The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
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Where to Watch.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Tim Curry
Dr. Frank-N-Furter
Susan Sarandon
Janet Weiss
Barry Bostwick
Brad Majors
Richard O'Brien
Riff Raff / Screenplay / Story / Lyricist
Patricia Quinn
Magenta
Nell Campbell
Columbia
Jonathan Adams
Dr. Everett V. Scott
Peter Hinwood
Rocky Horror
Meat Loaf
Eddie
Charles Gray
The Criminologist
Jeremy Newson
Ralph Hapschatt
Hilary Farr
Betty Munroe
Pierre Bedenes
The Transylvanians
Christopher Biggins
The Transylvanians
Gaye Brown
The Transylvanians
Ishaq Bux
The Transylvanians
Stephen Calcutt
The Transylvanians
Hugh Cecil
The Transylvanians
Imogen Claire
The Transylvanians
Tony Cowan
The Transylvanians
Sadie Corre
The Transylvanians
Fran Fullenwider
The Transylvanians
Lindsay Ingram
The Transylvanians
Peggy Ledger
The Transylvanians
Annabel Leventon
The Transylvanians
Anthony Milner
The Transylvanians
Pamela Obermeyer
The Transylvanians
Tony Then
The Transylvanians
Kimi Wong
The Transylvanians
Henry Woolf
The Transylvanians
Lewis Alexander
Floor Show Audience (uncredited)
Gina Barrie
Bridesmaid (uncredited)
Hyma Beckley
Floor Show Audience (uncredited)
Ernest Blyth
Floor Show Audience (uncredited)
Rufus Collins
The Translyvanians
Megan Hanks
Bridesmaid (uncredited)
Victor Harrington
Floor Show Audience (uncredited)
Mark Johnson
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Juba Kennerley
Floor Show Audience (uncredited)
Petra Leah
Bridesmaid (uncredited)
Frank Lester
Wedding Dad (uncredited)
John Marquand
Father (uncredited)
Koo Stark
Bridesmaid (uncredited)
Richard Nixon
Self (archival audio / uncredited)
Graeme Clifford
Editor / Music Editor
Lou Adler
Executive Producer
Terry Ackland-Snow
Art Direction
Michael White
Producer
Jim Sharman
Screenplay / Director
Sue Blane
Costume Design
Peter Suschitzky
Director of Photography
John Bundrick
Musician
Brian Engel
Other
Bobby Howard
Second Assistant Director
Bryn Siddall
Property Buyer
Ian Fuller
Other
Graham Freeborn
Assistant Makeup Artist
Jane Royle
Assistant Makeup Artist
Ian Whittaker
Set Dresser
Dennis C. Lewiston
Camera Operator
Keith Grant
Other
John Leuenberger
Property Master
Ron Barron
Sound Recordist
Roy Spencer
Special Effects
Ken Sheppard
Stunt Double
Mike Roberts
Focus Puller
Mike Gowans
First Assistant Director
Bill Rowe
Other
Don Bradburn
Dressing Prop
Chris Munro
Other
Colin Chilvers
Special Effects
Count Ian Blair
Musician
Peter Glossop
Boom Operator
Barry St. John
Other
Celestia Fox
Casting Consultant
Jack Roche
Grip
Rodney Glenn
Assistant Editor
Phil Kenzie
Musician
Clare Torry
Other
Mike Lockey
Assistant Hairstylist
Dick Frift
Construction Manager
Wally Veevers
Special Effects
Ronnie Fox Rogers
Camera Operator
Bob Douglas
Other
Bob Hedges
Other
Nigel Galt
Assistant Editor
Pierre La Roche
Makeup Designer
John Comfort
Production Manager
Len Tremble
Other
Ronald Lenoir
Other
Dave Wintour
Musician
John Goldstone
Associate Producer
John Siddall
Draughtsman
Doug Smith
Other
John Jay
Still Photographer
Richard Pointing
Other
Mike Grabham
Musician
Brian Thomson
Production Design
Ramon Gow
Hairdresser
Ernest Gasser
Assistant Makeup Artist
Norman Dorme
Assistant Art Director
Fred Anderson
Electrician
Gillian Dods
Other
B.J. Wilson
Musician
Liza Strike
Other
Helen Lennox
Assistant Hairstylist
Bob Spencer
Scenic Artist
Helen Chapelle
Other
Joel Thurm
Casting
Peter Robb-King
Makeup Artist
Doug Ferris
Matte Painter
Ron Swinburne
Production Accountant
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 14, 1975
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Content RatingR
Budget$1,200,000
Box Office$112,892,319
Filming LocationsOakley Court · Bray Studios, United Kingdom
Genres
Wiki.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a 1975 independent musical comedy horror film produced by Lou Adler and Michael White, directed by Jim Sharman, and distributed by 20th Century Fox. The screenplay was written by Sharman and actor Richard O'Brien, who is also a member of the cast. The film is based on the 1973 musical stage production The Rocky Horror Show, with music, book, and lyrics by O'Brien. The production is a tribute to the science fiction and horror B movies of the 1930s through to the early 1960s. Along with O'Brien, the film stars Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, and Barry Bostwick and is narrated by Charles Gray, with cast members from the original Royal Court Theatre, Roxy Theatre, and Belasco Theatre productions, including Nell Campbell and Patricia Quinn.
The story centres on a young engaged couple whose car breaks down in the rain near a castle, where they search for help. The castle is occupied by strangers in elaborate costumes celebrating. They discover the head of the house is Dr. Frank N. Furter, an apparently mad scientist, who creates a living muscle man named Rocky. Frank seduces the couple and it is finally revealed he is actually an alien transvestite from the planet Transsexual in the galaxy of Transylvania.
The film was shot in the United Kingdom at Bray Studios and on location at an old country estate named Oakley Court, best known for its earlier use by Hammer Film Productions. A number of props and set pieces were reused from the Hammer horror films. Although the film is both a parody of and tribute to many kitsch science fiction and horror films, costume designer Sue Blane conducted no research for her designs. Blane has claimed that her creations for the film directly affected the development of punk rock fashion trends, such as torn fishnet stockings and colourfully dyed hair.Initial reception was extremely negative, but it soon became a hit as a midnight movie, when audiences began participating with the film at the Waverly Theater in New York City in 1976. Audience members returned to the cinemas frequently and talked back to the screen and began dressing as the characters, spawning similar performance groups across the United States. At almost the same time, fans in costume began performing alongside the film. This "shadow cast" mimed the actions on screen above and behind them, while lip-synching their characters' lines.
Still in limited release in 2024, some 48 years after its premiere, it is the longest-running theatrical release in film history. In many cities, live amateur shadow-casts act out the film as it is being shown and heavily draw upon a tradition of audience participation. The film is most often shown close to Halloween. Today, the film has a large international cult following and has been considered by many as one of the greatest musical films of all time. In 2005, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."