Deep throat

The local cable rebroadcast a documentary “Inside Deep Throat”. It had a lot of interviews with the people involved with the film and the impact on their lives, and the impact the film had on the porno industry and the changing social values. It really was one of the first explicit adult movies that made the crossover to general release. If you don’t know the story, the male star was convicted under the existing obscenity laws and would have done jail time if it hadn’t been reversed. This would have a chilling effect on the whole porno industry. The other thing that saved the industry was the release of VCR’s, which allowed porn to be viewed at home. This had a detrimental effect on the “adult” movie theaters, but allowed the explosion of the video market. I remember seeing it on a twin bill with “The devil in Miss Jones “ in the mid-70’s. Pretty daring stuff for those days and times. Political joke of the time. Why did President Nixon go see Deep Throat twice? He wanted to get it down pat! (His wife’s name was Pat.) Any of the other oldsters remember seeing it in a theater?