Behind the Green Door
Directed by	Artie Mitchell & Jim Mitchell
Produced by	Jim Mitchell
Written by	Anonymous (original story), Jim Mitchell (screen adaptation)
Starring	Marilyn Chambers
Music by	Daniel Le Blanc
Cinematography	Jon Fontana
Editing by	Jon Fontana
Language	English
IMDb profile

Behind the Green Door (1972) was the first hardcore pornographic movie widely released in the United States. Directed by the Mitchell brothers and starring Marilyn Chambers as Gloria Saunders, the movie depicts her abduction to a sex theater, where she is forced to perform various sexual acts in front of an audience, with characters including nuns and trapeze artists. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (409x654, 66 KB)Behind the Green Door starring Marilyn Chambers This is a DVD cover. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Pornography (from Greek πορνογραφια pornographia — literally writing about or drawings of harlots) is the representation of the human body or human sexual behaviour with the goal of sexual arousal, similar to, but (according to some) distinct from, erotica. ... Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... The Mitchell brothers (James Jim Lloyd Mitchell, born November 30, 1943, and Artie Jay Mitchell, December 12, 1945–February 27, 1991) were active in the pornography and strip club business in San Francisco in the 1970s and 1980s. ... Marilyn Chambers (born Marilyn Ann Briggs, April 22, 1952, in Westport, Connecticut, USA) is an adult film actress best known for her performances in the porn movies Behind the Green Door (1972) and Insatiable (1980). ... Kidnapper redirects here. ... Sexual behavior is a form of physical intimacy that may be directed to reproduction (one possible goal of sexual intercourse) and/or to the enjoyment of activity involving sexual gratification. ... Nun in cloister, 1930; photograph by Doris Ulmann In general, a nun is a female ascetic who chooses to voluntarily leave mainstream society and live her life in prayer and contemplation in a monastery or convent. ... An acrobat below a balloon Trapeze artists, in lithograph by Calvert Litho. ...

Prior to the movie's release, Marilyn Chambers had modelled for Procter & Gamble and Ivory Snow detergent. After the release of the movie, P&G recalled all products and advertising materials featuring her, unintentionally adding to the movie's hype. Along with Deep Throat, released later in the same year, the movie launched the "porn chic" boom and started what is now referred to as the "Golden Age of Porn". Made with a budget of $60,000, the movie ended up grossing over $25 million. Procter & Gamble Co. ... Deep Throat is an American pornographic movie released in the summer of 1972, written and directed by Gerard Damiano and starring Linda Lovelace (the pseudonym of Linda Susan Boreman). ... The term porn chic was first used in the early 1970s to describe the wave of pornographic movies like Behind the Green Door, Debbie Does Dallas, Deep Throat, The Devil in Miss Jones, and Score that appeared in mainstream moviehouses for the first time. ...

The film was made from a short story of the same title, which was circulated by means of numerous carbon copies. This article is in need of attention. ... Carbon copying, often abbreviated to c. ...

Trivia

The film makes a cameo appearance in the movie Cannonball Run, when Jackie Chan's character watches it in his hi-tech car, leading to an accident. Cannonball Run was a campy, screwball comedy movie released in 1981 that starred Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise and Farrah Fawcett. ... Chan Kong-Sang known as Jackie Chan Sing Lung SBS (born on April 7, 1954 on Victoria Peak, Hong Kong, China) is a Chinese martial artist, actor, director, script writer, film producer, singer and former stunt performer. ...

External links

• Behind the Green Door review