Valley Girl (1983) on Netflix
Julie Richman, a valley girl, breaks up with her arrogant boyfriend Tommy and meets Randy, a punk from Hollywood, at her friend Suzi's party. Her friends want Tommy back.
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Plot summary
Julie Richman is a valley girl who has doubts about her arrogant boyfriend, Tommy, and ends the relationship after a day out with Loryn, Stacey and Suzi. That evening Randy, a punk from Hollywood, arrives at Suzi's party with his friend Fred, and he and Julie take to each other, especially after she realizes he is the young man she noticed at the beach that day. Jealous, Tommy has the two thrown out. Julie's friends dislike Randy for coming from Hollywood and would rather she went back to Tommy.
Cast
- Heidi Holickeras Stacey
- Tina Thebergeas Samantha
- David Ensoras Skip
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Valley Girl (1983)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- After the film was completed, problems arose in acquiring the music rights and substitute songs had to be dubbed. Altogether the music rights cost $250,000 on top of the film's original $350,000 budget.
- Director Martha Coolidge heard "I Melt with You" on the radio and decided it caught the spirit of the film, but she had to call the staff at the station and sing it to them to find out what it was called, because they did not announce what songs were played.
- The film was originally conceived as a teen exploitation film to capitalize on the valley girl fad inspired by the Frank and Moon Unit Zappa song "Valley Girl". Zappa later unsuccessfully sued to stop production of the film, claiming it infringed on his trademark.
- Cage and Foreman found it difficult to do the breakup scene at Julie's front door because it was shot late in the filming, when the two were dating. It took several takes and some counseling by Martha Coolidge, who told Foreman to think of another guy she had broken up with.
- The soundtrack album never was released commercially, but a few copies were leaked and became highly valued collector's items; more common is a counterfeit copy, distinguished by the misspelling of the title as "Valley Girls" on the spine of the album cover.
- On March 1, 2018, MGM announced that the remake had been pulled from its schedule because of ongoing controversies surrounding Logan Paul. It was once again set for May 8, 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic its theatrical release was scrapped and it was released on video-on-demand and in select drive-ins.
