17 Confidentially yours: A new APME survey shows that, in the wake of the positive
Deep Throat spin, more readers than you might think accept -- or even like -- the use of anonymous sources.
A new documentary Inside
Deep Throat looks at the making of the movie and its far reaching effects.
Unfortunately, the key player, Lovelace, only appears in archive footage, having famously denounced the film by claiming that, 'everyone that watches
Deep Throat is watching me being raped
Washington Post journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein said in a statement: "Mark Felt was
Deep Throat and helped us immeasurably in our Watergate coverage."
By now, the legend of
Deep Throat has become so famous, at least in journalistic circles, that it may well overshadow the nickname's origins.
Millennium Films' Mark Gill stated that Arrow Productions' complaint was transparent about its desire to control discussion about
Deep Throat and to hinder projects that would compete with theirs.
Felt, who died in California, kept his role in the affair secret until 2005 when he confessed: "I'm
Deep Throat."
But it is a film about the film which gave him his title, the cheap porno flick
Deep Throat which amazed everyone by making millions.
Former top FBI official Mark Felt, who has unmasked himself as the
Deep Throat source who helped bring down President Richard Nixon, 'knew he was taking a monumental risk', says investigative reporter Bob Woodward.
But when it comes to a film like "
Deep Throat," calculating its grosses involves the foggiest of foggy figures.
NBC plans a Watergate segment featuring William Gaines, a University of Illinois journalism professor and two-time Pulitzer winner who has databased
Deep Throat suspects and clues for more than two years.