:44:00
was better than what he wrote
in his opinion.
:44:03
''Throat cut, world mourns, ''
:44:05
It's a picture
that'll never die,
:44:09
l mean, we'll all die,
but Deep Throat won't die.
:44:12
[chuckling]
:44:16
(Hopper)
Shutting Deep Throat down
in New York
:44:18
only spurred
audiences' interest
across the country,
:44:21
Wherever it opened,
authorities scrambled
to shut it down,
:44:25
(man)
This trash that's being shown
on our movie screens
:44:28
across the country,
:44:29
There isn't any question
in my mind that it's obscene.
:44:32
[woman speaking]
:44:35
(Hopper)
By the mid '70s, Deep Throat
had been tried
:44:37
in more than 32 cities,,,
:44:39
[woman speaking]
:44:41
,,,and was ultimately banned
in 23 states,
:44:44
Violation of the law.
lt's a simple thing.
:44:46
[siren blaring]
:44:49
lt's obscene as hell to me.
:44:57
(man)
Hmm.
:44:59
(Hopper)
Ordered to stop the spread
of Deep Throat,
:45:02
the FBI stepped in,
:45:03
They began with the arrest
of Gerry Damiano,
:45:08
The first question
the prosecutor asked me:
:45:11
Did l know what--
:45:12
what affiliation
m-my partners had?
:45:17
And I said as far as I know,
he's a Roman Catholic,
:45:25
All of a sudden,
I'm--I'm part of the mob,
:45:29
No. l was--
l was never a mob.
:45:33
(Blumenthal)
There were originally
three partners
:45:35
who made the movie,
:45:38
His two partners came to him,
Damiano told me,
:45:41
and told him
they were buying him out.
:45:43
And l said to him
that didn't sound
like a very good, uh, deal,
:45:47
uh, when you're
a one-third partner
of a project
:45:49
that is just, you know,
bringing in
bucket-loads of money
:45:52
and you're suddenly
cut out of the deal.
:45:54
Uh, why didn't he object?
:45:56
And he rolled his eyes
and he wouldn't say anymore.
:45:58
And the--the only thing
he told me was he didn't want
his legs broken.