- Original name: Valley girl
- Country: USA
- Genre: musical, melodrama, comedy
- Producer: R. Goldenberg
- World premiere: May 8, 2020 (USA)
- Premiere in Russia: 2020-2021
- Starring: J. Whitehouse, M. Whitman, H. Bennett, J. Roth, P. List, L. Paul, E. Rachel, J. Fadem, J. Ennis, E. Murray, etc.
- Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes
Valley Girl is a romantic comedy and remake of the 1983 melodrama of the same name. The film tells the story of Julie Richman, who falls in love with a rebellious punk in the early 1980s. Watch the trailer for The Girl of the Valley, due in 2020. Initially, it was supposed to receive wide distribution of films, but release plans have changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film received mixed reviews from critics, praise for its soundtrack and acting, although many felt it was inferior to the original.
Expectations rating - 96%. IMDb rating - 5.4.
Plot
On the soundtrack of the new wave of the 80s, a couple of young lovers from different social backgrounds decide to challenge their family and friends not to part.
Production
Rachel Goldenberg (Man Seeking Woman, Finding Alaska, Mindy Project) took the director's chair.
Voiceover team:
- Screenplay: Amy Talkington (And Fires Smolder Everywhere, Avalon High School, Brave New Girl), Andrew Lane (High Valley Bad Girls), Wayne Crawford (LAPD);
- Producers: Matt Smith (Step Up 4, Maleficent), Stephen J. Wolfe (500 Days of Summer), Tyler Condon;
- Cinematography: Adam Silver ("After", "Deadly Attraction");
- Artists: Teresa Avram ("Before We Part"), Erica To ("Assistant to the Star"), Maya Lieberman ("Falsification" "Stalker"), etc .;
- Editing: Julia Wong (X-Men: The Last Stand, Reckless);
- Music: Roger Neill (Griffin and Phoenix: On the Edge of Happiness, Fantasy Island).
Studios
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM).
- Sneak Preview Productions.
Special effects: VRtuality.
Filming location: Los Angeles, California, USA.
Actors
Leading roles:
- Josh Whitehouse (Poldark);
- May Whitman (One Fine Day, Good Girls, Grey's Anatomy);
- Chloe Bennett (Fairies: Legend of the Monster, Everest, Nashville);
- Jessica Roth (La La Land, Gossip Girl, Chicago Police);
- Peyton List (Remember Me, Cobra Kai, Austin & Ellie);
- Logan Paul (Law & Order. Special Victims Unit, Dropout: New World Order);
- Allyn Rachel (In A Better World, Fast Family);
- Josh Fadem (The Eric Andre Show, Better Call Saul);
- Jesse Ennis (Red Bracelets, Vice President);
- Ashley Murray (Followers, Young, Katie Keane).
Interesting Facts
Interesting that:
- Rating of the original 1983 film: KinoPoisk - 6.2, IMDb - 6.4. Budget - $ 350,000. US box office - $ 17,343,596.
- The age limit is 13+.
- Box Office USA - $ 1,669
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer first announced a musical remake in February 2012, but production was halted until November 2016, when Goldenberg joined the project as director.
- Castings continued until May 2017.
- The soundtrack for the film was released by the music label Interscope Records on May 8, 2020.
Material prepared by the editors of the website kinofilmpro.ru