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The Apple
Why this pick
A gaudy, aggressively artificial dystopian musical with cult-pageant energy, bizarre pop spectacle, and a gleefully unrestrained sense of kitsch akin to Shock Treatment.
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MOVIE1981 1h 34m USA
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
An ultra-low-budget black-and-white musical fantasia, packed with cartoonish sets, oddball songs, and anarchic stage-show logic for viewers drawn to deliberate theatrical artificiality.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Continuing from ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show'' are the characters of Brad and Janet Majors (now portrayed by Cliff De Young and Jessica Harper, respectively), now married. The film takes place in the town of Denton, USA, which has been taken over by fast food magnate Farley Flavors (also De Young). The town of Denton is entirely encased within a television studio for the DTV (Denton Television) network. Residents are either stars and regulars on a show, cast and crew, or audience members. Brad and Janet, seated in the audience, are chosen to participate in the game show ''Marriage Maze'' by the kooky, supposedly blind host Bert Schnick (Barry Humphries). As a "prize", Brad is imprisoned on ''Dentonvale'', a soap opera that centers upon the local mental hospital run by brother and sister Cosmo and Nation McKinley (Richard O'Brien and Patricia Quinn).
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Jessica Harper
Janet Majors
Patricia Quinn
Nation McKinley
Ruby Wax
Betty Hapschatt
Nell Campbell
Nurse Ansalong
Manning Redwood
Harry Weiss
Gary Shail
Oscar Drill
Barry Dennen
Irwin Lapsey
Gary Martin
'Bit' Guitarist