AVAILABLE
ON DVD & BLU-RAY 18th JANUARY 2016
This
is my happening and it freaks me out! Arrow Video is pleased to
announce its first title for 2016, Russ Meyer’s cult-camp classic
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. Released on Blu-ray and DVD from 18th January, this extra-packed special edition will be limited to 3,000 copies only, and includes the world video premiere of The Seven Minutes, Meyer’s second and final Hollywood
feature.
Co-scripted by film critic Roger Ebert,
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls is a merciless satire of Hollywood
and the music business, a no-holds-barred psychedelic thrill-ride that
gleefully stirs sex, drugs, rock’n’roll, fashion, lesbianism,
transvestism and Nazis into one of the most riotously
unhinged mainstream films ever made. This special edition also includes
the rarely-seen
The Seven Minutes (1971), Russ Meyer’s Hollywood swansong, an
adaptation of Irving Wallace’s polemical novel about the absurdities of
American obscenity laws.
Synopsis
When
Easy Rider rewrote the box-office rulebook in 1969, Hollywood
scrambled to catch up – and 20th Century Fox noticed that one particular
independent filmmaker was seeing impressive returns from tiny
investments. So what would happen if he was given a decent
budget and the run of a Hollywood studio and told to make the ultimate
Russ Meyer film?
Well, this is the
result: an initially X-rated cult camp classic about an all-female rock
band trying to parlay Midwestern success into a Hollywood contract with
the aid
of a hefty inheritance. But will they be able to maintain their
trademark apple-pie wholesomeness under their new manager, the notorious
Ronnie ‘Z-Man’ Barzell? Take a wild guess.
Special Features
·
Limited Edition collection of both of Russ Meyer’s Hollywood films (3000 copies)
·
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
·
Standard Definition DVD presentation of The Seven Minutes
·
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for both films
·
Original mono audio (uncompressed PCM on the Blu-ray)
·
Separate music and effects track for Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
·
Two
commentaries on Beyond the Valley of the Dolls by co-screenwriter Roger
Ebert and actors Erica Gavin, John LaZar, Cynthia Myers, Harrison Page
and Dolly Read
·
Sinister Image: Russ Meyer, David Del Valle’s 1987 interview with the director and his former model Yvette Vickers
·
Introduction to Beyond the Valley of the Dolls by John LaZar
·
Above, Beneath and Beyond the Valley: The Making of a Musical-Horror-Sex-Comedy
·
Look On Up at the Bottom, with composer Stu Phillips and three members of the Carrie Nations discussing the film’s music
·
The Best of Beyond, favourite moments selected by cast and crew members
·
Sex, Drugs,
Music & Murder: Signs of the Time, Baby!, a look at the late 1960s
culture that spawned Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
·
Casey & Roxanne: The Love Scene, discussed by participants Erica Gavin and Cynthia Myers
·
Screen tests for Michael Blodgett, Cynthia Myers, Harrison Page, Marcia McBroom
·
High Definition photo galleries
·
Multiple trailers
·
Reversible sleeve featuring two original artworks
·
Booklet
featuring new writing on both films by critic Kat Ellinger, Anne
Billson’s 1991 interview with Russ Meyer, excerpts from the outraged
British critical reaction at the time, and a personal
reminiscence by David Del Valle
Specs
Release Date
|
Monday 16th January 2016
|
Certificate
|
18
|
Language
|
English
|
82
|
110/115 mins
|
Region
|
B
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Audio
|
1.0 Mono
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Blu-ray Cat Number
|
FCD1183
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