Inside Deep Throat

Year:

2005

Duration:

89 min | USA:92 min

Genres:

Documentary | Biography | History

IMDB rate:

6.8

Director:

Fenton Bailey

Awards:

1 win

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2005-04-21

Filming Locations: Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $2,000,000

Opening Weekend: $88,709 (USA) (13 February 2005)

Gross: $653,621 (USA) (17 April 2005)

Cast

Actor

Character

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

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

Bob Hope

Himself (archive footage: Cavalcade of Champions) (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)

Did you know?

Trivia

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

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Two clips from the same episode of 77 Sunset Strip (1958) are included, both with actor Eddie Fontaine, the first is in the original black and white, and the second has been colorized.

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Arrow Productions has edited the original, pornographic version of Deep Throat (1972) to get an "R" rating, and also has submitted the original for reclassification. Both versions will be released theatrically in 2005 in a double-bill with this documentary.

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Goofs

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

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Early in the film, a person is shown transporting the film with "Deep Throat" painted one the film case. The case he carries holds only two reels or 40 minutes of film. When the case is opened in the projection room it has grown to a 3 reel case and when the police seize the film a few minutes later, the case is a 4 reel size, the correct size for this film.

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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".

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Quotes

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

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Harry Reems: I lost my home, I lost my friends... I was actually reduced to panhandling on Sunset Blvd.

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Gore Vidal: [When asked about fear of human sexuality] Well, you must not forget our esteemed countrymen who have never taken a course in biology... never read a book...

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Faq

Q

What are the differences between the R-Rated and NC-17 Version?

A

The scenes which were not suitable for a R-Rating could not just be removed beacuse the whole movie is commented from the off. Therefore, softer material was used instead resulting in no running time difference. A detailed comparison between both versions with pictures can be found here.

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