ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (DVD/SINGLE) SENSORMATIC DVD

The Rocky Horror Picture Show
This low-budget freak show/cult classic/cultural institution concerns the misadventures of Brad Majors (Barry Bostwick) and Janet Weiss (Susan Sarandon) inside a strange mansion that they come across on a rainy night. After the wholesome pair profess their love through an opening song, their car breaks down in the woods, and they seek refuge in a towering castle nearby. Greeting them at the door is a ghoulish butler named Riff Raff (Richard O'Brien), who introduces them to a bacchanalian collection of partygoers dressed in outfits from some sort of interplanetary thrift shop. The host of this gathering is a transvestite clad in lingerie, Dr. Frank N. Furter (Tim Curry), a mad scientist who claims to be from another planet. With assistants Columbia (Nell Campbell) and Magenta (Patricia Quinn) looking on, Frank unveils his latest creation -- a figure wrapped in gauze and submerged in a tank full of liquid. With the addition of colored dyes and some assistance from the weather, Frank brings to life a blonde young beefcake wearing nothing but skimpy shorts, who launches into song in his first minute of life. Just when Brad and Janet think things couldn't get any stranger, a biker (Meat Loaf) bursts onto the scene to reclaim Columbia, his ex-girlfriend. When Frank kills the biker, it's clear that Brad and Janet will be guests for the night, and that they may be next on Frank's list -- whether for murder or carnal delights is uncertain. And just what is that mystery meat they're eating for dinner, anyway? In addition to playing Riff Raff, O'Brien wrote the catchy songs, with John Barry and Richard Hartley composing the score. ~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide

Cast Tim Curry as Dr. Frank-N-Furter Susan Sarandon as Janet Weiss Barry Bostwick as Brad Majors Richard O'Brien as Riff Raff Jonathan Adams as Dr. Everett V. Scott Nell Campbell as Columbia Peter Hinwood as Rocky Meat Loaf as Eddie Patricia Quinn as Magenta

Crew Terry Ackland-Snow - Art Director John Goldstone - Associate Producer Daivd Toguri - Choreography Sue Blane - Costume Designer Gillian Dods - Costume Designer Richard Pointing - Costume Designer Mike Gowans - First Assistant Director Jim Sharman - Director Graeme Clifford - Editor Lou Adler - Executive Producer Richard Hartley - Musical Direction/Supervision Richard O'Brien - Songwriter Brian Thomson - Production Designer Peter Suschitzky - Cinematographer Michael White - Producer Wally Veevers - Special Effects Jim Sharman - Screenwriter Richard O'Brien - Screenwriter Richard O'Brien - Play Author

The Rocky Horror Picture Show
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. ~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide
 

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General Specifications: Language Options: English Subtitle Options: English, Spanish Sound Processing: DD5.1: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel DD1: Dolby Digital Mono THX: THX-Certified Mastering Additional Features: cc Multi-story (U.K. or U.S. version): View the original cut or the new edition with musical sequence "Superheroes" edited back in Commentary by Richard O'Brien and Patricia Quinn The theatrical experience: View Rocky Horror as you would in the theater, complete with introduction from RHPS fan club president Sal Piro. View audience reactions and performers in front of the screen at certain points throughout the film Prompter: "When do I squirt my water pistol and when do I scream?" This subtitle track will tell you DVD-ROM games, trivia and more Anamorphic widescreen (aspect ratio 1.66:1) Audio: English 5.1 surround, English mono Subtitles: English, Spanish DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1: Vistavision MPAA Rating: R DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 100 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 1. Science Fiction/Double Feature (Main Titles) 2. The Home of Happiness 3. Dammit Janet 4. A Strange Journey 5. Over at the Frankenstein Place 6. A Hunting Lodge for Rich Weirdos 7. The Time Warp 8. Sweet Transvestite 9. What's on the Slab 10. Rocky's Birthday 11. Sword of Damocles 12. That's No Way to Behave 13. I Can Make You a Man 14. Hot Patootie 15. Eddie's Death 16. I Can Make You a Man (Reprise) 17. Frank and Rocky's Nuptials 18. Apprehension 19. Janet's Seduction 20. Rocky's Escape 21. Brad's Seduction 22. If Only... /Rocky Returns to the Womb 23. Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me 24. A Doctor in the House 25. Very Little Bonhomie 26. Eddie 27. You'd Better Wise Up 28. The Medusa Device 29. Rose Tint My World 30. Fanfare/Don't Dream It 31. Wild and Untamed Thing 32. I'm Going Home 33. Hello, Oblivion 34. Return to Transsexual 35. End Credits 1. Science Fiction/Double Feature (Main Titles) 2. The Home of Happiness 3. Dammit Janet 4. A Strange Journey 5. Over at the Frankenstein Place 6. A Hunting Lodge for Rich Weirdos 7. The Time Warp 8. Sweet Transvestite 9. What's on the Slab 10. Rocky's Birthday 11. Sword of Damocles 12. That's No Way to Behave 13. I Can Make You a Man 14. Hot Patootie 15. Eddie's Death 16. I Can Make You a Man (Reprise) 17. Frank and Rocky's Nuptials 18. Apprehension 19. Janet's Seduction 20. Rocky's Escape 21. Brad's Seduction 22. If Only... /Rocky Returns to the Womb 23. Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me 24. A Doctor in the House 25. Very Little Bonhomie 26. Eddie 27. You'd Better Wise Up 28. The Medusa Device 29. Rose Tint My World 30. Fanfare/Don't Dream It 31. Wild and Untamed Thing 32. I'm Going Home 33. Hello, Oblivion 34. Return to Transsexual 35. Superheroes 36. End Credits