Perspective : Us Going Backwards in Attitude to Sex ; Back in 1972 a Movie Rocked America When It Made the Leap From Pornography to Mainstream Cinema. Alison Jones Talks to the Men Behind the New Documentary Inside Deep Throat, and Discovers Why They Think the Us Is Less Enlightened About Sex Than It Was 30 Years Ago

Birmingham Post › June 22, 2005

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The film that claims to be the most profitable motion picture of all time is not Titanic.

It is, however, a movie that involves something (ahem) going down.

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Perspective : Us Going Backwards in Attitude to Sex ; Back in 1972 a Movie Rocked America When It Made the Leap From Pornography to Mainstream Cinema. Alison Jones Talks to the Men Behind the New Documentary Inside Deep Throat, and Discovers Why They Think the Us Is Less Enlightened About Sex Than It Was 30 Years Ago

Released in 1972 it cost $25,000 and raked in $600 million - and that is just the money that can be accounted for.

The film was Deep Throat. A poorly scripted, acted and edited porno film that nonetheless became a cultural phenomenon.

It catapulted its 'stars' to the status of household names before condemning one of them to a lifetime of regret at what she deemed her exploitation, and the other hauled up befo...

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