"Rocky Horror Show" is the most famous cult film in movie history. The film combines horror, musical, sci-fi and gay costumes and even vampire content, coupled with rock music and anti-social conventional content, and is welcomed by people from all walks of life. Today, "Rocky Horror Show" has a large number of loyal fans around the world. The film was originally a musical stage play written and performed by Richard O'Brien in the UK. Because of the popularity of the stage play by many audiences, it was put on the big screen by American director Jim Sharman in 1975 and premiered in Los Angeles. At the beginning of the film's release, the box office was not ideal. But to the surprise of the filmmakers, one year later, when the film was shown at midnight in some theaters, it received unexpected effects. At the beginning of the film's screening, some viewers took the initiative to imitate the dialogue of the characters in the film, clapping, singing and dancing to the music. This spontaneous interaction between fans has slowly become a tradition, and finally a special ritual. Whenever the movie is played in the theater at midnight, the entire theater becomes a carnival ocean. The audience will dress up and make up their favorite characters in the film to participate in the carnival. Whenever the film officially starts to play, the audience in the audience will immediately go into a crazy state. The entire theater will be filled with singing, dancing, yelling, swear words, and flying confetti and toilet paper. The film’s loyal fans have already memorized all the interactive programs of the "Rocky Horror Show", and even memorized every line and song of the film back and forth. It can be said that the value of the movie "Rocky Horror Show" has far exceeded the film itself, and its greater significance lies in providing a gathering, venting and crazy place for young people all over the world who love "Rocky Horror Show". , And the resulting "Rocky Horror Show" fan community. To this day, "Rocky Horror Show" is still a must-show movie at midnight every Saturday in many movie theaters. The stage play of the same name has become one of the regular shows on Broadway. The fans of the film will spontaneously hold a huge gathering about "Rocky Horror Show" every year. "Rocky Horror Show" has become a rare film where audiences can interact with the film simultaneously, forming a unique film culture phenomenon in the world's film history.
DVD
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Twentieth Century Fox released this set of DVDs titled "Rocky Horror Show 25th Anniversary Special Edition" on October 3, 2000 in District One. "Rocky Horror Show", as a masterpiece of sub-cultural films, holds an irreplaceable lofty status in the hearts of many fans of the film. In the process of making the DVD of this long-awaited midnight movie classic, Fox naturally did not dare to neglect. The DVD adopts a two-disc ultra-luxury configuration and contains many related tidbits. The picture and sound effects of the film have been carefully digitally restored by Fox, and have reached a first-class audio-visual level. The feature film uses excellent DVD production techniques such as multi-angle and white rabbit mode (multi-path entrance). On the basis of adding more materials, the interactivity of DVD has also been greatly improved. In addition, Fox also used the technology of double TITLE seamless link to make two different graded film versions of the British version and the US version in the feature disc. When the DVD starts to play, there will be an optional menu of two different versions of the feature film for the player to choose the version they want to watch. In addition to the different endings of the British and American versions, the division and chapter selection of the feature film are also slightly different. The feature film of this DVD has been certified by the "THX" professional, and the excellent image restoration technology makes the film almost invisible to any traces of time, and the image quality is not inferior even to many new DVDs. The feature film is also very powerful in terms of soundtrack configuration, except for the "THX" certified English Dolby 5.1 soundtrack and the original movie Dolby 2. 0 dubbing, it also includes the commentary soundtrack hosted by Richard O'Brien and Patricia Quinn and the audience's live soundtrack (this soundtrack is not only the original sound of the film, but also the sound of the audience participating in the scene, including the audience singing along with the film). The actors talk, cheer, clap, beat the beat, etc. It is very lively. Suitable for the faithful fans of the film). You can choose a variety of playback modes for the positive film. In addition to the regular playback mode, you can also choose the commentary track playback mode, the little white rabbit (multi-path entrance) playback mode, the participation playback mode and the simulated live playback mode. Needless to say, the first two modes are naturally unnecessary. When the white rabbit playback mode is activated, a white lip will appear in the lower left corner of the screen at a specific time during the video playback. Click the lip at the right time (press OK when playing with a DVD player) Key), you can enjoy the scene of the live performance of the stage play. If you choose the participation mode, an interesting subtitle will be displayed during the feature film to guide you how to interact with the film. For example: cover your head with newspaper, pull your rubber gloves, throw paper towels, throw confetti, clap, etc. The most interesting is the simulated live playback mode. After selecting this mode, you will be able to hear the above-mentioned highly interactive audio track with live audience participation. But if you are watching the film for the first time, I suggest that you still do not choose this soundtrack, because the cheers and shouts of FANS are strong enough to make you unable to hear the dialogue of the film. In addition to the above content that can be watched on a DVD player, Fox has also prepared a wealth of extras for players who use DVD-ROM. The DVD-ROM of the feature disc contains a wealth of website links, movie pictures, the chronicles of the Rocky Horror Show and movie-related screen protections, etc., which are guaranteed to make you feast your eyes. This set of DVDs not only has excellent sound and image quality and excellent feature film production, but also comes with a very rich D9 backstory disc. All in all, the DVD can be seen from the sound and picture effects, menu design, production technology, or extravagant features. It's no wonder that this set of discs has been marked as "completely sold out" on major DVD sales websites since it was first released, and it has become a rare collector's item for DVD players around the world. The commentary soundtrack hosted by Quinn and the audience's live soundtrack (In addition to the original sound of the film, this soundtrack also contains the sound of the audience participating in the scene, including the audience singing along with the film, dialogue with the actors, cheering, clapping, and beating the beat, etc. Lively. Suitable for loyal fans of the film). You can choose a variety of playback modes for the positive film. In addition to the regular playback mode, you can also choose the commentary track playback mode, the little white rabbit (multi-path entrance) playback mode, the participation playback mode and the simulated live playback mode. Needless to say, the first two modes are naturally unnecessary. When the white rabbit playback mode is activated, a white lip will appear in the lower left corner of the screen at a specific time during the video playback. Click the lip at the right time (press OK when playing with a DVD player) Key), you can enjoy the scene of the live performance of the stage play. If you choose the participation mode, an interesting subtitle will be displayed during the feature film to guide you how to interact with the film. For example: cover your head with newspaper, pull your rubber gloves, throw paper towels, throw confetti, clap, etc. The most interesting is the simulated live playback mode. After selecting this mode, you will be able to hear the above-mentioned highly interactive audio track with live audience participation. But if you are watching the film for the first time, I suggest that you still do not choose this soundtrack, because the cheers and shouts of FANS are strong enough to make you unable to hear the dialogue of the film. In addition to the above content that can be watched on a DVD player, Fox has also prepared a wealth of extras for players who use DVD-ROM. The DVD-ROM of the feature disc contains a wealth of website links, movie pictures, the chronicles of the Rocky Horror Show and movie-related screen protections, etc., which are guaranteed to make you feast your eyes. This set of DVDs not only has excellent sound and image quality and excellent feature film production, but also comes with a very rich D9 behind-the-scenes disc. All in all, the DVD can be seen from the sound and picture effects, menu design, production technology, or extravagant features. It's no wonder that this set of discs has been marked as "completely sold out" on major DVD sales websites since it was first released, and it has become a rare collector's item for DVD players around the world. The commentary soundtrack hosted by Quinn and the audience's live soundtrack (In addition to the original sound of the film, this soundtrack also contains the sound of the audience participating in the scene, including the audience singing along with the film, dialogue with the actors, cheering, clapping, and beating the beat, etc. Lively. Suitable for the faithful fans of the film to listen to). You can choose a variety of playback modes for the positive film. In addition to the regular playback mode, you can also choose the commentary track playback mode, the little white rabbit (multi-path entrance) playback mode, the participation playback mode and the simulated live playback mode. Needless to say, the first two modes are naturally unnecessary. When the white rabbit playback mode is activated, a white lip will appear in the lower left corner of the screen at a specific time during the video playback. Click the lip at the right time (press OK when playing with a DVD player) Key), you can enjoy the scene of the live performance of the stage play. If you choose the participation mode, an interesting subtitle will be displayed during the feature film to guide you how to interact with the film. For example: cover your head with newspaper, pull your rubber gloves, throw paper towels, throw confetti, clap, etc. The most interesting is the simulated live playback mode. After selecting this mode, you will be able to hear the above-mentioned highly interactive audio track with live audience participation. But if you are watching the film for the first time, I suggest that you still do not choose this soundtrack, because the cheers and shouts of FANS are strong enough to make you unable to hear the dialogue of the film. In addition to the above content that can be watched on a DVD player, Fox has also prepared a wealth of extras for players who use DVD-ROM. Positive The DVD-ROM of the disc contains a wealth of website links, film pictures, the chronicle of the Rocky Horror Show and the screen protection related to the film, and many other contents are guaranteed to let you feast your eyes. This set of DVDs not only has excellent sound and image quality and excellent feature film production, but also comes with a very rich D9 backstory disc. All in all, the DVD can be seen from the sound and picture effects, menu design, production technology, or extravagant features. It's no wonder that this set of discs has been marked as "completely sold out" on major DVD sales websites since it was first released, and it has become a rare collector's item for DVD players around the world.
Menu:
The menu design of this dish is quite outstanding. The full dynamic menu is a combination of the two protagonists, the famous big mouth and the beautiful legs in stockings. If you stay on the menu for a while and don't make any choices, the big mouth and beautiful legs that were originally chattering will twist with the background music. Their interesting actions will definitely make you laugh. And when you make different choices in the menu, you will see different cutscenes. The main menu includes four options: feature play, language selection, special recording and chapter selection. In the last item of the special inclusion sub-menu, you can switch between the two different versions of the British version and the US version of the feature film. Both versions have their own chapter menus, and the UK version has one more chapter than the US version.
Image quality:
All the positive DVD films have passed strict THX certification.
Fox Company carried out meticulous digital restoration work on the original film of the film. The excellently restored positive film makes it almost impossible for viewers to find extra noise and scratches on the DVD screen. The 16:9 anamorphic widescreen format used by DVDs makes the overall picture detail outstanding. The layering, detail and color saturation of the picture are quite good. The overall color of the picture is quite gorgeous, the edges of the scene are very sharp, but there is no obvious flanging (a few scenes have a slight halo phenomenon, but that is the original effect of the film source, not a problem of DVD production) . There is no problem of color distortion or heavier graininess, which is easy to occur in many old films. Excellent picture quality, even if you observe very carefully, it is difficult to convince you that this is a time-honored film. In general, Fox has worked hard on the quality of this old film. No matter from which point of view, the picture quality of the film is definitely among the best works in DVD.
Sound quality:
Fans who are familiar with "Rocky Horror Show" should know that music and songs occupy a very important position in the film. This also makes the production of DVD soundtracks a lot of attention from disc fans. It is commendable that the English Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack produced by Fox has accomplished its mission very well. The sound positioning of the entire sound track is accurate, and the surround is active. Whether it is the spatial sense of the sound field, the explosive power, or the impact and persistence of the low frequency, it is extremely excellent. The soundtrack is also very clear in some segments with more dialogue. Even in some cases where the background music is quite strong, there is no distortion in the dialogue. The clear dialogue expresses the distinctive voices of the actors in the film. The entire soundtrack is a perfect blend of dialogue, music and background sound effects. Without interfering with each other, each sound link performs perfectly. With a THX-certified high-quality soundtrack, coupled with the excellent melody of the film’s own music, every time I listen to it, I’m excited, and even can’t help but sing along with the characters in the film. No wonder the fans of the film are so keen on interacting with the film.
Highlights:
For the fans of this film, the rich highlights attached to this two-disc DVD must be a sumptuous meal. If the interesting tidbits in the feature discs described above are not enough to make you addicted, then the rich content contained in another D9 tidbits disk is sure to be enough to feast the eyes of any DVD player. In the extravaganza, you can not only see a collection of trailers, photo collections and interesting NG shots related to the movie. You can also enjoy the other endings of the film and the deleted clips that were cut when the film was released in the cinema. The most worth watching is the classified interviews with the main actors and directors of the film and a long documentary that lasted more than half an hour after the film’s 25th anniversary. In addition, it’s worth mentioning that the karaoke section (with karaoke subtitles) of the main track in the "Rocky Horror Show" is also included in the backlash disc. Players who like the songs in the film can not only sing along with the original sound of the film, but also eliminate the original vocals and show off their singing along with the accompaniment. It can be said that only with THX-certified audio and video quality, complex white rabbits and multi-TITLE production technology, plus a wealth of tidbits content, it can be seen that Fox’s 25th anniversary of the Rocky Horror Show The importance of the special edition DVD. For fans of the film and DVD fans, no matter from which point of view, this set of DVDs has reason to be included in the list of obligatory DVDs.
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