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20 saturday feb 19 2005 economist sun suntribune anne brodie on movies documentary examines notorious porn film inside deep throat starring linda lovelace harry reems dick cavett camille paglia and gore vidal in theatres now the highest grossing film of all time is not titanic et star wars or the sixth sense it is a little movie that took six days and 23000 to make deep throat made in 1972 has earned 600 million its about to be re- released in theatres in conjunction with a documentary on what happened to the main players after their film shocked and changed north america the documentary inside deep throat has an nc rating in the united states meaning no one younger than 18 can see it usually an nc rating is the kiss of heath to a film and producers do every thing in their power to avoid it even making cuts newspapers are taking advertise ments for the documentary and some such as the los angeles and new york times are running them extra large the documentary has an r rating in canada and there has been no problems reported by theatre owners booking the film or publications advertising it deep throat is still banned in 23 states but the times they are a changin these releases are barely raising eye brows inside deep throat is produced by ron howards imagine entertainment partner brian grazer and yes opie knows all about it the brilliantly executed documen tary reveals the amazing facts in the his tory of the landmark film how linda feovelace embraced feminism and told of her abuse in making the film how co- star harry reems the only person con nected with the film to go to jail earned 250 for his work and saw his life turned jjpside down one hundred and seventeen people older video gamers underwhelmed with xbox playstation2 by martin derbyshire staff writer uper mario has become a super business adult gamers mostly men in their late 20s and early 30s and the first gen eration who grew up on a steady diet of modern gaming technolo gy have helped drive sales of video games and related equip ment in canada to 416 million in the first three quarters of 2004 according to markhambased ac nielsen a market research firm but its what theyre buying that might surprise you while maturerated titles for the popular playstation2 xbox and gamecube consoles still make up 10 per cent of the market and growing patrons pining for a piece of their youth are an ever increasing market segment vintage video games are quick ly becoming the next big thing some adults into the newer systems but most arent they come in for that thing they used to do as a kid they want to relive their youth said brad schreiber owner of gameworks video games in richmond hill some like the xbox playsta tion and gamecube but most want the super nintendo sega saturn old nintendo and atari 2600 stuff these days from intellivision to colecovi- sion the rare toploading ninten do to original gameboys game- works boasts one of the largest collection of retro consoles and games in the region having spent countless hours bidding on ebay and pouring through bins at swap meets to find the old school hardware and software mr schreiber said hes trying to meet a huge demand for the gear he has customers who shell out big bucks for impossible-to- find consoles and games still in the box and the dusty used games discovered at the bottom of a 10- cent garage sale bin sure they cant compete with the new systems in terms of graphics but it depends on what kind of games youre into some of the classic games cant be beat he said game developers for the newer systems have jumped on the bandwagon putting out com pilation titles such as intellivision lives atari anthology and sega classics collection that allow gamers to play older tides on new consoles but vaughan collector ron allain says he prefers the real thing some of the old games are just better i grew up with the old con soles the games are almost too real nowadays he said whatever happened to keep ing the high scores on games like frogger and donkey kong thats where it all started a huge pac man fan mr allain 25 possess an impressive collec tion of classic consoles and games including a dozen circa- 1977 atari 2600s people laugh at me but i cant go by a garage sale without stop ping you never know what youll find he said i love all kinds of 80s stuff transformers remember those its all about the memories but its not just aging genera tion xers out to relive the good old days snatching up the antique electronics a new generation of gamers has found fun in blowing the dust off the old systems according to linda balboul owner of gamers world in thornhill which carries an extensive collection of ninten do and super nintendo games its very popular i was very surprised kids anywhere from 14 and up still want the games they all want the old nintendo stuff she said i get them through trades here and there some are very hard to get i think theyre so popular because theyre all rated e for everyone mr schreiber who says he misspent his youth pumping quarters into the street fighter game at the fantasy place arcade in newmarket says classic video games are just pure fun today he has the original super mario brothers hooked up to the big screen in the back of the store practising for an attempt to finish the game in world record time some of the old games are just better he said sec documentary page 21 brad schreiber owner of gameworks in rich mond hill shows off his vintage nintendo staff photosteve somerviile