Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls , Thursday, June 4, 9 PM ET

Post by **brian** » Fri May 29, 2020 10:52 am

Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls (1970)
Director: Russ Meyer
Screenwriters: Russ Meyer and Roger Ebert (yes, that Roger Ebert)
Starring: Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers
Running Time: 109 minutes
Budget: $900,000
Box Office: $40 million
Streaming availability: Appears to be none
On-demand/PPV: $2.99/$3.99 on cable and satellite services
Other availability: Checking
Start Time: 9 p.m. (movie starts at 9:10 p.m.)

This one honestly doesn't fit the template for most of the movies we've done, but I'm gonna do a hard sell on you guys and insist you consider watching this with us if any of the following are true:

1) You've never seen a Russ Meyer movie.
2) You're a Roger Ebert fan.
3) You like boobs.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri May 29, 2020 12:31 pm

This one has to be seen to be believed.

I recommend many intoxicants to heighten the experience.

Post by **brian** » Fri May 29, 2020 12:31 pm

Pruitt wrote: ↑Fri May 29, 2020 12:31 pm This one has to be seen to be believed.

I recommend many intoxicants to heighten the experience.

Yes, this is a good point as well. Show up high or buzzed or be ready to get there as soon as possible.

ETA: For what it's worth the movie can be enjoyed sober, but it's a trip (literally and figuratively), so don't be afraid to indulge in your favorite intoxicant either though.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri May 29, 2020 1:18 pm

I saw it as a second feature at a drive-in when I was a teenager. Don't remember much of it. Is it youtube available?

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Fri May 29, 2020 1:29 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Fri May 29, 2020 1:18 pm I saw it as a second feature at a drive-in when I was a teenager. Don't remember much of it. Is it youtube available?

Yep.

Post by **brian** » Fri May 29, 2020 1:29 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Fri May 29, 2020 1:18 pm I saw it as a second feature at a drive-in when I was a teenager. Don't remember much of it. Is it youtube available?

For rent, yes. $3.99. Also on iTunes, Google Play, Vudu and cable and satellite on demand for same price.

rass · Post by **rass** » Sat May 30, 2020 8:08 am

NOT written by a woman

Post by **brian** » Sat May 30, 2020 10:52 am

rass wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 8:08 am NOT written by a woman

Though it DOES pass the Bechdel Test with flying colors, so go figure.

Post by **brian** » Thu Jun 04, 2020 1:08 am

This movie is gonna be a great balm after what's been a crazy week. You guys who haven't seen it are going to love it (I hope).

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Thu Jun 04, 2020 5:19 am

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Jun 04, 2020 7:04 am

Sharon Tate was super pretty.

Post by **brian** » Thu Jun 04, 2020 6:18 pm

I've been crazy busy but I will post a pause point in the movie before we get started and that pause will be approximately 50 minutes in so at about 10 p.m. ET

Post by **brian** » Thu Jun 04, 2020 6:52 pm

We will pause at approximately around the 55 minute mark when Z-Man starts his toast to the Carrie Nations

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Thu Jun 04, 2020 7:31 pm

Haven't posted much recently beyond the OOTP stuff, but will join this one. Saw bits and pieces decades ago but would be a mostly new experience for me.

Do we need to point out that this is NOT the movie called Valley of the Dolls, but specifically Beyond the Valley of the Dolls? That might mess some people up.

Post by **brian** » Thu Jun 04, 2020 7:38 pm

Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2020 7:31 pm Haven't posted much recently beyond the OOTP stuff, but will join this one. Saw bits and pieces decades ago but would be a mostly new experience for me.

Do we need to point out that this is NOT the movie called Valley of the Dolls, but specifically Beyond the Valley of the Dolls? That might mess some people up.

Yeah good point, especially after TB's post (no offense) but yes. we are watching BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS, which is an authorized sequel to Valley of the Dolls and in some ways a parody of it.

Post by **brian** » Thu Jun 04, 2020 7:46 pm

Everyone start on the 20th Century Fox logo.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Thu Jun 04, 2020 7:52 pm

Dammit. I froze it on the disclaimer about it NOT being Valley of the Dolls.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:00 pm

DirecTV offers the movie, but only as a purchase and not a rental. Gotta imagine that's like Spectravision.

Post by **brian** » Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:01 pm

DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:00 pm DirecTV offers the movie, but only as a purchase and not a rental. Gotta imagine that's like Spectravision.

Didn't realize that. Can you rent it somewhere else?

Post by **brian** » Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:03 pm

The first thing I'll say that's not a spoiler is that the 20th Century Fox anthem during the logo is called back at the climax of the movie. It's arguably the most iconic scene in the movie, so keep that in back of mind.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:05 pm

brian wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:01 pm
DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:00 pm DirecTV offers the movie, but only as a purchase and not a rental. Gotta imagine that's like Spectravision.
Didn't realize that. Can you rent it somewhere else?

Yeah, I got it from YouTube. I was checking DirecTV earlier today because I was figuring on trying to watch in our bedroom as opposed to the family room. Of course, the only way to get farther from our wi-fi than our bedroom is by being on the roof above our bedroom, so... family room and hoping our five-year-old's post-lights-out cameo that just ended is his only one.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:07 pm

brian wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:03 pm The first thing I'll say that's not a spoiler is that the 20th Century Fox anthem during the logo is called back at the climax of the movie. It's arguably the most iconic scene in the movie, so keep that in back of mind.

I did listen to it!

Post by **brian** » Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:07 pm

DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:05 pm
brian wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:01 pm
DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:00 pm DirecTV offers the movie, but only as a purchase and not a rental. Gotta imagine that's like Spectravision.
Didn't realize that. Can you rent it somewhere else?
Yeah, I got it from YouTube. I was checking DirecTV earlier today because I was figuring on trying to watch in our bedroom as opposed to the family room. Of course, the only way to get farther from our wi-fi than our bedroom is by being on the roof above our bedroom, so... family room and hoping our five-year-old's post-lights-out cameo that just ended is his only one.

Definitely not safe for the younguns.

Post by **brian** » Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:08 pm

I need some Carrie Nations in my life right about now. I'm geeked.

Post by **brian** » Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:10 pm

We're off. You were not warned there would be reading involved.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:11 pm

brian wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:07 pm
DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:05 pm
brian wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:01 pm
DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:00 pm DirecTV offers the movie, but only as a purchase and not a rental. Gotta imagine that's like Spectravision.
Didn't realize that. Can you rent it somewhere else?
Yeah, I got it from YouTube. I was checking DirecTV earlier today because I was figuring on trying to watch in our bedroom as opposed to the family room. Of course, the only way to get farther from our wi-fi than our bedroom is by being on the roof above our bedroom, so... family room and hoping our five-year-old's post-lights-out cameo that just ended is his only one.
Definitely not safe for the younguns.

My phone repeatedly shitting itself when I was trying to search for it on YouTube (I know it was there) was not helping, though.

Post by **brian** » Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:11 pm

Yes, the movie prominently features the "Strawberry Alarm Clock".

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:11 pm

brian wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:10 pm We're off. You were not warned there would be reading involved.

Sp much reading in English now, and later in Braille?

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:12 pm

I also have "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" in the DVR and... maybe I picked the wrong one?

Post by **brian** » Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:12 pm

Do you get your name in titles for the shows you do, DSafe?

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:12 pm

This isn't just cut footage from Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, right?

e: good one DSafe

Post by **brian** » Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:13 pm

That fucking jump cut to the band playing. Genius.

Post by **brian** » Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:14 pm

It was progressive as shit to have multiple black and gay characters in a widely released movie in 1970.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:14 pm

Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:12 pm This isn't just cut footage from Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, right?

e: good one DSafe

Sometimes, these perfect things happen in these threads.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:14 pm

That was so many credits.

Post by **brian** » Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:14 pm

I will admit I really like the Carrie Nations music more than most people.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:15 pm

Looks like those girls just left the backstage of the Troubador in "Rocket Man"

Post by **brian** » Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:15 pm

Sex, drugs and rock and roll in the first 3 minutes.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:16 pm

Live band for the prom - classy. Like in the fourth Harry Potter movie.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:16 pm

Paul Rudd totally plays this dude in the remake.