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Deep Throat: When Porn Makes Its Premiere

Deep Throat, a pornographic film directed by Gerard Damiano, a film-loving hairdresser, and starring Linda Lovelace, a shy girl manipulated by a controlling husband, was released in 1972 and divided audiences, who began to talk openly about sex, desire and female pleasure; but also about violence and abuse; and about pornography, until then an almost clandestine industry, as a revolutionary cultural phenomenon.

Top Cast

  • Anna Sigalevitch

    Anna Sigalevitch

    Self - Narrator (voice)

  • Annie Sprinkle

    Annie Sprinkle

    Self

  • Gerard Damiano Jr.

    Gerard Damiano Jr.

    Self

  • Larry Revene

    Larry Revene

    Self

  • Whitney Strub

    Whitney Strub

    Self

  • Nine Antico

    Nine Antico

    Self

  • Paulita Pappel

    Paulita Pappel

    Self

  • Didier Philippe-Gérard

    Didier Philippe-Gérard

    Self

  • Joe Rubin

    Joe Rubin

    Self

Overview

Deep Throat, a pornographic film directed by Gerard Damiano, a film-loving hairdresser, and starring Linda Lovelace, a shy girl manipulated by a controlling husband, was released in 1972 and divided audiences, who began to talk openly about sex, desire and female pleasure; but also about violence and abuse; and about pornography, until then an almost clandestine industry, as a revolutionary cultural phenomenon.

Rating

6.4 / 10
12 Reviews
1 Popular

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