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3-dimensional sculpted interpretation in resin plastic of the original “one-sheet” promo poster for the film “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”.
8.5”w x 12.75”h x 2” deep – packaged in a protective box. The item may be hung or can stand freely on its own.
Inspired by the imagery from the film’s opening song (“Science Fiction, Double Feature”) sequence – Magenta’s red lips singing against a black background (although the song is actually sung by Richard O’Brien) – this is a recreation of one of the iconic promo posters for the 1975 film release on 20th Century Fox Films (a Lou Adler production).
The inspiration for the “Lips” image itself came from an early (1932-34) surrealist painting by artist and photographer Man Ray. Titled “A L’Heure de L’Observateur”, but more commonly known as “The Lovers” or “The Lips”, it was Man Ray’s homage to one of his great loves at the time, American model and photographer Lee Miller. It shows her lips – really big lips! - floating in a cloudy s sky above the Paris Observatory, and it became one of his best-known images.
It also inspired the Red Hot Chili Peppers, who used the image as an important feature in their surrealism-infused music video for the song “Otherside” from 1999’s “Californication” recording.
The film adaptation of Richard O’Brien’s successful stage play (“The Rocky Horror Show”) about innocence lost in a haunted mansion was directed by Jim Sharman, who also directed both the London and U.S. theater productions. It stars Tim Curry (“Frank-N-Furter”), Barry Bostwick (“Brad Majors”), Susan Sarandon (“Janet Weiss” – the whore!), and a large supporting cast (including some of the original cast of the stage play, including O’Brien himself, playing “Riff Raff”). The then-nearly-unknown singer Meat Loaf (taking a break from the production of his soon-to-be-huge recording “Bat Out Of Hell”) also pitches in (and is promptly killed).
The film has gone on to make history due to its fans and their ongoing efforts to make watching RHPS in a theater a true audience-participation experience, and 30 years after its initial release, the United States National Film Preservation Board added “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” to the National Film Registry.
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