He has a boyish face and a soft-spoken, warm manner. At 75, Alfred is technically of retirement age, but he remains an in-demand production designer on popular television shows like MacGyver, Veronica Mars and Castle.Īs I approach him, Alfred smiles broadly and extends his hand. He’s just welcomed me onto the Warner Brothers soundstage in Los Angeles where he works. To set eyes on Alfred Sole is to like him instantly. The music playlist for this episode can be found on Spotify. This episode’s running time is 69 minutes. John Niccollai, Assistant District Prosecutor Joseph Friedman, Deep Sleep cinematographerīutch Taylor, Deep Sleep ’s soundtrack composer On this Rialto Report, the people involved speak out for the first time in 40 years. He was under attack both from the law and from everyone who’d helped him make the film in the first place.
Suddenly Alfred Sole found himself at the center of a storm. First the filmmakers were indicted on a state basis under an ancient anti-fornication statute, and then on a federal level for interstate transportation of pornography. And what followed was one of the most remarkable and notorious prosecutions of an adult film in American history. It seemed like everyone in Paterson knew someone who was involved in the making of ‘Deep Sleep’.Īnd so predictably when it came out it was a smash hit in New Jersey, with long lines of people breaking box office records trying to get into the theaters to see it.īut not everyone was impressed. This meant that the local lawyer, banker, policeman, high school teachers, funeral home director, the mayor’s wife, even Alfred’s wife and his mother were part of the film-making group. He didn’t know much about adult films or the industry, so he shot it in his hometown of Paterson, New Jersey and using a cast and crew made up of friends and family members. In 1972, Alfred Sole, a first time filmmaker, made an X-rated film called ‘ Deep Sleep’.
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