Rocky Horror Picture Show Lets Do the Time Warp Again Script
Script To Screen: "The Rocky Horror Picture Prove"
As a salute to Halloween, how about a cut from the 1975 cult archetype The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Setup: A newly engaged couple take a breakdown in an isolated area and must pay a call to the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-N-Furter.
40 SONG: "THE Time WARP" BRAD and JANET are rather unnerved by this burst from the
domestic. They look back to RIFF RAFF. He is now continuing
by a set of mirrors reflecting to infinity. RIFF RAFF
It's phenomenal
Fourth dimension is fleeting
Madness takes its toll
Merely mind closely
Not for very much longer
I've got to go along command. MAGENTA gives RIFF RAFF a strange signal. RIFF RAFF starts to trip the light fantastic toe in an boggling fashion. RIFF RAFF
I remember doing the Time Warp. BRAD and JANET are amazed. RIFF RAFF
Drinking those moments when
The blackness would striking me. MAGENTA half closes her eyes in pleasure. JANET clings to BRAD. RIFF RAFF
And the void would be calling. RIFF RAFF opens a set of double doors marked BALLROOM. 41 INT. BALLROOM NIGHT BRAD and JANET discover themselves on a balcony of a huge black
and silver ballroom. At the furthest end is a throne-like
chair and, surrounding it, a theatre proscenium. In the
body of the room are GUESTS. They are the people BRAD and
JANET passed on the road. They are the Transylvanian Secret
Agents - assembled on this special occasion from all over
the earth. Information technology is the Almanac Transylvanian Convention -
announced by an official banner suspended over the Ballroom.
They are all dressed in strange merely elegant evening article of clothing.
They are a distorted version of the GUESTS from the Denton
wedding. A political party spirit prevails, they throw their arms out
in a plea to RIFF RAFF on the balcony. GUESTS
Let'southward do the Fourth dimension Warp once again. JANET falls into BRAD's arms. RIFF RAFF is ecstatic. BRAD revives JANET. GUESTS
(repeating action)
Let's practice the Fourth dimension Warp again. JANET faints again. 42 INT. Study Night The NARRATOR moves from his desk-bound to the wall behind him. He
pulls down a chart with illustrated dance steps on information technology. He
gestures to the appropriate department of the diagram with the
arrow. NARRATOR
It's just a jump to the left. WIPE TO 43 INT. BALLROOM Dark The GUESTS spring to the left in one giant step. GUESTS
(dancing)
And a step to the right - right -
right - right - right. WIPE TO 44 INT. STUDY NIGHT NARRATOR points to next step on the chart. NARRATOR
With your hands on your hips. WIPE TO 45 INT. BALLROOM Night ALL GUESTS have hands on hips. GUESTS
Yous bring your knees in tight.
But it'due south the pelvic thrust. The rows of GUESTS open out with pelvic thrusts. GUESTS (Cont)
They really bulldoze you insane. We come across them from the balcony and they open out in formation. GUESTS (Cont)
Let'south do the Time Warp over again. JANET revives. The GUESTS re-form. GUESTS
Let's do the Time Warp over again. BRAD and JANET make a run out the door. Cut TO 46 INT. STAIRWAY Dark They collide with MAGENTA who has blocked off the corridor
with her vacuum. She sings with menace, waving the cleaner
hose dangerously. MAGENTA
It's then dreamy
Oh, fantasy gratis me
And so you can't meet me
No non at all. BRAD and JANET look at each other in alert. In another dimension.
(she forces them back towards
balcony)
With voyeuristic intention. BRAD blushes. Well secluded I see all
With a fleck of a mind flip
You're into the time slip
Aught will ever seem the aforementioned. They are back at the balcony. You lot're spaced out on sensation. They are at the edge of the balcony. Like you're under sedation. They force BRAD and JANET into the Ballroom proper. The GUESTS turn on them. GUESTS
Let's do the Time Warp over again. BRAD and JANET are completely dismayed. GUESTS
Let's do the Time Warp again. COLUMBIA, a young girl, is the household groupie. She sings
with the ring at the end of the Ballroom. CUT TO 47 INT. BANDSTAND Night COLUMBIA
Well I was walking downwards the street
Just having a think
When a snake of a guy
Gave me an evil wink.
Well it shook me upwardly
It took me past surprise
He had a option-upwards truck
And the devil'south optics
He stared at me
And I felt a change
Time meant nothing
Never would again. Cutting TO 48 INT. BALLROOM NIGHT GUESTS
Let's do the Time Warp once more. BRAD and JANET are reeling. GUESTS
Allow's practise the Fourth dimension Warp again. Cutting TO 49 INT. Study Nighttime NARRATOR. He has now go rather involved in the trip the light fantastic toe
and is standing on the blotter on the top of his desk. NARRATOR
It's only a bound to the left. He jumps to the left. WIPE TO 50 INT. BALLROOM NIGHT GUESTS
Then a step to the right. The GUESTS take one.
WIPE TO 51 INT. STUDY NIGHT The NARRATOR dancing on the desk-bound. NARRATOR
With your hands on your hips. WIPE TO 52 INT. BALLROOM NIGHT GUESTS
You bring your knees in tight. OVERHEAD TRAVELLING SHOT. But information technology'southward the pelvic thrust. Low TRAVELLING SHOT betwixt their legs. That actually drives y'all insane.
Permit'southward do the Time Warp again. Everyone reverses direction. Allow'due south practise the Fourth dimension Warp over again. All the GUESTS fall to the floor like flies wearied.
Here is the movie version the scene:
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