- Deep Throat did not receive an official UK video release until March 2000 when 2 alternate versions of the film were released. An edited 18 rated version - which runs 50m 33s and was itself cut by 1 minute 22 secs by the BBFC for explicit sexual content - and the full 61 minute hardcore version which was passed uncut as R18 and is only available in licensed sex shops in the UK.
- The 2003 UK DVD by Arrow Productions has been edited. Even though the back cover says 'contains strong real sex', all hardcore scenes are re-framed, which is why it runs much longer than the 2000 51 minute version. Most versions open with the credits whilst Linda Lovelace is driving her car, but this version has a pre-credit sequence of a message from Vanguard Films about Sigmund Freud, and shows Linda walking by the riverbank before getting into her car. Some of the music has also been changed, for example, the usual 'Driving with Linda' opening theme and 'Bubbles' have both been replaced by rock instrumentals.
- Several openings to the film exist. The original opens with a text prologue referencing Freud and cuts to the familiar opening credits of Lovelace driving around Florida with the commonly known opening theme. The Arrow home video version cuts this opening and begins with the first shot of Linda in the car. Another version of the opening starts with the car shot but with a completely different interlude in the background. The Italian version retains the Freud opening with Italian text and has the opening titles, including Italian dubbing production credits, with the familiar opening music with Italian titles over still shots of Lovelace.
- A heavily censored version has been screened on Australian cable television in which all sexually explicit depictions are masked by the use of split-screen effects.
- Arrow Productions has edited the original, pornographic version to get an "R" rating, and also has submitted the original for reclassification. Both versions will be released theatrically in 2005 in a double-bill with the documentary "Inside Deep Throat" (2005).
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