Inside Deep Throat
| Inside Deep Throat | |
|---|---|
World of Wonder | |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures (United States) Summit Entertainment (International)[1] |
Release dates |
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Running time | 89 minutes[2] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2 million[3] |
| Box office | $709,832[3] |
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]
Content
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
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]
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 (Dr. Ruth)
- Archive footage
- Linda Lovelace
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Warren Beatty
- Johnny Carson
- Bob Hope
- Jack Nicholson
- Gloria Steinem
- New York City Mayor John Lindsay
Production
Narrated by
World of Wonder, and distributed by Universal Pictures.[10]
Rating
Inside Deep Throat was rated
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".
References
- ^ Brown, Colin (January 22, 2005). "Inside Deep Throat". Screen International. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
- ^ "INSIDE DEEP THROAT (18)". British Board of Film Classification. April 29, 2005. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
- ^ a b Inside Deep Throat at Box Office Mojo
- ^ Inside Deep Throat Trailer - IGN
- ^ MUBI
- ^ "Inside Deep Throat". IGN. September 27, 2005. Archived from the original on April 25, 2022.
- ^ Roger Ebert
- ^ TV Guide
- ^ RUSH Producer Brian Grazer on the documentary INSIDE DEEP THROAT - American Film Institute on YouTube
- ^ Inside Deep Throat: How the Movies Changed Pop Culture|Emanuel Levy
