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Rocky Horror Picture Show

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Jim Sharman
Produced by Lou Adler
Michael White
Written by Richard O'Brien
Jim Sharman
Starring Tim Curry
Susan Sarandon
Barry Bostwick
Richard O'Brien
Patricia Quinn
Nell Campbell
Meat Loaf
Charles Gray
Music by Richard O'Brien
Richard Hartley
Cinematography Peter Suschitzky
Editing by Graeme Clifford
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date(s) August 14, 1975 (1975-08-14)
Running time 100 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Budget $1.2 million
Gross revenue $139.8 million
Followed by Shock Treatment

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a 1975 British musical horror comedy/rock opera film that parodies science fiction and B-movie horror films. It was directed by Jim Sharman. The film is an adaptation of the British musical stage production The Rocky Horror Show. Richard O'Brien, author of the stage show, was assisted by Sharman in writing the screenplay. The film introduces Tim Curry and features Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick along with cast members from the original Kings Road production of the play first performed in the Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court Theatre in 1973.

Still in limited release 35 years after its premiere, it has the longest-running theatrical release in film history. The film is considered a cult classic. It gained notoriety as a midnight movie in 1977 when audiences began participating with the film in theaters across the United States. Rocky Horror is the first film from a major studio, such as 20th Century Fox, to be in the midnight movie market. Widely known by mainstream audiences, it has a large international following and is one of the most well known and financially successful midnight movies of all time. In 2005, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."