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People were experimenting.

They were looking

for new kinds of lives.

They were looking to break out

of all the old molds.

(Al Goldstein)

And we knew

the American public were tired

of words like "coitus. "

They wanted words,

like "f***,"

and "suck," and "eat my c*nt."

I think the more that

filth is thrown at Americans

the less favored it becomes.

They're depicting sex

in a very filthy way.

(John Waters)

Jackie Kennedy

went to see that.

The next week,

the gross doubled.

I--I don't mind

seeing sex in a-- in a movie

just for its own sake

because I think that's one

of the, you know,

more interesting

human emotions.

(Erica Jong)

Sex was in movies.

Sex was on TV.

Sex came out of the closet.

(Damiano)

You had to be there.

You had to be there.

I'm thrilled

that I was there.

And thank God

I had a camera with me.

(Hopper)

As the sexual revolution

swept through society,

people took sides

in a culture war

that was gathering steam.

Gerry Damiano

joined the fray by swapping

his blow dryer

for a movie camera.

(Damiano)

I loved film.

I--I always did.

The only thing you could make

was sex films.

Uh, that was the only thing

you were allowed to make

and you made them

at a low budget.

Doing hardcore films

in those days, the early '70s,

was very much

like summer stock.

It was like,

"Daddy has a barn,

let's do a show."

[giggling]

Oh, my!

Oh!

[crowing]

It--it was the only choice

we had.

Till 24 years old

without,

you know, uh, uh,

what do you call it, uh,

a track record, you know.

And these things

were so inexpensive.

Okay, what I want now is

some of your ass,

all right?

(Ron Wertheim)

I meant business.

I approached those films as if

I was Luc Godard

or somebody, you know.

And just wiggle it

towards us.

I want to fill up

with your ass.

You're always

after my ass.

Keep wigglin'.

That's where I met

half of the people

that I became

acquainted with.

We were all working

for nothing.

Well, one of

Gerry's motivations

was to get laid.

Really. And he did.

[laughing]

(Andrea True)

You could make a living

if you were a filmmaker,

making these films.

Quite a number of people

became legitimate

Hollywood directors

out of the porn industry.

I mean, for a while there,

it was kinda like

the entry level job

that you would do.

Uh, you would

work on-- on porn.

I'm... I--I certainly

worked on them.

I'm not gonna say

which ones,

but l--I was around it.

(Damiano)

All of sudden, there was

a new word.

It was called "filmmaker. "

You became

an independent filmmaker.

We were actually doing it

[chuckling]

and we couldn't believe it.

We couldn't believe it,

and thank God there was,

there was such

a thing as sex.

(Hopper)

There was sex,

but at the time,

the only way to put

hardcore sex

on the screen legally,

was in sex education films.

My name is

Dr. Morris Rosengarden.

(Wes Craven)

They would show sexual scenes,

but they couldn't be accused

of pornography

because it had

an educational value.

(doctor)

Some men

find their wives' buttocks

very stimulating visually.

We needed a father figure

for almost everything.

(doctor)

This may be uncomfortable

for the obese

or older couples.

(Damiano)

Why did you need a doctor

to tell you it was okay?

And I said,

"Hey, instead of

discussing not doing it,

Iet's do it

and don't even discuss it."

There's nothing

to be ashamed of.

[siren blaring]

(Hopper)

But there was plenty

to be afraid of.

In addition to

running the risk of arrest

and incarceration,

the criminal underworld

virtually controlled

the production of pornography.

(Mailer)

There was something exciting

about it.

It--it lived in some,

uh, mid-world

between crime and art

and it was adventurous.

(True)

Young people today

would be in it for the money

whereas in the old days,

it was for the rebellion.

(Craven)

Frankly, everybody

in one way or another

was connected to that business

because psychologically,

socially, it was happening.

(Harry Reems)

You know, it was part

of a social movement

at the time.

Anybody who took chances

in breaking the social mores

of the time,

was considered a hero.

(Damiano)

I believed in it.

I believed that it was

about time to say

that sex

is a beautiful thing,

the human body is

a beautiful thing,

and you really

shouldn't be ashamed of it.

(Hopper)

Securing financial backing

from partners

with underworld connections,

Damiano raised

enough money to shoot

a hardcore sex feature.

It was going to be called

The Doctor Makes a House Call.

Then Damiano met his muse,

Linda Lovelace,

and everything changed.

To me, I always looked at her

as the girl next door.

(Hopper)

Before she became world-famous

as Linda Lovelace,

Linda Boreman

dreamt of opening

a clothing boutique

until she met Chuck Traynor.

(Patsy Carroll)

I guess he was an escape

for her.

She was not comfortable

living in her parents' home.

And he took her away

from that.

But things

started getting strange.

Linda told me

that she had quit smoking,

and I said,

"Well, how did you do it,

how did you quit?"

She said that

Chuck had hypnotized her.

She said every time

she tried to have a cigarette,

that she would hiccup.

I'm like, "Oh, well, okay."

(Hopper)

Within a year,

they were married.

I curse the day that

she ever met

Chuck Traynor.

Unfortunately, he died

before I could kill him,

so lucky for him.

Then I lost contact

and her mother told me that

uh, they're living in New York

and he's doing

documentary films,

and I thought,

"How nice, how exciting."

[camera whirring]

(Damiano)

Chuck had come to my office

and I needed a scene

for another film.

He says, "Well,

Linda can do something."

You know, she...

There was no name for it.

He says,

"She gives head very well."

I said,

"Well, that's wonderful."

So we set up with her

and an actor

to do a--a bit

for another film.

And when I saw

what she could do,

I says, "Stop the cameras."

[camera whirring]

All I could think about was

what she was doing

was so unique

that I could build

a whole film around it.

Making a motion picture

specifically about

that sexual act,

I--I found very daring

and very courageous.

(Damiano)

The first thing that came

to my mind was--was the title

of Deep, Deep Throat.

Because something happened

deep down in--in her throat.

What? The clitoris

is in her throat?

Gerry, you can't do this.

[chuckling]

You can't do this.

It's absurd, it's silly.

Nobody will believe it.

I thought it was,

[stammering]

you know,

absurd. I did.

Believe it or not,

some people said,

"What is this, a medical film?

What are you gonna do?

With doctors?"

I said, "No. No."

Somebody said it should be

The Sword Swallower.

I said, "No, no. Deep Throat,

believe me, it'll work.

It'll work."

And, uh,

[chuckling]

I'm glad I didn't change it

to The Sword Swallower.

I, kind of,

had the whole thing

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