The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Rocky Horror Picture Show

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Jim Sharman
Produced by Lou Adler
Michael White
Written by Richard O'Brien
Jim Sharman
Starring Tim Curry
Susan Sarandon
Barry Bostwick
Richard O'Brien
Patricia Quinn
Nell Campbell
Peter Hinwood
Meat Loaf
Charles Gray
Music by Richard O'Brien
Richard Hartley
Cinematography Peter Suschitzky
Editing by Graeme Clifford
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date(s) August 14, 1975 (1975-08-14)
Running time 100 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Budget $1.2 million
Gross revenue $139.8 million
Followed by Shock Treatment

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a 1975 British musical horror comedy/rock opera film that parodies science fiction and B-movie horror films.[1] It was directed by Jim Sharman. The film is an adaptation of the British musical stage production The Rocky Horror Show. Richard O'Brien, author of the stage show,[2] was assisted by Sharman in writing the screenplay. The film introduces Tim Curry and features Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick along with cast members from the original Kings Road production of the play first performed in the Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court Theatre in 1973.

Still in limited release 35 years after its premiere, it has the longest-running theatrical release in film history.[3][4] The film is considered a cult classic.[5] It gained notoriety as a midnight movie in 1977 when audiences began participating with the film in theatres across the United States. Rocky Horror is the first film from a major studio, such as 20th Century Fox, to be in the midnight movie market.[6] Widely known by mainstream audiences, it has a large international following and is one of the most well known and financially successful midnight movies of all time.[7] In 2005, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."

Contents

Plot

The story begins in the aftermath of a marriage ceremony attended by Brad Majors (Barry Bostwick) and Janet Weiss (Susan Sarandon), a young pair of lovers who are quickly inspired to become engaged and have their own wedding. A criminologist (Charles Gray) then makes his introduction as narrator, explaining the story according to a leather bound report titled, "The Denton Affair." After the ceremony, Brad and Janet, on their way to visit an old high school teacher, find themselves lost and with a flat tire on a cold and rainy, late November evening.[8] Seeking a phone with which to call for help at a nearby castle, Brad and Janet encounter Riff Raff (Richard O'Brien), a hunch-backed butler, and his sister, Magenta (Patricia Quinn), a maid. These two tell Brad and Janet that they have arrived, coincidentally, on a very special night, revealing a group of strange and outlandish people holding an Annual Transylvanian Convention in the castle ballroom. Brad and Janet, still wet from the rain, watch as the "Transylvanians", servants, and a tap dancing groupie, Columbia (Nell Campbell), dance the "Time Warp", the film's signature song.

They are soon swept into the world of Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry), the master of the castle and a bizarre, self-proclaimed "sweet transvestite from Transsexual, Transylvania". Frank claims to have discovered the "secret to life itself". In a scene inspired by the classic Frankenstein films, his creation, Rocky Horror (Peter Hinwood), an astoundingly muscular young man, is brought to life in the castle laboratory. The ensuing celebration is soon interrupted by Eddie (Meat Loaf), an ex-delivery boy and partial brain donor to Rocky, and Columbia's implied lover, who rides out of a deep freezer on a motorcycle. In a jealous rage, Frank lures him back into the deep freezer and kills him by hacking him with a pick-axe. He then departs with Rocky to a bridal suite connected to the laboratory.

Brad and Janet are shown to separate bedrooms, where each is visited and seduced in turn by Frank, posing as the opposite. Meanwhile, Riff Raff torments Rocky until he at last flees his room, allowing Riff Raff to make Frank believe that his creation has escaped. Janet, upset and emotional, wanders off to look for Brad, who she discovers is with Frank via a television monitor. She then discovers the mentally childlike but physically brawny Rocky, cowering in his birth tank, hiding from Riff Raff's bullying. Rocky, acting like a wounded animal, allows Janet to tend to his cuts and bruises and warms up to her. Moved by his vulnerability and willingness to be cared for by her and attracted to his physique, Janet seduces him and they proceed to have sex while she sings a song detailing her suppressed sexual frustration and the subsequent freedom granted by willingly giving herself over to pure lust, implying she is now losing her virginity. Meanwhile Magenta and Columbia watch voyeuristically from their bedroom monitor, mocking her and singing along in a jeering chorus.

After being told that Rocky has gone missing, Frank, Brad, and Riff Raff return to the lab. There, they discover Rocky naked in his tank with Janet, though this sexual revelation is interrupted when they learn that an intruder has entered the building. The German-accented Dr. Everett Scott (Jonathan Adams), Brad and Janet's old high school science teacher, has come looking for his coincidental nephew, Eddie, but Frank suspects Dr. Scott of working for the government, investigating UFO activity, and thus revealing he is an alien. Upon learning of Brad and Janet's prior acquaintance to Scott, Frank suspects them of conspiring with him the entire time.

With tension in the air, Frank serves Rocky and the guests meat for dinner, which, when Frank pulls off the tablecloth, is revealed to be part of Eddie's mutilated body. Janet runs screaming into Rocky's arms, and is slapped and chased through the halls of the castle by Frank, who can no longer suppress his jealous rage. Janet, Brad, Dr. Scott, Rocky, and Columbia all meet in Frank's lab, where Frank captures them with the Medusa Transducer, a device that transforms them all into stone statues (including Columbia, who rebels against Frank's authority). They are then all reanimated in drag-clothing that matches Frank's and with self-moving legs resembling Frank's, and forced to perform a live cabaret floor show under a sort of enchantment that makes them feel more open to Frank's hedonistic style and attitude.

The performance, concluding with all performers splashing around in bewitched joy in Frank's pool, is interrupted by Riff Raff and Magenta. These two, dressed in authentic Transylvanian garb, stage a mutiny armed with anti-matter laser guns and announce their plan to return to the planet of Transsexual, in the galaxy of Transylvania, without Frank as their leader. In the process they shoot and kill a screaming Columbia and an escaping Frank effortlessly, but Rocky seems resistant to the anti-matter beams as he rushes over to his dead creator, cradling Frank's head in dismay. Rocky proceeds to carry Frank's body while climbing up a set piece on stage (à la King Kong), being shot at by Riff Raff, though the structure topples over into the pool, where Rocky finally dies and his and Frank's bodies float lifelessly.

Riff Raff offers his condolences to Dr. Scott for his nephew's death, releases the humans, Brad, Janet, and Dr. Scott, and then departs with Magenta by lifting off in the Castle itself. Brad and Janet are left weak and corrupted from their adulterous encounter with the Transylvanians, having each sexually cheated on the other, their lives forever changed.

The film concludes with the Criminologist narrating the end of the case.

Cast

Production

Original theatrical cast member Tim Curry as Frank-N-Furter. Sue Blane returned to design costumes and Brian Thompson came back as production designer.

The original American productions of the stage musical were both produced by Lou Adler who is best known for his Cheech and Chong feature films. Adler brought the production to the US in 1974 and later became executive producer of the film version.[9]

Many of the original cast and crew-members from the stage production returned to work on the film. Director Jim Sharman, production designer Brian Thomson, and costume designer Sue Blane collaborated on the original London production with many of the cast that made it into the film version. Tim Curry reprised his role from the London and Los Angeles stage productions. After the film, Curry also did a short run on Broadway as Dr. Frank-N-Furter. Creator Richard O'Brien (Riff Raff) also returned for the film from the British stage team, as did Little Nell (Columbia) and Patricia Quinn (Magenta).[10] Jonathan Adams, the narrator from the original cast, also returned for the film, instead playing Dr. Scott.[6] Meatloaf also returned; he had played the role of Eddie/Dr. Scott in the Los Angeles production at The Roxy. The film was shot at Bray Studios and Oakley Court, a country house in Berkshire, England, UK from 21 October 1974 to 19 December 1974. Filming of Rocky's birth occurred on 30 October 1974, the eighty-first anniversary of the birth of Charles Atlas.[11]

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is slightly different from its original theatrical production. In the film, many of the original aspects from the stage show changed, as did characters and dialogue. All of the title character's lines were cut, making Rocky a mute who only sings during musical numbers. Eddie pops out of a Coca-Cola machine on stage, but rides out of a deep freeze in the film. Scenes were added for continuity and characters only mentioned in the musical were now in the opening scene.

Several ideas from the original conception of the film were dropped before production. During the opening theme, the film was supposed to include clips from all the films mentioned in the song "Science-Fiction Double Feature".[12] Producers discovered quickly that obtaining the rights to all the various film clips would be very costly, and cut the idea. Another idea was to parallel The Wizard of Oz (1939) by having the first 20 minutes of the film in black and white and Academy ratio until the doors burst open showing the Transylvanians in widescreen and then to full color at Frank's entrance.[12] This effect would have been prohibitively expensive, so the idea was discarded. On the 25th anniversary DVD, there is an easter egg that allows the viewer to see the original black-and-white idea, with the color coming in when the doors open to the Transylvanians.

The film was ultimately shot in the 1.66:1 aspect ratio throughout.

Locations, sets and props

Oakley Court has been refurbished and is now a luxury hotel.

The film's plot, setting, and style echoes that of the Hammer Horror films, which had their own instantly recognisable style (just as Universal Studios' horror films did), re-using sets and props through many of their films. Production designer Brian Thomson and director Jim Sharman chose locations, sets, and even props for "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" that were, in many cases, used in Hammer productions. The classic "Creation" scene in Rocky Horror is so reminiscent of "Frankenstein" films because it uses the tank and dummy from a Hammer production of The Revenge of Frankenstein starring Peter Cushing.[13][14]

The castle is known as the Hammer House for the number of Hammer films in which it appeared. A great deal of location shooting took place there. At the time, the manor was in very dilapidated condition. Filming took place during autumn, which made conditions harsh. Today, the castle, Oakley Court, Berkshire, has been completely refurbished and is now a luxury hotel.[15]

Costumes

One of the more unusual aspects of the film was the costume designs. Designer Sue Blane based all her designs on what little she knew of 1950s United States. A previous production she had designed called "The Maids" also starred Tim Curry in a Victorian corset. This same corset was used in the London stage production and then used again in the film.[16] Blane compared the relatively small $400 costume budget of the stage show to the $1600 costume budget in 1974 for the film.[17]

Nearly all the costume designs from the original stage production were used in the film, with a few exceptions. Some new designs appeared and a few old ones were discarded. In the London stage production, Tim Curry began the role of Frank N. Furter as a blond, and although it was short lived, the original design sketches by Blane do reflect that. Magenta gained a new maid costume to give the character more purpose and Columbia gained a sequined evening coat.

The introduction of new characters such as the Transylvanians presented Sue Blane with a challenge to costume a number of extras who reappear throughout the film. The outcome of their costuming did not satisfy Blane who stated that she wished she had more time for those particular costumes.

In the stage productions, actors generally did their own make-up, but for this film the producers chose Pierre La Roche to redesign the make-up for each character (he had previously designed make-up for David Bowie).[18] Production stills were taken by 1970s rock photographer, Mick Rock, who has published many calendars and photo books from his Rocky Horror work.

Release

The film has enjoyed an unusually long run, both in the US and internationally. The film is considered to be the longest running release in film history.[19] It has never been pulled by 20th Century Fox from its original 1975 release, and continues to play in cinemas thirty five years later. Some cinemas showing the film have run it for decades at a time.

There are two basic versions of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, known as the US and UK releases. The UK version contains the original ending with the full version of the musical number "Super Heroes". The US version was created after the film hit the midnight circuit, which omits "Super Heroes", as the studio thought it was too depressing.[20]

Before the mainstream use of home video (and for quite some time afterward, except for bootleg copies), a Super 8 version of selected scenes of the film was available.[21]

The film was released on VHS during the home video boom of the 1980s, except for in the US, which had to wait for the 15th anniversary in 1990. The 1990 version includes a newly-created stereo sound mix, and was featured in special packaging: the cover box with an embossed image of the film's famous lips on the front, and a unique black-and-red videocassette casing. The tape also contains a five-minute prologue at the start and a "Time Warp" music video at the end. In 1992, the VHS was reissued, minus the embossed cover, black-and-red casing, prologue and music video. In 1993, a LaserDisc edition was released. In 1995, a 20th anniversary Special Edition LaserDisc was released, which includes two deleted musical sequences, "Once in a While" and "Super Heroes", as supplements. In 1998, a "Special Edition" version VHS edition was released, containing the two deleted musical sequences after the feature.

In 2000, 25th anniversary DVD and VHS editions were issued utilizing a newly-created 5.1 surround sound mix, with the VHS containing the UK version of the film, and with the DVD containing both UK and US versions of the film via seamless branching, as well as all the special features from the LaserDisc, the original mono sound mix on a separate track, new features, and DVD-ROM games.

In 2009, a casting call in New York and filming in Los Angeles with a pre-selected "shadowcast" was announced for "Special Features" content on an upcoming 2010 Blu-ray release.[22] On 2 August 2010, the Rocky Horror Picture Show Official Fan Club announced the release date of the 35th Anniversary edition Blu-ray, scheduled for release in the US on 19 October 2010. The disc will include a newly-created 7.1 surround sound mix, the original mono sound mix, and a 2K/4K image transfer from the original camera negative.[23]

Reception

The film opened in the US at the UA Theatre in Westwood, Los Angeles, California on 26 September 1975. It did well at that location but not elsewhere.[24] The cult following did not begin until the film began its midnight run at the Waverly Theatre in New York on 1 April 1976.[25]

Overall, critics were negative with their reviews of the film. The overtly sexual nature of this British rock comedy was not well received by the mainstream US media of 1975, although there were positive reviews. The music was praised, as was Tim Curry's performance. However, before the success of the midnight screenings, the film was withdrawn from its eight opening cities due to very small audiences, and its planned New York opening (on Halloween night) was cancelled.[6] Fox re-released it around college campuses on a double-bill with another rock music film parody, Brian De Palma's Phantom of the Paradise, but again it drew small audiences.[6] With Pink Flamingos (1972) and Reefer Madness (1936) making money in midnight showings nationwide, RHPS was eventually screened at midnight, starting in New York City on April Fools' Day of 1976.[6] By that Halloween, people were attending in costume and talking back to the screen. By mid-1978, RHPS was playing in over fifty locations on Fridays and Saturdays at midnight, newsletters were published by local performance groups, and fans gathered for Rocky Horror conventions.[6] By the end of 1979, there were twice-weekly showings at over 230 theatres.[6]

The Rocky Horror Picture Show has taken in $139,876,417 (USA) (sub-total) in box office receipts since its release.[26] The length of its run in cinemas (weekly for over 30 years), combined with its considerable total box office gross, is unparalleled by any other film.[27] The original budget for the film was $1,200,000 (estimated).[26] The audience participation helped the film become a worldwide phenomenon. As the cult-audience grew, Rocky Horror fandom became the subject of news stories. Dori Hartley, a fan from the original New York shadow cast, went on to appear in "Paradise Garage", a Tim Curry music video.[28]

After the release, the original advertising campaign for screen and television was pulled by Twentieth Century Fox executives in the very early stage. The studio objected to the use of the red lipsticked lips uttering the words "Twentieth Century Fox." The American television network Fox Broadcasting aired the film's much-publicised US television premiere on 25 October 1993. The film's popularity breathed new life to the stage production, which had had a 45-performance run on Broadway early in 1975 at the Belasco Theatre.[29] Rocky Horror sequels and other media have found their way into production, including merchandise ranging from prefabricated costumes, games, and soundtrack releases.

A cinema in Munich, Germany called the "Museum Lichtspiele" has been screening the film since 24 June 1977 without interruption, holding the world-record for constant screenings of a film and is listed for that in the Guinness Book of World Records. The theatre has a dedicated screening room ("Kino 2"), decorated in the style of the film.

At Village East Cinema (181-189 2nd Ave, Manhattan), the movie was shown every Friday and Saturday, usually sold-out, including full reenactments by mostly the same actors during the 1990s[30][31].

The film currently has a 77% rating at Rotten Tomatoes.

Sequels and scripts

Interest for other films by both hardcore fans as well as the more mainstream audience has been around for some time. In 1981, Fox released Shock Treatment, the follow-up film by the same artistic group. It was never in general release, but premiered straight to the midnight circuit. This standalone feature was not a direct sequel to the original film. It told the continuing story of Brad (Cliff DeYoung) and Janet (Jessica Harper) following their marriage. Richard O'Brien, Patricia Quinn, Charles Gray and Nell Campbell from Rocky Horror appeared in this film, playing different characters. Only Jeremy Newson appears in the sequel as the same character, Ralph Hapschatt. The original script was titled Rocky Horror Shows His Heels and began as a direct sequel until the idea was changed because of the unavailability of some of the original cast. The story was changed as well as the title, becoming first The Brad and Janet Show and finally Shock Treatment.

A few years later, author Richard O'Brien wrote another script intended as a direct sequel to The Rocky Horror Picture Show entitled Revenge of the Old Queen. Producer Michael White had hoped to begin work on the production and described the script as "…in the same style as the other one. It has reflections of the past in it."[32]

A first draft of the screenplay itself was posted on the Internet as well as the others. The screenplay's plot begins on the alien planet, where author O'Brien's character, Riff Raff, is eventually transported back to the Earth on a mission that has him travel across the galaxy to Fresno, California.

MTV Films and Sky Movies were planning to remake The Rocky Horror Picture Show.[33] The network was planning a two-hour-long remake to be based on the original screenplay, and featuring songs not included in the original. The film was initially anticipated to have been released sometime around Halloween 2009. The creator of the original, Richard O'Brien, was not involved; he has said that while he has no view on whether it should be remade, it does not have his blessing.[34][35]

Musical numbers

Song Singers/Characters Scene
Science Fiction/Double Feature Patricia Quinn (Lips), Richard O'Brien (Vocals) Opening credits
Dammit Janet Brad, Janet
(Riff Raff, Magenta, Columbia)		 Denton church
Over at the Frankenstein Place Brad, Janet
(Riff Raff, Chorus)		 A rainy countryside road,
A window of the castle (unknown room)
The Time Warp Riff Raff, Magenta, Columbia
(Criminologist, Transylvanians)		 Castle ballroom,
Criminologist's office
Sweet Transvestite Frank-N-Furter
(Riff Raff, Magenta, Columbia, Brad, Janet, Transylvanians)		 Castle ballroom
The Sword of Damocles Rocky
(Riff Raff, Magenta, Columbia, Transylvanians)		 The Lab
I Can Make You a Man Frank-N-Furter
(Transylvanians)		 The Lab
Hot Patootie - Bless My Soul Eddie
(Transylvanians)		 The Lab
I Can Make You a Man
(Reprise)		 Frank-N-Furter
(Janet, Transylvanians)		 The Lab
Once in a While
(deleted scene)		 Brad Brad's bedroom
Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me Janet
(Columbia, Magenta, Rocky, Brad, Frank, Riff Raff)		 The Lab,
Columbia's bedroom
Eddie Dr. Scott, Columbia, Eddie
(Janet, Frank, Brad, Riff Raff, Magenta)		 Dining room,
Columbia's bedroom
You Better Wise Up, Janet Weiss/Hot Dog Frank-N-Furter
(Brad, Janet, Dr. Scott)		 Castle corridors,
the Lab
The Floor Show Castle ballroom/stage/swimming pool
a. Rose Tint My World Columbia, Rocky, Brad, Janet
b. Fanfare/Don't Dream It, Be It Frank-N-Furter
(Columbia, Rocky, Brad, Janet, Dr. Scott)
c. Wild and Untamed Thing Frank-N-Furter, Brad, Janet, Columbia, Rocky, Riff Raff
(Dr. Scott)
I'm Going Home Frank-N-Furter
(Brad, Janet, Columbia, Rocky, Dr. Scott)		 Castle ballroom
Superheroes Brad, Janet
(Criminologist)		 Exterior of the castle,
Criminologist's office
Science Fiction/Double Feature
(Reprise)		 Richard O'Brien End credits

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was released as The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Music From The Motion Picture in 1975. It contained the tracks:

Side one

  1. "Science Fiction/Double Feature"
  2. "Dammit Janet"
  3. "Over at the Frankenstein Place"
  4. "Time Warp"
  5. "Sweet Transvestite"
  6. "I Can Make You a Man"
  7. "Hot Patootie - Bless My Soul"
  8. "I Can Make You a Man (Reprise)"

Side two

  1. "Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me"
  2. "Eddie"
  3. "Floor Show":
    a. "Rose Tint My World"
    b. "Fanfare/Don't Dream It"
    c. "Wild and Untamed Thing"
  4. "I'm Going Home"
  5. "Super Heroes"
  6. "Science Fiction/Double Feature (Reprise)"

Bonus tracks (1989 CD release)

  1. "Time Warp (1989 remix - extended version)"
  2. "Time Warp (music - 1 = background track = U mix)"

"The Rocky Horror Picture Show: 25 Years of Absolute Pleasure" (2000)

  1. "Science Fiction/Double Feature"
  2. "Dammit Janet"
  3. "Over at the Frankenstein Place"
  4. "Time Warp"
  5. "Sweet Transvestite"
  6. "Sword of Damocles"
  7. "I Can Make You a Man"
  8. "What Ever Happened to Saturday Night?"
  9. "I Can Make You a Man (Reprise)"
  10. "Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me"
  11. "Once in a While"
  12. "Eddie's Teddy"
  13. "Planet, Schmanet, Janet"
  14. "Rose Tint My World"
  15. "Don't Dream It Be It"
  16. "Wild and Untamed Thing"
  17. "I'm Going Home"
  18. "Super Heroes"
  19. "Science Fiction/Double Feature (Reprise)"

See also

References

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  8. ↑ The plot and dialogue provide a time line for the setting of the film, many critics and fans alike point to the Richard Nixon resignation speech, made in August of 1974, that characters Brad and Janet are listening to when their tire goes flat. The Internet Movie Database states "Richard O'Brien has said about this inconsistency that it was used to show how much of a nerd Brad is, implying that he taped the speech and listened to it regularly." See Sandy's, Jon (6 March 2007). Movie Mistakes Take 5. Virgin Books; Rev Upd edition. pp. 249. ISBN 978-0753511138. 
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  18. ↑ "Pierre La Roche". Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0478929/. Retrieved 13 June 2007. 
  19. ↑ RHPS Official Fan Site (24 August 2000). "Fox Celebrates 25 Years of Absolute Pleasure, Pop Culture Phenomenon and Midnight Classic". Press release. http://www.rockyhorror.com/news/pr_25thannivdvd.php. Retrieved 13 June 2007. 
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Bibliography

External links

The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Stage show
The Rocky Horror Show
Feature films
The Rocky Horror Picture Show · Shock Treatment
Unmade features
Revenge of the Old Queen
Songs
"Science Fiction/Double Feature" · "Dammit Janet" · "Over at the Frankenstein Place" · "The Time Warp" · "Sweet Transvestite" · "I Can Make You a Man" · "Hot Patootie – Bless My Soul" · "Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me" · "Rose Tint My World" · "Fanfare/Don't Dream It, Be It" · "I'm Going Home"
See also
The Rocky Horror Picture Show Soundtrack · Midnight movie · Cult following · Sequels and other media · The Rocky Horror Punk Rock Show · "The Rocky Horror Glee Show" (EP)