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Jim Sharman is an Australian director. He is the director of The Rocky Horror Show, its film adaptation The Rocky Horror Picture Show and the film's follow-up Shock Treatment. Born in Sydney, Australia in 1945, Sharman spent a large part of his childhood getting a first-hand education in Vaudeville, traveling with his father's and grandfather's ...
Jim Sharman. Director: The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Jim Sharman spent much of his young life at the circus, where his father and grandfather ran a travelling boxing sideshow. Taking an interest in theatre, he attended the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, graduating in 1966. Sharman became interested in directing experimental theatre. While directing the Sydney production of Hair ...
1973 – ROCKY HORROR SHOW. Musical by Richard O’Brien “It was a night out they would remember for a very long time.” The melodramatic words that introduced this homage to late-nite sci-fi movies, gender confusion, and other delights, proved prophetic.
Production Notes. the release of The Rocky Horror Picture Show in 1975.) From an experimental production in a small London theatre to a smash international stage hit to a major motion picture, all in the space of 18 months! That's the exciting history of "THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW," a Lou Adler / Michael White musical production for 20th ...
Sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite scientist. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker and a creepy butler. Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man named 'Rocky'.
Mar 18, 2023 · The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a 1975 British-American musical-comedy-horror film produced by Lou Adler and Michael White and is distributed by 20th Century Fox.Directed by Jim Sharman, the film is based on the stage play The Rocky Horror Show written by Richard O'Brien, with musical arrangements by Richard Hartley, which had its initial run at the Theater Upstairs at the Royal Court Theatre ...
Oct 9, 2018 · What ensues is a celebration of kitsch, camp, horror, and science fiction cinema, a musical that makes very little logical sense but is a ton of fun. Naturally, a film like that has to have a riveting story behind the scenes. Written by Richard O'Brien and directed by Jim Sharman, The Rocky Horror Picture Show has just as many crazy details ...
