- Title: USA: 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' celebrates 20th birthday
- Date: 20th October 1995
- Summary: MAN PERFORMING ON STAGE CROWD APPLAUDING CAST IN STAGE VERSION OF ROCKY HORROR SINGING CROWD DANCING O'BRIEN ON STAGE GROUP DANCING O'BRIEN SINGING TIME WARP
- Embargoed: 4th November 1995 12:00
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- Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Reuters ID: LVA3E2D9KEC34T8XQGIIBR70RILB
- Story Text: The sweet transvestite from transsexual Transylvania has turned twenty.
"The Rocky Horror Picture Show," the camp, low-budget comedy that became a cult hit, celebrated its anniversary with a special convention in Los Angeles.
Stilettos, sockings and suspenders were almost obligatory as fans and original cast members gathered for the event.
Auditions were held during the convention at the Roxy nightclub to pick characters to take part in a "Rocky Horror" stage production the following day at Pantages Theatre.
Also on hand were three of the actors from the original film, Barry Bostwick who played the clean-cut Brad Majors, Patricia Quinn, who played the wicked Magenta, and Richard O'Brien, who played the butler Riff Raff. He also wrote the screenplay.
The film is the story of two clean-cut kids who run into car trouble on the way to visit an old college professor. They seek help at a nearby mansion owned by Doctor Frank N. Furter, played by Tim Curry, a transvestite from the planet Transexual in the galaxy of Transylvania.
One of the most memorable musical numbers from the film is the song "The Time Warp." Two decades after its release, the film is still showing on cinema screens from Eastern Europe to Australia. Costing 900,000 U.S. dollars to make, it has gone on to gross more than 150 million U.S. dollars.
At midnight screenings, fans often participate by shouting out lines and throwing various objects at the screen at appropriate moments. There are more than 20,000 people in the film's U.S. fan club alone.
"Rocky Horror" actually began life as a stage musical in London in 1973, where it was perfomed more than 3000 times. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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