David Winters, Dennis Hopper, Erica Jong

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.

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117 critics

NC-17, 90 min.

Directed by: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato

Release Date: February 11, 2005

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DVD Release Date: September 20, 2005

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  • October 13, 2007
    A really great documentary about one of the most famous porn movies in history. Not so much about the movie itself so much as world it came from and ultimately brought with it. Very well done with some classy Dennis Hopper narration. Lots of great interviews and archival footage...( read more) too. (Namely the Miami theater manager and his cranky old wife pissing and moaning in the background.) Inside Deep Throat is also a great look into a nearly forgotten time which at times seems so inconceivably ignorant which gave way (as the ending points out) to another twisted time in history--now.
  • September 30, 2007
    Good documentary in that you learn alot, especially since I wasnt around at the time to see the stir this movie caused, but overall nothing really that great.
  • June 15, 2007
    For a documentary about the movie that kicked off the modern porn trade there's not enough porn and too many annoying Americans!
  • October 14, 2009
    Excellent documentary.
  • October 11, 2009
    I suppose I need to see "Deep Throat" before I critique the content of this film... But from the clips I did see it looked like it's not my cup of tea. But this film is an interesting analytical exercise in the colliding forces that created "Deep Throat," and the resulting cultur...( read more)al/societal/sexual/political ramifications. The film offered as many viewpoints as it could, but ultimately championed "Deep Throat" as a film about "the freedom to speak out against shame and hypocrisy." I think I could only agree with this as far as the right of the public to view such films, and the right of people to be involved in careers of a sexual nature. But the content of the film...which is about a woman who has a clitoris in her throat? Not exactly politically radical stuff. I am uncomfortable with the way Linda Boreman was demonized for flip-flopping as far as her views with her involvement in the film/ porn. I can see her inability to give herself sexual agency destroyed other people, but in a culture where women's sexuality and has been commodified and altered to acquiesce to male desire, I cannot help but feel some compassion for her fickleness.
  • June 27, 2009
    A great documentary about the film and the effect it had on the cast and crew after it becomes a cultural touchstone. It's hard to believe that porn was so main stream that major celebrities were seeing this and that the films were playing in more upscale theaters.
  • June 13, 2009
    Pues que decir que el porno es toda una industria ahahah y que ahora me entraron ganas de ver la peli lol, intenta abordar el tema desde muchos ángulos pero profundiza muy poco en ellos.
  • June 6, 2009
    Wooow! This is really a documentary that made me jump of anger! When you tell artists - bad artists or good artists - that they can not experiment in certain avenues you are taking away the basic freedoms of every American! actor Harry Reems said in an interview dur...( read more)ing the Deep Throat trial. Really well-said. His co-star, the late Linda Lovelace was a bit of a turncoat when she realized she went free she hastily turned and backed the feminists against porn group and wrote a book about her experiences. Harry Reems was told: If the Republicans are going to be re-elected you're going to jail, if the Democrats are elected you're going to be set free. (Another of many reasons why NO ONE EVER should support the fucking hypocritical Republicans!) Thanks to the Jimmy Carter voters actor Harry Reems was set free.
    But be not mistaken fellow Flixster users, even Flixster is very good at censoring on this very website. Two examples: I uploaded a movie still of a bare naked Alan Rickman taking a dip into the ocean from the flick Dark Harbor which was immediately being removed by the Flixster moderators. Also I had to censor my Dogma skin by putting a black square on the Metatron's non-existent genitals. (Feel free to take a look at that skin in my created skins and laugh out loudly!).
    No really, Americans are as prudish today as they were in the 70ies when Deep Throat was in theatres and caused a stir.
    This documentary also shows the progression towards today's porn industry. And I must agree with the Deep Throat film makers: at least Deep Throat seemed created for the sake of art rather than today's porn, made because of money and nothing else.
  • February 14, 2009
    well ummmn this is a good movie 2 watch...i have just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good Documentary exploring 1 of the famous porno movies ever made...its got a great cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie...i think that both gore vidal n dennis ...( read more)hopper were great throughout this movie..its a good Documentary movie 2 watch n its worth watching
  • February 3, 2009
    A very interesting documentary. This was an eye opener for me,i really had no idea all this went on in the early 70s.The documentary wisely chooses not to concentrate too deeply on Linda Lovelace's clams of being forced into making the movie,but on the cultural impact of the film...( read more) and how it changed the sex industry. Bringing XXX away from the dirty-raincoat brigade and into the lives of mainstream audiences. It focuses on the American government attempt to ban pornography completely. All this attention only made people want watch it,and they did,making " Deep Throat " the most profitable movie in motion picture history.How Ironic can you get.

Critic Reviews


February 7, 2006
Kurt Loder, MTV

Funny and saddening. full review

February 22, 2005
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker

Deep Throat bore an X certificate. Inside Deep Throat is an NC-17. Neither is suitable for grownups. full review

February 17, 2005
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

Offers a diverting tale of erstwhile indie filmmaking and the power of porn to generate change -- both at the box office and in the bedroom. full review

February 17, 2005
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune

A history lesson that challenges many preconceptions. full review

February 11, 2005
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

The movie uses new and old interviews and newsreel footage to remember a time when porn was brand-new. full review

February 11, 2005
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

Balanced enough to serve as a cautionary tale that cuts in several directions at once. full review

February 11, 2005
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

Eager to tell one story, Inside Deep Throat neglects the more compelling story within it. full review

February 10, 2005
David Edelstein, Slate

It's extremely entertaining. full review

February 6, 2005
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

The filmmakers' attempts to link Deep Throat's lasting impact to every sexually charged facet of contemporary American life reaches too far. full review

January 27, 2005
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Besides fresh and funny insights from the likes of Norman Mailer and John Waters, it shows how little censorship politics have changed from Nixon to Bush. full review

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