In Collection
#321
Seen It:
No
Owner:
Ben
Documentary, Erotica
USA / English
Director |
Fenton Bailey; Randy Barbato |
Producer |
Brian Grazer; Fenton Bailey |
Writer |
Fenton Bailey; Randy Barbato |
While
Boogie Nights showed pornography's transition from sleazy cinemas to home-video dominance,
Inside Deep Throat looks back to the film that introduced porn to a curious mainstream public. Released in 1972 and starring 23-year-old Linda Lovelace as sexpot whose oral sex skills (performed on well-endowed costar Harry Reems) gave the film its title (and, subsequently, the nickname of Watergate's secret informant),
Deep Throat set a cultural milestone as a source of controversy, outrageous profit (mostly for its Colombo mob family financiers), and irrevocable social change. With equal parts nostalgia and historical hindsight, this briskly-paced documentary places
Deep Throat in pivotal context, when Vietnam was an acknowledged disaster and American innocence was peeling away one layer at a time. Produced by Hollywood honcho Brian Grazer and catering to viewers who were too young to witness
Deep Throat's impact firsthand, the film includes the legendary fellatio scene that made Lovelace an overnight sensation (hence the NC-17 rating), but it's the interviews with pop-culture VIP's like Norman Mailer, Dick Cavett, Hugh Hefner and (most amusingly) Helen Gurley Brown that add necessary perspective to what is, for better and worse, an engaging but somewhat shallow examination of a culture war that never really ended.
--Jeff Shannon
Edition |
Widescreen |
Barcode |
025192769122 |
Region |
Region 1 |
Release Date |
9/20/2005 |
Packaging |
Keep Case |
Screen Ratio |
Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic) |
Subtitles |
French; Spanish |
Audio Tracks |
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC] |
Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
No. of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
Director's Commentary
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The Last Word For Now - Bill Maher, Erica Jong, Hugh Hefner, Wes Craven and others reveal America's prevailing attitudes about sex. The Binghamton Trial: Cliterally Speaking - Meet the first town to put Deep Throat on trial. Quincy House: Poison Ivy League - Two Harvard students are arrested for screening Deep Throat. Commentary Track with Directors Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey |
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Purchase Date |
2/25/2006 |
Purchase Price |
$20.99 |
Store |
Amazon.com |
Condition |
New (Still Sealed) |
Current Value |
$20.99 |
Links |
Amazon US
DVD Empire
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