Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) on Netflix
Three young women in the rock trio The Kelly Affair travel to Los Angeles with their manager so Kelly can claim a share of her aunt's fortune. A producer takes them on.
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Plot summary
Kelly MacNamara, Casey Anderson and Petronella "Pet" Danforth make up the Kelly Affair, a rock trio managed by Harris Allsworth, Kelly's boyfriend. Kelly wants a share of the family fortune held by her estranged aunt, Susan Lake, so the four drive to Los Angeles. Susan welcomes them and offers Kelly a third, but her financial advisor, Porter Hall, considers the women hippies. Susan introduces the band to Ronnie "Z-Man" Barzell, a flamboyant producer whose party performance wins them his backing and a new name, the Carrie Nations. Kelly grows close to Lance Rocke, a gigolo with an eye on her money, while Harris, their manager, is pushed aside. Pet begins a romance with law student Emerson Thorne.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
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The film's climactic violent ending, absent from the original script, was inspired by the real-life Tate-LaBianca murders by the Manson Family. Production began on December 2, 1969, shortly after the murders, which killed Valley of the Dolls star Sharon Tate and Jay Sebring.- Roger Ebert and Russ Meyer wrote a 127-page treatment in 10 days and the script in three weeks. Neither had read the novel, so they watched the 1967 film and reused its formula of three young girls coming to Hollywood to find fame and fortune.
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Ronnie "Z-Man" Barzell, the film's eccentric rock producer, was loosely based on real-life producer Phil Spector. Over thirty years later, Spector was convicted of murder after Lana Clarkson's body was found at his mansion, somewhat like the film's climax.- Meyer and Ebert wrote "97 percent of the film" for existing sets on the Fox backlot to keep costs down. Ebert said the film seemed "like a movie that got made by accident when the lunatics took over the asylum".
