Deep Throat
Deep Throat   poster
Directed by	Gerard Damiano
Produced by	Louis Peraino
Starring	Harry Reems Linda Lovelace Dolly Sharp Carol Connors
Cinematography	Harry Flecks
Editing by	Gerard Damiano
Release date(s)	1972
Running time	61 min
Language	English
Budget	$22,000
IMDb profile

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). Download high resolution version (500x636, 23 KB)Deep Throat poster This work is copyrighted. ... Gerard Damiano is a former adult film director. ... Harry Reems is the stage name of a US theater and adult film actor, born Herbert Streicher to a Jewish family in Bronx, New York on August 27, 1947. ... Linda Susan Boreman, better known by her stage name Linda Lovelace (January 10, 1949 - April 22, 2002), was a pornographic actress in the 1972 film Deep Throat, who went on to leave the pornography industry and became a spokeswoman for the anti-pornography movement. ... Carol Connors (born November 13, 1952) is an American erotic actress. ... // Top grossing films The Godfather Fiddler on the Roof Diamonds Are Forever Whats Up, Doc?, starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan ONeal Dirty Harry The Last Picture Show A Clockwork Orange Cabaret, starring Liza Minnelli The Hospital Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex Academy Awards Best Picture... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... // Top grossing films The Godfather Fiddler on the Roof Diamonds Are Forever Whats Up, Doc?, starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan ONeal Dirty Harry The Last Picture Show A Clockwork Orange Cabaret, starring Liza Minnelli The Hospital Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex Academy Awards Best Picture... Gerard Damiano is a former adult film director. ... Linda Susan Boreman, better known by her stage name Linda Lovelace (January 10, 1949 - April 22, 2002), was a pornographic actress in the 1972 film Deep Throat, who went on to leave the pornography industry and became a spokeswoman for the anti-pornography movement. ...

Description and plot

A sexually frustrated woman (Linda Lovelace, credited as playing "Herself") asks her friend Helen (played by Dolly Sharp) for advice; after a sex party did not provide any help, Helen recommends that Linda visit a doctor (played by Harry Reems). The doctor notices that Linda's clitoris is located in her throat; she then goes on to work as a therapist for the doctor and performs a particular technique of oral sex—thereafter known as "deep throat"—on various men, until she finds the one to marry. Meanwhile, the doctor has sex with his blonde nurse (played by Carol Connors). The movie ends with the line "The End. And Deep Throat to you all." Harry Reems is the stage name of a US theater and adult film actor, born Herbert Streicher to a Jewish family in Bronx, New York on August 27, 1947. ... The clitoris (Greek ) is a female sexual organ. ... Look up Throat in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Oral sex consists of all the sexual activities that involve the use of the mouth, tongue, and possibly throat to stimulate genitalia. ... Deep throating is a form of oral sex, specifically fellatio, in which the whole erect penis is taken into the mouth and throat. ... One of the worlds most famous blondes Marilyn Monroe, who was in fact a natural brunette Blond (feminine, blonde) is a hair colour found in certain mammals characterised by low levels of the dark pigment eumelanin and higher levels of the pale pigment phæomelanin, in common with red... This article focuses on the education and regulation of nurses. ... Carol Connors (born November 13, 1952) is an American erotic actress. ...

The movie, 61 minutes long, is intended to be funny with highly corny dialogues and songs, fireworks going off and bells ringing during orgasm. A song is a relatively short musical composition for the human voice (commonly accompanied by other musical instruments), which features words (lyrics). ... Fourth of July fireworks in San Diego, California New Years Day fireworks at Seaport Village, California Preparing fireworks at Sayn Castle A firework is classified as a low explosive pyrotechnic device used primarily for aesthetic and entertainment purposes. ... A bell is a simple sound-making device. ... Orgasm is the conclusion of the plateau phase of the sexual response cycle, shared by both men and women. ...

The various explicit scenes of oral, anal and vaginal sex acts led to an X rating by the MPAA film rating system. Oral sex consists of all the sexual activities that involve the use of the mouth, tongue, and possibly throat to stimulate genitalia. ... Roman men having anal sex. ... // WorldSex Daily Updated Free Links to Hardcore Sex Pictures, Movies, Free Porn Videos and XXX Live Sex Cams. ... X-rated, X certificate, X classification or similar terms are labels for movies implying strong adult content, typically pornography or violence. ... The MPAA film rating system is a system used in the United States and territories and instituted by the Motion Picture Association of America to rate a movie based on its content. ...

Porno chic and pop culture influence

On June 5, 1972, the movie received a glowing review by Al Goldstein in his Screw magazine. Only two full-length (and lesser known) heterosexual hardcore porn movies had been released previously in the U.S.: Mona in 1970 and School Girl in 1971. Together with the gay-themed Boys in the Sand, released in December, 1971, and Behind the Green Door which was also released in 1972 and widely shown in mainstream theatres, Deep Throat started a brief period of 'porno chic' when it was considered cool in some circles to go see porn movies, even in mixed company. Several mainstream celebrities were seen watching Deep Throat, including Truman Capote, Jack Nicholson and Johnny Carson. The phenomenon was described and the movie reviewed in an influential 5 page article in The New York Times^[1]. Al Goldstein (born Alvin Goldstein, January 10, 1936) is an American publisher and pornographer. ... SCREW MAGAZINE — “The World’s Greatest Newspaper” — was founded in 1968 by Al Goldstein. ... Mona may mean: Mona, the Saxon moon deity Mona, a character from the cartoon The Simpsons the Roman name for the island of Anglesey the Isle of Man (in poetic language) Mona, a Shift JIS art character in one of Japans BBSs, 2channel Mona, Jamaica, a town that... For other articles with similar names, see Gay (disambiguation). ... Boys in the Sand is a landmark 1971 gay pornographic film. ... Behind the Green Door (1972) was the first hardcore pornographic movie widely released in the United States. ... The term porno chic was first used in the early 1970s to describe the wave of pornographic movies like Behind the Green Door, Deep Throat, The Devil in Miss Jones, and Score that appeared in mainstream moviehouses of the United States for the first time. ... Truman García Capote (30 September 1924 – 25 August 1984) was an American writer whose non-fiction, stories, novels and plays are recognized literary classics. ... This article refers to the actor. ... For other people named John Carson, see John Carson (disambiguation). ... The New York Times is a newspaper published in New York City by Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. ...

Unlike Behind the Green Door, Deep Throat's fame does not primarily root from its explicitness but from the fact that it set some of the main conventions of modern pornography: a synopsis made up of different segments of graphic sex, attached with a minimal plot Behind the Green Door (1972) was the first hardcore pornographic movie widely released in the United States. ...

The movie's title became a pop culture reference, most notably when then-Washington Post managing editor Howard Simons chose "Deep Throat" as the pseudonym for a Watergate informant, many years later revealed to be W. Mark Felt. ... This page is about the Washington Post editor. ... W. Mark Felt, on the set of CBSs Face the Nation in 1976. ... Mark Felt, special agent in charge of the Salt Lake City field office, poses for the Deseret News on January 20, 1958. ...

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Production and revenue

The scenes involving Linda Lovelace were shot in Miami over 6 days in January 1972; the scenes involving Carol Connors were shot in New York City. This article is about the city in Florida. ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ...

The movie was produced by Louis "Butchie" Peraino (listed as "Lou Perry"), with most of the production cost of $22,500 coming from his father Anthony Peraino and his uncle Joe "The Whale" Peraino, both members of the Mafia, specifically the Colombo crime family. Damiano, who had rights to one-third of the profits, received a pay-off of $25,000 and was forced out by the Perainos shortly after the movie's success had become apparent.^[1] The Mafia would put pressure on theatre owners, generally demanding 50% of all proceeds and sending out spies or "checkers" to verify ticket sale numbers by counting members in the audience. Anthony Peraino (1915-1996), also known as Big Tony because of his alleged weight of 300 pounds, was a made member of the New York based Colombo crime family who introduced the organization into the burgeoning porn business during the late 1960s and helped develope it into organized crimes... The Sicilian Mafia (also referred to simply as the Mafia or Cosa Nostra), is a criminal secret society of men which first developed in the mid-19th century in Sicily. ... The Colombo crime family is one of the Five Families that controls organized crime activities in New York City, USA, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia (or Cosa Nostra). ...

Estimates of total revenue have varied widely. One FBI source suggests $100 million, but numbers as high as $600 million have also been cited, which would make the movie the most profitable of all time. Michael Hiltzik of the Los Angeles Times argues for a lower number, pointing out that the movie was banned in half the U.S., and may only have been shown in one theatre in each of a few large cities. With a ticket price of $2.05, box-office takings of $600 million would require every man, woman and child in the U.S. to have seen it one-and-a-half times. (Ticket prices in New York City were $5 however.^[1]) Since there was no mass VCR market until around 1977, video-tape sales cannot have contributed to revenue, although Super-8 cine sales may have brought some revenue during the mid-1970s. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a Federal police force which is the principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ... The Los Angeles Times (also known as the LA Times) is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California and distributed throughout the Western United States. ... Super 8 mm film, also called Super 8 is a motion picture film format that was developed in the 1960s and released on the market in 1965 by Eastman Kodak as an improvement of the older 8mm home movie format. ...

Roger Ebert, the popular movie critic, did have some comments about the movie's total gross when he reviewed Inside Deep Throat, a documentary film about the movie (see below). Ebert explains that in the 1970s when Deep Throat was made and released, most of the porn theaters were owned by the mob and they probably "inflated box office receipts as a way of laundering income from drugs and prostitution," so in fact Deep Throat did not really gross $600 million, even though that was the box office tally. Russ Meyer (left) and Roger Ebert, (1970) Roger Joseph Ebert (June 18, 1942 - ) is an Emmy Award-nominated American television personality, author, and film critic who began writing for the Chicago Sun-Times in 1967. ... Promotional poster for Inside Deep Throat Inside Deep Throat is a 2005 documentary about the 1972 pornographic film Deep Throat and its effects on American society. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Linda Boreman's allegations

In her first two biographies, Linda Lovelace characterizes making the film as a liberating experience; in her third and fourth biographies (written after making the acquaintance of Andrea Dworkin), she charges that she did not consent to many of the depicted sexual acts and that she was coerced to perform by her abusive husband Chuck Traynor who received $1250 for her acting. She also claimed she was hypnotized by Traynor, who brandished handguns and rifles to control her every move. Andrea Dworkin speaking to a federal commission on pornography in New York in January 1986 Andrea Rita Dworkin (September 26, 1946 – April 9, 2005) was an American radical feminist and writer best known for her criticism of pornography, which she linked with rape and other forms of violence against women. ... Chuck Traynor (died July 22, 2002) was an American pornographer. ... Hypnotic Seance, by Richard Bergh Hypnosis is a state of mind in which a persons conscious critical thinking mind is bypassed and communication with the subconscious mind is established. ...

In 1986, she testified before the Meese Commission that, "Virtually every time someone watches that movie, they're watching me being raped." And in the Toronto Sun on March 20, 1981 she said that, "It is a crime that movie is still showing; there was a gun to my head the entire time." While the other people present on the set did not support the gun charge, both Traynor and Damiano confirmed in interviews that Traynor was extremely controlling towards Boreman and also hit her on occasion. In the documentary Inside Deep Throat (see below) it is claimed that bruises are visible on Boreman's body in the movie. Categories: Stub | Pornography ... The Toronto Sun is an English language daily newspaper published in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...

Obscenity litigation

In various communities in the U.S., the movie was shown to juries to determine whether it was obscene; the outcomes varied widely and the movie was banned in numerous locations. After a jury in New York in 1972 had found the movie to be not obscene, prosecutors decided to charge a corporation with obscenity in order to avoid a jury trial^[1]. The movie was eventually found obscene in New York. Obscenity has several connotations. ... NY redirects here. ...

In 1976, there was a series of federal cases in Memphis, Tennessee, where over 60 individuals and companies, including the Perainos and actor Harry Reems, were indicted for conspiracy to distribute obscenity across state lines. Damiano and Lovelace were granted immunity in exchange for testimony. The trials ended in convictions. For other uses, see Memphis (disambiguation). ... Official language(s) English Capital Nashville Largest city Memphis Largest metro area Nashville Area  Ranked 36th  - Total 42,169 sq mi (109,247 km²)  - Width 120 miles (195 km)  - Length 440 miles (710 km)  - % water 2. ... In the criminal law, a conspiracy is an agreement between two or more natural persons to break the law at some time in the future, and, in some cases, with at least one overt act in furtherance of that agreement. ...

This was the first time that an actor had been prosecuted by the federal government on obscenity charges. (Lenny Bruce had been prosecuted in the 1960s by local authorities.) Reems became a cause célèbre and received considerable support from Hollywood circles. On appeal, he was represented by Alan Dershowitz, and his conviction was overturned: the Miller test had been applied in his case even though the alleged conspiracy happened in 1972 and the Miller decision occurred in 1973, thus being an ex post facto prosecution. The Perainos and some other major players connected to organized crime received short prison sentences. Lenny Bruce (October 13, 1925 – August 3, 1966), born Leonard Alfred Schneider, was a controversial American stand-up comedian, writer, social critic and satirist of the 1950s and 1960s. ... Look up cause célèbre in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Alan Morton Dershowitz (born September 1, 1938) is an American lawyer and law professor. ... The Miller test is the United States Supreme Courts test for determining whether speech or expression can be labeled obscene, in which case it is not protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and can be prohibited. ... An ex post facto law (Latin for from a thing done afterward), also known as a retrospective law, is a law that is retroactive, i. ...

In 1995, while in Las Vegas for an obscenity trial, Louis Peraino met and befriended Raymond Pistol, a local adult club owner, and sold Pistol rights to his entire library including Deep Throat.

In the UK, the movie was banned upon release, and the ban was upheld by the courts 10 years later. The DVD of the movie was finally given an R18 rating in 2000 which allowed it to be sold in licensed sex shops in the UK.^[2] The R18 certificate represents a film or video classification given by the British Board of Film Classification. ...

Soundtrack

Deep Throat
Studio album by unknown artists
Released	1972
Recorded	1972
Genre	Film soundtrack
Length	??:??
Label	Trunk Records
Producer(s)	???

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The original soundtrack was released by Trunk Records in 1972. Few copies exist today and when on the market, they have been seen to sell for as much as US$300. The tracks are groovy and contemporary, both instrumental and with vocals. Every second track or so is lyrics from the movie (indicated with "" in the list below). All artists are unknown. A remixed and remastered CD and LP version is now available from Light in the Attic Records (see links).

Original track list:

1. Introducing Linda Lovelace
2. "Mind if I smoke while you're eating?"
3. Blowing' Bubbles
4. "A Lot of little tingles"
5. Love is Strange
6. "A nice joint like you..."
7. "You have no tinkler!"
8. Deep Throat
9. "I wanna be your slave"
10. "My love is like a big blonde afro (Jah-ron-o-mo)"
11. Nurse Lovelace
12. I'd Like To Teach You All To Screw (It's The Real Thing)
13. Nurse About the House
14. "I got Blue Cross"
15. Old Dr. Young
16. Masked Marvel

Trivia

• The director is listed as "Jerry Gerard", a pseudonym for Gerard Damiano. Damiano also makes a short non-sex appearance during the party scene; the score lists him as "Al Gork".
• Co-star Harry Reems originally was hired to serve on the production crew for $200, but then agreed to appear in the film although that meant he would receive only $100 for his performance.
• Linda's husband Chuck Traynor was also billed as production manager of the movie. At one point, he was considered as an actor, but he could not maintain an erection. After Linda left him in 1974, he would get involved with porn star Marilyn Chambers.
• An uncut version was not released in the UK until the year 2000, on Videotape.

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Sequels

• The 1974 movie Deep Throat Part II was written and directed by Joseph W. Sarno and again featured Linda Lovelace and Harry Reems. The plot has the Russians attempt to kidnap Linda in order to learn about her secrets. Two versions, one hardcore and one R-rated, were shot, apparently because the production company, Arrow, was being hassled by the FBI and wanted to have a tame version to show to them, but the hardcore scenes were stolen from the editing laboratory and the subsequent release of the R-rated version was a box office failure.
• Deep Throat II (1987) as well as the subsequent movies have different actors and director and, despite the title, are hardly sequels to Deep Throat.
• Deep Throat 3 (1989) starred Peter North
• Deep Throat 4 (1990), 5 (1991), and 6 (1992) were directed by Ron Jeremy.

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References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Ralph Blumenthal: Porno chic; "Hard-core" grows fashionable-and very profitable, The New York Times, 21 January 1973
2. ^ Deep Throat passed uncut 28 years on, Guardian Unlimited, 18 September 2000

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External links

• A review with some photos
• Interview with FBI agent Bill Kelly who investigated the obscenity case
• Luke Ford's collected notes on Deep Throat and Linda Lovelace, very extensive
• That old feeling: when porno was chic, Time Magazine, March 29, 2005
• Light in the Attic Records release of the soundtrack, including sound samples and MP3s.
• 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

Further reading

• Legs McNeil, Jennifer Osborne and Peter Pavia: The Other Hollywood: The Uncensored Oral History of the Porn Film Industry. Regan Books 2005. ISBN 0-06-009659-4