hopper, the documentary was written, produced, and directed by Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, and produced by Brian Grazer. It is a production of Imagine Entertainment, HBO Documentary Films, and World of Wonder, and distributed by Universal Pictures.
Rating
Inside Deep Throat was rated NC-17 by the Motion Picture Association of America for explicit sexual content; specifically, explicit excerpts from the original film. It was the first film rated NC-17 to be released by Universal since Henry & June in 1990, which was the first film to receive the NC-17 rating.
An edited version received an R rating for "strong sexuality including graphic images, nudity and dialogue". In addition, Arrow Productions edited the original, pornographic version of Deep Throat to get an "R" rating, and also submitted the original for reclassification. Both versions were released theatrically in 2005 in a double-bill with this documentary.
References
- ↑ "INSIDE DEEP THROAT (18)". British Board of Film Classification. 2005-04-29. Retrieved 2013-02-03.
- 1 2 Inside Deep Throat at Box Office Mojo
External links
- Official website
- Inside Deep Throat at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Inside Deep Throat at the Internet Movie Database
- Inside Deep Throat at AllMovie
- Inside Deep Throat at Box Office Mojo
- Inside Deep Throat at Rotten Tomatoes
- Inside Deep Throat at Metacritic
- Inside Deep Throat at AdultDVDTalk
- Film critic Anthony Lane of The New Yorker discusses the pros and cons of the sexuality debate that has ensued from the production of Deep Throat and Inside Deep Throat