Inside Deep Throat

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Inside Deep Throat
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Theatrical release poster
Directed byFenton Bailey
Randy Barbato
Written byFenton Bailey
Randy Barbato
Produced byFenton Bailey
Randy Barbato
Brian Grazer
Uncredited:
Ron Howard
Narrated by Dennis Hopper
CinematographyDavid Kempner
Teodoro Maniaci
Edited byWilliam Grayburn
Jeremy Simmons
Music byDavid Benjamin Steinberg
Production
companies
Distributed by Universal Pictures (United States)
Summit Entertainment (International) [1]
Release dates
  • January 2005 (2005-01)(Sundance)
  • February 11, 2005 (2005-02-11)
Running time
89 minutes [2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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]

Contents

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 Gerard Damiano, actor Harry Reems, actress Linda Lovelace, Gore Vidal, [6] Larry Flynt, Hugh Hefner, John Waters, Erica Jong, a prosecutor, Reems' defense attorney, 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

Archive footage

Production

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

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".

References

  1. ↑ Brown, Colin (January 22, 2005). "Inside Deep Throat". Screen International . Retrieved October 25, 2021.
  2. ↑ "INSIDE DEEP THROAT (18)". British Board of Film Classification . April 29, 2005. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
  3. 1 2 Inside Deep Throat at Box Office Mojo
  4. ↑ Inside Deep Throat Movie Trailer - Inside Deep Throat Trailer - IGN. June 21, 2005. Retrieved December 18, 2025– via www.ign.com.
  5. ↑ Inside Deep Throat (2005) | MUBI . Retrieved December 18, 2025– via mubi.com.
  6. ↑ "Inside Deep Throat". IGN . September 27, 2005. Archived from the original on April 25, 2022.
  7. ↑ Ebert, Roger (February 10, 2005). "'Inside Deep Throat' bares story behind porn blockbuster". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved December 18, 2025– via RogerEbert.com.
  8. ↑ "Inside Deep Throat". TVGuide.com. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
  9. ↑ RUSH Producer Brian Grazer on the documentary INSIDE DEEP THROAT. American Film Institute. September 16, 2013. Retrieved December 18, 2025– via YouTube.
  10. ↑ Levy, Emanuel (October 2, 2005). "Inside Deep Throat: How the Movie Changed Pop Culture". emanuellevy.com. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
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