The story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her coercive husband before taking control of her life.The story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her coercive husband before taking control of her life.The story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her coercive husband before taking control of her life.
- Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations
- Sammy Davis Jr.
- (as Ronald Pritchard)
- Directors
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaLovelace claimed that Deep Throat (1972) made $600 million at the box office. In his review of Inside Deep Throat (2005), Roger Ebert wrote "Since the mob owned most of the porn theaters in the pre-video days and inflated box office receipts as a way of laundering income from drugs and prostitution, it is likely, in fact, that 'Deep Throat' did not really gross $600 million, although that might have been the box office tally."
- GoofsIn a scene set in 1970, two characters discuss The French Connection (1971), which was released in 1971.
- Quotes
Linda: You know I spent exactly seventeen days in the pornography industry and somehow these seventeen days are suppose to define who I am for the rest of my life, but I hope that people can see me for who I really am. I mean Linda Lovelace was a fictitious character. My name is Linda Marchiano. I can finally be myself. I'm a mother and a wife and that is where I found my joy.
- SoundtracksI've Got to Use My Imagination
Written by Gerry Goffin and Barry Goldberg
Performed by Gladys Knight & The Pips
Copyright 1973 SCREEN GEMS-EMI MUSIC (BMI)
Courtesy of Buddah
by arrangements with Sony Music Entertainment
Then, suddenly, we are thrown into the second film, a PG-13 Lifetime Network-like drama including violins playing. The second film retells the first film, showing the behind the scenes abuse Linda receives from her husband and portraying Linda as someone who is doing it all reluctantly and is trying to escape the porn business. The stark contrast between the second and first films would be more effective if the second film wasn't so formulaic--it even has a gift wrapped happy ending. I imagine the truth of Linda's life falls somewhere in the middle, with Linda's own bad judgment playing at least some part in her life's situation. Unfortunately, although Amanda Seyfried is lovely in the first film as the naive young newlywed getting caught up in the porn business, she isn't reinvented and just doesn't transcend in the more watered down drama of second film like, say, Charlize Theron was in the film Monster. There just aren't any great performance by anyone in the second film as a matter of fact and the scenes that are suppose to be brutal just aren't. When it comes to showing the ugly side of the porn biz this film peters out.
Lovelace, therefore, stands as a slightly above average and obviously heavily fictionalized biopic, when it could and should have been much more, if only some more guts were put into the second half of it.
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- Aug 8, 2013
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Лавлейс
- Filming locations
- Alex Theatre - 216 North Brand Boulevard, Glendale, California, USA(Deep Throat private screening)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $10,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $356,582
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $184,536
- Aug 11, 2013
- Gross worldwide
- $1,585,583
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1