Inside Deep Throat
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the FBI stepped in,
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They began with the arrest
of Gerry Damiano,

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The first question
the prosecutor asked me:

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Did l know what--
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what affiliation
m-my partners had?

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And I said as far as I know,
he's a Roman Catholic,

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All of a sudden,
I'm--I'm part of the mob,

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No. l was--
l was never a mob.

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(Blumenthal)
There were originally
three partners

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who made the movie,
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His two partners came to him,
Damiano told me,

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and told him
they were buying him out.

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And l said to him
that didn't sound
like a very good, uh, deal,

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uh, when you're
a one-third partner
of a project

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that is just, you know,
bringing in
bucket-loads of money

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and you're suddenly
cut out of the deal.

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Uh, why didn't he object?
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And he rolled his eyes
and he wouldn't say anymore.

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And the--the only thing
he told me was he didn't want
his legs broken.

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No, it was easier for me
to--to say:

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''l--l don't,
l don't want to have
anything to do with it.''

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lt was easier.
lt was a lot easier.

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lt was, kind of a--
it was, kind of a--

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a thing l could not
have won.

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That's about as far as
l could go with it.

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(Hopper)
Damiano wasn't alone,

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Across the country,
theater owners discovered

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exhibiting Deep Throat
also meant

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running with the mob,
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One day,
l pick up the New York Times,

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and in it,
it says it is very chic

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to see Deep Throat.
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So that gave me an idea
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to see if l can get
the picture for Florida.

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Luckily,
I knew one of the men

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that was connected
with the picture,


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