Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show (1995) (V)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Genre:

Documentary | Short

Plot:

This short documentary, included on the UK double disc DVD set, features interviews (most previously available elsewhere) with all the usual suspects involved in the making of the cult film. |

Plot Keywords:

Film Making

Cast

Jonathan Adams	...	Himself
Lou Adler	...	Himself
Barry Bostwick	...	Himself
Nell Campbell	...	Herself
Tim Curry	...	Himself
Meat Loaf	...	Himself
Richard O'Brien	...	Himself
Sal Piro	...	Himself
Patricia Quinn	...	Herself
Susan Sarandon	...	Herself
Jim Sharman	...	Himself
Brian Thomson	...	Himself

Runtime:

37 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

This documentary is featured on the 25th Anniversary DVD for The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), released in 2000.

Movie Connections:

References Pulp Fiction (1994)

Sharman speaks!

This delightful documentary was originally produced for the 20th Anniversary laser disc in 1995, and was later added to the 25th Anniversary double DVD. Although short, it covers a brief history of the Rocky Horror Show play, and includes many interesting insights from director Jim Sharman and set designer Brian Thomson (who speak directly to the camera, in true Godard/Rocky Horror style), as well as brief interviews with most of the film's cast. The interviews were mostly taped on October 31, 1985 at the Beacon Theatre in New York before the 10th Anniversary party, except for Curry, Meat Loaf and Adler, who were taped in 1990 at the 15th Anniversary in L.A., and Sharman and Thomson, who were taped in Sydney, Australia in 1995. It makes a wonderful accompanying piece to the 1999 "Rocky Horror Picture Show" episode of VH1's Behind the Music, which featured longer interviews with O'Brien, Sarandon, Bostwick, Meat Loaf, Richard Hartley, Christopher Biggins, and Fan Club President Sal Piro among others (as well as clips from the rare 1975 "Making of Rocky Horror" featurette). Both contribute greatly to the legacy of the film (the DVD includes interviews done for Behind the Music, but not the entire hour-long program)