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17 June 1970 (USA)
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This time... they've really gone more
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Three girls come to Hollywood to make it big, but find only sex, drugs and sleaze. full summary | full synopsis
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(3 articles)
Movie Reviews: Step Brothers
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 25 July 2008, 10:27 AM, PDT)
Soft Porn King Meyer Dead at 82
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 22 September 2004)
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 25 July 2008, 10:27 AM, PDT)
Soft Porn King Meyer Dead at 82
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 22 September 2004)
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"Beyond the Valley of the Dolls/In a corner of the sky..."
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Dolly Read | ... | Kelly Mac Namara |
| Cynthia Myers | ... | Casey Anderson |
| Marcia McBroom | ... | Petronella Danforth |
| John Lazar | ... | Ronnie 'Z-Man' Barzell (as John LaZar) |
| Michael Blodgett | ... | Lance Rocke |
| David Gurian | ... | Harris Allsworth |
 | Edy Williams | ... | Ashley St. Ives |
| Erica Gavin | ... | Roxanne |
| Phyllis Davis | ... | Susan Lake |
 | Harrison Page | ... | Emerson Thorne |
| Duncan McLeod | ... | Porter Hall |
| James Inglehart | ... | Randy Black (as Jim Iglehart) |
| Charles Napier | ... | Baxter Wolfe |
| Henry Rowland | ... | Otto |
| Princess Livingston | ... | Matron |
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109 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Canada:R (Nova Scotia/Ontario) |
UK:18 (2003 re-rating, uncut) |
UK:X (cut) |
France:-16 |
Singapore:R21 |
West Germany:18 |
Australia:R |
Canada:PA (Manitoba) |
Netherlands:16 |
New Zealand:R18 |
USA:NC-17 (re-rating) (1990) |
USA:X |
Canada:18+ (Quebec) |
Finland:K-18 (2004)
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Originally intended as a sequel to Valley of the Dolls (1967). Jacqueline Susann submitted a screenplay for a sequel, but when Fox found it unsatisfactory, their contract gave them the right to produce a separate version. Susann was reportedly so offended by the results that she threatened to sue 20th Century-Fox. As part of a settlement, Fox inserted the disclaimer "This is not a sequel to VALLEY OF THE DOLLS" in all advertising.
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Audio/visual unsynchronized: During "The Carrie Nation" performances horns can be heard in the music. There is no horn section in the band.
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Harris Allsworth:
[sitting in a wheelchair] Checkmate. I can't move.
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Referenced in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
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Beyond The Days Of Now And Then
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What did Mike Royko say went wrong with this film?What's going on with Z-Man and his big reveal at the end?
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One of the all-time great cult films, BVD is an energetic, imaginative parody of Valley of the Dolls and other such dippy Hollywood melodramas. Our three lusty, busty heroines are the members of an all-girl pop group. From one trailer: "Dolly Read is Kelly, the singer. Cynthia Myers is Casey, the swinger. Marcia McBroom is Pet, the soul sister." Whoa! Anyway, our trio of sexy supervixens move out to Hollywood, get discovered immediately, and are thrown into a whirlpool of pill addiction, alcoholism, lesbianism, abortions, depression, double crosses, crippling injuries, lots of violence, and lots of sex. All of this is played with a deceptively straight face, with the wild comedy arising from the ludicrousness of the soap-opera situations. One particularly sudsy moment is even accompanied by swelling daytime-TV organ music! There are obvious jokes, which are spirited and very funny, and even some sly references to Valley of the Dolls (a character named Miriam, the Warwick Court Apartments). The ending has to be seen to be believed, and even then....
The acting is very good (though Dolly Read's natural British and fake American accents are openly battling throughout), with top prizes taken by John LaZar as freaked-out record mogul Z-Man and Edy Williams as voracious porno queen Ashley St. Ives. The women, sporting big hair and thick false eyelashes, are all incredibly beautiful, and Russ Meyer lovingly captures them in neon-bright color. The editing and camerawork are fast-paced and super-stylish, as usual with Meyer. The soundtrack is excellent.
A groovy, sexy, X-rated look at L.A. back when it was cool!
Trivia: The reason this X seems so mild is because it was intended for an R! Meyer did prepare a more explicit version, but when this tamer cut was X'd, Fox elected to distribute it instead of the racier print. The video box says NC-17 because Fox has a policy against never releasing an X-rated tape. Of course, an X in 1970 did mean 17 and over, whereas it now means 18 and over. HUGE chasm there!