Rocky Horror Picture Show- Hot Patootie- Bless my soul. No one uploaded this scene onto Youtube yet, or at least not the scene itself. It belongs on a stage, with the performers and audience joining in a. The music of The Rocky Horror Show and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, including cast albums, soundtracks, and cover songs. Discography, song lyrics, mp3 sound files. Many films can claim the title “cult classic,” but few have ever embodied that term quite like The Rocky Horror Picture Show. First written as a small stage. Top Grossing Sports Films (Since the Late 1970s and 1980s): From 1976 to 2015, only 15 sports movies had made more than $100 million at the. The Rocky Horror Show is a musical with music, lyrics and book by Richard O'Brien. A humorous tribute to the science fiction and horror B movies of the late 1940s. View Rocky Horror Picture Show song lyrics by popularity along with songs featured in, albums, videos and song meanings. We have 2 albums and 36 song lyrics in our. Absolute Facts About . First written as a small stage production by an out- of- work actor who wanted to pay homage to the B movies he loved, the film version flopped at the box office when it premiered in 1. Then, as midnight showings continued, its following grew, and grew, and grew. Renewed © 2003 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.People don’t just watch The Rocky Horror Picture Show—they live it, complete with costumes, props, and very vulgar audience participation. Four decades later, it remains the quintessential cult classic. So, to celebrate four decades of Absolute Pleasure, here are 1. IT BEGAN AS A WAY TO KEEP AN UNEMPLOYED ACTOR BUSY. What would eventually become The Rocky Horror Show, and later The Rocky Horror Picture Show, began as a way for Richard O’Brien “to spend winter evenings” when he wasn’t working as an actor. O’Brien poured his love of science fiction and horror films into the initial Rocky Horror songs, and eventually he showed the material to director Jim Sharman while they were working on a play together. Sharman took a liking to it, and convinced London’s Royal Court theater to give him a few weeks in the venue’s tiny Upstairs theater to stage a production. It played for only a few dozen people a night, but eventually grew a following. Not bad for something that started as the equivalent “doing the crossword puzzle” for O’Brien. RICHARD O’BRIEN ORIGINALLY WANTED TO PLAY EDDIE. As the production took shape, O’Brien knew he wanted to co- star as the motorcycle- riding Eddie, a role that ultimately went to Meat Loaf. Sharman, though, saw O’Brien in the role of the mysterious handyman, Riff Raff, and O’Brien respected and trusted his director enough that he agreed. COLUMBIA AND MAGENTA WERE ORIGINALLY ONE CHARACTER. As the stage play began casting, Sharman was hoping his friend, pop star Marianne Faithfull, would play Frank N. Furter’s female counterpart, but Little Nell had already been cast in the production. With Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Richard O'Brien. A newly engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must pay a call to the bizarre. Rocky Horror Picture Show showtimes, prop list, virgin's guide, online store, collector's guide, discography. So Sharman and O’Brien reworked the role into two parts: Magenta and Columbia. When the time came to cast Magenta, Faithfull was already off on a tour of India, so Patricia Quinn was cast. Quinn took the role, despite having almost no lines, just so she could sing the lead song: “Science Fiction/Double Feature,” which she called “the best song I’ve ever heard.”4. LITTLE NELL WAS CAST FOR HER TAP DANCING SKILLS ALONE.“Little Nell” Campbell had a rather interesting audition for the role of Columbia. At the time the stage production was getting underway, she was working as a soda jerk in London. Jim Sharman heard that she would perform tap dances while serving ice cream, and took some collaborators to see her. She danced for them, and won the role. FURTER ORIGINALLY HAD A GERMAN ACCENT. Taking a cue from the character’s name, Tim Curry began the stage production of The Rocky Horror Show by playing Frank N. Then, one day, he heard a woman on a bus speaking with a particularly posh accent and decided, “Yes, he should sound like the Queen.”6. Quinn wasn’t happy, but she did get a small consolation: The iconic lips that sing the song in the opening credits are hers. THE DIRECTOR AGREED TO A SMALLER BUDGET IN ORDER TO KEEP THE ORIGINAL CAST. According to Sharman, 2. Century Fox offered him “a reasonable budget” if he would cast “currently fashionable rock stars” in the lead roles for The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Sharman lobbied instead to keep the original stage cast (with some exceptions, like the addition of Barry Bostwick and Susan Sarandon), and instead got a “modest budget” and a very tight shooting schedule. Sharman now calls the decision “crucial” to the film’s cult success. MUCH OF THE FILM’S LOOK WAS INSPIRED BY AN ACTUAL ROTTING MANSION. While preparing to shoot the film, set designer Brian Thomson kept hearing about “the old house” near Bray Studios outside of London. When he finally got to see the house, a 1. Oakley Court, he realized it was exactly what they needed for the film, in part because its owners had essentially left it to rot (they wanted to demolish it, but it was designated as a historic site).“The minute we saw it, we realized that this gave us the basis for the whole look of the movie,” Thomson said. Because of its proximity to Bray Studios, the house has also appeared in a number of other films, including several from the legendary Hammer Studios line of horror movies. It has since been restored, and is now a hotel. A LARGE PORTION OF THE FILM WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN BLACK AND WHITE. While conceiving of the film’s overall look, Sharman, Thomson, and company originally decided that the film’s opening act should be shot entirely in black and white, and that the first color in the movie should be Frank N. Furter’s red lips when he appeared on the elevator. The idea was that Brad and Janet were living in a bland world, and when they met Furter they would be shown something much more colorful. Ultimately, the studio rejected the idea. THE REVEAL OF EDDIE’S BODY GENUINELY SHOCKED THE CAST. For the iconic dinner party scene, in which Furter reveals that his guests have been dining on Eddie, Sharman elected to tell only Tim Curry—who had to pull away the tablecloth to reveal Eddie’s corpse—what the surprise of the scene was. He wanted the rest of the cast to be genuinely shocked. A CARDBOARD MODEL WAS USED TO MAKE THE HOUSE FLY. For the climactic scene in which Riff Raff and Magenta launch Furter’s house back to Transylvania, Thomson originally began constructing an elaborate model of the house. In the end, though, there wasn’t enough time or money to produce a full- scale model for the moment, so a cardboard cutout of the house was used. As Thomson later pointed out, you can still actually see the real house in the background of the shot. THE FILM’S FAMOUS AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION WAS INSPIRED, IN PART, BY BOREDOM. The Rocky Horror Picture Show was a flop when it was originally released in 1. Brian Thomson first witnessed this phenomenon at New York’s Waverly Theater in 1. We thought it was pretty boring, and we thought if we yelled back . TIM CURRY WAS ONCE KICKED OUT OF A SCREENING FOR BEING AN “IMPOSTOR.”As the film’s cult following grew, Tim Curry was living in New York, just down the street from the Waverly Theater, so he often witnessed fans going to midnight showings in costume. Intrigued, he called the theater, told them who he was, and asked if he could attend. The theater initially didn’t believe him, until he actually showed up one night.“Finally I showed up, and they sort of believed me and took me in,” Curry later told NPR. While fans were delighted by Curry’s presence, the theater staff still wasn’t convinced, and an usher grabbed him, called him an “impostor,” and threw him out. Curry then took out his passport to prove he was the real deal, but declined to go back into the theater after the staff apologized. PRINCESS DIANA WAS A FAN. The Rocky Horror Picture Show has many famous fans (Meat Loaf and Tim Curry actually met Elvis Presley at a Los Angeles performance of the stage production), but perhaps none more impressive than Diana, Princess of Wales. Once, while doing a theater performance in Austria, Curry was informed that the Princess wanted to meet him. When they met, she told him that the film “quite completed my education,” apparently flashing a “wicked smile” as she did so. Additional Source: The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show. Greatest Sports Films. Sports Films are those that have a sports setting (football or baseball. Olympics, etc.), competitive event (the 'big game,'. Dramatic sports films or biographies have created memorable portraits. American sports heroes, individual athletes, or teams who are faced. The most popular sports. Hollywood films of the 2. American football, baseball, boxing, and basketball. Track. and field, horse racing, golf, ice hockey, soccer and wrestling. See also AFI's. 1. Top 1. 0 - The Top 1. Sports Films. There have been a number of. While many sports films have. Academy Awards, with 2. The first sports movie to win the Best Picture Academy. Award was Rocky (1. The only other two were Chariots. Fire (1. 98. 1, UK) and Million Dollar Baby (2. Robert. De. Niro won a Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of real- life boxer. Jake La. Motta in Martin Scorsese's Raging. Bull (1. 98. 0), while Hilary Swank won a Best Actress Oscar for. Million Dollar Baby (2. Kirk Douglas earned. Oscar nomination playing middleweight Midge Kelly in Champion. Paul Newman won Best Actor in the sequel The Color of. Money (1. 98. 6). And Sandra Bullock won Best Actress for her. The. Blind Side (2. This was only the second instance in which a. The Most Oscar- Winning and Nominated Sports. Films. Title (and Year) of Sports Film Dominant Sport Theme Number of Oscar. Nominations (and Wins) - in Descending Order of Wins/Noms Oscar Awards Million Dollar Baby (2. Boxing. 7 nominations (4 wins) Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best. Supporting Actor Chariots of Fire (1. UK) Track. 7 nominations (4 wins) Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best. Score, Best Costume Design Rocky (1. Boxing. 10 nominations (3 wins)Best Picture, Best Director, Best Film Editing The Hustler (1. Billiards/Pool. 9 nominations (2 wins) Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography Raging Bull (1. Boxing. 8 nominations (2 wins) Best Actor, Best Film Editing The Fighter (2. Boxing. 7 nominations (2 wins) Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress The Champ (1. Boxing. 4 nominations (2 wins) Best Actor (tie), Best Original Story The Pride of the Yankees (1. Baseball. 11 nominations (1 win) Best Film Editing Heaven Can Wait (1. Football. 9 nominations (1 win) Best Art Direction Champion (1. Boxing. 6 nominations (1 win) Best Film Editing Breaking Away (1. Cycling. 5 nominations (1 win) Best Original Screenplay Jerry Maguire (1. Football. 5 nominations (1 win) Best Supporting Actor The Color of Money (1. Billiards/Pool. 4 nominations (1 win) Best Actor The Blind Side (2. Football. 2 nominations (1 win) Best Actress Seabiscuit (2. Horse Racing 7 nominations (0 wins) - Moneyball (2. Baseball. 6 nominations (0 wins) - Creed (2. Boxing. 1 nomination (0 wins) - Total: 2. Oscar wins Top Grossing Sports Films (Since the Late 1. From 1. 97. 6 to 2. The Blind Side (2. The Waterboy (1. 99. The Longest Yard (2. Jerry Maguire (1. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. Rocky IV (1. 98. 5)Rocky III (1. Seabiscuit (2. 00. Blades of Glory (2. Rocky (1. 97. 6) Remember the Titans (2. Dodge. Ball: A True Underdog Story (2. Creed. (2. 01. 5)A League of Their Own (1. Million Dollar Baby (2. As of 2. 01. 6, the average sports drama (of wide releases. Box Office. Mojo. The top- earning sports drama was The Blind Side (2. The Waterboy (1. 99. The domestic grosses of almost every type. Rank. Name of Sport Total Gross (Approx.) of All. Movies (in Wide Release) in the Sport Title (and Year) of Top Grossing. Film in the Sport Top Film's Domestic Gross Revenue 1. Auto/Car Racing $2. Furious 7 (2. 01. Football$1. 4. 6 billion The Blind Side (2. Baseball$1. 1. 7 billion A League of Their Own (1. Boxing$1. 0. 9 billion Rocky IV (1. Basketball$6. 72 million Space Jam (1. Olympics$3. 76 million Blades of Glory (2. Horse Racing $3. 61. Seabiscuit (2. 00. Ice Hockey $3. 45. Miracle (2. 00. 4) $6. Surfing$2. 09. 3 million Surf's Up (2. Soccer (aka Football) $1. Kicking & Screaming (2. Figure Skating$1. Blades of Glory (2. Golf$1. 59. 1 million Tin Cup (1. Track and Field $1. Chariots of Fire (1. UK) $5. 9 million. Cheer- leading$1. Bring It On (2. 00. Dodgeball$1. 14 million Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2. Bob- Sledding$6. 9 million Cool Runnings (1. Wrestling$6. 6 million The Wrestler (2. Pool/Billiards$5. The Color of Money (1. Swimming$4. 6 million Swimfan (2. Rugby$4. 0 million Invictus (2. Bowling$2. 5 million Kingpin (1. Cycling$1. 9 million Quicksilver (1. Tennis$1. 7 million Wimbledon (2. Roller Derby $1. 3 million Whip It (2. Skiing$1. 1 million Aspen Extreme (1. Wheelchair Rugby $1. Murderball (2. 00. Cricket$9. 09. KLagaan (2. KPopular Real- Life Sports Characters: A number of sports films have documented or. Popular Football Films: Typical. Notre Dame football coach, Lloyd Bacon's Knute. Rockne: All- American (1. One of the best films ever. Ted Kotcheff's North Dallas Forty. Dallas Cowboys. team. The tearjerking made- for- TV sports film Brian's Song. Chicago. Bears running back (James Caan as Brian Piccolo). Burt Reynolds. starred in The. Longest Yard (1. 97. Paul Crewe in prison who must. Writer/director John Sayles' Eight. Men Out (1. 98. 8) dramatized the infamous episode in professional. World Series that was fixed - with. Sweeney) in the minors. And Tommy Lee Jones starred. Ty Cobb in Shelton's Cobb (1. Basketball Sports Films: Basketball- related sports dramas are not as numerous. Spike Lee's He Got Game (1. Denzel Washington as the convict father of a promising basketball. David Anspaugh's Hoosiers (1. Gene Hackman) that won the state. Ron Shelton's play- filled, trash- talking court. White. Men Can't Jump (1. Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes) and their scenes of two- on- two. The family- friendly comedy sports- related film Space. Jam (1. 99. 6). the first full- length picture for Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes characters. Michael Jordan AND Bugs. Bunny in a blend of live- action and animation. Boxing Sports Films: Films. One of the best boxing films ever made. Robert Wise's classic film noirish The Set- Up. Robert Ryan as aging boxer Stoker Thompson. Body and Soul (1. It starred. John Garfield as boxer Charlie Davis who 'sold his soul' to unethical. Others included King Vidor's classic The Champ (1. Champion. (1. 94. Kirk Douglas as the young fighter, the brutal. The Harder. They Fall (1. Humphrey Bogart's underrated last film. Eddie Willis - an aging, crooked sportswriter). Ralph Nelson's Requiem. Heavyweight (1. 96. Anthony Quinn as punch- drunk. Louis 'Mountain' Rivera, Martin. Ritt's The Great White. Hope (1. 97. 0) with James Earl Jones as black boxer Jack Jefferson. Karyn Kusama's independent feminist film Girlfight (2. Michelle Rodriguez as a struggling Brooklynite. Latino boxer. Russell's Oscar- winning dramatic. The Fighter (2. 01. One of the best films of the 8. Raging. Bull (1. 98. Martin Scorsese's tough, visceral and. Jake La Motta with a remarkable performance by actor Robert. De. Niro. The stylized scenes in the ring included flying blood. The all- American fictional. Philadelphia boxing hero Rocky Balboa in the populist, feel- good. Oscar- winning drama Rocky (1. Rocky. Balboa (2. Creed. (2. 01. 5): Other Sports Films: Kevin. Costner portrayed a talented pro golfer in Ron Shelton's romantic. Tin Cup (1. 99. 6). Although. a comedy, Caddyshack (1. Bill Murray). And Paul Newman portrayed swaggering. Fast Eddie Felson in The. Hustler (1. 96. 1)in the world of professional pool, shooting. Minnesota Fats (Jackie Gleason). Newman. reprised his role in Martin Scorsese's The Color of Money (1. Autoracing. in the Daytona 5. Days of. Thunder (1. Ron Howard's Rush (2. Formula One competitive. James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) and. Austrian opponent Niki Lauda (Daniel Bruhl). The most successful. Pixar's/Disney's animated Cars (2. And one of the most memorable. Slap Shot (1. 97. Paul Newman as. inspiring player- coach Reg Dunlop of a minor- league team. One of. the most successful ice- hockey films was Miracle (2. US Olympic hockey team, coached by Herb Brooks. Kurt Russell), who led the team to improbable victory over the Russians. Downhill. Racer (1. Robert Redford as an American downhill skier. Olympic superstar.
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