Inside Deep Throat (2005)

Name: Inside Deep Throat
Director: Fenton Bailey
Released: 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.

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Lovelace (2013)

Directed by Jeffrey Friedman

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(For that, you’ll need to rent Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato’s excellent, NC-17-rated documentary “Inside Deep Throat.’’)

Lou Lumenick • New York Post • Aug 8, 2013

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The emphasis is less on Deep Throat’s cultural legacy as a crossover hit, feminist talking point, and Watergate code word (all covered at length in 2005’s Inside Deep Throat) than on the psychological trauma faced by Lovelace herself, and on that level, the film is strong.

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The cast and crew of the porn phenomenon enjoy the publicity, which explodes into an international, mainstream sensation, as documented in Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato’s Inside Deep Throat (2005).

Nora Lee Mandel • FilmForward

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For a sense of just how repressive the culture was (various jurisdictions prosecuted the “Deep Throat” folks for obscenity), check out the 2005 documentary, “Inside Deep Throat.”

Hollywood and Fine

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It’s also telling that “ Inside Deep Throat ,” a well-received 2005 documentary looking at the cultural impact of the 1972 film , spent most of its energy examining the role of “Deep Throat” — and, by extension, Lovelace — in the sexual revolution, giving only scant attention to her allegations.

The Washington Post

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In that respect, the film comes off as a much-needed corrective to the 2005 documentary Inside Deep Throat, which offered a fizzy, upbeat take on the making of Deep Throat and the film’s strange afterlife.

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Pleasure (2021)

Directed by Ninja Thyberg

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El mundo que retrata esta película está muy lejos de aquel que aparecía en el documental de 2005 Inside Deep Throat, sobre la célebre Garganta profunda.

Elsa Fernández-Santos • El País • Oct 15, 2021

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Kinsey (2004)

Directed by Bill Condon

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As with Bill Condon’s Kinsey , Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato’s Inside Deep Throat proves that the sexual revolution that began in the ‘60s was spearheaded not only by daring risk-takers who believed in personal freedom and sexual openness, but also by creeps who had no qualms about cavorting with lowlifes and degenerates to accomplish their libido-liberating goals.

Nick Schager • Slant Magazine • Feb 6, 2005

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