“The Rocky Horror Picture Show” debuted in 1975 and became a cult classic while on the midnight movie circuit. The film was directed by Jim Sharman and Lou Adler was the Executive Producer. “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” stars Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, and Barry Bostwick.
The film follows a newlywed couple whose car breaks down and causing them to end up in the mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, played by Curry. Once inside the mansion, the couple experience a plethora of unusual experiences.
“The Rocky Horror Picture Show” has been the “...longest-running film in history, so it's touched a lot of people," Adler says. "When you look at the grosses of “Star Wars” or “E.T.,” and you see these enormous numbers, you have to remember “Rocky” went from a cult film to making $150 million when tickets were $3 and $4. So the amount of people that have seen “Rocky” is probably way above that have seen those other films." With cult classic films, the fans are an instrumental part of the film, as Adler explains, the fans are thought about whenever decisions are made regarding the film, “Some of those people have been with it since the very beginning, so we've looked for their input on when to put out a piece of product, basically everything…”
There are currently plans for a television version “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” to be made for Fox, however, according to Adler, the project will not progress unless they can cast it perfectly, “I don't want to do it if it's not going to live up to the way people embraced the movie over the past 40 years. We're not casting an original script; in a way, we're casting ‘Tim Curry.’”
Adler’s role in the creation of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” was instrumental, as Executive Producers oversee the entirety of a production. This means the Adler was involved in the creation of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” every step of the way.
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