Deep Throat (1972)

Director:

Gerard Damiano

Writer:

Gerard Damiano (written by)

Release Date:

8 January 1973 (Sweden)

Genre:

Adult

Tagline:

How far does a girl have to go to untangle her tingle?

Plot:

A woman with an unusual birth defect comes to a doctor who has an unorthodox solution to make the best of her situation.

Plot Keywords:

Doctor | Sex | Anilingus | Oral Sex | Shaving Of Vagina

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Harry Reems	...	Dr. Young
Dolly Sharp	...	Helen
Bill Harrison	...	Mr. Maltz
William Love	...	Wilber Wang
Carol Connors	...	The Nurse
Bob Phillips	...	Mr. Fenster
Linda Lovelace	...	Herself
Ted Street	...	Delivery Boy
John Byron	...	#11
Jack Birch	...	#12 (as Michael Powers)
Gerard Damiano	...	Last Man (as Al Gork)

Also Known As:

The Doctor Makes a House Call (USA) (working title)
The Sword Swallower (USA) (pre-release title)
Throat (USA) (bowdlerized title)

Runtime:

61 min | Sweden:67 min | UK:50 min (cut version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:R18 | Finland:K-18 (1999) | UK:18 | Norway:18 (2006) | Netherlands:16 | Australia:R (2008) (censored) | Canada:R (Ontario) | Argentina:18 (re-rating) (1983) | Argentina:X (original rating) | Australia:X | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Canada:R | Canada:XXX (Nova Scotia) | Chile:18 (2001) | Denmark:15 (video rating) | Finland:(Banned) (1993) | Ireland:(Banned) | Italy:X | Sweden:15 | USA:X

Filming Locations:

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

Company:

Gerard Damiano Film Productions (GDFP)

Trivia:

The highest grossing film ever to be made in the state of Florida (as of mid-1999).

Quotes:

Closing Title: The End. And Deep Throat to you all.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Midnight Blue Collection, Vol. 1: The Deep Throat Special Edition (2005) (V)

Porn – comedy – cult – classic!

Just pick a category…ANY category will do, actually, because "Deep Throat" fits in all of them. It's pure porn, naturally, but also a hard-to-obtain milestone with a cult history like no other movie could ever present. "Deep Throat" made the porn-industry what it is today: a mainstream and very profitable business in which actors and directors get respect and sympathy. And, instead of simply editing a whole lot of boring hardcore sequences together, the makers of this film wanted to tell a story (although a very silly one) with a great sense of humor! Linda Lovelace stars as a poor young woman who can't enjoy physical love no matter what she tries… Along with her doctor (the utterly cool Harry Reems) she discovers that her clitoris is wrongfully placed at the back-end of her throat! The doctor, as well as multiple other volunteers, gladly teaches her a way by which she can enjoy sex after all. This premise alone already is quite comical but humorist value of "Deep Throat" is increased by the playful performances (Reems is having the time of his life), the brilliant music (wait until you hear the title song!) and the implementation of typical but non-pornographic footage that illustrates what kind of pleasure the characters are going through (for example, shots from a rocket-launch when the men are climaxing…). Funny stuff…and Lovelace still looks better than most female porn stars today!