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Apr 29, 1983 · Colleen Camp as Sarah Richman. David Ensor as Skip. Joanne Baron as Prom Teacher.
30 Years Later! Martha Coolidge's now-iconic film Valley Girl introduced us to "valley girl" culture and even more importantly, Nicholas Cage. Now, celebrating its 30th anniversary, Snakkle takes a look back at the cast and what they are doing today. By Kerensa Cadenas.
- Valley Girl Is Based on Romeo and Juliet.
- Martha Coolidge (Unsuccessfully) Fought to Make The Cast More Diverse.
- Nicolas Cage and Deborah Foreman Had Palpable Chemistry.
- Elizabeth "E.G." Daily Wasn't A Valley Girl in Real Life.
- Nicolas Cage Was So Hairy, He Had to Shave His Chest.
- The Valley Girl Soundtrack Got Pulled at The Last minute.
- The Los Angeles Band X Was Supposed to Be in The Movie Instead of The Plimsouls.
It’s not a coincidence that Valley Girl's star-crossed lovers are named Randy and Julie, nor is it accidental that they share a kiss in front of a movie theater marquee for Romeo and Juliet. “Yes, it was intentional, and it was a love story,” Martha Coolidge told the Kickin’ It Old School blog. “So I worked to bring it even more out front. I create...
“I wanted one of the four girls to be black, but [the studio] refused,” Coolidge said at a screening of Valley Girl, discussing the lack of diversity in the cast. “I just did the best I could under the circumstances.”
“I loved [Cage’s] eyes, and I thought he had great energy,” Foreman told the Tampa Bay Timesof her co-star. “I thought he was scary to me. Emotionally, I was feeling stuff inside. He was triggering stuff in me that I had never experienced in my life. I didn’t even have a boyfriend prior to that movie … I had strong feelings for Nic. When the film e...
Elizabeth Daily’s character, Loryn, didn’t have a Valley Girl accent, and that was on purpose. “I didn’t really know the Valley Girl thing that much, so I pretended my character was actually from Malibu,” she said. “I was such a rocker from the [Sunset] Strip that I didn’t really know the Valley Girl thing, but I think it was kind of accurate, actu...
For an 18-year-old, Cage was quite hirsute, so Coolidge asked him to shave his chest to look younger. “There was an artistic bent to it, for his character,” Foreman told the Yo Show. “He looked more mature with all that hair that he had. They found a middle ground for it.” Cage shaved his hair into a V-like shape, which can be seen in the beach sce...
One of the things Valley Girl is known for is its excellent New Wave soundtrack, featuring Modern English’s “I Melt With You,” the Plimsouls, and an array of other ’80s songs. Though it was a shoestring budget film, $250,000 of that budget went toward music clearance rights. A Clash song plays in an earlier print but it got switched to a Men at Wor...
During a scene at Club Central, the live band playing in the background is The Plimsouls, who contributed their hit “A Million Miles Away” to the soundtrack. But during the Kevin Smith screening, Coolidge revealedthat she originally tapped the band X to be in the scene. “It was going to be X, and we were in talks. It was very serious and then all o...
Valley Girl Details. Full Cast and Crew; Release Dates; Official Sites; Company Credits; Filming & Production; Technical Specs
Wayne Crawford. Writer. Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of her trendy, shallow friends.
'Valley Girl' Cast: Where Are They Now? " Valley Girl " could have (like) been a (totally) lame teensploitation comedy (fer shure), created to capitalize on the novelty 1982 hit song by Frank Zappa and his 14-year-old daughter, Moon Unit.
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