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Beyond the valley of the dolls
Title
Beyond the valley of the dolls / 20th Century Fox ; a Russ Meyer production ; screenplay by Roger Ebert ; story by Roger Ebert and Russ Meyer ; produced and directed by Russ Meyer ; produced and released by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
ISBN
9781681432090
1681432099
Edition
Blu-ray special edition.
Publication
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2016]
Copyright Notice Date
©2016
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (32 pages ; color illustrations ; 17 cm)
Medium
4 3/4 in.
Notes
Title from title screen.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1970.
Widescreen (2.35:1).
"The film ... is not a sequel to 'Valley of the dolls' ... It does ... deal with the oft-times nightmare world of show business in a different time and place."
Special features: High-definiton digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray; Audio commentary from 2003 featuring screenwriter Roger Ebert; Audio commentary from 2006 featuring actors Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers, Harrison Page, John la Zar, and Erica Gavin; New interview with filmmaker John Waters; Episode from 1988 of The incredibly trange film show on director Russ Meyer; Q&A about the film from 1992 featuring Meyer, Ebert, La Zar, Read, and actors David Gurian, Charles Napier, Michael Blodgett, and Edy Williams; Interview with cast members from 2005; Above, beneath, and beyond the valley; Look on up at the botton; The best of beyond; Sex, drugs, music and murder; and Casey & Roxanne, five documentaries from 2006 about the making of the film, featuring the cast and crew; Screen tests; Trailers ; Plus, in booklet: an essay by film critic Glenn Kenny.
Music, Stu Phillips ; director of photography, Fred J. Koenekamp ; art directors, Jack Martin Smith, Arthur Lonergan ; editors, Dann Cahn, Dick Wormell.
In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).
Summary
It follows three young female rockers going Hollywood in hell-bent sixties style under the spell of a flamboyant producer, whose decadent bashes showcase Meyer's trademark libidinal exuberance. Transgressive and outrageous, this big-studio version of a debaucherous midnight movie is an addictively entertaining romp from one of the movies' great outsider artists.
Variant and related titles
Beyond the valley of the dolls (Motion picture)
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 09, 2018
Series
The Criterion collection ; 836
Credits
Music, Stu Phillips ; director of photography, Fred J. Koenekamp ; art directors, Jack Martin Smith, Arthur Lonergan ; editors, Dann Cahn, Dick Wormell.
Cast
Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers, Marcia McBroom, John La Zar, Michael Blodgett, David Gurian, Edy Williams, Erica Gavin, Phyllis Davis, Henry Rowland, Harrison Page, Duncan Mc Leod, Jim Iglehart, Charles Napier, and the Strawberry Alarm Clock.
System details note
Blu-ray, region A; 16:9 presentation; monaural; requires Blu-ray player.
Audience
MPAA Rating: NC-17, no one 17 and under.
Videorecording number
CC2682BD The Criterion Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
Musical films.
Fiction films.
Comedy films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Musical films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Comedy films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Also listed under
Strawberry Alarm Clock (Musical group), perfomer.
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, production company, presenter.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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