I thought it might be fun to read comments and questions from the internet regarding "Valley Girl". There are quite a few "Valley Girl" fans on The Rewind.. and we have collectively discussed several of these questions at some point over the years.. so let's see what we can come up with as answers.
Remember these are from all over the internet.. so I'll number each of them to help us with attempts to comment or answer a particular thought:
1. When the guys were driving down Hollywood Blvd. with the top down and you see scenes of Mann’s Chinese Theater, Pussycat Theater, etc. what was that song playing? I have a re-issue of "Valley Girl" soundtrack from Rhino (about 8 years old) and that song was NOT on there…..Thanks in advance!
2. What is the name of the song playing when Skip is riding his bike to go (possibly) to hook with the hot mom, but ends up hooking up with the daughter? whats the song, like every soundtrack ever assembled, they always miss the best songs.
3. Why does MGM want to remake the movie? I think profits from Hannibal Cannibal burned holes in their pockets and they want a tax writeoff for a flop. You answer the question. WHY?
4. I’ve looked all over the web, I’d really like to have a copy, no matter how beat up, etc. of the 80s version VALLEY GIRL script.
5. Who the heck is Lyle? Is that Beth’s boyfriend/husband?
6. That whole exchange with Beth and Skip at the pool…what exactly is going on? It seems like Beth wants skip NOW, but then she goes on to say that Suzie is on her way home…why did she bother? Also, what does she mean when she says "plastics"? Does she mean to say "rubbers"?
7. Why did Tommy turn around on Loryn and say she was a lousy friend after he felt her up? I was just confused with that whole exchange.
8. Does anyone know if the first VHS release of the movie in 1983 was by Vestron? And is the UPC code 028485150164?
Also, does this first VHS have the following music that was in the theatrical release? These songs are not on the DVD release.
The Jam - A Town Called Malice The Clash - Rock The Casbah Bananarama - He Was Really Saying Something Men at Work - Who Can It Be Now Culture Club - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?
9. This movie was shot between october and november of 82. But i wonder how different times have changed since the filming..
10. Personally, I thought Loryn was mega-hot! Who do you think was the hottest Valley Girl?
11. In the final scene where Randy and Julie are driven away in the limo you can see the limo get on the San Diego Freeway and the Sherman Oaks Galleria is in the background. If you google map the Sherman Oaks Galleria you can go to a ground level view and see the on ramp where the limo entered the freeway. Its kind of cool. You can see the Galleria sign on the building although it’s a different style now. I froze the scene on the dvd and almost perfectly matched the google maps picture up with the scene. Apparently I have far too much time on my hands…
12. I love this movie but the cover art has always driven me crazy. Who IS that girl standing next to Nicholas Cage as it certainly isn’t Deborah Foreman!?
13. I know this is an off-the-wall question but I just watched the movie (yes, again) and I swear I recognized the limo driver’s voice but I can’t place it. It’ll probably come to me later but does anyone know who played the role? Thanks!
14. In the 2:27-long theatrical trailer, there is a list of song performers (at the 2:14 mark) that includes the Blasters. Does anyone know which song by them was in the movie’s theatrical version? Was it "I’m Shakin’," which was released in the early ’80s?
15. If you watch the scene when Randy takes Julie out during the party. If you notice when they are driving around Hollywood, they pass by a couple of movie theaters. The marquees show movies that were released in 1980, An Officer and A Gentleman, and Empire Strikes Back. Valley Girl was supposedly filmed in 1983. That has always bothered me.
16. I’ve gotten most of the music from "Valley Girl" except for the one early on in the film, playing in the background while the girls are at the mall. Any help will be appreciated.
17. Ok–This has been driving me crazy!!! I bought the special edition DVD the day it came out and included in the easter eggs was an interview with Nic Cage and the director at The Viper Club where the bar scenes were shot (Very Cool!) and also a featurette called "Valley Girl 20 Totally Tubular Years later" with cast and crew interviews. About a year later I bought what I thought was the very same "special edition" DVD for a friend but those segments were excluded with only the director commentary as an added feature. What gives???
18. In the 1983 movie Valley Girl with Nicolas Cage in it there's this song. It's in the party scene and I don't know the lyrics exact. But, I believe it goes shelly you've got a boyfriend don't let your boyfriend put you down. (I don't know if it goes exactly like that) Does anybody know the name of the song?
19. Besides Valley Girl, What other movie did Deborah Foreman (Julie) and Michelle Meyrink (Suzi) star in together?
<And finally, here's a classic rant that would probably make Crash's The Facts of Life Top 20 list >
20. I just watched it and, in my opinion, it was very poorly made. I liked some parts of it.. like how the valley girl fell in love with the hollywood guy (and i liked both of the actors) but I couldn’t stand some other parts like:
-How, after being with Randy so long and falling in love with him, all it took was her friends saying that she should get back with Tommy for her to dump Randy and go back to Tommy. It doesn’t make any sense. Sure, whatever.. she wanted to keep her friends. Why couldn’t she just be single, though? She didn’t like Tommy before.. that’s why she broke up with him. After being with someone else so amazing wouldn’t that make her dislike him even more?
-How so many questions were left unanswered: why didn’t the lead girl (i forget her name) ever find out about Tommy and her slutty friend? What was up with the lead girl’s parents? They had only been married last year? And what about that one girl who was always competing with her mom for guys? Her dad died or something? (this may have been explained but i didnt catch it) And what about that guy they were fighting over? I thought he wanted the mom and then it just shows the mom walking in on him and her daughter in bed. What?! They never explained that! Did he just like the mom AND the daughter? And what did the mom have to say about that?
-How Randy tries to get the lead girl back several times and all of them fail but just because he showed up and prom and punched Tommy in the face they’re going to get back together? That makes no sense. She can’t take Randy back because she doesn’t want her friends to hate her.. but it’s okay to take him back in front of her friends AND the whole school?
It was too undeveloped and rushed. Could’ve been way better.
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Valley thanks for the laughs with this one...there are a few I still would like to know.........#20 just made me laugh so hard!!
Everyone has a right to their view or opinions of a movie, but that's hilarious! For me all those questions the viewer had are easily answered......maybe because i've seen it WAY too many times??
So here would be my answer for said viewer: Julie couldn't stay single......it's peer pressure man....she wanted her friends to approve, even though she loved Randy.
Loryn didn't tell anyone about Tommy....she didn't want to be looked down on (cause that's what would happen) She even leads to that a little later in the film with the girls.
Julie's parents are hippies!!
Does it ever say what happened to Suzi's dad? they just say many times he's not in the picture anymore and how cool it is to have a young step-mom. But it's set up so well it doesn't need explaining...haha
Skip thought he was hooking up with the mom..........awww poor Suzi and that phone call when Skip isn't even interested in her...........then he realizes it's Suzi and she's cute and she wants him....they're teenagers. (don't let it get me........don't let it get me)
I think you have to laugh and not analyze it!
...........the story line of Valley Girl was not confusing to this girl at all
ok i'm a geek with too much time on my hands.
So Valley were there responses where you found the questions? are you going to reveal them?
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I'm robbing Cindy's answer for number 2. She's gonna be ****ed at me, but that is Eaten By The Monster Of Love by Sparks. With those goo gooin eyes... ( are those really lyrics )
We are DEVO
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It must feel good to be Valley and know all the answers to these questions off the cuff.
In all honesty, the "plastics" question does puzzle me too. Maybe I don't remember it correctly, but what the heck did she mean anyway?
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I always assumed the "plastics" line was her way of avoiding saying "rubbers" but that is what she was getting at........the whole uncomfortable not really knowing feeling of that scene I think is what makes it so great! Even their eyes in that one....leaving you going huh?
anyone else's thought?
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All of these questions are what make this movie so great...The fact that a low budget romantic comedy from 1982 is being analyzed by all of these people is pretty awesome!
I'm surprised none of those questions mention the "skillish" line!
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Secret Admirer.. I could probably answer most of these questions, but I really wanted to get people discussing and have fun with all.
Muffy is totally on board just throwing out her thoughts!
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Oh, and I always assumed that maybe Suzi's dad passed away. And the plastics part...wasn't that a reference to The Graduate? it seemed like she was just trying to get Skip to finally admit that he wanted to hook up with her but didn't want to come and say it or something.
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is it from the Graduate? i'd love if someone knows??
and #15 never bugged me.....because lots of movie theaters show second runs....especially movies thatwere as huge as those! Actually as a kid I saw lots of movies on the big screen years later at this theater that showed movies from years before....didn't it take years for a movie to get release on VHS back then? am I right? I also remember they would cost hundreds of dollers to buy.
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The answer to #1 is "I La-La-La Love You" by Pat Travers and the Black Pearl. Great song.
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The answer to #2 is "Eaten by the Monster of Love" by the Sparks - damn good song! They also sang "Angst in My Pants" which played in the very first scene of Suzi's party.
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I'm gonna live dangerously and answer three of your questions in one post.
#16: "Girls Like Me" by Bonnie Hayes #17: "Shelley's Boyfriend" by Bonnie Hayes #19: Deborah Foreman and Michelle Meyrink were both in "Real Genius". Deborah's role was small but memorable; Michelle was awesome as the hyperkinetic chick Jordan.
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P.S. Hottest Valley Girl was, IMO, Julie/Deborah Foreman. Those dimples!
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1. When the guys were driving down Hollywood Blvd. with the top down and you see scenes of Mann’s Chinese Theater, Pussycat Theater, etc. what was that song playing? I have a re-issue of "Valley Girl" soundtrack from Rhino (about 8 years old) and that song was NOT on there…..Thanks in advance!
I LA LA LOVE YOU...Pat Travers
2. What is the name of the song playing when Skip is riding his bike to go (possibly) to hook with the hot mom, but ends up hooking up with the daughter? whats the song, like every soundtrack ever assembled, they always miss the best songs.
EATEN BY THE MONSTER OF LOVE - SPARKS
5. Who the heck is Lyle? Is that Beth’s boyfriend/husband?
YES. BOYFRIEND.
7. Why did Tommy turn around on Loryn and say she was a lousy friend after he felt her up? I was just confused with that whole exchange.
HE WAS BUMMED WHEN SHE ASKED IF THAT MEANT THEY WERE GOING TOGETHER. HE JUST WANTED TO GET HIS ROCKS OFF AND IF SHE HADN'T SAID THAT...HE WOULD HAVE. HE HAD NO REAL INTEREST IN HER AT ALL.
8. Does anyone know if the first VHS release of the movie in 1983 was by Vestron? And is the UPC code 028485150164?
YES.
Also, does this first VHS have the following music that was in the theatrical release? These songs are not on the DVD release.
The Jam - A Town Called Malice The Clash - Rock The Casbah Bananarama - He Was Really Saying Something Men at Work - Who Can It Be Now Culture Club - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?
YES. THEY WEREN'T INCLUDED DUE TO THE RIGHTS NOT BEING GRANTED. THEY WOULD HAVE HAD TO PAY TOO MUCH.
10. Personally, I thought Loryn was mega-hot! Who do you think was the hottest Valley Girl?
SUSIE...DEFINITELY. CUTE, STYLISH AND CURVY
12. I love this movie but the cover art has always driven me crazy. Who IS that girl standing next to Nicholas Cage as it certainly isn’t Deborah Foreman!?
IT'S NOT. IF YOU WATCH CLOSELY IN THE MOVIE IT'S THE SAME GIRL THAT IS RANDY'S EX. THE GIRL HE HOOKS UP WITH AT THE CLUB AFTER GETTING COMPLETELY WASTED. ALL THEY DID WAS TO MAKE HER HAIR BLONDE FOR THE COVER PICTURE. I'M ASSUMING THAT DEBORAH FOREMAN HAD NOT BEEN CAST YET AND THEY NEEDED TO GET IT DONE.
15. If you watch the scene when Randy takes Julie out during the party. If you notice when they are driving around Hollywood, they pass by a couple of movie theaters. The marquees show movies that were released in 1980, An Officer and A Gentleman, and Empire Strikes Back. Valley Girl was supposedly filmed in 1983. That has always bothered me.
AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN CAME OUT IN 1982 AND WAS A GIANT HIT. IT WOULD NOT BE SURPRISING THAT IT WAS STILL PLAYING IN 83. BACK IN THE 80'S SOME MOVIE THEATERS PLAYED OLDER MOVIES SO THAT IS NOT SURPRISING.
17. Ok–This has been driving me crazy!!! I bought the special edition DVD the day it came out and included in the easter eggs was an interview with Nic Cage and the director at The Viper Club where the bar scenes were shot (Very Cool!) and also a featurette called "Valley Girl 20 Totally Tubular Years later" with cast and crew interviews. About a year later I bought what I thought was the very same "special edition" DVD for a friend but those segments were excluded with only the director commentary as an added feature. What gives???
IT COSTS LESS TO PAY FOR THE OTHER FEATURES. THE ORIGINAL RELEASE WAS LIMITED EDITION I GUESS. GLAD I HAVE THAT ONE. THE ONE BIG PROBLEM I HAVE IS WHERE THE HECK WAS DEBORAH FOREMAN AND MICHELLE MEYRINK??? WERE THEY TOO GOOD OR TOO "BUSY" TO DO INTERVIEWS??? =(
18. In the 1983 movie Valley Girl with Nicolas Cage in it there's this song. It's in the party scene and I don't know the lyrics exact. But, I believe it goes shelly you've got a boyfriend don't let your boyfriend put you down. (I don't know if it goes exactly like that) Does anybody know the name of the song?
SHELLEY'S BOYFRIEND - BONNIE HAYES AND THE WILD COMBO. IT'S ON THEIR DEBUT LP/CD CALLED "GOOD CLEAN FUN". THEY WERE FROM SAN FRANCISCO.
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"Is there something I shouldn't know that I should know?"
This is great how everyone is giving feedback!
Just to clarify .. about Suzi's Dad with a Beth quote:
"Well, I am only her stepmother and since Jim died she's been kinda competitive with me."
To confirm..
"I got a little tip for you Skip.. Plastics"
Like most people when I original watched "Valley Girl" .. totally thought Beth was referencing condoms. However, it has since been confirmed that this was actually a tribute to the movie "The Graduate". I prefer to think it had a dual meaning.
Oh and for us "Modern Girls" fans.. the password is "Plastics"
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Well, she was dealing with stocks on the phone right before Skip showed up, so maybe she was giving him a stock tip to buy plastics?
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Oh yeah, and where is this famous "skillish" line in the movie? I've never noticed it.
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Secret Admirer.. the 'skillish' line is controversial because depending on who you talk to about it, you get a different answer about what Julie says to Stacey as they leave the party to get in the car with Randy & Fred.
Deborah Foreman herself states that the line was "Randy is skillish...ok?"
The DVD subtitles say "The rating scale is ok."
Lately whenever I watch "Valley Girl", I keep hearing Julie say: "Valley is the coolest...ok?"
Whatever the answer might actually be.. it just doesn't make much sense ya know. I mean I didn't even know Foreman until after she made the movie.
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I remember you saying Deborah said she said "skillish" and you're right the DVD subtitles say "the rating scale is ok" <<<<it says the same in my old vhs subtitles....I just checked hahaha
and darn..........now I feel like watching Valley Girl all over again tonight........that music just sucks you in!!!
What about #13?? are they on to something?
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Just found some cool info I did not know! Valley may have brought it up before.....
William Zabka: Boy helping with prom decorations (uncredited)
NO WAY?
Secret-A I can't even say what you think it is fast enough? can you?? "skill looks/is ok" I still can't! haha
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Yeah Muffy, there's not much doubt in my mind that she says that. She opens up with "Well", pauses a bit, and then she rushes through five words. I just can't decide if she uses "looks" or "is" in the line. She obviously says it very fast, which is why we cannot understand it easily.
I would say there's no way that is William Zabka in the prom decorations scene.
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Muffy.. that turned out to be just a William Zabka look alike!
But his rival from "Just One of the Guys" Joyce Hyser can be found by the punchbowl at the prom.
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