The Rocky Horror Picture Show

THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW A SCREENPLAY BY JIM SHARMAN AND RICHARD O'BRIEN Adapted from "The Rocky Horror Show" a musical with Book, Music & Lyrics by Richard O'Brien ----- 1 THE FIRST IMAGE IS A SET OF RED VELVET CINEMA CURTAINS Soft Drum-Roll. 2 THEY SPLIT OPTICALLY TO REVEAL THE DISTRIBUTION COMPANY LOGO. Fanfare. 3 A SMALL WHITE SCREEN - ACADEMY SIZE - APPEARS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WIDE-SCREEN FORMAT On the sides of the image are stationary sprocket holes of celluloid. SCIENCE FICTION DOUBLE FEATURE * Musical Introduction. Film head runs down numbers:10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, START. Very scratched.During the SONG we see snatches of the films mentioned in SONG.They look old and scratched and they are INTERCUT with flashes of white screen, burnt celluloid, etc. SONG:"SCIENCE FICTION DOUBLE FEATURE" 4 THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL - THE END SEQUENCE OF THE ROBOT CARRYING THE HERO VOICE OVER Michael Rennie was ill. The day the earth stood still But he told us where we stand WIPE TO 5 FLASH GORDON - BUSTER CRABBE IN ACTION VOICE OVER (Cont) And Flash Gordon was there In silver underwear. WIPE TO 6 THE INVISIBLE MAN - CLAUDE RAINS IN BANDAGES AND DARK GLASSES VOICE OVER (Cont) Claude Rains was the invisible man.