Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls is a 1970 American musical comedy film starring Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers, Erica Gavin, Edy Williams, Marcia McBroom, John LaZar, and Michael Blodgett. It was directed by Russ Meyer and co-written by Meyer and Roger Ebert. Originally intended as a sequel to the 1967 film Valley of the Dolls, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls was instead revised as a spoof of the original after 20th Century Fox rejected two screenplay drafts that were submitted. Jacqueline Susann, author of the novel Valley of the Dolls, had been asked to write a screenplay but declined. As a result, the studio placed a disclaimer at the beginning of the film informing the audience that the two films are not intended to be connected. Posters for the movie read, "This is not a sequel there has never been anything like it". Upon its initial release, the film was given an X rating by the MPAA; in 1990, it was re-classified as NC-17. The film was made by Fox while the studio was being sued by... full article at wikipedia