The Rocky Horror Picture Show corrections

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) - 29 corrections

Directed by Jim Sharman, starring Barry Bostwick, Charles Gray, Christopher Biggins, Meat Loaf, Richard O'Brien, Susan Sarandon, Tim Curry

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At the wedding Janet is wearing black shoes but when she and Brad are at the castle she is wearing the same type of shoes except they're white. [Whose to say this all takes place on the same day? There could have easily been more than 1 day take place betwen scenes.] Corrected by SAZOO1975

Throughout the entire time when Brad and Janet are talking after the wedding, you can see the boom mic above them. It's bobbing, and every time it comes down you can see it at the top of the screen. [Actually the "boom mike" is only seen when they are in front of the church doors. This is because it is actually the lantern that hangs above the door.]

Right at the end Riff Raff explains that his laser gun fires a stream of antimatter particles. However if this were really the case then whoever he shot with it should have exploded violently as the matter and antimatter meet. [They wouldn't have got that far: they would have exploded on contact with the air upon leaving the barrel of the gun. (Presumably the gun has some sort of antimatter containment device, or it would explode upon being loaded.) This is another universe, where all sorts of weird things are possible, anti-matter guns amongst them. The rules don't apply.]

On Dr Frank N' Furter's lab coat is a red triangle, which is the same symbol that Nazi's used to put on the homosexual prisoners in the concentration camps during the second world war. [The red triangle denoted a Communist prisoner. A pink triangle denoted a homosexual. Somebody got their symbolism wrong.]

When Brad and Janet's station wagon gets a flat tire, the light in the car is a bright white that is emanating from the floor (note the shadows above them and the ones on their faces). If the light was from the dashboard or dome light, it would be more yellow and cast downward shadows on their faces. [Every car I have ever owned had lights in the floorboard that came standard with the vehicle, including a dome light that can be switched on or off seperately. The dome light simply does not turn on, while the floorboard lights are apparently on, causing the white light and upward cast shadows.] Corrected by Jazetopher

In the beginning, at the wedding scene, Brad goes from wearing a kilt in one shot to dancing in pants for the 'Dammit Janet' musical number. [Though it appears Brad is wearing a kilt he is in fact just wearing a tartan cummerbund.]

In the scene where Frank is singing 'Sweet Transvestite', he sings: "so you got caught with a flat wheel, how 'bout that." However, neither Janet nor Brad mention anything about having a flat wheel, only that their car broke down. [1) He's just using a figure of speech. 2) It's a musical. He's saying it to stay in rhythm and in the style of the song.]

When Janet is in the tank with Rocky and the faces of the other characters appear above her singing the line 'creature of the night', Frank's mouth moves different from the words; his line is badly dubbed. [His mouth isn't out of sync.] Corrected by Hamster

On the CD (the original 1975 soundtrack, not the 25th anniversay one), during "Don't Dream It, Be It", we can hear Tim Curry's voice very loudly, with the others just in the background. In the movie, everyone, including him, provides the background. [How exactly is this a movie mistake??]

In the pool scene, in the background, you can clearly see when Tim Curry was accidentally kicked in the groin. [Not a mistake, it could happen in that kind of situation. There are legs and arms going in all directions.]

In the ballroom, during the Time Warp, the liquid in the water dispenser is purple-red in colour. When Frank-N-Furter drinks from it, it is clear. [The water never changes colour. During timewarp it is possible to see that the dispenser is only half full. When Frank-N-Furter gets his drink you can only see the top half without any liquid. When he throws the cup at the camera the liquid is clearly red, you may need to watch it in slow motion to see it.]

When Frank-N-Furter takes a drink from the water dispenser, the water level in the drum doesn't change when Frank takes water from it. [When Frank-N-Furter drinks from the water dispenser we only see the top half of the dispenser. During timewarp we can see that the dispenser is half full also. We can see Frank-N-Furter get a cup, fill it, take a sip then throw it at the camera all in one shot.]

When Frank-N-Furter whips the tablecloth off, none of the assembled cast knew that there was a mockup Eddie corpse underneath. the shock they express was real. [not quite, they did know it was there, for if you look at it frame by frame we see 1 or 2 of the cast members "freaking out" before you can even see the corpse.]

After the "Hot Patootie" number, when Frank is chasing Eddie into the freezer, there's already blood in the freezer as Eddie crawls in. [Ever notice that giant gaping wound on Eddie's head? The blood is in the freezer because before the movie, Frank had given Eddie a partial-lobotomy. The half of Eddie's brain that was removed was given to Rocky. I'd imagine that when a transvestite removes half of your brain, there may be some blood.]

When the Time Warp is starting with Riff Raff and Magenta singing their seperate parts, When Magenta comes up to Brad and says "Not for very much longer" instead of being very weirded out, Brad accidentally smiles and almost laughs at her. [Having paid close attention during the whole song I've spotted Brad smiling a number of times. I think he's decided to humour everyone, which is supported by the way he talks and smiles afterward as he and Janet head toward the elevator. She's scared, he isn't. He just thinks they're being 'quirky'.]

At the beginning, when Janet is saying how radiantly beautiful Betty was, if you look at the top of the screen (seen on the DVD) you can see the boom mic over their heads and the shadow of it on the church doors. [I've corrected one like this before, but it seems to have disappeared. The "boom mic" and its shadow are a light fixture that is hanging over the church door.] Corrected by Myridon

Couple of deliberate mistakes. A billboard appears in the cemetery at the beginning of the movie and Brad has socks on when Frank N Furter turns on the magnetic floor - socks don't magnetize to the floor. [First, the billboard is outside the church grounds. Second, many commercial cemeteries have billboards advertising themselves or public service announcements - which a billboard promoting the town would be. Third, it's not a magnetic floor - it's a Sonic Transducer as is clearly labelled on the switch. Plus, only submit one mistake at a time.] Corrected by Myridon

At the end of the movie, after the Transylvanians have blasted off, you see Dr. Scott's wheelchair smashed on the ground. Shortly thereafter, you see Brad and Janet wheeling him in it. [I checked both US and UK versions on the 25th Anniversary DVD, after Dr. Scott is shown laying on top of the smashed wheelchair, the Criminologist says a few lines, then the credits roll. Neither Dr. Scott, Brad, or Janet is shown again except in still shots during the credits.] Corrected by Myridon

With seconds to go before the castle takes off like a rocket and disappears, Brad and Janet carry the lame Dr. Scott out the front door. After the house disappears, we see pieces of Dr. Scott's wheelchair among the rubble. Did they really push the wheelchair out the door before getting out themselves, with their lives at stake and almost no time to spare? [If you watch closely, you can see the wheelchair is left at the door and they carry/drag him further away from the blast zone. Did you think that they should leave their great friend and mentor at the mercy of Magenta and Riff Raff, never to see his own home planet again?] Corrected by Myridon

When Frank turns all the characters into statues they all lose their clothes, but Dr. Scott keeps his blanket. [The "magical" Medusa-izer probably decided that the blanket was part of the wheelchair rather than clothing - after all, the seat of the wheelchair is made of something resembling fabric and it didn't go away.] Corrected by Myridon