This Is Not A Sequel. There Has Never Been Anything Like It!
An all-girl rock band moves to Hollywood in the hope of achieving success, only to fall into a whirlpool of wickedness and decadence.
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Unpretentious, ironic, cool and comic.
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- Wuchakon TMDB · May 20226/10
_**Campy apex of the "wild" late 60s**_ Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers and Marcia McBroom star as an all-girl rock band, who move to Los Angeles to make it in the music biz. The group is so well-received that they turn the head of eccentric rock producer Z-Man (John Lazar) who becomes their Svengali-style manager and changes their name to The Carrie Nations, all to the consternation of their small-time manager, who's a Greg Brady lookalike (David Gurian). Can the girls survive the pitfalls that come with the debauched rock lifestyle? Directed by Russ Meyer and scripted by none other than Roger Ebert, "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" (1970) satirizes the previous melodrama from three years prior. The movie telegraphs right out of the gate that it's a joke and not to be taken seriously like the first film (at least, like they _TRIED_ to do with the first film). The cast is killer, highlighted by the three protagonists, especially the underrated Read. Also worthy of note besides the key players cited above are Michael Blodgett, who's character takes an interest in the singer (Read); Phyllis Davis as her hip aunt; Edy Williams as an oversexed porn star; Erica Gavin who takes a dubious inter
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Cast
- Dolly ReadKelly McNamara
- Cynthia MyersCasey Anderson
- Marcia McBroomPetronella Danforth
- John LazarRonnie Z-Man Barzell
- Michael BlodgettLance Rocke
- David GurianHarris Allsworth
- Edy WilliamsAshley St. Ivens
- Erica GavinRoxanne
- Phyllis DavisSusan Lake
- Harrison PageEmerson Thome
Crew
- Russ MeyerDirector
- Roger EbertScreenplay
- Fred J. KoenekampDirector of Photography
- Stu PhillipsOriginal Music Composer
- Dann CahnEditor
- Dick WormellEditor
- Russ MeyerProducer
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