| Edition |
Blu-ray special edition. |
| Description |
1 Blu-ray (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (32 pages ; color illustrations ; 19 cm). |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital optical monaural Dolby Digital 1.0 |
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widescreen (2.35:1) 24 fps |
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NTSC |
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video file Blu-ray video Region 1 |
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Motion pictures |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 836
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Criterion collection ; 836.
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| System Details |
Blu-ray, region A; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; DTS-HD Master Audio monaural. |
| Cast |
Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers, Marcia McBroom, John La Zar, Michael Blodgett, David Gurian, Edy Williams, Erica Gavin, Harrison Page. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Fred J. Koenekamp ; editors, Dann Cahn, Dick Wormell ; music, Stu Phillips. |
| Note |
DVD release of the 1970 motion picture. |
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Widescreen (2.35:1). |
| Audience |
MPAA Rating: NC-17, no one 17 and under. |
| Summary |
"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. |
| Note |
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. Container booklet includes essays "My Happening" by film critic Glenn Kenny and "The Back Lot of Beyond" by Stan Berkowitz. |
| Language |
In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH). |
| Subject |
Women rock musicians -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama.
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Women rock musicians. |
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California -- Los Angeles. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Music trade -- United States -- Drama.
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Music trade. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Fiction films.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Blu-ray discs.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Meyer, Russ, 1922-2004, film director, film producer, screenwriter.
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Ebert, Roger, screenwriter.
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Read, Dolly, 1944- actor.
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Myers, Cynthia, 1950-2011, actor.
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McBroom, Marcia, 1947- actor.
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La Zar, John, 1946- actor.
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Blodgett, Michael, actor.
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Gurian, David, 1947- actor.
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Williams, Edy, 1941- actor.
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Gavin, Erica, 1949- actor.
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Page, Harrison, actor.
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Koenekamp, Fred J., 1922-2017, director of photography.
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Wormell, Dick, editor of moving image work.
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Cahn, Dann, editor of moving image work.
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Phillips, Stu, composer (expression)
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Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.
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| Added Title |
Container of (work): Beyond the valley of the dolls (Motion picture)
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| ISBN |
9781681432090 |
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1681432099 |
| Music No. |
CC2682BD The Criterion Collection |
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