In 1970, Twentieth Century-Fox, impressed by the visual zing āKing of the Nudiesā 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,Ā Valley of the Dolls.Ā With a satirical screenplay by Roger Ebert,Ā Beyond the Valley of the DollsĀ follows three young female rockers going Hollywood, in hell-bent sixties style, under the spell of a flamboyant producerāwhose decadent bashes showcase Meyerās trademark libidinal exuberance. Transgressive and outrageous, this big-studio version of a debaucherous midnight movie is an addictively entertaining romp from one of cinemaās great outsider artists.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- High-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Audio commentary from 2003 featuring screenwriter Roger Ebert
- Audio commentary from 2006 featuring actors Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers, Harrison Page, John LaZar, and Erica Gavin
- New interview with filmmaker John Waters
- Episode from 1988 ofĀ The Incredibly Strange Film ShowĀ on director Russ Meyer
- Q&A about the film from 1992 featuring Meyer, Ebert, LaZar, and Read; and actors David Gurian, Charles Napier, Michael Blodgett, and Edy Williams, with host Michael Dare
- Interview with cast members from 2005
- Above, Beneath, and Beyond the Valley; Look On Up at the Bottom; The Best of Beyond; Sex, Drugs, Music & Murder;Ā andĀ Casey & Roxanne,Ā five documentaries from 2006 about the making of the film, featuring the cast and crew
- Screen tests
- Trailers
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by film critic Glenn Kenny and excerpts from a 1970 account in the UCLAĀ Daily BruinĀ of a visit to the filmās set
New cover by Jim Rugg
