Inside Deep Throat (2005)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Directors:

Fenton Bailey
Randy Barbato

Writers:

Fenton Bailey (co-writer)
Randy Barbato (co-writer)

Release Date:

21 April 2005 (Russia)

Genre:

Documentary | History

Tagline:

It was filmed in 6 days for 25 thousand dollars. The government didn't want you to see it. It was banned in 23 states. It has grossed over 600 million dollars. And it is the most profitable film in motion picture history.

Plot:

More than 30 years after Deep Throat's provocative debut, this documentary examines the legacy that the most profitable film of all-time left on society.

Plot Keywords:

Mob | 1972 | Pornography | Pornography Documentary | Blow Job

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Dennis Hopper	...	Narrator (voice)
Gerard Damiano	...	Himself
John Waters	...	Himself
Larry Flynt	...	Himself
Erica Jong	...	Herself
Ruth Westheimer	...	Herself (as Dr. Ruth Westheimer)
Dick Cavett	...	Himself
Camille Paglia	...	Herself
Linda Lovelace	...	Herself (archive footage)
Hugh M. Hefner	...	Himself (as Hugh Hefner)
Bill Maher	...	Himself
Norman Mailer	...	Himself
Charles Keating	...	Himself
Alan M. Dershowitz	...	Himself (as Alan Dershowitz)
Larry Parrish	...	Himself
Gore Vidal	...	Himself
Al Goldstein	...	Himself
Francis Ford Coppola	...	Himself (archive footage)
Georgina Spelvin	...	Herself
Ron Wertheim	...	Himself
Andrea True	...	Herself
Wes Craven	...	Himself
Harry Reems	...	Himself
Patsy Carroll	...	Herself - Linda's friend
Barbara Boreman	...	Herself - Linda's sister
Len Camp	...	Himself - location manager (as Lenny Camp)
Sepy Dobronyi	...	Himself (as The Swinger Count)
Linda Williams	...	Herself
Helen Gurley Brown	...	Herself
John V. Lindsay	...	Himself (archive footage) (as Mayor John Lindsay)
John Goreman	...	Himself - Former NYPD officer (as John Gorman)
Mike Sullivan	...	Himself - former NYPD officer
Herb Kassner	...	Himself - Deep Throat attorney
William Purcell	...	Himself - Deep Throat prosecutor
Ralph Blumenthal	...	Himself
Xaviera Hollander	...	Herself
Carl Bernstein	...	Himself
Joel J. Tyler	...	Himself - Manhattan Criminal Court judge (archive footage) (as Judge Tyler)
Arthur Sommer	...	Himself - theater manager
Bill Kelly	...	Himself
Louis Peraino	...	Himself - Deep Throat producer (archive footage)
Anthony Peraino	...	Himself - Deep Throat associate producer (archive footage) (as Anthony Joseph Peraino)
Joseph S. Peraino	...	Himself - Deep Throat associate producer (archive footage) (as Joseph Peraino Jr.)
Peter Bart	...	Himself
Peter Manouse	...	Himself
Ray Shipley	...	Himself
Bruce Kramer	...	Himself
Roy M. Cohn	...	Himself (archive footage)
Tony Bill	...	Himself
Jack Nicholson	...	Himself (archive footage)
Warren Beatty	...	Himself (archive footage)
Susan Brownmiller	...	Herself
Tom Snyder	...	Himself (archive footage)
Gloria Steinem	...	Herself (archive footage)
Jon Lewis	...	Himself
Annie Sprinkle	...	Herself
Lindsay Marchiano	...	Herself
Terry Sommer	...	Herself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Johnny Carson	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jeff Conaway	...	Kenickie (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gerard Damiano Jr.	...	Himself (uncredited)
Bob Hope	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Michael Pataki	...	Ziggy ("The Last Porno Flick") (archive footage) (uncredited)
Chuck Traynor	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Fenton Bailey
Randy Barbato

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Fenton Bailey		co-writer
Randy Barbato		co-writer

Produced by
Fenton Bailey	....	producer
Randy Barbato	....	producer
Mona Card	....	co-producer
Brian Grazer	....	producer
Ian Mallahan	....	associate producer
Kim Roth	....	executive producer
Ashley York	....	associate producer
Ron Howard	....	producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
David Benjamin Steinberg

Cinematography by
David Kempner
Teodoro Maniaci

Film Editing by
William Grayburn
Jeremy Simmons

Production Management
Beau J. Genot	....	post-production supervisor
Devon Schneider	....	production manager

Sound Department
Gregg Barbanell	....	foley artist
Michael Bergman	....	additional sound
Paul Berolzheimer	....	foley recordist
Lance Brown	....	sound re-recording mixer
Lance Brown	....	supervising sound editor
Michael Camello	....	sound effects designer
Joe Crabb	....	additional sound
Thomas Craca	....	additional sound
Stephanie Flack	....	dialogue editor
Bruce Fortune	....	supervising adr editor (as Bruce D. Fortune)
Michael Geisler	....	foley recordist
Albee Gordon	....	sound recordist
Paul Hackner	....	dialogue editor
Joe Hettinger	....	additional sound
Eddie Kim	....	sound effects designer
Kimberly Lowe Voigt	....	dialogue editor
Del Martin	....	digital engineer
David McRell	....	digital engineer
Chris Navarro	....	adr recordist
James Azizi Penny	....	sound effects editor
Jason Piatt	....	foley editor
Eric Raber	....	digital sound transfer engineer
Brion Regan	....	sound mixer: New York
Jayme Roy	....	sound recordist
Mark Roy	....	additional sound
George Shafnaker	....	additional sound
David Benjamin Steinberg	....	additional sound designer
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer
Mark Weber	....	sound mixer
Nathan Whitehead	....	first assistant sound editor
Tom Williams	....	additional sound
James Wright	....	consultant: Dolby surround

Visual Effects by
Orlando Delbert	....	graphic designer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Lonn Bailey	....	assistant camera: Memphis
Mark Braun	....	assistant camera: Tucson
Oliver Cary	....	assistant camera: New York
Harry Frith	....	additional photographer
Pat Kelly	....	assistant camera: Boston
Ilya Lyudmirsky	....	assistant camera: Los Angeles
Allan Palmer	....	additional photographer
Katie Strand	....	assistant camera: Los Angeles
Curt Wallin	....	assistant camera: Park City

Casting Department
Ed Arenas	....	casting

Editorial Department
Marc Fisher	....	finishing editor
Joe Fontes	....	post-production assistant
Clay Foster	....	second assistant editor
Ricardo Gonzalez	....	second assistant editor
Ryan Growney	....	post-production assistant
Terry Haggar	....	color timer
Christine Seino	....	assistant on-line editor
Michael R. Taylor	....	post-production assistant
Tom Wolf	....	head of post-production
Craig Sawczuk	....	post-production coordinator (uncredited)

Music Department
Danny Bramson	....	music consultant
Ed Bruno	....	music assistant
Christopher Lord	....	assistant to composer
Erik Masone	....	music assistant
Angelos Skordos	....	music coordinator (as Angelo 'Pepe' Skordos)
Casey Stone	....	music scoring mixer
Ronald J. Webb	....	music editor

Other crew
Blake Armstrong	....	production assistant
Prudence Arndt	....	archival researcher
John Branston	....	researcher
Liz Carriere	....	production accountant
Frederick Dechow	....	production accountant
Charlie Dibe	....	production assistant
Leah Estrin	....	assistant: Ms. Roth
Nicole Flowers	....	production accountant
Bill Georgiou	....	titles and graphics
Diane Glosson	....	researcher
Mitchell Gutman	....	production assistant
Alanna Haderly	....	production assistant
Keith Heiley	....	production assistant
Nicole Hickman	....	researcher
Kari Hubert	....	production assistant
Moye Ishimoto	....	assistant to director
Mark Lennon	....	production assistant
David Lott	....	production assistant
Ian Mallahan	....	archivist
Scott Masterson	....	production assistant
Guy Morrison	....	archival researcher
Derek Natzke	....	production assistant
Pablo Pagan	....	production assistant
Miguel Raya	....	assistant: Mr. Grazer
Teresa Reilly	....	production assistant (as Teresa Reilly Smalley)
David Schiff	....	head of production: World of Wonder
John Sergeant	....	researcher
Thairin Smothers	....	researcher
Michael Speelman	....	archival researcher
Caroline Stack	....	archival researcher
Lea Stenson	....	production assistant
Michael Zeininger	....	production assistant

Thanks
Jamie Boulton	....	thanks
Steven Corfe	....	thanks
Gerard Damiano	....	special thanks
Richard Dreyfuss	....	special thanks
David Flint	....	special thanks
Elliott Gould	....	thanks
Paul Mazursky	....	thanks
Sheila Nevins	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Imagine Entertainment
• HBO Documentary Films
• World of Wonder
• Home Box Office (HBO)

Distributors

• Universal Pictures (2005) (USA) (theatrical)
• Central Partnership (2005) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Nordisk Film Distributors (2005) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Filmcoopi Zürich (2005) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Independent Films (2005) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Mediasoft Films (2005) (South Korea) (theatrical)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (2005) (France) (theatrical)
• Mikado (2005) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Momentum Pictures (2005) (UK) (theatrical)
• Quasar Films (2005) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Shaw Organisation (2005) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Constantin Film (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• Oy Nordisk Film (2006) (Finland) (DVD)
• Canvas (2007) (Belgium) (TV) (first national airing)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Tornado Film (2007) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production
• Elizabeth Bardsley & Associates  script annotation
• Something Weird Video (SWV)  moving image archives provided by
• Widget Post Production  sound re-recording

Also Known As:

Mesa sto vathy laryggi (Greece) [el]

MPAA:

Rated NC-17 for explicit sexual content; Rated R for strong sexuality including graphic images, nudity and dialogue (edited version)

Runtime:

USA:92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Hong Kong:III | Sweden:15 | Netherlands:16 | Japan:R-18 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Zurich) | Malaysia:(Banned) | Philippines:R-18 | Iceland:16 | Portugal:M/16 | Italy:VM14 | France:-12 | South Korea:18 | Denmark:15 | Argentina:18 | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:R (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Finland:K-18 | Ireland:18 | Singapore:R21 (cut) | UK:18 | USA:NC-17 | Germany:16 | Norway:15 | USA:R (edited version) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Australia:R

Company:

Imagine Entertainment

Trivia:

Inside Deep Throat was the first NC-17-rated film aired on HBO.

Goofs:

Continuity: 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.

Quotes:

Narrator: At one point, "Deep Throat" was banned in 23 states.

Movie Connections:

Features "Sanford and Son" (1972)

Soundtrack:

Jungle Boogie

Interesting but incredibly tedious

If it's possible for a movie to be intriguing and tedious at the same time, Inside Deep Throat has mastered the art of it. Having a famous porn film that cost $25,000 to make and went on to make over $600 million as your subject could make any movie intriguing. But the intrigue wears off about a half hour into the movie. It's clear that the film-maker knew he had a good idea for a documentary but as time went on, he found that there was not nearly enough interesting material to last over 45 minutes. It would have been just the perfect amount of time to fill an hour of E True Hollywood Story, but the NC-17 rating would make that hard.

The best thing about the movie is the vivid creation of the sexual revolution that spun through the US during the time of the film's original release. The life of the main character was also interesting. But these two things don't drive the movie. The rest of the movie may be fascinating, but the story telling is not fascinating. The script is scattered and choppy. The interviews are hardly believable also. Who actually believes that a bunch of porn movie makers who made a porn with such a stupid subject matter actually did it to try and change how Americans thought about sex? They were making a porn! They wanted money, among other things. Nobody sat down and thought about changing America with Deep Throat.

In the end, the movie is something you won't forget, but even a few hours after seeing it I can't remember why I found it interesting anyway.