Words can't express how eagerly we've been looking forward to the criminally overdue release of Russ Meyer's sublime "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" on DVD today; between all those buxom babes bouncing around in negligees and thigh-high gogo boots and lines like "In a scene like this you get a contact high!" and "You will drink the black sperm of my vengeance!", we're hoping the new transfer restores the film to its rightful place as one of the towering cinematic achievements of the last century. While you're waiting for your copy to arrive (and you are ordering one, aren't you?), check out these interviews with three of the films's stars by the pop culture mavens at Retrocrush. "This is my happening ... and it freaks me out!"

· "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" Interviews @ Retrocrush: Erica Gavin, John Lazar, Cynthia Myers (retrocrush.com, via We Make Money Not Art)
· Order: "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" (Amazon)

· See also: "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" (review by screenwriter Roger Ebert [really!] @ suntimes.com)
· The "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" Tarot Deck (howardhallis.com)

More BVD clips on YouTube: 1, 2, 3, et al.

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Previously: Russ Mayer's "Vixen", Russ Meyer, 1922-2004, Russ Meyer Music Video, DVD: "Faster Pussycat Fuck! Fuck!"