Beyond the valley of the dolls / Twentieth Century Fox ; a Russ Meyer production ; screenplay by Roger Ebert ; story by Roger Ebert and Russ Meyer ; produced and directed by Russ Meyer.
"In 1970, Twentieth Century-Fox, impressed by the visual zing 'King of the Nudies' Russ Meyer had been bringing to bargain-basement exploitation fare, handed the director a studio budget and the title to one of its biggest hits, Valley of the Dolls. With a satirical screenplay by Roger Ebert, Beyond...
| Uniform Title: | Criterion collection ;
836. |
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| Language: | English |
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In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH). |
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[New York, N.Y.] :
The Criterion Collection,
[2016]
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| Edition: | Two-DVD special edition. |
| Series: | Criterion collection ;
836. |
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| Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs (approximately 109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (32 pages ; color illustrations ; 19 cm). |
| Other Uniform Title: | Beyond the valley of the dolls (Motion picture)
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| Format: | Video DVD |
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"In 1970, Twentieth Century-Fox, impressed by the visual zing 'King of the Nudies' Russ Meyer had been bringing to bargain-basement exploitation fare, handed the director a studio budget and the title to one of its biggest hits, Valley of the Dolls. With a satirical screenplay by Roger Ebert, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls 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"--Container. |
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| Note: | Title from title frame. DVD release of the 1970 motion picture. Accompanied by a booklet featuring essays "My Happening" by film critic Glenn Kenny and "The Back Lot of Beyond" by Stan Berkowitz. Special features: 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 Strange Film Show on director Russ Meyer; Q&A about the film for 1992 featuring Meyer, Ebert, La Zar, Read, and actors David Gurian, Charles Napier, Michael Blogett, and Edy Williams with host Michael Dare; Above, beneath, and beyond the valley, Look on up at the bottom, The best of beyond, Sex, drugs, music and murder, and Casey & Roxanne, five documentaries from 2006 about the making of the film, featuring cast and crew; Screen tests; Trailers. |
| Call Number: | PN1995.9.M86 B496 2016 VideoDVD |
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MPAA Rating: NC-17, no one 17 and under. |
| ISBN: | 9781681432106 1681432102 |
| Credits: | Music, Stu Phillips ; director of photography, Fred J. Koenekamp ; art directors, Jack Martin Smith, Arthur Lonergan ; editors, Dann Cahn, Dick Wormell. |
| System Details: | DVD; region 1 NTSC; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital monaural. |
| 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. |