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The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Genre
Comedy
Rating
R
Released
25 September, 1975

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a 1975 musical comedy horror film by 20th Century Fox, produced by Lou Adler and Michael White and directed by Jim Sharman. 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 parody 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 seek a telephone to call for help. The castle or country home is occupied by strangers in elaborate costumes celebrating an annual convention.

Director Jim Sharman
Produced by Lou Adler, Michael White
Screenplay by Richard O'Brien, Jim Sharman
Starring Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick
Narrator Charles Gray
Music Richard Hartley, Songs, Richard O'Brien
Cinematography Peter Suschitzky
Edited by Graeme Clifford
Production, company Michael White Productions
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Released August 15, 1975
Running time 100 minutes
Country United Kingdom, United States
Language English
Budget $1.4 million
Box office $170 million
Netflix ID 60000448

Informazioni su The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Based on the musical from 1973, the film follows a couple whose car breaks down outside the mansion of Dr. Frank N. Furter. As both an alien and mad scientist, he intends to seduce them both.

Realizzazione di The Rocky Horror Picture Show

The show became a cult classic and now shows as midnight screenings across the United States. The Library of Congress preserved it in the National Film Registry in 2005.

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