Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens (1979)

Director:

Russ Meyer

Writers:

Russ Meyer (story)
Roger Ebert

Release Date:

April 1979 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Six Chicks in search of a Cluck! ...and so hilariously funny!

Plot:

Believe it or not even in Smalltown USA there are still people who are unfulfilled and unrelieved in the midst of plenty...

Plot Keywords:

Mexican | Wig | Sex With Fat Woman | Cult Favorite | Bed

Cast

Kitten Natividad	...	Lavonia / Lola Langusta (as Francesca 'Kitten' Natividad)
Ann Marie	...	Eufaula Roop
Ken Kerr	...	Lamar Shedd
June Mack	...	Junkyard Sal
Patrick M. Wright	...	Mr. Peterbuilt (as Pat Wright)
Henry Rowland	...	Martin Bormann
Robert E. Pearson	...	Dr. Asa Lavender (as Robert Pearson)
Michael Finn	...	Semper Fidelis
Sharon Ceccatti	...	Nurse Flovilla Thatch (as Sharon Hill)
Don Scarborough	...	Beau Badger
Aram Katcher	...	Tyrone
DeForest Covan	...	Zebulon
Steve Tracy	...	Rhett
Uschi Digard	...	SuperSoul
Stuart Lancaster	...	The Man From Small Town U.S.A.
Candy Samples	...	The Very Big Blonde (as Mary Gavin)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Furlong	...	The Director / Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Russ Meyer	...	The Director (uncredited)

Directed by
Russ Meyer

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Roger Ebert		(as R. Hyde)
Russ Meyer		(story) (as B. Callum)

Produced by
Richard S. Brummer	....	associate producer (as Richard Brummer)
Russ Meyer	....	producer
Fred Owens	....	associate producer
Uschi Digard	....	associate producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
William Tasker

Cinematography by
Russ Meyer		(photographed by)

Film Editing by
Russ Meyer

Art Direction by
Michel Levesque		(as Michele Levesque)

Sound Department
Gary Alexander	....	sound re-recording mixer
Richard S. Brummer	....	sound effects editor (as Richard Serly Brummer)
Stephen Hunter Flick	....	sound effects editor
Don Minkler	....	supervising sound re-recording mixer
Fred Owens	....	sound

Music Department
William Tasker	....	conductor

Other crew
Les Barnum	....	assistant to producer
Mitch Browne	....	crew
Uschi Digard	....	crew
Jean-Paul Ouellette	....	crew (as Don Ouellete)
Bruce M. Pasternack	....	crew (as Bruce Pastarnack)
Frank Scarpitto	....	crew

Production Companies

• RM Films International

Distributors

• Signal 166 (1979) (USA) (theatrical)
• Creswin Distribution (1980) (Canada) (theatrical)
• New Select (1985) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Sinfonia Films (1986) (France) (theatrical)
• Happinet Pictures (2005) (Japan) (DVD)
• Madman Entertainment (2006) (Australia) (DVD)
• Madman Entertainment (2006) (New Zealand) (all media)
• Oy Nordisk Film (2006) (Finland) (DVD)
• RM Films (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• RM Films (????) (USA) (VHS)

Also Known As:

"Ultra Vixen" - Japan (English title) (imdb display title)

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:R | New Zealand:R18 | Finland:K-15 (2006) | USA:X (self applied) | Italy:VM14 (DVD) | West Germany:18 | Italy:VM18 (VHS) (self-applied) | Portugal:M/18 | Canada:(Banned) (Nova Scotia) | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:R (Ontario) (cut) | France:-16 | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Manteca, California, USA

Company:

RM Films International

Trivia:

The character names Flovilla, Eufaula, and Lavonia were all inspired by places in Atlanta. The name Lamar was inspired by comedian Jonathan Winters.

Quotes:

Lavonia:[when a surprise blowjob on her husband Lamar entices him into forcing anal sex on her] Get your dick out of there, you "prevert"!

Movie Connections:

References Godzilla (1954)

Tests your patience

Lots of dead space in this Russ Meyer flick, technically his last theatrical film. A vague spoof of "Our Town", this one features a narrator pointing out the private lives of a small desert town, where one couple in particular is characterized by the wife's nymphomania and the husband's interest in anal sex (an interest that is apparently not shared by his wife).

In today's terms, this is like a porno movie with the hardcore sex stripped out. It's still explicit, but the scenes drag on and on with only a very loose structure, until you're ready to hit the fast forward button. It really gives you a headache after a while, especially due to the obnoxious characters and the dialog, which the actors mostly scream at one another. The worst offender is a radio hostess, who offers a series of seemingly endless religious rants while flapping her extremely large bosom around.

Anybody familiar with Russ Meyer understands that he was obsessed with heroically large-chested women, and the females in this movie are no exception. I would imagine that the entire cast of this film (the ladies, that is) were candidates for breast reduction surgery as they got older. Guys who are into big boobs will really have a great watching this, but I suspect that even they will get bored with the movie after about twenty minutes of yelling, screaming, and wacky editing.

There's some funny stuff in this movie, too, but it's a real snore overall. Hard to believe that this was scripted by Roger Ebert, who wrote the delirious "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls", which Meyer filmed for 20th Century Fox. This was Meyer's last theatrical feature, and frankly I couldn't imagine being trapped in a theater with this movie.