Factual error: The criminologist describes the events of the movie as taking place "on a late November evening". In the very next scene, Brad and Janet are driving in Brad's car, and President Richard Nixon's resignation speech is playing on the radio. Nixon resigned in August of 1974. (00:12:00)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Jim Sharman
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Tim Curry, Barry Bostwick, Charles Gray, Meat Loaf, Richard O'Brien, Christopher Biggins
Riff Raff and Magenta turn on Frank N Furter and go back to their home planet of Transsexual (Riff, Magenta and Frank are all aliens). Columbia, Rocky Horror and Frank all die. Janet, Brad and Dr Scott are left, crawling on the ground where the castle used to be (Magenta & Riff Raff took the castle back with them). The Criminologist says something profound and the credits roll.
Lama
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Suggested correction: It is said by the writer of the movie that Brad taped the Nixon speech so he could listen to it later in his car, the movie does take place in late November.
Dr. Frank-N-Furter: It's not easy having a good time! Even smiling makes my face ache!
Trivia: At one point on set, the cast had an off-camera Easter egg hunt. Some were never found - you can see at least three of the eggs in the film: one under Frank-N-Furter's throne, one in the main hall in place of the light, and another when they are going up to the lair in the elevator.
Question: When Riff-Raff and Magenta interrupt Frank-N-Furter's floor show, Riff-Raff says that Frank's mission was a failure. What exactly was the mission?
Answer: It has never been expressly stated, though many theories exist, the primary one being that Frank and the others were sent to Earth simply to experiment on human life and possibly reproduce it (Frank is a scientist, they have a lab, he creates Rocky etc.) and to test their technology on humans. This would require a level of covertness, which Frank disregards by flaunting his hedonistic lifestyle, and thus could have been seen as a failure.