

11/02/2005
In 1972, a seemingly typical shoestring budget pornographic film was made in a Florida hotel: "Deep Throat," starring Linda Lovelace. This film would surpass the wildest expectation of everyone involved to become one of the most successful independent films of all time. It caught the public imagination which met the spirit of the times, even as the self-appointed guardians of public morality struggled to suppress it, and created, for a brief moment, a possible future where sexuality in film had a bold artistic potential. This film covers the story of the making of this controversial film, its stunning success, its hysterical opposition along with its dark side of mob influence and allegations of the on set mistreatment of the film's star.

Dennis Hopper
as Narrator (voice)

Peter Bart
as Self

Warren Beatty
as Self (archive footage)

Carl Bernstein
as Self

Norman Mailer
as Self

John Waters
as Self

Gore Vidal
as Self

Hugh Hefner
as Self

Camille Paglia
as Self

Helen Gurley Brown
as Self

Erica Jong
as Self

Ruth Westheimer
as Self

Dick Cavett
as Self

Bill Maher
as Self

Charles Keating
as Self

Larry Parrish
as Self

Richard Nixon
as Self (archive footage)

Al Goldstein
as Self

Harry Reems
as Self

Linda Lovelace
as Self (archive footage)

Georgina Spelvin
as Self

Gerard Damiano
as Self

Alan Dershowitz
as Self

Larry Flynt
as Self
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