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Synopsis:
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW is a magical phenomenon unlike anything ever
before seen onscreen. Borrowing largely from cinema's horror conventions, the
film begins as an innocent young couple is stranded at the home of a mad
scientist who is building the perfect man. The castle is filled with a most
bizarre group of characters who worship their master, Dr. Frank-N-Furter, played
magnificently by the fabulously sexy Tim Curry, in leather jacket, pearls,
fishnet stockings, and heavy makeup. Brad (Barry Bostwick) and Janet (Susan
Sarandon) are forced to examine their own sexuality as the voluptuous doctor
releases the hidden desires in each of them.
Based on the stage musical
by Richard O'Brien (who also appears in the film as Riff Raff), the film comes
alive with unforgettable song-and-dance numbers that have come to represent the
sexual liberation of the 1970s. The outstanding costuming and makeup, the
terrific acting by a group of relative unknowns (Curry, O'Brien, Bostwick,
Sarandon, Nell Campbell, Patricia Quinn, Meat Loaf), and the memorable songs
("Time Warp," "Sweet Transvestite") help make THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW one
of the most bizarrely entertaining and satisfying musicals ever
made.
This campy cult classic is the most popular midnight movie of all
time. A corn-fed all-American couple stumbles onto a creepy castle one night
when their car breaks down, entering a world they never dreamed existed. The
castle turns out to be inhabited by a collection of kinky Transylvanian freaks
led by a mad bisexual transvestite; Tim Curry's sensational entrance as Dr.
Frank-N-Furter is a marvel to behold. The film gained notoriety as the most
successful midnight movie ever, in which hundreds of cult fans show up in
costume and act out scenes from the movie in the theater.
Theatrical
Release: September 26, 1975.
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW premiered at
the Westwood Theatre in Los Angeles on September 26, 1975. The initial release
of the film took in less than $300,000.
The film's first official
midnight showing was on April 1, 1976, at the Waverly in Greenwich Village.
Tickets were three dollars.
Shooting of the film began in London on
October 21, 1974, scheduled for six weeks. The shoot lasted 10 weeks.
The
musical THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW opened at the 62-seat Royal Court Studio Theatre
on June 19, 1973; the cast included Nell Campbell (Columbia), Patricia Quinn
(Magenta), and Tim Curry as Dr. Frank-N-Furter. On Halloween night, it moved to
the 500-seat Kings Road Theatre. It was a smash hit, drawing the likes of
Vincent Price and David Bowie. When the show moved to the Roxy Theatre in Los
Angeles in early 1974, Curry stayed with the cast. In L.A. the parts of Eddie
and Dr. Scott were played by an aspiring actor-singer named Marvin Lee Aday,
also known as Meat Loaf. Attendees in L.A. included Keith Moon, Carole King
(dressed as Magenta), and Elvis Presley.
The movie was not released on
video until November 8, 1990.
The film cost slightly more than $1 million
to make.
The film had grossed more than $150 million in midnight showings
by August 1990. It bombed at the box office when it first
opened.
Playwright-composer Richard O'Brien was inspired by the
androgynous glam rock movement as well as ads for women's
lingerie.
O'Brien's original working title was THEY CAME FROM DENTON
HIGH.
In February 1996, Susan Sarandon was awarded Harvard University's
Hasty Pudding Club award for her performance in the film.
The year 1978
saw the number of prints of the movie showing across the country go from 35 to
202.
Longtime fan club president Sal Piro first saw the film in 1976 with
his friend Marc Shaiman; Shaiman went on to write the music for SOUTH PARK:
BIGGER, LONGER & UNCUT. As of summer 2000, Piro had seen ROCKY HORROR more
than 2,000 times; he also wrote the books CREATURES OF THE NIGHT: THE ROCKY
HORROR EXPERIENCE, ROCKY HORROR: CREATURES OF THE NIGHT II, and THE OFFICIAL
ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW AUDIENCE PAR-TIC-I-PATION GUIDE.
THE ROCKY
HORROR PICTURE SHOW opened and closed without much notice until 20th Century Fox
decided to market it as a midnight movie. It quickly exploded into a worldwide
cult phenomenon unlike any other in movie history. Screenings became partylike
events in which audience participation was half the show. Fans would dress up as
all the major characters, scream out every line of dialogue in tandem with the
characters, and sing along with every song while squirting water pistols and
throwing toilet paper and rice at the screen. The Rocky Horror cult members
formed a network almost as tightly knit as that of Grateful Dead fans. The
phenomenon began to wane toward the late 1980s, finally prompting 20th Century
Fox to release the film on video in 1990--15 years after its theatrical release.
The movie and its back story was the subject of an episode of VH1's
BEHIND THE MUSIC.
In 2000 a stage version appeared on Broadway, featuring
Joan Jett.
Nell Campbell is listed in the opening credits as Little Nell,
and Meat Loaf is listed as Meatloaf.
British scandal queen Koo Stark
appears as a bridesmaid in the opening scene.
Richard Nixon can be heard
giving a speech on the radio when Brad and Janet get a flat tire at the dead
end.
The famous lips that mouth the opening song belong to former Playboy
bunny Patricia Quinn, who plays Magenta.
The film marked Barry Bostwick's
feature-film debut.
At one point Mick Jagger was interested in playing
Dr. Frank-N-Furter, and Marianne Faithful was interested in playing
Magenta.
Peter Hinwood (Rocky Horror), whose voice was dubbed in the
film, never appeared in another movie and does not grant interviews to discuss
what for him was not an experience on which he looks back
fondly.
Excerpt: "I would like, if I may, to take you on a strange
journey."--The Criminologist (Charles Gray)
"Let's do the time warp
again."--Cast
"I see you shiver with an-tic-i............pation."--Dr.
Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry) to Janet Weiss (Susan Sarandon) and Brad Majors
(Barry Bostwick)
"In just seven days, I can make you a man."--Dr.
Frank-N-Furter to Rocky Horror (Peter Hinwood)
"Don't dream it. Be
it."--Dr. Frank-N-Furter
"I'm just a sweet tranvestite from transsexual
Transylvania."--Dr. Frank-N-Furter
"Dammit, Janet."--Brad Majors to Janet
Weiss
"Toucha toucha toucha touch me, I wanna be dirty."--Janet to Rocky
Horror
"Give yourself over to absolute pleasure."--Dr. Frank-N-Furter
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