Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (DVD)

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 producerwhose decadent bashes showcase Meyers trademark libidinal exuberance. Transgressive and outrageous, this big-studio version of a debaucherous midnight movie is an addictively entertaining romp from one of cinemas great outsider artists.