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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="font-size: 125%; font-style: italic;">Behind the Green Door</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Behindthegreendoor.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/68/Behindthegreendoor.jpg/220px-Behindthegreendoor.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="331" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/68/Behindthegreendoor.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="257" data-file-height="387" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">theatrical release poster</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mitchell_brothers" title="Mitchell brothers">Artie Mitchell</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Mitchell_brothers" title="Mitchell brothers">Jim Mitchell</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Screenplay by</th><td class="infobox-data">Artie Mitchell</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Based on</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Behind the Green Door</i><br />short story<br />by Elliot Wax</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data">Artie Mitchell</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Marilyn_Chambers" title="Marilyn Chambers">Marilyn Chambers</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data">Jon Fontana</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Edited by</th><td class="infobox-data">Jon Fontana</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data">Daniel Le Blanc</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Distributed by</th><td class="infobox-data">Mitchell Brothers Film Group</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Release date</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist film-date"> <ul><li>December 17, 1972<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1972-12-17</span>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">72 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Budget</th><td class="infobox-data">$60,000</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Box office</th><td class="infobox-data">$50 million<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Behind the Green Door</b></i> is a 1972 American <a href="/wiki/Pornographic_film" title="Pornographic film">pornographic film</a>, widely considered one of the genre's "classic" pictures and one of the films that ushered in the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Age_of_Porn" title="Golden Age of Porn">Golden Age of Porn</a> (1969–1984). Featuring <a href="/wiki/Marilyn_Chambers" title="Marilyn Chambers">Marilyn Chambers</a>, who became a mainstream celebrity, it was one of the first <a href="/wiki/Hardcore_pornography" title="Hardcore pornography">hardcore</a> films widely released in the United States and the feature-length directorial debut of the <a href="/wiki/Mitchell_brothers" title="Mitchell brothers">Mitchell brothers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-unknown_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unknown-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Behind the Green Door</i> was adapted from an anonymous <a href="/wiki/Short_story" title="Short story">short story</a> of the same title, which was circulated by means of numerous <a href="/wiki/Carbon_copy" title="Carbon copy">carbon copies</a>. The story's title references the 1956 hit song "<a href="/wiki/Green_Door" title="Green Door">Green Door</a>", whose lyrics describe being denied entry to a raucous nightclub with a green door.<sup id="cite_ref-Pennington_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pennington-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though she plays the central character, Chambers does not have a single word of dialogue. The film is possibly the first feature-length American heterosexual hardcore feature to include an <a href="/wiki/Interracial_sex" class="mw-redirect" title="Interracial sex">interracial sex</a> scene.<sup id="cite_ref-twoninenine_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-twoninenine-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Behind_the_Green_Door&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The manager of a diner asks two of his regular customers to tell him a supposedly true story that they had previously mentioned to him, involving a "green door". The rest of the movie appears to be a dramatization of the story's events, although no off-screen narration is heard. </p><p>After arriving at a <a href="/wiki/North_Beach,_San_Francisco" title="North Beach, San Francisco">North Beach</a> hotel for an apparent vacation, a wealthy <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a> socialite, Gloria Saunders (Chambers), is taken against her will to an elite <a href="/wiki/Sex_club" title="Sex club">sex club</a> and loved "as she's never been loved before". She engages in sexual activity with a group of six women, all dressed in black, after being brought out wearing a white dress on stage through the green door. </p><p>The silent, largely masked audience become increasingly aroused<sup id="cite_ref-twoninenine_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-twoninenine-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as her white dress is removed and she is stroked, kissed and receives <a href="/wiki/Cunnilingus" title="Cunnilingus">cunnilingus</a> by the women. Her first heterosexual sex is with the <a href="/wiki/African_Americans" title="African Americans">African-American</a> boxer <a href="/wiki/Johnnie_Keyes" title="Johnnie Keyes">Johnnie Keyes</a>, accompanied by a <a href="/wiki/Funk" title="Funk">funk</a> soundtrack.<sup id="cite_ref-Hardcore_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hardcore-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-threehundred_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-threehundred-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He gives her more cunnilingus, and then they have <a href="/wiki/Sexual_intercourse" title="Sexual intercourse">sexual intercourse</a>, while Gloria continues to be stroked by the other women. When she has an <a href="/wiki/Orgasm" title="Orgasm">orgasm</a>, the sex stops, and he is not shown to ejaculate. </p><p>Gloria then mounts a trapeze contraption suspended from the ceiling and then engages in vaginal intercourse with one man as she performs oral sex on another and <a href="/wiki/Non-penetrative_sex#Manual_sex" title="Non-penetrative sex">manual sex</a> on two others.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The audience become further aroused and begin having sex with each other in what becomes an <a href="/wiki/Orgy" title="Orgy">orgy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a <a href="/wiki/Psychedelic_art" title="Psychedelic art">psychedelic</a> key sequence, an ejaculation is shown with <a href="/wiki/Semen" title="Semen">semen</a> flying through the air for almost seven minutes. The film features several multicolored, <a href="/wiki/Optical_printer" title="Optical printer">optically printed</a>, slow-motion close-ups of <a href="/wiki/Money_shot" title="Money shot">money shots</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hardcore_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hardcore-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is the only ejaculation sequence in the film. The narrator then runs from the audience, onto the stage, and carries Gloria off, through the green door.<sup id="cite_ref-Hardcore_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hardcore-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film ends with him and Gloria making love alone.<sup id="cite_ref-Hardcore_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hardcore-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Impact">Impact</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Behind_the_Green_Door&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Impact"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Several years after <a href="/wiki/Andy_Warhol" title="Andy Warhol">Andy Warhol</a><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> seminal <i><a href="/wiki/Blue_Movie" title="Blue Movie">Blue Movie</a></i> in 1969, and along with <i><a href="/wiki/Deep_Throat_(film)" title="Deep Throat (film)">Deep Throat</a></i>, also released in 1972, <i>Behind the Green Door</i> helped launch the "<a href="/wiki/Golden_Age_of_Porn" title="Golden Age of Porn">Golden Age of Porn</a>" (1969–1984),<sup id="cite_ref-twoninenine_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-twoninenine-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Shteir_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shteir-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-threetwenty_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-threetwenty-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and somewhat later, the "<a href="/wiki/Porno_chic" class="mw-redirect" title="Porno chic">porno chic</a>" boom.<sup id="cite_ref-Pennington_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pennington-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Along with <i>Deep Throat</i>, it was one of the first hardcore porn film to reach a mass mixed-sex audience.<sup id="cite_ref-Hardcore_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hardcore-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to <i>Behind the Green Door</i>, most of the Mitchell Brothers' 200 or so films had only been shown in their O'Farrell Theater.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Made with a budget of $60,000, it achieved a nationwide theatrical release which earned more than $1 million.<sup id="cite_ref-threetwenty_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-threetwenty-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Pennington_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pennington-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The movie ultimately grossed more than $50 million<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-pornking_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pornking-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including its video release, which was controlled exclusively by the Mitchells out of their headquarters in the <a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Brothers_O%27Farrell_Theatre" title="Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theatre">O'Farrell Theatre</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>. It was one of the biggest box office pornographic successes of the 1970s, alongside <i>Deep Throat</i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Devil_in_Miss_Jones" title="The Devil in Miss Jones">The Devil in Miss Jones</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Pennington_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pennington-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was even screened at the <a href="/wiki/Cannes_Film_Festival" title="Cannes Film Festival">Cannes Film Festival</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-unknown_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unknown-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After its release, organized crime figures used extortion in an attempt to obtain the rights to the film.<sup id="cite_ref-Kelly_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kelly-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Chambers was relatively unknown at the time; however, the film made her a star.<sup id="cite_ref-Kelly_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kelly-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-falk_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-falk-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Immediately prior to the movie's release she had been the "Ivory soap girl",<sup id="cite_ref-falk_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-falk-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> modeling for the <a href="/wiki/Ivory_(soap)" title="Ivory (soap)">Ivory Snow</a> soap and detergent packaging holding a baby.<sup id="cite_ref-unknown_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unknown-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kelly_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kelly-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-falk_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-falk-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-love_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-love-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Mitchell brothers appropriated the brand's slogan "99 and 44/100% pure" to describe Chambers in press releases.<sup id="cite_ref-unknown_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unknown-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hardcore_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hardcore-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the release of the movie, the advertising industry was scandalized,<sup id="cite_ref-Hardcore_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hardcore-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Procter_%26_Gamble" title="Procter & Gamble">Procter & Gamble</a> recalled all products and advertising materials featuring Chambers, <a href="/wiki/Streisand_effect" title="Streisand effect">unintentionally adding to the movie's hype</a>. Procter & Gamble subsequently required of all of their advertising agencies that they thoroughly screen the background of any female model employed for print advertisements or commercials. That Chambers's image was so well known from Ivory Snow boosted the film's ticket sales, and led to several jokes on television talk shows.<sup id="cite_ref-love_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-love-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Critical_reception">Critical reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Behind_the_Green_Door&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Critical reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Upon its release, the film received some positive reviews in mainstream media.<sup id="cite_ref-Kelly_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kelly-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Roger_Ebert" title="Roger Ebert">Roger Ebert</a> of <i>The Chicago Sun-Times</i> gave the film a negative review, writing that despite Chambers's beauty the film's lack of character development and the focus on "proving how dirty it was" were major detractions.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to writer Peter Michelson, there is "a relatively small corpus of pornographic films – e.g., <i><a href="/wiki/Deep_Throat_(film)" title="Deep Throat (film)">Deep Throat</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Devil_in_Miss_Jones" title="The Devil in Miss Jones">The Devil in Miss Jones</a></i>, and <i>Behind the Green Door</i> – that have a minimal but still sufficient artistic interest to distinguish themselves from the rest of the genre",<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the film is "more artful than most smut films".<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the second film to be inducted into the <a href="/wiki/XRCO_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="XRCO Hall of Fame">XRCO Hall of Fame</a>, following <i><a href="/wiki/Deep_Throat_(film)" title="Deep Throat (film)">Deep Throat</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legal_troubles">Legal troubles</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Behind_the_Green_Door&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Legal troubles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Supreme Court's 1973 <i><a href="/wiki/Miller_v._California" title="Miller v. California">Miller v. California</a></i> decision adversely affected the mainstream release of porn films, including <i>Behind the Green Door</i>. The Miller decision redefined obscenity from that of “utterly without socially redeeming value” to that which lacks "serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value" and substituted contemporary community standards for national standards, as some prior tests required. Miller continued to hold that obscenity was not protected by the <a href="/wiki/First_Amendment" class="mw-redirect" title="First Amendment">First Amendment</a>, which gave leeway to local judges to seize and destroy prints of films adjudged to violate local community standards. When <i>Behind the Green Door</i> opened in <a href="/wiki/Suffolk_County,_New_York" title="Suffolk County, New York">Suffolk County, New York</a> in 1973, it – along with the porn film <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Comers" title="The New Comers">The New Comers</a></i> – was successfully prosecuted. In addition to <a href="/wiki/New_York_State" class="mw-redirect" title="New York State">New York</a>, <i>Behind the Green Door</i> was banned in <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia_of_Censorship_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia_of_Censorship-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_films">Later films</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Behind_the_Green_Door&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Later films"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1986, the Mitchells made a sequel, <i><a href="/wiki/Behind_the_Green_Door:_the_Sequel" title="Behind the Green Door: the Sequel">Behind the Green Door: the Sequel</a></i>, directed by cabaret singer <a href="/wiki/Sharon_McNight" title="Sharon McNight">Sharon McNight</a>. The movie featured no famous performers, and starred Elisa Florez, billed as <i>Missy Manners</i>. (Florez was Artie Mitchell's girlfriend at the time, and she reportedly demanded the role from him.) It was one of the first "safe sex"-themed porn films, following the onset of the <a href="/wiki/Epidemiology_of_HIV/AIDS" title="Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS">AIDS epidemic in the 1980s</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-unknown_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unknown-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the performers using <a href="/wiki/Condom" title="Condom">condoms</a> and other protection.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was a critical and commercial disaster, and the Mitchells lost hundreds of thousands of dollars.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The O'Farrell Theatre contains a "Green Door Room" which is named for the two movies and was the principal set of the sequel. </p><p>In 2012, adult film company <a href="/wiki/Vivid_Entertainment" title="Vivid Entertainment">Vivid Entertainment</a> produced a loose remake titled <i>New Behind the Green Door</i>. This film stars Brooklyn Lee as the main character Hope, a wealthy young woman drawn into a seedy underworld while on an erotic journey to find her birth mother. The movie includes footage of the original <i>Behind the Green Door</i>, as Hope describes a sexual fantasy that recalls the plot of the 1972 film. Other cast members include Dana DeArmond, Penny Pax, Bailey Blue, Steven St. Croix, and James Deen, with appearances by original cast member Johnnie Keyes and Marilyn Chambers' daughter McKenna Taylor. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Behind_the_Green_Door&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In the 1981 road-race comedy <i><a href="/wiki/The_Cannonball_Run" title="The Cannonball Run">The Cannonball Run</a></i>, the driver of the Japanese team (played by <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Chan" title="Jackie Chan">Jackie Chan</a>) attempts to watch a <a href="/wiki/VHS" title="VHS">VHS tape</a> of <i>Behind the Green Door</i> on an in-dash monitor while driving on a rural highway. After several near-collisions due to his distracted driving, his partner in the back seat wakes up and forces him to shut it off.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>One of the "Coming Attractions" previewed in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Kentucky_Fried_Movie" title="The Kentucky Fried Movie">The Kentucky Fried Movie</a></i> is <i>Catholic High School Girls in Trouble,</i> which is described as "more shocking than <i>Behind the Green Door."</i><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The production of the movie is dramatized in the 2000 film <a href="/wiki/Rated_X_(film)" title="Rated X (film)"><i>Rated X</i></a>, starring brothers <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Sheen" title="Charlie Sheen">Charlie Sheen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Emilio_Estevez" title="Emilio Estevez">Emilio Estevez</a> as Artie and Jim Mitchell.<sup id="cite_ref-unknown_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unknown-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Actor <a href="/wiki/Idris_Elba" title="Idris Elba">Idris Elba</a>'s choice to name his production company Green Door Productions (because "I like doors and green is my favorite color") was questioned because of the association of the phrase with this film. He was intrigued to learn that it was one of the first porn films to feature interracial sex, and that it featured a seven-minute ejaculation sequence, which only made him want the name more, so that he could say that he'd chosen the name "Because it took a long time to come."<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 2024, when promoting <i><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Stanicky" title="Ricky Stanicky">Ricky Stanicky</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/John_Cena" title="John Cena">John Cena</a> cited <i>Behind the Green Door</i> as his favorite guilty pleasure movie of all time.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Behind_the_Green_Door&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_American_films_of_1972" title="List of American films of 1972">List of American films of 1972</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Behind_the_Green_Door&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Notes</b> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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Worldwide Box Office<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 21,</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Behind+the+Green+Door+%281972%29&rft.pub=Worldwide+Box+Office&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldwideboxoffice.com%2Fmovie.cgi%3Ftitle%3DBehind%2520the%2520Green%2520Door%26year%3D1972&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABehind+the+Green+Door" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-unknown-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-unknown_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-unknown_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-unknown_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-unknown_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-unknown_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-unknown_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGoupilKrist2005" class="citation book cs1">Goupil, Helene; Krist, Josh (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/sanfranciscounkn0000goup/page/238"><i>San Francisco: The Unknowao.uk/books?id=pXAsU1sQG1AC</i></a>. Arsenal Pulp Press/Josh Krist. pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/sanfranciscounkn0000goup/page/238">238–241</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-55152-188-1" title="Special:BookSources/1-55152-188-1"><bdi>1-55152-188-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=San+Francisco%3A+The+Unknowao.uk%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DpXAsU1sQG1AC&rft.pages=238-241&rft.pub=Arsenal+Pulp+Press%2FJosh+Krist&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=1-55152-188-1&rft.aulast=Goupil&rft.aufirst=Helene&rft.au=Krist%2C+Josh&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fsanfranciscounkn0000goup%2Fpage%2F238&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABehind+the+Green+Door" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Pennington-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Pennington_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pennington_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pennington_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pennington_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPennington,_Jody_W.2007" class="citation book cs1">Pennington, Jody W. (2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=OfAKgZ68a9AC"><i>The history of sex in American film</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Greenwood_Publishing_Group" title="Greenwood Publishing Group">Greenwood Publishing Group</a>. p. 56. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-275-99226-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-275-99226-2"><bdi>978-0-275-99226-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+history+of+sex+in+American+film&rft.pages=56&rft.pub=Greenwood+Publishing+Group&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-0-275-99226-2&rft.au=Pennington%2C+Jody+W.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DOfAKgZ68a9AC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABehind+the+Green+Door" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-twoninenine-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-twoninenine_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-twoninenine_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-twoninenine_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Williams, p. 299</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Hardcore-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Hardcore_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hardcore_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hardcore_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hardcore_5-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hardcore_5-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hardcore_5-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hardcore_5-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWilliams,_Linda1999" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Linda_Williams_(film_scholar)" title="Linda Williams (film scholar)">Williams, Linda</a> (1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=3wAe48_yfNUC"><i>Hard core: power, pleasure, and the "frenzy of the visible"</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/University_of_California_Press" title="University of California Press">University of California Press</a>. pp. 156–158. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-520-21943-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-520-21943-0"><bdi>0-520-21943-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Hard+core%3A+power%2C+pleasure%2C+and+the+%22frenzy+of+the+visible%22&rft.pages=156-158&rft.pub=University+of+California+Press&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=0-520-21943-0&rft.au=Williams%2C+Linda&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D3wAe48_yfNUC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABehind+the+Green+Door" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-threehundred-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-threehundred_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Williams, p. 300</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Williams, p. 173</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCreed,_Barbara2003" class="citation book cs1">Creed, Barbara (2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=HhMBgOzMUpQC"><i>Media matrix: sexing the new reality</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Allen_%26_Unwin" title="Allen & Unwin">Allen & Unwin</a>. p. 63. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-86508-926-5" title="Special:BookSources/1-86508-926-5"><bdi>1-86508-926-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Media+matrix%3A+sexing+the+new+reality&rft.pages=63&rft.pub=Allen+%26+Unwin&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=1-86508-926-5&rft.au=Creed%2C+Barbara&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DHhMBgOzMUpQC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABehind+the+Green+Door" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Shteir-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Shteir_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFShteir,_Rachel2004" class="citation book cs1">Shteir, Rachel (2004). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/stripteaseuntold0000shte"><i>Striptease: the untold history of the girlie show</i></a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" title="Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/stripteaseuntold0000shte/page/332">332</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-19-512750-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-19-512750-1"><bdi>0-19-512750-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Striptease%3A+the+untold+history+of+the+girlie+show&rft.pages=332&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=0-19-512750-1&rft.au=Shteir%2C+Rachel&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fstripteaseuntold0000shte&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABehind+the+Green+Door" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLangford,_Barry2005" class="citation book cs1">Langford, Barry (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=tFyANhgDs2sC"><i>Film genre: Hollywood and beyond</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_University_Press" title="Edinburgh University Press">Edinburgh University Press</a>. p. 269. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7486-1903-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-7486-1903-8"><bdi>0-7486-1903-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Film+genre%3A+Hollywood+and+beyond&rft.pages=269&rft.pub=Edinburgh+University+Press&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=0-7486-1903-8&rft.au=Langford%2C+Barry&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DtFyANhgDs2sC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABehind+the+Green+Door" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-threetwenty-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-threetwenty_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-threetwenty_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Williams, p. 320</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Williams, p. 380</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldwideboxoffice.com/movie.cgi?title=Behind%20the%20Green%20Door&year=1972">Worldwideboxoffice.com</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-pornking-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-pornking_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1997/10/03/MN48684.DTL">Porn King Jim Mitchell Walks Out of Prison Today</a>. <i>San Francisco Chronicle,</i> 3 October 1997</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Kelly-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Kelly_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Kelly_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Kelly_15-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Kelly_15-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRobert_J._KellyKo-lin_ChinRufus_Schatzberg1994" class="citation book cs1">Robert J. Kelly; Ko-lin Chin; Rufus Schatzberg (1994). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=CWg1Efv5C5UC"><i>Handbook of organized crime in the United States</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Greenwood_Publishing_Group" title="Greenwood Publishing Group">Greenwood Publishing Group</a>. pp. 301–302. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-313-28366-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-313-28366-4"><bdi>0-313-28366-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Handbook+of+organized+crime+in+the+United+States&rft.pages=301-302&rft.pub=Greenwood+Publishing+Group&rft.date=1994&rft.isbn=0-313-28366-4&rft.au=Robert+J.+Kelly&rft.au=Ko-lin+Chin&rft.au=Rufus+Schatzberg&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DCWg1Efv5C5UC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABehind+the+Green+Door" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-falk-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-falk_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-falk_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-falk_16-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFalk,_Pasi1994" class="citation book cs1">Falk, Pasi (1994). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Yo2Sz_9rjkQC"><i>The consuming body</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/SAGE_Publishing" class="mw-redirect" title="SAGE Publishing">SAGE</a>. p. 201. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8039-8974-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-8039-8974-1"><bdi>0-8039-8974-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+consuming+body&rft.pages=201&rft.pub=SAGE&rft.date=1994&rft.isbn=0-8039-8974-1&rft.au=Falk%2C+Pasi&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DYo2Sz_9rjkQC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABehind+the+Green+Door" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-love-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-love_17-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-love_17-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDavid_Smith_Allyn2001" class="citation book cs1">David Smith Allyn (2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=NE9lfn0FBHUC"><i>Make love, not war: the sexual revolution, an unfettered history</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Taylor_%26_Francis" title="Taylor & Francis">Taylor & Francis</a>. p. 235. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-415-92942-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-415-92942-3"><bdi>0-415-92942-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Make+love%2C+not+war%3A+the+sexual+revolution%2C+an+unfettered+history&rft.pages=235&rft.pub=Taylor+%26+Francis&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=0-415-92942-3&rft.au=David+Smith+Allyn&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DNE9lfn0FBHUC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABehind+the+Green+Door" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/behind-the-green-door-1973">"Behind the Green Door movie review (1973) | Roger Ebert"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Behind+the+Green+Door+movie+review+%281973%29+%26%23124%3B+Roger+Ebert&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rogerebert.com%2Freviews%2Fbehind-the-green-door-1973&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABehind+the+Green+Door" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Michelson, p. 235</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Michelson, p. 239</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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