| Uniform Title |
Rocky Horror picture show (Motion picture : 1975) |
| Title |
The Rocky Horror picture show. |
| Published |
Moore Park, NSW : Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, ©2013 |
| ©2007 |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (96 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment : 95365SDO. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 1975. |
| Co-production between the United Kingdom and United States. |
| Based on the 1973 musical stage production The Rocky Horror Show, with music, book, and lyrics by Richard O'Brien. |
| Special features: Commentary by Richard O'Brien and Patricia Quin ; full-length audience participation track ; multi-story: U.K. and U.S: view the original cut or the new edition with musical sequence "Superheroes" edited back in ; the theatrical experience: view Rocky Horror as you would in the theater, complete with introduction from RHPS fan club president Sal Piro ; DVD-ROM games and trivia ; Easter Egg: View Rocky Horror as Richard O'Brien originally conceived. This feature starts the film in black and white (like the Wizard of Oz) and then turns colour during the Time Warp scene. |
| Credits |
Director, Jim Sharman ; screenplay by Jim Sharman and Richard O'Brien. |
| Performers |
Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick. |
| Summary |
A mixture of fantastical rock opera and horror movie spoof. A couple of ordinary kids have car trouble one dark and rainy night and knock on the door of a looming gothic mansion. They are stunned to learn that they have stumbled into an ongoing convention of kinky characters, hosted by Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a mad scientist from the planet Transylvania. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : M |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0 English commentary ; PAL ; Region 4 ; aspect ratio 1.66:1. |
| Language note |
English. Subtitle various including English for the hearing impaired, Danish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Swedish. [CC] English Captions [descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired]. |
| Subjects |
O'Brien, Richard, -- 1942- Film adaptations |
| Cross-dressers -- Drama |
| Bisexuality -- Drama |
| Sex -- Drama |
| Transvestites -- Drama |
| Feature films -- Great Britain |
| Feature films -- United States |
| Genre |
Musical films |
| Comedy films |
| Horror films |
| Subculture films |
| Film adaptations |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Other Names |
Sharman, Jim director, screenwriter. |
| O'Brien, Richard, 1942- screenwriter. |
| Curry, Tim actor. |
| Sarandon, Susan, 1946- actor. |
| Bostwick, Barry actor |
| O'Brien, Richard, 1942-. Rocky Horror Show Motion picture adaptation of (work). |
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