:58:00
but the actor did not,
:58:09
The theory was,
if you prosecuted the star
:58:11
then nobody would ever
wanna make a film like this.
:58:14
And you could drive
the industry out of business.
:58:17
(Kramer)
Harry Reems was paid $250
to appear in Deep Throat,
:58:22
He had no control,
:58:24
no say, no input
:58:27
with what the final version
of this film was gonna be
:58:30
or whether it was gonna be
distributed interstate,
:58:33
intrastate, intergalactic.
:58:35
It's impressive,
for the first time
:58:37
in the history
of the United States
:58:38
an artist has ever been
brought to trial
by the government,
:58:42
(reporter)
All of the trials
have been prosecuted
:58:44
by a young assistant
US attorney
named Larry Parrish,
:58:47
a lay Protestant preacher
who has been quoted as saying
:58:50
he'd rather get smut off
the streets of Memphis
than dope,
:58:54
Larry Parrish is the...
About one of the finest people
:58:57
l've ever known
in my entire life.
:59:00
(Kelly)
Fine guy,
:59:01
And on top of that
he's, uh,
he's movie star quality,
:59:05
(Damiano)
First of all,
he was very tall,
:59:07
And l hate tall people.
:59:10
Uh...
:59:11
But he was also
very arrogant.
:59:14
lf you're gonna dance,
you need to pay the piper.
:59:16
And, uh, l'm the piper.
:59:18
You've got to be accountable
under the law.
:59:21
lt was like
when some people know
:59:23
that they have
the answer to everything
:59:26
and everybody else
is--is--is--is totally wrong.
:59:30
lt was purely and simply
a matter of law enforcement.
:59:35
And l guess if there was
any passion in it for me,
:59:38
it was that, um,
:59:41
these are laws
that had not been enforced.
:59:44
And l knew of no reason
:59:46
why they should
not be enforced.
:59:49
(Hopper)
To make his case,
:59:50
Larry Parrish invoked
a highly unusual use
:59:53
of the conspiracy laws,
:59:55
The government explained
their conspiracy theory
:59:58
in the terms of a train.