Deep Throat (film)

Deep Throat
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJerry Gerard
Written byJerry Gerard
Produced byLouis "Butchie" Peraino
Starring
CinematographyHarry Flecks
Edited byJerry Gerard
Distributed byBryanston Distributing Company
Release date
  • June 12, 1972 (1972-06-12)
Running time
61 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$47,500
Box office$30–50 million[1]

Deep Throat is a 1972 landmark American pornographic film written and directed by Gerard Damiano, listed in the credits as "Jerry Gerard", and starring Linda Lovelace (Linda Susan Boreman). It is considered the forefront of the Golden Age of Porn (1969–1984).

One of the first pornographic films to feature a plot, character development, and relatively high production values, Deep Throat earned mainstream attention and launched the "porno chic" trend, although the film was the subject of obscenity trials and banned in some jurisdictions. Lovelace later wrote that she was coerced and sexually assaulted during the production, and that the film is genuine rape pornography.[2]

  1. ^ Hiltzik, Michael (February 24, 2005). "'Deep Throat' Numbers Just Don't Add Up". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on January 4, 2012. Retrieved July 23, 2010.
  2. ^ MacKinnon, Catherine A. (2006). Are Women Human?: And Other International Dialogues. Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard to see University Press.