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[camera clicking]
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The pornographic film
Deep Throat
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has become
one of the most popular
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and profitable blue movies
of all time.
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Today, a Manhattan
criminal court judge
ruled the film obscene,
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and ordered it removed
from theaters
in New York City.
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[Judge Tyler reading]
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A Sodom and Gomorrah
gone wild before the fire,
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(Kassner)
He believed he was writing
for posterity,
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Now you and I know,
in retrospect,
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that he accomplished
absolutely nothing.
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[Judge Tyler reading]
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I readily perform
the operation
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by finding
the defendant guilty
as charged,
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[projector whirring]
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l still think
what the world Theatre did
on its marquee
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was better than what he wrote
in his opinion.
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''Throat cut, world mourns, ''
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It's a picture
that'll never die,
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l mean, we'll all die,
but Deep Throat won't die.
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[chuckling]
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(Hopper)
Shutting Deep Throat down
in New York
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only spurred
audiences' interest
across the country,
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Wherever it opened,
authorities scrambled
to shut it down,
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(man)
This trash that's being shown
on our movie screens
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across the country,
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There isn't any question
in my mind that it's obscene.
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[woman speaking]
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(Hopper)
By the mid '70s, Deep Throat
had been tried
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in more than 32 cities,,,
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[woman speaking]
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,,,and was ultimately banned
in 23 states,
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Violation of the law.
lt's a simple thing.
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[siren blaring]
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lt's obscene as hell to me.
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(man)
Hmm.
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(Hopper)
Ordered to stop the spread
of Deep Throat,