Inside Deep Throat (2005) on Netflix
NC-1720051h 29mBiographyDocumentaryHistory
Shot in a Florida hotel in 1972, Deep Throat starred Linda Lovelace. The documentary follows the film from its making through the fascination and the push to suppress it.
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Plot summary
A pornographic feature made in a Florida hotel in 1972 grew into one of the most profitable independent releases ever. Its prints were carried between theaters by hand, with employees known as checkers and sweepers counting the audience and collecting the cash. The documentary sets out the film's production, its success and the moral campaign against it, drawing on interviews and roughly 800 hours of archive and news material, with mob involvement and accounts of the treatment of the film's star among its subjects. People who made the film, prosecuted it, defended it and profited from it appear alongside news footage of the period.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Inside Deep Throat (2005)
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- Deep Throat reached theaters through a process known as sending "checkers and sweepers": prints were hand-delivered, and employees counted the heads of moviegoers and then collected the cash profits from the theaters.
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