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Originally Posted by Vodstok
Beyond was written by Roger Ebert, which he uses to say he has more vcred than any other critic because he actually wrote a movie. A russ meyer movie....
that's like saying you know how to run a pharmacy because you used to sell pot.
Anyway, any one with that kind of overwhelming passion for big hooters is a kindred spirit :)
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Beyond was the first leg of a 3 pic deal he had with Fox, after the success of Vixen, which remained the highest grossing indie-adult flick till Deep Throat came along. His next flick, quite possibly his worst, The Seven Minutes tanked miserably. Meyer and Fox parted ways before a 3rd film was made, and Meyer returned to what he was good at- working for himself. His next flik, Black Snake, is a very under-rated film, where Meyer waded into the Blaxplo pool. Then he finished up with his masterpiece epic trilogy - Supervixens, Up!(based on Shakespeare no less) and Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens. If he'd stayed in the studio system, he probably wouldn't be remembered as well today.
BTW, Ebert may have the writing distinction, but Rex Reed starred in a film- the schlock extraordinaire Myra Breckinridge.
10-29-2008, 06:00 AM
