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Topic: Memorable films released on August 14th...
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Monte L Fullmer
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Posts: 8367
From: Nampa, Idaho, USA
Registered: Nov 2004
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posted 08-15-2011 12:14 AM
tons of memories for me on RHPS !
September of 1976 at our theatre in my home town. This film came in for a one week run as a regular feature. The manager and I watched this film the day I got the print: 20th Century-FOX Color by DeLuxe Flat-1.37:1, full frame 100 minutes 6 reels mono optical track
just to see what this is all about (even though we heard buzz about it in those old red covered "Boxoffice" magazines-about the stage play of the almost same title, just that "picture" wasn't there - just "Rocky Horror Show") and actually liked it for the 50's style rock and roll music, absurb costumes, themes and the whole thing about this film.
The friday of the opening, we had a decent crowd - mainly the curious and party going type of people - that witness this film. Film did okey for the wknd, but not enough to keep it two weeks, thus, it was gone after the last show on that Thursday night.
(Little did the manager and I knew that we had witness a cult classic..)
By the spring of 1977, "RPHS" grew to cult status where we were running the film (almost the same print that came from NFS out of SLC) once a month...
I began to have fun with "RHPS": I had a PA system up in the booth tied to the sound system, for we would make announcements through the sound system (Simplex XL sound). Right before I raised the curtains, but had the house lights dimmed, I would come on the mic and holler out "Whata do we want?", and the crowd would yell out "LIPS!!", I would repeat it again and of course the crowd would yell out again, "LIPS!!". I would holler out, "OKEY HERE THEY ARE!!", pop the dowser open and swing to sound over to the machine running the first reel, FOX trademark begins on the screen, and up goes the main waterfall curtain,then title curtains.
(There was a bona fide projectionist law to NEVER expose a bare screen to the public. They are never to see what the screen actually looks like.. the opening of any film was designed to like opening the drapes of a huge picture window and the patrons are looking out the window).
After a few screenings of this movie, our crowd attendance increased where we had costume contests and such. Radio stations loved the exposure and gave away freebies. Once again, this is where I had my fun again: When the "Rocky" and cast wannabes would get up on stage to actually act out the parts, I had a glass slide projector that I would use with a glass slide inserted that was painted black except for a one inch clear opening. I would use this as a spot light on the characters as they were dancing on the stage.... what total fun I had!
...and the chore of cleaning that big auditorium (696) seats of the trash and water the patrons threw around! We had to clean it due to the janitors refused to clean that house after such a mess. Took us all night to get it back to presentable condition.
Last time I ran "RPHS" was in 1989 and the cult aspect at this time really died off .. also, it was getting ready for VHS release...
It was a fun movie to present, but the cleanup was horrible to mention.
I remember when FOX TV network had a special on RHPS with the original cast of: Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon (her first movie), Barry Bostwich (also his first) and the host of others...
-Monte
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