An examination of the unanticipated lasting cultural impact generated by "Deep Throat", a sexually explicit film first shown in a midtown Manhattan adult theater in June 1972 that quickly became the flashpoint for an unprecedented social and political firestorm.
Production Imagine Entertainment; HBO Documentary Films; World of Wonder; Home Box Office (HBO);
Cast Names Johnny Carson; Jeff Conaway; Gerard Damiano Jr.; Bob Hope; Michael Pataki; Chuck Traynor; Dennis Hopper; Gerard Damiano; John Waters; Larry Flynt; Erica Jong; Ruth Westheimer; Dick Cavett; Camille Paglia; Linda Lovelace; Hugh M. Hefner; Bill Maher; Norman Mailer; Charles Keating; Alan M. Dershowitz; Larry Parrish; Gore Vidal; Al Goldstein; Francis Ford Coppola; Georgina Spelvin; Ron Wertheim; Andrea True; Wes Craven; Harry Reems; Patsy Carroll;
Box Office USD 653,621
Release Date 2005-01-01 * (Sundance Film Festival) 2005-02-11 (limited)
Genres Documentary; History;
MPAA Rating [?] Rated NC-17 for explicit sexual content; Rated R for strong
sexuality including graphic images, nudity and dialogue (edited
version)