: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.
:46:02
No, it was easier for me
to--to say:
:46:07
''l--l don't,
l don't want to have
anything to do with it.''
:46:10
lt was easier.
lt was a lot easier.
:46:14
lt was, kind of a--
it was, kind of a--
:46:17
a thing l could not
have won.
:46:23
That's about as far as
l could go with it.
:46:29
(Hopper)
Damiano wasn't alone,
:46:30
Across the country,
theater owners discovered
:46:33
exhibiting Deep Throat
also meant
:46:35
running with the mob,
:46:39
One day,
l pick up the New York Times,
:46:43
and in it,
it says it is very chic
:46:47
to see Deep Throat.
:46:48
So that gave me an idea
:46:51
to see if l can get
the picture for Florida.
:46:55
Luckily,
I knew one of the men
:46:57
that was connected
with the picture,