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This film was suggested by our member Stuart Taylor who writes: 'Russ Meyer might be an acquired taste but this film is so much fun and wild with a weird blend of grooviness and cynicism. A script written by Roger Ebert and a reaction to the Manson murders, it’s unlike anything else. Plus I love the character Z-Man.'
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.
Cast:
Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers, Marcia McBroom, John Lazar