Martha Coolidge hired Nicolas Cage for the lead without realizing he was a Coppola. But when the movie went into production, Zappa asked a judge to halt production of it because it infringed on the song’s copyright, and filed a suit for $100,000 in punitive damages. It’s a most depressing place.” At the time, he said he was open to collaborating on a script about the song as long as the movie wouldn’t be like Beach Blanket Bingo. I’ve always hated the San Fernando Valley. In a 1982 interview with Billboard, Zappa again expressed his distaste: “People think that ‘Valley Girl’ is a happy kind of song, but it isn’t. In an interview, Zappa said, “I don’t want people to act like that. Valley Girl is named after a Frank Zappa song, but he didn't want it associated with the movie.Ī year before Valley Girl was released in theaters, Frank Zappa and his daughter Moon Unit had an unexpected hit song with “ Valley Girl,” in which Moon exaggerates Valspeak over her dad’s music. In the first version of the script, written by Andrew Lane and Wayne Crawford, a falling-in-love scene and a break-up scene were left out, so Coolidge worked with the writers to add those in.
It’s not about marriage, but about love and growing up and differentiating enough to love.” The parallels were always meant to be fun and not super serious but were based on truthful observations about the local conflicts and real teen pressures.
This heightened the stakes for Randy and Julie, just as the differences between the families did in Romeo and Juliet. I created a Valley look and a Hollywood look. “So I worked to bring it even more out front. “Yes, it was intentional, and it was a love story,” Martha Coolidge told the Kickin’ It Old School blog. It’s not a coincidence that Valley Girl's star-crossed lovers are named Randy and Julie, nor is it accidental that they share a kiss in front of a movie theater marquee for Romeo and Juliet. Valley Girl is based on Romeo and Juliet. Here are 13 tubular facts about the original movie. Directed by Martha Coolidge (who was paid just $5000 for the gig), Valley Girl endures as both a timeless teen rom-com and a great all-around film-and is about to get a musical reboot. The film marked Cage’s first major role, and his quirkiness was evident from the get-go (more on that later). The movie stars Deborah Foreman as a Valley Girl named Julie, who falls in love with a Hollywood punk named Randy ( Nicolas Cage), despite the disapproval of their friends. You can thank the hit 1983 movie Valley Girl for mainstreaming phrases like “for sure” and “gag me.” Valspeak had been around since before the film, which grossed $17.3 million against a $600,000 budget, but the movie helped depict “Valley Girls” in a more positive light.
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