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Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls

Year:1970
Country:  USA
Language:English
Genre:Cult, Music, Drama
IMDB:IMDB Page
Rating:8.3  Rate
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Community: 16 Have Seen


DirectorRuss Meyer
Selected CastDolly Read as Kelly MacNamara
 Cynthia Myers as Casey Anderson
 Marcia McBroom as Petronella Danforth
 John Lazar as Z-Man
 Michael Blodgett as Lance Rocke
 Edy Williams as Ashley St. Ives
 Erica Gavin as Roxanne
 Phyllis Davis as Susan Lake
 Harrison Page as Emerson Thorne
 James Iglehart as Randy Black
 Charles Napier as Baxter Wolfe
 Pam Grier as Fourth Woman
 The Strawberry Alarm Clock as The Strawberry Alarm Clock
 Russ Meyer as TV Cameraman
 Garth Pillsbury as Man with Newspaper
SoundtrackStu Phillips


On DVD & Blu-ray World

DVD

Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls - 20th Century Fox - Europe (2005)
DVD

Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls - The Criterion Collection - USA (2016)
DVD

Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls (Orgissimo) - 20th Century Fox - USA (2006)
DVD

O Vale Das Bonecas II - 20th Century Fox - Portugal (2006)


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Magic Marmalade
3rd Jul 2024
 Well this is just Bats$%t crazy!

I would have rated it a 6, but the last twenty minutes of this are just mental... and it really made me smile.

Can't give any better a review than 23skidoo's, so won't.
 
 
23skidoo
16th Aug 2015
 Rated 10/10
It's still amazing that this film - which is actually a lot better than you might think - was written by Roger Ebert, the movie critic. I saw this film for the first time a few months ago and I was actually very impressed. Yes, it has some of Meyers' patented hypersexual/hyperviolent moments, but at the same time it also comes off as a film with a heart.

It's a shame to see some modern-day critics blast it for how it handles transgender characters (to say any more would be a spoiler), but I'll be honest, the same-sex relationship between two female characters is handled in a way that I personally think comes off as more mature than what you see done today. Definitely the two love scenes between Cynthia Myers and Erica Gavin are sexier than anything in Blue is the Warmest Color - with a fraction of the nudity and explicitness.

The music is pretty good too. While a case can be made for or against whether Meyers' other films, especially those made in the 70s, should be considered softcore porn or not, this is the one film in his canon that shouldn't be considered any sort of porn. Take away a few elements that betray the fact this was something written and shot in the late 1960s and it could stand alongside any film made today. Hopefully no one gets it in their minds to remake it as I doubt they'd be able to exercise the editorial self-control Meyers showed in what I consider to be his masterpiece. That remake probably would end up being just porn.

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Ami Rushes - Look On Up To The Bottom / Sweet Talkin' Candy Man - 20th Century-Fox - USA (1970)
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Carrie Nations - In The Long Run / Come With The Gentle People - 20th Century-Fox - USA (1970)
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Vinyl Album
Stu Phillips - Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls - Soundtrack Album - 20th Century-Fox - USA (2007)
Original Soundtrack LP
CD Album
Stu Phillips - Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls - The Original Soundtrack - Harkit - UK (2003)
CD issue of Soundtrack
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Strawberry Alarm Clock - Girl From The City / Three - Uni - USA (1970)
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The Sandpipers - Santo Domingo / Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls - A&M - USA (1970)
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Strawberry Alarm Clock - Incense And Peppermints / The Birdman Of Alkatrash - Uni - USA (1967)
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Vinyl Album
Stu Phillips - Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls - The Original Soundtrack - Harkit - UK (2003)
Alternate Tracks Soundtrack
Vinyl Album
Stu Phillips - Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls - Harkit - UK (2010)
Alternate Tracks Soundtrack

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