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- An altogether odd mixture of comedy, drama, and left-field shocks punctuated with memorably wacky lines, BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS lets Meyer's reliably decadent formula mingle agreeably with the psychedelia of the time.
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Box office. $9 million [5][2] Beyond the Valley of the Dolls is a 1970 American satirical [6][7] musical melodrama film starring Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers, Marcia McBroom, Phyllis Davis, John LaZar, Michael Blodgett, and David Gurian. The film was directed by Russ Meyer and written by Roger Ebert from a story by Ebert and Meyer.
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Whatever its faults or virtues, “Beyond the Valley of the Dolls” is an original — a satire of Hollywood conventions, genres, situations, dialogue, characters and success formulas, heavily overlaid with such shocking violence that some critics didn’t know whether the movie “knew” it was a comedy.
Sep 28, 2016 · The biggest was “Beyond the Valley of the Dolls,” a CinemaScope spectacular filmed on a series of huge sets and stocked with gyrating actresses, models, agents, managers, musicians and uncategorizable oddballs. The lapels are wide, the skirts short, the pneumatic breasts enormous.
Nov 17, 2002 · A World War II combat cameraman who went on to shoot centerfolds for Hugh Hefner, Russ Meyer entered cinema history in 1959 by inventing the nudie -- a film that was neither a stag reel nor a...
For those lucky millions who haven’t seen it, BVD tells the story of a trio of female rock singers who fall victim to and triumph over a series of show-business minefields, including various drugs...
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Russ Meyer went from directing X-rated pornographic features to the biggest cult classic perhaps ever with his outrageous, erotic sexploitation comedy Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970).
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- Comedy, LGBTQ+
- NC-17
