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Director:
James Polakof
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
Something Totally Awesome Is Going Down!
Plot:
Sam, Trish, Beth, and Annie are four Valley Girls bored with shopping and frat parties. They come across kind Mr... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Jill Carroll ... Samantha
Elena Stratheros ... Trish
Michele Laurita ... Beth
Gina Calabrese ... Annie
Chuck Connors ... Trish's Father
Sonny Bono ... Sam's mom's lover
Sue Ane Langdon ... Kathy
Tiffany Bolling ... Sam's mom
Sharan Lea ... Julie
Michael Leon ... Lance
Robert Dryer ... Stone
John Carradine ... Mr. Stanton

Tony Longo ... Mike
Adam Mills ... Keith
Matthew Conlon ... Ken
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Also Known As:
Valley Girls
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Runtime:
Netherlands:99 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:12 | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Stockton, California, USA more
Company:
Entertainment Artists more

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Quotes:
[In jail]
Prostitute: Looks like we got ourselves some genuine Valley Girls in here. What are you in for, tootsies? Shoplifting? Or perhaps talking on the phone too long? Maybe you forgot to empty your kitty's litter box?
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"THE VALS" Trivia, 26 April 2002
Author: (pinkfloyd95209@yahoo.com) from Stockton, California, USA

Not only have I seen this movie, I was also an extra in it. "The Vals" was filmed here in Stockton, California in September and October of 1982. For trivia buffs out there the school sequence in the beginning of the movie was filmed at "A.A. Stagg High School" located at 1621 Brookside Road. The Ranch home sequence was filmed at the Michael Blatt Estate in the Morada section of Stockton. The Mall sequence was filmed at "Weberstown Mall" located at 4950 Pacific Avenue. Today Weberstown Mall has changed considerably since 1982 with the interior remodeled. Most of the stores there then are gone today with the exception of See's Candies.Even the Orange Julius restaurant (where the on-screen drug deal goes down) is no longer there.The Orphan House scene with John Carradine is located on 1130 North San Joaquin Street near Downtown Stockton. "The Vals" had a sneak preview here in Stockton at the historic "Stockton Royal Theatre" the following year but to the best of my knowledge it wasn't released anywhere else until it hit video and pay tv in 1986. It was originally filmed as "Valley Girls" but because of the Nicholas Cage film of a similar title the same year they changed the title to "THE VALS". For someone like me who grew up in Stockton and had an extra part on the movie, It was a good movie but for someone else, it might be just mediocre.

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