Meyer, Russ - Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls

Beyond The Valley Of The DollsDirected 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 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 cinema’s great outsider artists. TWO-DVD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES High-definition digital restoration 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 of The Incredibly Strange Film Show 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; and Casey & Roxanne, 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 UCLA Daily Bruin of a visit to the film’s set 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 of The Incredibly Strange Film Show 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; and Casey & Roxanne, 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 UCLA Daily Bruin of a visit to the film’s set New cover by Jim Rugg