A very loose parody on the popular valley of the dolls 1967, this. There they find success, but luckily for us, they sink into a cesspool of decadence. Movie info roundly panned upon its first release, russ meyers xrated beyond the valley of the dolls has gained a huge cult following over the years. An allgirl rock band goes to hollywood to make it big. The 1967 film adaptation of jacqueline susanns juggernaut novel valley of the dolls was critically lambasted on release but performed better than well enough at the box office. Beyond the valley of the dolls original soundtrack album.
At its core, the film revolves around a group of young gogetters. With direction by king of the nudies russ meyer and a satirical screenplay by roger ebert, beyond the valley of the dolls is a bigstudio version of a debauched midnight movie, following three young female rockers going hollywood, in hellbent 60s style, under the spell of a flamboyant producer. Dolly read, cynthia myers, marcia mcbroom, john lazar, michael blodgett, david gurian, edy williams, erica gavin, phyllis davis, harrison page the existence of beyond the valley of the dolls is a little miracle. One of the more perplexing exploitation films ive seen is 1970s xrated skin flick beyond the valley of the dolls. Beyond the valley of the dolls welcome to the basement.
Publication date 1970 topics drama, comedy, music language english. Three sweet singers tired of puritanical mood of the public provincial america, go to the winds in hollywood, in the other words, valley of the dolls. How did valley of the dolls and beyond the valley of the dolls once considered disreputable campget to be part of foxs cinema classics collection. Directed by russ meyer and cowritten by meyer and movie critic roger ebert who described landing the gig as an example of inmates running the asylum at the studio about a musical quartet of girls who go to hollywood to live with the lead singers wealthy swinger aunt. Rent beyond the valley of the dolls 1970 on dvd and blu. Beyond the valley of the dolls is a 1970 american satirical musical melodrama film starring dolly read, cynthia myers, marcia mcbroom, phyllis davis, john lazar, michael blodgett, and david gurian. Beyond the valley of the dolls 1970 trailer youtube. Directed by the legendary russ meyers, beyond the valley of the dolls centers on a female rock group, who head west in hopes of scoring big in imageiseverything hollywood. Beyond the valley of the dolls nude scenes naked pics. Beyond the valley of the dolls is softcore auteur russ meyers drugdrenched, sexsoaked parody of valley of the dolls, the film based on jacqueline susanns bestselling novel of the same name. Beyond the valley of the dolls 1970 directed by russ.
Koenekamp, dann cahn, dick wormell, stu phillips, roger ebert, roger ebert, cynthia myers, marcia mcbroom, john lazar, michael blodgett, edy williams, erica gavin, phyllis davis, harrison page, charles napier, princess. In the latter film s case, its part of a decadesold critical giveandtake over the career of russ meyer, a softcore director with a singularly rhythmic editing style and a fetish for bigbreasted women. Beyond the valley of the dolls 1970 plot summary imdb. In 1970, twentieth centuryfox, impressed by the visual zing king of the nudies russ meyer had been bringing to bargainbasement exploitation fare, handed the director a studio budget and the title to one of its biggest hits, valley of the dolls. Beyond the valley of the dolls has been ranked 9209 times, wins 42. Continue reading beyond the valley of the dolls 1970. Valley of the dolls beyond the valley of the dolls film.
Marcia mcbroom and dolly read beyond the valley the dolls. Watch beyond the valley of the dolls starring dolly read in this drama on directv. Three college singers dolly read, cynthia myers, marcia mcbroom join a hollywood scene of debauchery, drugs and rock n roll. Its basically a spoof, of the 1967 film, valley of the dolls. Beyond the valley of the dolls nc17 1h 49min comedy, drama, music 17 june 1970 usa three girls come to hollywood to make it big, but find only sex, drugs and sleaze. Beyond the valley of the dolls 1970 trailer trash film orgy. This film has a sleeping woman performing on a gun which is in her mouth. Beyond the valley of the dolls is a movie about which one can frequently be right and wrong simultaneously. Beyond the valley of the dolls 1970 watch hot english. Beyond the valley of the dolls 1970 movie moviefone. After a tiny role in russ meyers beyond the valley of the dolls 1970, she landed a job as a receptionist for american international pictures where she was discovered by jack hill, an aip director who cast her in a pair of womens prison films.
Beyond the valley of the dolls 1970 regarder par dolly read, cynthia myers, marcia mcbroom, john lazar. Beyond the valley of the dolls also takes on the trashalley qualities and features bodacious babes, but that basically ends the tiein. The big doll house 1971 and the big bird cage 1972. Rent beyond the valley of the dolls 1970 starring charles napier and dolly read on dvd and bluray. The film concerns three young women, kelly mcnamara dolly read, casey anderson cynthia myers, and petronella pet danforth marcia mcbroom, who are in a rock trio called the kelly affair. Delicious dolly read is a whopping 372737 inches of delight right out of the pages of playboy and into the carrie nationsthe swingingest girl group to wow the l. The bonus is the second disc which is packed with featurettes about the making of beyond the valley of the dolls. Hard to go wrong with this rare piece of weird americana circa 1970, amerpsand by stu phillips is a funky psych track that i find to be the standout.
Beyond the valley of the dolls 1970 beyond the valley. The film was directed by russ meyer and cowritten by meyer and roger ebert originally intended as a sequel to the 1967 film valley of the dolls dolls being a slang term for depressant pills or. Beyond the valley of the dolls 1970 is sex, drugs, and rock n roll, russ meyer style, which means supersize those sweater puppies. Beyond the valley of the dolls 1970 rotten tomatoes. With a satirical screenplay by roger ebert, beyond the valley of the dolls follows three young female rockers going hollywood, in hell. The plot of this movie revolves around a female rock group, that pursues their dreams of stardom in the hollywood jungle of ambitious hopefuls.
This film is a sequel in name only to valley of the dolls 1967. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. Directed by b movie king russ meyer and written by roger ebert yes, the roger ebert, this strange tale of hollywood excess will leave most, including myself, baffled as to what they just witnessed. Roundly panned upon its first release, russ meyers xrated beyond the valley of the dolls has gained a huge cult following over the years for its unique mix of pop music, high camp, and. Dolly read, cynthia myers, marcia mcbroom and erica gavin language. Beyond the valley of the dolls 1970 three college singers dolly read, cynthia myers, marcia mcbroom join a hollywood scene of debauchery, drugs and rock n roll. A kinda sequel to valley of the dolls released by 20th century fox. Beyond the valley of the dolls, a movie for which i wrote the screenplay in 1969, has over the years become a cult film. We kick off season 4 with roger eberts groovy, freaky screenwriting debut, beyond the valley of the dolls. A lot of the praise is tongueincheek but much of it is sincere, beyond the valley of the dolls is a very lovable film and has earned its cult audience honestly.
Watch beyond the valley of the dolls online stream full. Beyond the valley of the dolls 1970 full movie download. Three girls come to hollywood to make it big, but find only sex, drugs and sleaze. The film takes great pains to point out in an opening title that it is in no way related to mark robsons 1967 drug drama valley of the dolls, a tad disingenuous considering beyond the valley of the dolls was originally designed to be a sequel before it transformed into a parody of the earlier, critically derided film. Watch beyond the valley of the dolls full english film beyond the valley of the dolls full movie stream free download beyond the valley of the dolls full movie studio beyond the valley of the. Beyond the valley of the dolls by stu phillips album. Venerable film critic and writer roger ebert, penned beyond the valley of the dolls. Beyond the valley of the dolls 15 movie clip the kelly affair perform 1970 hd duration. Beyond the valley of the dolls is a 2012 english film stars dolly read, russ meyer, russ meyer, fred j.
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