Deep Throat (1972)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

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 | Medical Doctor | Semen | Brunette

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 profits from Deep Throat were used to create Bryanston Distributing, a film distribution company that also handled several non-pornographic features including The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974).

Quotes:

Helen: Do you wanna get off or do you wanna wreck a city?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre (2004) (V)

a remarkably influential movie ...

the timing was perfect: 1972, Dick Nixon, Vietnam, sexual revolution, etc. If you recall Bernardo Bertolucci's "Last Tango in Paris" is from this very same period, though in my opinion not as enduring as Deep Throat. Deep Throat defined and pretty much set in motion the modern porn genre and actually anticipated the massive porn industry as we know it today. There were law suits and supreme court rulings. Alan Dershwitz defended Harry Reems and William Buckley had a whole program devoted to the movie. It is perhaps one of the most influential movies of all time and it made many to question, analyze, and think, and that is the hallmark of a great movie.