Beyond the Valley of the Dolls Page #6

Synopsis: This film is a sequel in name only to Valley of the Dolls (1967). An all-girl rock band goes to Hollywood to make it big. There they find success, but luckily for us, they sink into a cesspool of decadence. This film has a sleeping woman performing on a gun which is in her mouth. It has women posing as men. It has lesbian sex scenes. It is also written by Roger Ebert, who had become friends with Russ Meyer after writing favorable reviews of several of his films.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Director(s): Russ Meyer
Production: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation
 
IMDB:
6.2
Rotten Tomatoes:
74%
NC-17
Year:
1970
109 min
1,404 Views


You either move your ass, boy,

or I'll move it for you!

Get me off of here, you bastard!

You stupid bastard!

Stop this car!

Oh, my God!

Stupid son of a b*tch, stop the damn car!

- What's the matter with you?

- I can fix you once and for all!

Oh, my God, Emerson. Oh, my God.

- It's all right.

- I didn't mean it.

I'm such a fool. I love you.

I love you.

You bastard. You lousy bastard!

Was it good? Did you enjoy yourself?

- What the hell are you talking about?

- Goddamn it, you're like the rest.

- Casey, like I was...

- Just shut up!

Get out of here!

Hello?

Hello?

Where to, amigo?

That's funny, man.

Seriously, though, folks...

...where would we be today

without the great Z-Man Barzell?

Without Z-Man, where would anyone be?

You know, sometimes I think he's

secretly the president.

- You kids gonna sing a song for us now?

- Try and stop us, Gordon.

It's the title song of our new album,

Looking up at the Bottom.

- Let's play "Find lt."

- "Find it"?

It would be a way

to say thank you to someone.

For old time's sake?

- Casey?

- I don't mind. I can handle it.

Well, looks like there's

a slight change of plan.

We'd like to do a number

that's not in the album.

It's never been performed on live TV.

- It's called "Find lt."

- "Find lt." Why not? If you can.

Ladies and gentlemen, The Carrie Nations

singing, for the first time on TV...

..."Find lt."

- Cut! Cut!

- No, don't listen to that man!

Keep those cameras rolling!

- I don't know what happened here.

- Call an ambulance!

Get away from him!

Leave him alone!

He's seems still, very motionless.

No, he's moving just a little bit.

- Oh, my God.

- He's alive.

Don't move him anymore.

I'll get an ambulance.

Keep them moving.

Keep the cameras moving.

I've been so full of crap

right from the beginning.

It wasn't enough for me

to mess up my own life...

...but to screw up Harris'...

- Kelly, everyone's guilty.

- But he's still alive, isn't he?

- Sometimes you learn too late.

- I don't give a damn! It's still my fault!

- Don't blame yourself, Kelly.

What happened to Harris happened

for reasons...

...you don't know anything about.

- What the hell do you know about it?

- I'm going to have his baby.

You Mr. Allsworth's friends?

I'm Dr. Scholl.

Regrettably, we have discovered

traumatic shock to the spinal column...

...resulting in massive nerve dysfunction.

However, in a very small percentage

of these cases...

...there is spontaneous repair

of the damaged tissue.

But you must remember,

this is extremely rare.

With proper rehabilitation, there is every

reason to believe that the patient...

...will adjust, be useful...

...and yes, have a rewarding life

as a paraplegic.

You're just gonna have to relax.

I can't even move you.

How's that, Casey?

- Roxanne, l...

- Jeanine, would you excuse us?

- Surely.

- Thank you.

- Come on, let's have it.

- Roxanne, I'm pregnant.

- How long?

- Two months.

- You sure? Maybe you're just late.

- The lab report came yesterday...

You have one of the more

common Hollywood problems.

- I know a doctor that can help you.

- I don't want an abortion.

I want this baby.

It belongs to Harris.

- To Harris?

- Yes.

But how can you be sure?

He's been the only one for months.

He dropped by one night.

He was drunk and I was stoned.

- You're determined to have the baby?

- I have to.

After what happened, this could be the

only child Harris could ever conceive.

And you feel loyalty

toward a man who raped you...

...when you were unconscious?

It's crazy, but in a funny way I do.

It's the child of a man you never loved...

...conceived in a moment

you don't even remember.

- That's easy to say.

- And there's your parents to think about.

Your father. How will it affect

his career in the Senate?

I haven't thought about him...

- Does Harris know?

- No.

Pet and Kelly do, though.

One thing's certain, they aren't

going to volunteer the information.

Not now.

Casey, it's only your problem.

- But the baby...

- The doctor is ready.

- Couldn't I just have one of my dolls?

- Not before, it could be dangerous.

Come on. Come on.

You'll have to wait here, miss.

Miss Smith, this is Dr. Downs.

Miss Smith. There's really nothing

to worry about at all.

You'll be just as good as new.

- How about another?

- No, ma'am. Why don't you have one?

You trying to talk me off my diet?

What are you waiting for? You'll be late

for class. Expecting company?

- Not company, roses.

- Roses?

This is our anniversary.

We've been engaged exactly one week.

I didn't think you'd remember.

That'll be them now.

Well, El Buckaroo.

I was hoping I'd find you here

to personally thank you...

...for those 30 days in the bucket.

- Who is it, Emerson? The delivery...

...boy?

- Right on.

- What was it you wanted delivered?

- What the hell are you doing here?

Just making a little house call.

My last one got sidetracked

by assault and battery.

- Randy, please don't cause any trouble.

- Trouble?

- You got any jam?

- Randy, please leave.

- No jam at all.

- Man, I think you better leave.

Don't you bother about me.

I'll just fix me a little snack.

I'm used to it. You see, I don't have

a chick to fix breakfast for me.

- So I just fix a little snack of my own.

- Emerson, let me handle this.

Now that's real cool advice. Since you're

in charge, where should we start?

Get the hell out of here, man.

I just don't understand

your change of mood, lady.

Now, the last time I was up here,

you were in a whole different bag.

I remember that night so clearly.

- You were so good...

- I said get the hell...!

Why, Randy? Why?

Come now, little lady,

there's nothing to be afraid of.

- I love him.

- Nothing at all.

- Why can't you leave us alone?

- Come to Papa.

Why you little...

You touch him and I'll cut you!

Bastard.

Now, ain't that just the luck?

And here I am without a good cut man

in my corner.

I sure could use old Dan Florio right now,

because without the cut man...

...I might get a little slice under the eye.

Don't mean anything.

It'd stop the fight.

It don't seem reasonable somehow.

I'm throwing in the towel.

Roxanne, you've been so kind.

I don't know who else

would have been so wonderful.

I need you very much.

Checkmate.

There is no way I can move.

- Another game?

- Not just now. Maybe a little later.

- How do you feel today?

- All right. Maybe a little better.

- Is all the stiffness gone?

- Pretty much so.

Look, Kelly, don't feel you have to

stay around here and keep me company.

You must have a thousand things to do.

I don't have anything to do that's more

important than this, Harris. Dig?

You're racing through life

full steam ahead, not giving a damn...

...then something happens

to make you stop short.

And you realize that people

are what count.

You're important to me, Harris.

- I'm available too.

- Swell, Lance. Very good.

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Roger Ebert

Roger Joseph Ebert (; June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, historian, journalist, screenwriter, and author. He was a film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. In 1975, Ebert became the first film critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. Ebert and Chicago Tribune critic Gene Siskel helped popularize nationally televised film reviewing when they co-hosted the PBS show Sneak Previews, followed by several variously named At the Movies programs. The two verbally sparred and traded humorous barbs while discussing films. They created and trademarked the phrase "Two Thumbs Up," used when both hosts gave the same film a positive review. After Siskel died in 1999, Ebert continued hosting the show with various co-hosts and then, starting in 2000, with Richard Roeper. Neil Steinberg of the Chicago Sun-Times said Ebert "was without question the nation's most prominent and influential film critic", Tom Van Riper of Forbes described him as "the most powerful pundit in America", and Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times called him "the best-known film critic in America".Ebert lived with cancer of the thyroid and salivary glands from 2002. In 2006, this required treatments necessitating the removal of his lower jaw, which cost him the ability to speak or eat normally and left him severely disfigured. His ability to write remained unimpaired, and he continued to publish frequently both online and in print until his death on April 4, 2013. more…

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