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- Cast: Cynthia Myers | David Gurian | Dolly Read | Edy Williams | Erica Gavin | Harrison Page | John Lazar | Marcia McBroom | Michael Blodgett | Pam Grier | Phyllis Davis
- Directors: Russ Meyer
- Product Types: Movies & TV
- Lines: Cult Cinema Icons | Cult Flavor | Throwback Space
- Formats: Blu-ray
- Genres: Comedy | Cult Cinema | Drama | Exploitation | Mature | Musical
- Studios: Criterion | Twentieth Century Fox
- Original Release Date: June 17, 1970
- Product Release Date: September 27, 2016
- Rating: nc-17
- More: Pam Grier | Russ Meyer
In 1970, 20th Century-Fox, impressed by the visual zing King of the Nudies Russ Meyer (Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!) brought to bargain-basement exploitation fare, handed the director a studio budget and the title to one of its biggest hits, Valley of the Dolls. With a satirical screenplay by Roger Ebert, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls follows three young female rockers going Hollywood in hell-bent sixties style under the spell of a flamboyant producer whose decadent bashes showcase Meyer’s trademark libidinal exuberance. Transgressive and outrageous, this big-studio version of a debaucherous midnight movie is an addictively entertaining romp from one of the movies great outsider artists.
Special Features
- High-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Audio commentary from 2003 featuring screenwriter Roger Ebert
- Audio commentary from 2006 featuring actors Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers, Harrison Page, John La Zar, and Erica Gavin
- New interview with filmmaker John Waters
- Archival interviews with writer, director, and producer Russ Meyer
- Q&A about the film from 1992 featuring Meyer, Ebert, La Zar, Read, and actors David Gurian, Charles Napier, Michael Blodgett, and Edy Williams
- Above, Beneath, and Beyond the Valley; Look On Up at the Bottom; The Best of Beyond; Sex, Drugs, Music and Murder; and Casey & Roxanne, five documentaries from 2006 about the making of the film, featuring the cast and crew
- Trailers and TV spots
- Screen Tests
- Excerpts from a 1970 account in the UCLA Daily Bruin of a visit to the film's set
- PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Glenn Kenny
Specifications
- Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
- Runtime:109
- Language:English
- Region:A
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- People / Bands: Cynthia Myers | David Gurian | Dolly Read | Edy Williams | Erica Gavin | Harrison Page | John Lazar | Marcia McBroom | Michael Blodgett | Pam Grier | Phyllis Davis | Russ Meyer
- Shows / Movies: Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
- Genres: Comedy | Cult Cinema | Drama | Exploitation | Mature | Musical
- Companies: Criterion | Twentieth Century Fox
- Product Types: Music & Movie Formats > Blu-ray | Movies & TV