Valley Girl (1983)

Director:

Martha Coolidge

Writers:

Wayne Crawford (writer)
Andrew Lane (writer)

Release Date:

8 April 1983 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

When punk meets prom the fun begins! [Video Australia]

Plot:

Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love...

Plot Keywords:

Love | Punk | Party | Delivery Boy | Valley Girl

Cast

Nicolas Cage	...	Randy
Deborah Foreman	...	Julie Richman
Elizabeth Daily	...	Loryn
Michael Bowen	...	Tommy
Cameron Dye	...	Fred Bailey
Heidi Holicker	...	Stacey
Michelle Meyrink	...	Suzi Brent
Tina Theberge	...	Samantha
Lee Purcell	...	Beth Brent
Richard Sanders	...	Drivers' Ed Teacher
Colleen Camp	...	Sarah Richman
Frederic Forrest	...	Steve Richman
David Ensor	...	Skip
Joanne Baron	...	Prom Teacher
Tony Plana	...	Low Rider
Tony Markes	...	Brad
Christopher Murphy	...	Ralphie
Robby Romero	...	Doug
Camille Calvet	...	Allyson (as Camille Calvert)
Lisa Antille	...	Friend At Beach
Theresa Hayes	...	Cindy
Andrew Winner	...	Customer At Counter
Betsy Bond	...	Marie
Laura Jacoby	...	Peggy
Karl Johnson	...	Club Bouncer
Joyce Hyser	...	Joyce (as Joyce Heiser)
Michael Wyle	...	Arthur
Stephen Sayre	...	Club Frisker
Wayne Crawford	...	Lyle
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
The Plimsouls	...	Themselves
Peter Case	...	Himself (member, The Plimsouls) (uncredited)
Josie Cotton	...	Prom group singer (uncredited)
Helen Kelly	...	Girl at the party (uncredited)
Troy Martin	...	Rocky Horror fan (uncredited)
Prescott Niles	...	Bass player (uncredited)

Directed by
Martha Coolidge

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Wayne Crawford		writer
Andrew Lane		writer

Produced by
Thomas Coleman	....	executive producer
Wayne Crawford	....	producer
Andrew Lane	....	producer
Michael Rosenblatt	....	executive producer
J. David Williams	....	co-executive producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Marc Levinthal
Scott Wilk

Cinematography by
Frederick Elmes

Film Editing by
Éva Gárdos		(as Eva Gardos)

Casting by
Annette Benson

Production Design by
Marya Delia Javier

Set Decoration by
Barbara Benz

Makeup Department
Kathy W. Estocin	....	hair stylist (as Kathy Estocin)
Katharina Hirsch-Smith	....	makeup artist (as Katharina Hirsch)
Lisa Sunok	....	assistant hair stylist

Production Management
Nancy Israel	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
H. Gordon Boos	....	second assistant director
Michael Hacker	....	first assistant director
Nancy Israel	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Carl Aldana	....	assistant art director
Kathleen Flannery	....	art department assistant
Kathleen Flannery	....	assistant set decorator
Linda Linn	....	art department assistant
Linda Linn	....	property master

Sound Department
Gary Alexander	....	sound re-recording mixer
Beau Biggart	....	sound editor
Bob Biggart	....	supervising sound editor
David Brownlow	....	sound mixer
Robert Knudson	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Buzz Knudsen)
Larry Stensvold	....	sound re-recording mixer
Russell Williams II	....	boom operator (as Russell Williams)

Stunts
Don Camp	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Karen Bean	....	first assistant camera
Peter Brill	....	still photographer
Don Cirillo	....	camera operator: second unit
Joy Cohen	....	second assistant camera
Donne Daniels	....	key grip
Timothy F. Hannon	....	grip
Earl Harvey	....	grip
Steve Jezewski	....	grip
Michael Katz	....	gaffer
James Kimura	....	best boy
Tom Richmond	....	electrician
Don Robinson	....	key grip

Casting Department
Janet Cunningham	....	extras casting
Glenis Wootton Gross	....	casting assistant
Cindy Weiss	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sean Frye	....	wardrobe consultant
Chloe King	....	costume jewelry
Barbara Smith	....	wardrobe
Mindy Tennen	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Joe Hutshing	....	assistant editor (as Joseph E. Hutshing)
Gary Reisfield	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Bob Biggart	....	music editor
Michael Papale	....	musical supervisor

Other crew
Albert Barosso	....	assistant to director
Nancy Battaglia	....	production coordinator
Veronica Flynn	....	script supervisor
Jim Hill	....	production assistant
Portia Iversen	....	craft service
Gary A. Lowe	....	location manager
Toni MacDonald	....	production assistant
Tony Markes	....	production assistant
Jack M. Nietzsche Jr.	....	production assistant (as Jack Nietzsche Jr.)
Bruce Schwartz	....	production coordinator
Aleen Stein	....	production assistant (as Alieen Stein)
Alfred Dzina	....	set security (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Valley 9000

Distributors

• Atlantic Releasing Corporation (1983) (USA) (theatrical)
• Scotia International Filmverleih (1985) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Image Entertainment (1984) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Roadshow Home Video (Australia) (VHS)
• Video Treasures (19??) (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Biggart Production Services  sound design
• Todd-AO Studios  re-recording
• Ultra Film Services Inc.  negative cutting

Also Known As:

Bad Boyz
College Lovers (Philippines: English title)
Rebel Dreams (video title)

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M | Iceland:12 | Netherlands:12 | Canada:14A | USA:R | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Del Amo Fashion Center - Hawthorne Boulevard & Carson Street, Torrance, California, USA

Company:

Valley 9000

Trivia:

Actress Elizabeth Daily decided that Loryn would actually be from Malibu, therefore, not being a Valley Girl.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the driver's ed teacher jumps out of the car, you can hear the door slam shut after him. When Julie parks the car, the front passenger side door is open. The young guy in the driver's ed lot was opening doors on Julie's side of the car. And it doesn't seem likely that the girls in the backseat would bother opening any doors that they didn't exit from.

Quotes:

Randy: That techno-rock you guys listen to is gutless.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Mosters vs Aliens/The Haunting in Connecticut/12 Rounds (#1.5)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Oldest Story in the World

Specific time--yet timeless

Valley Girl will always hold a special place in my heart: I would say this is certainly the best of the 80's teen-sex-comedies, but that is a back-handed compliment. This is a good movie, period. It is very specific in time and place--nearly twenty years later this is a marvelous snapshot--yet its story remains timeless. (This is just Romeo and Juliet, minus the death, after all!) Nicolas Cage is wonderful, showing all the early promise that, it turns out, he has squandered on overblown action crapola. Deborah Foreman is the revelation of this movie, and I can't believe she didn't go on to have a bigger career; someone rediscover her QUICK. This is sweeter and gentler than most films of the genre--the requisite nudity seems thrown in by contractual obligation--and, while not groundbreaking, it certainly is nice to see this kind of movie that respects its characters and doesn't crucify its shallow young girls for having fun--even Foreman's crew of best friends, misguided by peer pressure, are never presented as villains. (Indeed, her friend Stacy, forced to doubledate w/ Cage's friend Fred, has a good time despite her protests, and makes out w/ Fred in the backseat.) This will take you back to the early 80's if you were there, but it holds up quite well today. Warning to those unfamiliar with the movie: do NOT watch one of VH1's seemingly continual showings of it--go rent it in its unedited glory. Otherwise, you are missing some of the movies' most potent, time-specific dialogue. And one can't write about Valley Girl and not mention the fabu soundtrack of great 80's tunes--most of them by one-hit wonders, which are not only integral to the sense of time and place in this movie, but thematically well-chosen. See it--awesome little flick! Fer shur!!