It's official! The Criterion release didn't happen but Fox has committed to give these titles some love.

I'll be getting BtVotD for sure and will probably rent VotD.




Fox Home Entertainment have announced the Region 1 DVD release of The Valley of the Dolls (Special Edition) and Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (Special Edition) for 13th June 2006 priced at $26.98 SRP each. These two-disc special edition releases of the cult Russ Meyer titles offer the following features…

The Valley of the Dolls (Special Edition) - Lured by their dreams of fame and fortune, three ambitious young women enter the world of show business and discover how easy it is to sink into a celebrity nightmare of ego, alcohol and 'pills' - the beloved "dolls." A prim New Englander (Barbara Parkins) unexpectedly skyrockets from her job as secretary in a talent agency to a glamorous TV model. A determined singer (Patty Duke) finds that Hollywood success can also spell self-destruction. And a beautiful sex symbol (Sharon Tate) is torn between the money commands and the shame of feeling exploited. Based on Jacqueline Susann's phenomenal best-seller about the underside of Hollywood, this fascinating melodrama was once seen as a shocking behind-the-scenes look at how show business creates instant stars, destroys romances and changes personalities forever.

Disc 1: Main Feature
English Stereo & Mono
Spanish Mono
English & Spanish subtitles
Commentary by Alonso Duralde
Cast Commentary

Disc 2: Extra Features
Gotta Get off this Merry-Go-Round: Sex, Dolls and Showtunes
Pill Pop-Up Karaoke: Follow the Bouncing Doll
The Divine Ms. Susann
Doll-A-Palooza: Addicts Forum A Go-Go
Translate French Porn Movies
What's My Line? Episode
Screen Tests:
Robert Forester & Laura Devon
Judy Garland
Laura Devon & Tony Scotti
Barbara Parkins & Becker & Harada
Sharon Tate
Lara Linday
TV Spots- :10, :20, :60
Trailers: 3:21 & 2:10
Archival Promotional Featurette
Archival Making of
Musical Numbers from ebay
KD Lang Re-mix
LACMA Event
Backstory: Valley of the Dolls
Pop Up Trivia Track-FMC
Soap Opera 1994
Mini Series 1981

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (Special Edition) - When three female rock'n'rollers travel to Hollywood to claim an inheritance, they meet up with a kinky music promoter who turns them on to a whole new scene. At first, all seems very exciting and the naïve trio becomes submerged in his dangerous tinsel town underworld-before they discover his true motives.

Disc 1: Main Feature
Roger Ebert Commentary
Cast Commentary

Disc 2: Extra Features
Above, Beneath and Beyond the Valley
Look on Up at the Bottom
The Best of Beyond: Psychedelic Scrapbook
Sex, Drugs, Music & Murder - Signs of the Time, Baby
Z-Man's Far Out Party Favours: A collection of "Dolls" DVD Treats:
Event Footage from S. Perry-Z-man's boobs
Trailers 2:00 & 2:28 (1, 2 and G) plus teaser trailer
Archival Promotional piece
Screen Tests:
Michael Blodgett & Synthia Meyers
Harrison Page & Marcia McBroom
Anne Randal & Unknown Actor
2 Unknown Actors
Claudia Jennings & John Nelson








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Z-Man[Yes![/Z-Man]

Wasan't Pam Grier in BtVotD?

She's listed as a "partygoer."

Very cool news!

"You're a groovy boy....I'd like to strap you on sometime!"

Valley Of The Dolls most certainly! This is one of my long awaited titles to be released on DVD. Now, Beyond The Valley of the Dolls is a totally different story, which is a forgettable, astrocious film by any video format. An insult to it's predecessor.

I'd like to get both of these to check them out, as I have never seen them. However, their current price point is a bit high for a blind buy in this case. I may rent them, and wait hopefully for a price drop if I like one or both.

"predecessor"? I thought it was a parody, not a sequel...

Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner!

Well, I sure hope so! A parody or not, it's still awful. I wouldn't pay a penny for it.

I'll take both. Please and thank you. Some of the best mod-era films around. Yeah, Baby, Yeah!

Wouldn't ya know it!

The wife has been after these for a while and I finally picked up the Region 2 release which came packaged together for about $12.

Since we probably won't be too bothered about the extras or unless I read otherwise, we'll stick with these.

Funny but I feel the opposite. To each, his own

wow, a commentary by Ebert. now i wonder if he'll admit to being proud of it or not.

He's always admitted to being proud of it.


Russ loved to talk about Roger liking large black women (he married one too) and getting head (from women) while they were working together.

There's a quote around about him getting it pool-side and flopping around like a seal.

Thanks Buford! Now I've gotta go jam a crochet needle through my brain to get that mental image out!

It's been burned into my mind for about ten years so I'm glad I could share.

Hooray!

That's odd. I'd posted large images via ImageShack and they're now gone.


edit to add: now they're back.

Man, I cant wait to finally see Ebert's "classic" that he so often has bragged about!

I don't recognize the woman at the top of the BVD cover in the pink. I've seen the movie 100 times and she doesn't look familiar.

It looks like Farrah Fawcett but she wasn't in the flick. Or was she? I almost want to think she was an uncredited partygoer.

I'll get Beyond; sold my R2 double feature DVD when I read Ebert recorded a commentary.

Mod note: Since you've obviously missed it please read the post on threadcrapping http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread.php?t=235044 There are appropriate places for commentary and opinion on movies themselves... the threads about the DVD release is not one of them though.

thx