DEEP THROAT (1972) ¢ 1/2
D: Gerard Damiano
Linda Lovelace, Harry Reems,
Carol Conners, Dolly Sharp
The legendary porno flick, about a frustrated young woman who has a clitoris where her tonsils ought to be, launched a tidal wave of hardcore features in the 1970s and made Linda Lovelace a household name. It's a long way from great art (or even a good movie), but at least the picture tries to tell a story, and there's some humorous foreplay in the scenes between Linda and Harry Reems as Dr. Young, the conveniently horny physician who identifies and treats her affliction. In a memoir years later, Lovelace claimed she was drugged and coerced into making the film, a disturbing allegation that can't be substantiated by her performance.
Harry Reems
(1947-2013)
