:19:02
l--l found very daring
and very courageous.
:19:06
(Damiano)
The first thing that came
to my mind was--was the title
:19:09
of Deep, Deep Throat,
:19:11
Because something happened
deep down in--in her throat.
:19:17
what? The clitoris
is in her throat?
:19:24
Gerry, you can't do this.
:19:26
[chuckling]
:19:28
You can't do this.
lt's absurd, it's silly.
:19:31
Nobody will believe it.
:19:34
l thought it was,
:19:39
[stammering]
you know,
:19:42
absurd. l did.
:19:45
Believe it or not,
some people said,
''what is this, a medical film?
:19:48
what are you gonna do?
with doctors?''
:19:51
l said, ''No. No.''
:19:53
Somebody said it should be
The Sword Swallower,
:19:56
l said, ''No, no. Deep Throat,
believe me, it'll work.
lt'll work.''
:19:59
And, uh,
:20:02
[chuckling]
l'm glad l didn't change it
to The Sword Swallower,
:20:08
I, kind of,
had the whole thing
:20:11
in--in my head driving over
the 59th Street Bridge,
:20:14
That weekend,
I wrote the script
:20:17
and we--we were ready
to do it,
:20:22
And I spoke to
my production manager,
:20:25
Ronnie Wertheim,
:20:31
The phone rang.
lt was Gerry. All excited.
:20:35
And l told him to bring
all our cast and crew
:20:38
down to Florida.
we're going to make the film.
:20:42
(Wertheim)
I just called, uh,
Harry Reems,
:20:46
He came as
a production assistant.
:20:48
He wasn't even supposed
to be in the film.
:20:55
(Reems)
When we got to Florida,
we all checked into
:20:57
this, uh, motel,
I think it was called
The Voyager,