Behind The Scenes of Valley Girl Movie.

Go behind the scenes and learn what went on during the making of the 1983 Teen Drama movie starring Deborah Foreman, Michelle Meyrink, Nicolas Cage et al.

Nicolas Cage lived in his car during the filming to make the character of 'Randy' more real. Director Martha Coolidge also sent the whole cast to high school in the Valley to prepare them for their parts.

Cage was turned off at first by the title of the script because he had really hated valley girls in high school & claimed they were bimbos but with some convincing from director Martha Coolidge, he realized the script was about so much more.

Contributed by: Mona

The club where Randy takes Julie is actually what would later be known as The Viper Room which was owned by Johnny Depp and the site of River Phoenix's death.

Contributed by: Greg D

The first scene of the movie was filmed at the Del Amo Fashion Show Mall in Torrance, Ca. Not the Sherman Oaks Galleria. The girls were coming down the escalator, and the guys were going up. Julie breaks up with Tommy. I remember this, because I lived in Torrance, Ca and was there. I was with some friends shopping. I remember saying to my friends Dave U and Eric S this doesn't look like a very good movie. Actually it turned out to be one of the best High School type movies ever made. I am 41, and it is still one of my favorites.

Yes, it has been confirmed in the interview in the DVD edition of the film with Nicolas Cage & Martha Coolidge that the Romeo & Juliet story line & references were all intentional. When they are doing the clip montage, Randy & Julie are standing & kissing underneath a movie Marquee that reads Romeo & Juliet!

Yes, Coolidge did find Nicolas Cage's photo in the reject pile & got angry at the casting directors, saying that while the guys they had considered were all good-looking, they couldn't act, while Cage could and had the looks as well (even though he wasn't perfect looking like the others).

Heidi Holicker (Stacey) said it was easy to play a valley girl because she was a valley girl when she was a teen.

E.G. Daily said she had the hardest time with the valley girl accent because she was never a valley girl and that she had to create her own accent in order to make it work (even if it sounded different from the other girls' accents).

All of the actors used their own clothes in order to keep in line with the low budget of the film.

Michael Bowen (Tommy) said that even though he got the part, it was difficult to play such a jerk because he's shy and basically the total opposite of Tommy.

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To create the feel of a real romantic relationship, while filming Nicolas Cage (Randy) would write Deborah Foreman (Julie) love letters, although they never dated in real life.

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Cage & Bowen became good friends during the shooting of the film & Cage said when guys would try to start fights with them, Bowen would repeatedly ask them "You bad? You bad?" & they would just back off.

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At the beginning of the film when the girls are shopping at the mall, the store they shop in is Wet Seal - a very popular and trendy 80s boutique (you can read the store name on the shopping bag and on the credit card machine). Wet Seal continues to be popular store for "girly-girls" today!

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The script was written in 10 days.

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Coolidge was surprised to find out Cage was one of the Coppola family, saying that if she would've known before casting him it would've colored her view.

The film was allegedly shot in only 22 days costing only around 350,000, yet ended up grossing over 17 million!!

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Alternate Versions

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Contributed by: Chris.terry

I have a old copy of Valley Girl on VHS it was released by Vestron Video in 1983. I found it in a small local Video Store. The sound is not all that great it's not in stereo-HiFi it's recorded in mono. On the cover the tagline says "She's cool. He's hot. She's from the Valley. He's not. Featuring music by: MEN AT WORK, JOSSIE COTTON, THE PLIMSOULS, etc. On this version of the film at the Val Party before Randy climbs through the bathroom window you can hear MEN AT WORKs "WHO CAN IT BE" (now) playing in the background. But on the DVD its a "Totally" different song playing.

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