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Inside Deep Throat

Inside Deep Throat is a 2005 American documentary film about the 1972 pornographic film Deep Throat,[4] at the forefront of the Golden Age of Porn, and its effects on American society.[5]

Inside Deep Throat

Fenton Bailey
Randy Barbato

Fenton Bailey
Randy Barbato

Fenton Bailey
Randy Barbato
Brian Grazer
Uncredited:
Ron Howard

David Kempner
Teodoro Maniaci

William Grayburn
Jeremy Simmons

David Benjamin Steinberg

Universal Pictures (United States)
Summit Entertainment (International)[1]

  • January 2005 (2005-01) (Sundance)
  • February 11, 2005 (2005-02-11)

89 minutes[2]

United States

English

$2 million[3]

$709,832[3]

Content[edit]

The film discusses how Deep Throat was distributed to theaters when 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 recent footage, with director Gerard Damiano, actor Harry Reems, actress Linda Lovelace, Gore Vidal,[6] 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.[7][8]

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)

Dr. Ruth Westheimer

Production[edit]

Narrated by Dennis Hopper, the documentary was written, produced, and directed by Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, and produced by Brian Grazer.[9] It is a production of Imagine Entertainment, HBO Documentary Films, and World of Wonder, and distributed by Universal Pictures.[10]

Rating[edit]

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".

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