Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
1970 -
Rated
NC-17 (MPAA)
Release Date: 06/13/2006
Features:
DVD Features:
2-Disc Set
Special Edition
Full Frame - 1.33
Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
(unspecified) - English
Disc 1: BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS - Feature Presentation
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary:
1. Roger Ebert - Screenwriter
2. Cast
Disc 2: BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS - Supplemental Material
Additional Release Material:
Documentary: "Sex, Drugs, Music & Murder - Signs of the Time, Baby"
Bonus Footage: Event Footage
Behind the Scenes: Screen Tests (5)
Featurette:
1. "Above, Beneath and Beyond the Valley"
2. "Look on Up at the Bottom"
3. "The Best of Beyond: Psychedelic Scrapbook"
Trailers:
1. Theatrical Trailers (3)
2. Teaser Trailer
3. Archival Promotional piece
Time:
109
mins.
J&R Item # 1002278_4
UPC # 024543246336
Label: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
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In Russ Meyer's BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS, all-girl rock band the Kelly Affair moves to Los Angeles in pursuit of fame and fortune. Upon meeting wealthy rock scenester Ronnie "Z-Man" Barzell (John Lazar) at one of his lavish parties, they believe they've met the man who can bring them fame. Changing their name to the Carrie Nations, they navigate their way through a maze of sexual misadventures, drugs, and brushes with some very unpleasant characters only to find that fame comes at a price. Livening up the considerably frantic proceedings are Meyer starlets Edy Williams and Erica Gavin (VIXEN), as well as an appearance by the Strawberry Alarm Clock.
Finally invited to work within a major studio (20th Century Fox) following the enormous success of 1968's VIXEN, Meyer, along with screenwriter Roger Ebert, created the ultimate sex, drugs, and rock & roll film of the psychedelic era. An altogether odd mixture of comedy, drama, and left-field shocks punctuated with memorably wacky lines, BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS lets Meyer's reliably decadent formula mingle agreeably with the psychedelia of the time.
Cast:
3 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t foretells the last days of hippy naivety..."
-- Mark Powell
, (Total Film)
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