The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Tim Curry
Dr. Frank-N-Furter
Susan Sarandon
Janet Weiss
Barry Bostwick
Brad Majors
Richard O'Brien
Riff Raff / Story / Screenplay / 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
Hyma Beckley
Floor Show Audience (uncredited)
Ernest Blyth
Floor Show Audience (uncredited)
Rufus Collins
The Transylvanians (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)
Koo Stark
Bridesmaid (uncredited)
Michael White
Producer
Jim Sharman
Screenplay / Director
Graeme Clifford
Editor / Music Editor
Sue Blane
Costume Design
Lou Adler
Executive Producer
Terry Ackland-Snow
Art Direction
Richard Hartley
Original Music Composer / Songs
John Goldstone
Associate Producer
Graham Freeborn
Assistant Makeup Artist
Ernest Gasser
Assistant Makeup Artist
Dick Frift
Construction Manager
Peter Robb-King
Makeup Artist
Pierre La Roche
Makeup Designer
Peter Suschitzky
Director of Photography
Brian Thomson
Production Design
Mike Lockey
Assistant Hairstylist
John Comfort
Production Manager
Mike Gowans
First Assistant Director
Bobby Howard
Second Assistant Director
Ian Whittaker
Set Dresser
Jane Royle
Assistant Makeup Artist
Ramon Gow
Hairdresser
Joel Thurm
Casting
Helen Lennox
Assistant Hairstylist
Mike Roberts
Focus Puller
Fred Anderson
Electrician
Celestia Fox
Casting Consultant
Doug Ferris
Matte Painter
John Jay
Still Photographer
Roy Spencer
Special Effects
Rodney Glenn
Assistant Editor
Peter Glossop
Boom Operator
John Bundrick
Musician
Colin Chilvers
Special Effects
Phil Kenzie
Musician
John Leuenberger
Property Master
John Siddall
Draughtsman
Dave Wintour
Musician
Don Bradburn
Dressing Prop
Ron Barron
Sound Recordist
Bryn Siddall
Property Buyer
Dennis C. Lewiston
Camera Operator
B.J. Wilson
Musician
Wally Veevers
Special Effects
Norman Dorme
Assistant Art Director
Bob Spencer
Scenic Artist
Mike Grabham
Musician
Ken Sheppard
Stunt Double
Jack Roche
Grip
Count Ian Blair
Musician
Ronnie Fox Rogers
Camera Operator
Nigel Galt
Assistant Editor
Susanna Merry
Continuity
Terry de Havilland
Shoe Design
Maureen White
Production Secretary
Ron Swinburne
Production Accountant
Robin Demetriou
Chef
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 14, 1975
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Content RatingR
Budget$1,400,000
Box Office$170,000,000
Filming LocationsBray Studios · Oakley Court, United Kingdom
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
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 Richard O'Brien, who also played the supporting role Riff-raff. 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. The film stars Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, and Barry Bostwick. The film 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 holding a party. They then meet the head of the house: Dr. Frank N. Furter, an apparently mad scientist and alien transvestite from the planet Transsexual in the galaxy of Transylvania, who creates a living muscle man named Rocky.
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 49 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."