Valley of the Dolls (US - DVD R1)
Fox announces Valley of the Dolls and the 1970 Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Title: Valley of the Dolls
Starring: Edy Williams
Released: 13th June 2006
SRP: $26.98 Each
Further Details:
Fox Home Entertainment has announced special editions of the Mark Robson directed Valley of the Dolls and the Russ Meyer directed Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. Each will be available to own from the 13th June, and should set you back around $26.98 a pop. We've attached the full specs and artwork below:


News by Tom Woodward
Starring: Edy Williams
Released: 13th June 2006
SRP: $26.98 Each
Further Details:
Fox Home Entertainment has announced special editions of the Mark Robson directed Valley of the Dolls and the Russ Meyer directed Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. Each will be available to own from the 13th June, and should set you back around $26.98 a pop. We've attached the full specs and artwork below:
Valley of the Dolls: Special Edition
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Beyond the Valley of the Dolls: Special Edition
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News by Tom Woodward
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Isn't this considered like the "Showgirls" of its time?
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No this is better.
ARGH! As much as I want to hate Fox for agonizingly, mercilessly, cruelly double-dipping just about everything, when they do a DVD right, they do it very right. If they were to stop their double-dipping c**p, then they might rank as the best in my book -- good, INTERESTING special features (not just lots of them), relatively good artwork and the trailers to boot. They'd take the crown from New Line, who, since the Platinum Series line went downhill and vanished, has been losing steam (Dumb and Dumber was weak without Farrelly participation, Wedding Singer looks like a terrible excuse for an SE, horrendous artwork and SE title for Final Destination 3).
I thought these films were B grade pornos, yet they`re get a Film Classics Collection release. Matbe I was wrong about them all this time.
I think I remember reading somewhere that Roger Ebert was a co-writer on the script for Beyond...
I remember hearing Ebert himself say on Ebert and Roeper that Beyond was going to be released through Criterion. Guess not.
YlowBstard wrote: I thought these films were B grade pornos, yet they`re get a Film Classics Collection release. Matbe I was wrong about them all this time.
The original is true camp while the sequel is grade B porno
The original is true camp while the sequel is grade B porno
The holy grail is here. I have been waiting for Valley of the Dolls forever! Sparkle Neely! Sparkle! I love this movie. The sequel is really weird and psychedelic but the first one is a camp masterpiece. I didn't see if they were going to show scenes Judy Garland shot while filming the role that Susan Hayward eventually played. Judy was canned for being to out of it on dope.
I was reading on IMDB that these films are anything but classics. Why are they getting this release.
YlowBstard wrote: I was reading on IMDB that these films are anything but classics. Why are they getting this release.They're cult classics.
Sweet "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" on DVD finally!
YES! I love both of these films.....I have wanted valley of the Dolls in WIDESCREEN and Beyond the Valley of the Dolls in WIDESCREEN forever!
I can't wait!
I can't wait!
They'd both better in widescreen because the Fox Movie Channel shows both of them in that. And "Beyond..." is easily Russ Meyer's best film. It's more professionally made than his others are.
YlowBstard wrote: I was reading on IMDB that these films are anything but classics. Why are they getting this release.
Because both have a devoted audience.
Because both have a devoted audience.
Elijah Sarkesian wrote: I think I remember reading somewhere that Roger Ebert was a co-writer on the script for Beyond...
Yep, and he also wrote Meyer's "Up" and "Beyond The Valley Of The Ultra-Vixens" and also wrote Meyer's never finshed "Who KIlled Bambi?" that was supposed to star the Sex Pistols.
Yep, and he also wrote Meyer's "Up" and "Beyond The Valley Of The Ultra-Vixens" and also wrote Meyer's never finshed "Who KIlled Bambi?" that was supposed to star the Sex Pistols.
I may pickup Beyond just for Ebert's commentary. He's always been very good when doing tracks for movies he has no connection to so it should be very interesting to hear him expound on his work on this trash classic.
I've been wondering why The Fox Movie Channel pulled these movies out of regular rotation. I should have known. It always seems like when they do that, DVD announcements are on the way. They will probably end up back on the schedule closer to the DVD release date. They haven't been showing Valley of the Dolls in widescreen in a long time.
There are some really weird extras for these movies... but the films themselves are certified c**p. (Strangely, there's no featurette on John Williams's score for the first "Valley", maybe that's one film he would rather forget.)
Matt wrote: I may pickup Beyond just for Ebert's commentary. He's always been very good when doing tracks for movies he has no connection to so it should be very interesting to hear him expound on his work on this trash classic.See above. Ebert co-wrote it.
Then again Matthew, it was his very first Oscar nomination...
Tyler Foster wrote: Matt wrote: I may pickup Beyond just for Ebert's commentary. He's always been very good when doing tracks for movies he has no connection to so it should be very interesting to hear him expound on his work on this trash classic.See above. Ebert co-wrote it.
I guess that's why I said, "it should be very interesting to hear him expound on his work on this trash classic.".
I guess that's why I said, "it should be very interesting to hear him expound on his work on this trash classic.".
Desent features but a little pricy - I wonder if this will get a R4 release....

