The Rocky Horror Picture Show: 45th Anniversary Edition

Director: Jim Sharman Jim Sharman

Overview

Straight-laced couple Brad and Janet, stranded one stormy night by a car breakdown, stumble into the castle of transvestite mad scientist Frank N. Furter, and become caught in his bizarre, carnal schemes. The very definition of midnight movie, this purposefully campy musical-comedy has spawned an entire subculture of regular viewers.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/11/2020
UPC:	0786936871968
Original Release:	1975
Rating:	R
Source:	20Th Century Fox
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:40:00

Special Features

Includes both the U.S. and U.K. versions of the film; Audio Commentary by Richard O'Brien and Patricia Quinn; The Theatrical Experience; Prompter: "When Do I Squirt My Water Pistol and When Do I Scream?"; English SDH subtitles

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Tim Curry	Dr. Frank N Furter
Susan Sarandon	Janet Weiss
Barry Bostwick	Brad Majors
Richard O'Brien	Riff Raff,Composer
Jonathan Adams	Dr. Scott
Peter Hinwood	Rocky
Patricia Quinn	Magenta,Actor
Jeremy Newson	Ralph Hapschatt
Hilary Labow	Betty Munroe
Frank Lester	Wedding Dad
Mark Johnson	Wedding Guest
Koo Stark	Bridesmaid
Petra Leah	Bridesmaid
Gina Barrie	Bridesmaid
John Marquand	Father
Meat Loaf	Eddie
Christopher Biggins	Transylvanian
Nell Campbell	Columbia
Gaye Brown	Transylvanian
Perry Bedden	Actor
Hilary Farr	Betty Munroe Hapschatt
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	A Transylvanian
Pamela Obermeyer	A Transylvanian
Tony Then	A Transylvanian
Kimi Wong	A Transylvanian
Charles Gray	Criminologist
Henry Woolf	A Transylvanian
Sadie Corré	Transylvanian Dancer
Richard Hartley	Composer

Technical Credits

Jim Sharman

Richard O'Brien

Jim Sharman	Director,Screenwriter
Richard O'Brien	Screenwriter
Lou Adler	Executive Producer,Producer
John Goldstone	Producer
Wally Veevers	Special Effects
Michael White	Producer
Ron Barron	Sound Effects
Ian Fuller	Sound Effects
Bill Rowe	Sound Effects
Peter Glossop	Sound Effects
Doug Smith	Sound Effects

Editorial Reviews

The shining textbook example of a film so bad it's good, writer/director Jim Sharman's The Rocky Horror Picture Show owns an absolutely unique place in film history, loosely considered the longest-running film of all time. This bawdy and cut-rate Frankenstein story became the definition of "cult classic" when theaters worldwide began offering midnight screenings (a tradition that continues today), attracting legions of decked-out fans to shout lines and throw rice at the screen, often while live performers acted out the plot. The film was quickly enveloped in kitsch, and since has become a well-known phenomenon frequently re-created on-stage, partly on the strength of such gonzo (and overtly sexual) musical numbers as "The Time Warp" and "Sweet Transvestite." The sets and production values are head-shakingly crude, the plot is an absurd haunted house fantasy about transsexual aliens, the writing is so clunky that fans created a supplemental dialogue of sarcastic retorts, and the performances constitute the highest possible camp. But that's what makes it all a dizzy and subversive treat: a melange of poor decisions that equal one outrageous unit of bad cinema. In his first screen role, Tim Curry leads the way and sets a new standard for overacting as the flamboyant mad scientist Frank-N-Furter, with a cast of freakishly dressed bit players filling out the halls of his demented castle, among them singer Meat Loaf. Those unfamiliar with the movie may be surprised to see Susan Sarandon and (to a lesser extent) Barry Bostwick as the impossibly square and terminally heterosexual WASP couple who stumble upon the madness after their car breaks down. Neither a boon nor a specific hindrance to any of the careers involved, The Rocky Horror Picture Show exists as a solitary achievement in unintentional wretchedness, which has earned it slavish devotion and cinematic immortality.