:35:02
(Hopper)
Not once, not twice,
but three times
:35:05
the police raided Deep Throat,
:35:07
staging their final raid
for the cameras,
:35:10
[people chattering]
:35:13
(Herb Kassner)
This was political,
:35:15
If nobody records the arrest,
:35:18
then nobody will know
:35:20
that they are doing their job
in fighting sin.
:35:24
Do you--you consider
what you're running
pornographic, sir?
:35:27
lf it was pornographic,
:35:29
they could prosecute
in a diligent, proper manner.
:35:31
They wouldn't have to
come around in hoards of 50
:35:35
and take signs
out of windows
:35:37
and act like
the Gestapo of old.
:35:41
This theater that had not done
$5,000 a week in 20 years,
:35:47
was running
virtually 20 hours a day.
:35:51
It never stopped running,
:35:53
The owners really couldn't
afford to shut it down.
:35:55
They didn't want
to shut it down.
:35:57
And so, uh, there--there was
going to be a trial.
:36:06
[gavel pounding]
:36:07
(Hopper)
Deep Throat's defense
produced expert witnesses
:36:10
to argue that the film was
more enlightening
than merely obscene,
:36:16
[witness speaking]
:36:26
(Hopper)
But the prosecution countered
:36:29
that this sexual satisfaction
was dangerous to women
:36:32
because Deep Throat emphasized
the wrong kind of orgasm,:
:36:36
the clitoral orgasm,
:36:39
(William Purcell)
I remember that the judge
hadn't heard the term,
:36:42
And, uh,
so he expressed surprise
:36:44
and asked the question,
''what's that?''
:36:49
(doctor)
Here, just outside and above
the vaginal opening
:36:54
[echoing]
is the clitoris,
:36:56
[prosecution speaking]