This anti-porn short film shows a flood tide of filth engulfing the country in the form of newsstand obscenity.This anti-porn short film shows a flood tide of filth engulfing the country in the form of newsstand obscenity.This anti-porn short film shows a flood tide of filth engulfing the country in the form of newsstand obscenity.
Damian O'Flynn
- The Judge
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAt one point announcer George Putnam, arguing for the banning of "obscene" materials, says, "This is a nation of laws". The uncredited producer of this film, Charles Keating--the founder of an "anti-pornography" organization called Citizens for Decent Literature, which actually produced the film--was on President Richard Nixon's Presidential Commission on Obscenity and Pornography in 1969. He is the same Charles Keating who, as president of Lincoln Savings & Loan in the late 1980s, was convicted of multiple counts of wire fraud, racketeering and conspiracy due to his involvement in financial shenanigans which led to the collapse of Lincoln Savings, which ultimately cost the US government over $3 billion and which resulted in more than 23,000 depositors losing most or all of the money they had deposited in Lincoln Savings. He served 4-1/2 years in prison before being released in 1996.
- Quotes
George Putnam: Hello there. I'm George Putnam. I'd like to begin with a fact, a simple yet shocking fact. It is this - a floodtide of filth is engulfing our country in the form of newsstand obscenity and is threatening to pervert an entire generation of our American children.
- Crazy creditsThe opening credits say "with George Putnam, outstanding news reporter"
- ConnectionsFeatured in Heavy Petting (1989)
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Thankful it's not 1965 anymore
Wow. I just caught this on TCM and at first I couldn't stop laughing. Putnam's pompous and self righteous delivery was especially funny at first then it became extremely irritating. As a former deejay and radio talk show host, the delivery was making me nauseous. Of course, the problem is, that in 1965 this vocal delivery was not than unusual. Thank goodness we don't talk like that today. The production values were lower than low. The announcer (who obviously thinks he is the voice of God) stands in front of a map of the U-S and holds cue cards for the camera. As for the content, once again it started off hilarious but about half way through the repetition became annoying. I became tired of being preached at and told all things sexual were bad, evil and the work of Satan. Not to mention communists. His "facts" were incredible. The problem is they were probably just accepted as facts by many people. For instance, did you know that moral decay caused 16 out of the 19 most successful civilizations to decline and fall apart? Not the strength of their enemies, but moral decay. Who knew? Such a slippery slope. I'm very, very glad that our viewpoint on these things have changed over the years. I don't think I would like to live in a society that viewed the world in this way. I do feel almost cheated though as several of the reviewers mentioned it was 60 minutes long and the version I saw was only 30 minutes. Shucks. If you get a chance to see this go ahead and give it a look see. If you have to pay for it, don't bother. But if it's free, go for it. 12/31/2012
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- tjm199
- Dec 31, 2012
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- Извращение ради прибыли
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- Runtime29 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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