Richard O'BrienFilmography

Richard O'Brien's Rocky Horror Tribute Show

Crew: Composer (Music Score), Lyricist

Actors: Gary Amers, Michael Ball, Adrian Edmondson, Joanne Farrell, Amy Field

Synopsis: Captured live at the Royal Court theater in May of 2006, this 35 year anniversary concert performance of The Rocky Horror Show offers infectious proof of how a show that premiered in the Royal Court's cramped Theater Upstairs on June 6, 1973 went on to become a worldwide sensation. In this Read More

Night Train

Actors: Danny Glover, Steve Zahn, Leelee Sobieski, Matthias Schweighofer, Geoff Bell

Synopsis: A train conductor (Danny Glover), a pre-med student (LeeleeSobieski), and a fast-talking salesman (Steve Zahn) find their greed clashing with their better judgment after stumbling into a fortune in diamonds aboard a speeding locomotive, and attempting to figure out a way to keep their discovery a Read More

Jackboots on Whitehall

Actors: Ewan McGregor, Rosamund Pike, Alan Cumming, Richard Griffiths, Timothy Spall, Tom Wilkinson, Richard O'Brien

Synopsis: First-time helmer Edward McHenry heads up this U.K. war spoof using stop-motion action figures with voices provided by a top-notch British cast headed by Ewan McGregor and Rosamund Pike. Jackboots on Whitehall explores what would happen if the Battle of Britain had been won by the Germans. Timothy Spall Read More

The Ten Commandments

Actors: Naveen Andrews, Omar Sharif, Linus Roache, Padma Lakshmi, Dougray Scott, Mía Maestro

Synopsis: Dougray Scott, Linus Roache, Omar Sharif, and Naveen Andrews headline this epic mini-series from director Robert Dornhelm, and following the Prince of Egypt as he discovers his true identity and sets out on a mission from God. An oracle has prophesized that a child will grow up to become the Read More

Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream

Synopsis: Stuart Samuels's popular documentary Midnight Movies: From Margin to Mainstream grounds itself in the thesis that six revolutionary American motion pictures - Night of the Living Dead (1968), El Topo (1970), Pink Flamingoes (1972), The Harder they Come (1972), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) Read More

Elvira's Haunted Hills

Actors: Cassandra Peterson, Richard O'Brien, Mary Scheer, Scott Atkinson, Mary Jo Smith

Synopsis: Sam Irvin directed this 2001 send-up of the classic horror films of the '50s and '60s. Starring Cassandra Peterson as her tradmark character, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, the film finds the well-endowed goth gal spending the night in a mysterious house while en route to Paris, France, circa 1851. Read More

Dungeons & Dragons

Actors: Justin Whalin, Marlon Wayans, Zoe McLellan, Thora Birch, Bruce Payne, Jeremy Irons, Kristen Wilson

Synopsis: The imaginary world of the world's most popular fantasy role-playing game comes to life in this special-effects laden adventure. In the Empire of Izmer, magic is the key to power in both the supernatural and political realms. The Mages are a sect who know the secrets of magic and use it to hold Read More

Spice World

Actors: Spice Girls, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm, Geri Halliwell, Victoria Adams, Richard E. Grant, Alan Cumming

Synopsis: Bob Spiers (director of TV's Absolutely Fabulous) directed this feature-film debut of the five Spice Girls -- Posh Spice, Sporty Spice, Scary Spice, Ginger Spice, and Baby Spice -- as the quintet challenges the London pop scene during five days before their first live performance at the Royal Read More

Ever After

Actors: Drew Barrymore, Anjelica Huston, Dougray Scott, Patrick Godfrey, Megan Dodds

Synopsis: Andy Tennant directed this Cinderella variant. The Brothers Grimm arrive at the home of a wealthy Grande Dame (Jeanne Moreau) who speaks of the many legends surrounding the fable of the cinder girl before telling the "true" story of her ancestor. In flashback, the story then focuses on Read More

Dark City

Actors: Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt, Richard O'Brien

Synopsis: Alex Proyas (The Crow) directed this noir-styled futuristic thriller, scripted by Proyas, Lem Dobbs (Kafka), and David S. Goyer (The Puppet Masters). Separated from his wife Emma (Jennifer Connelly), amnesiac John Murdoch (Rufus Sewell) awakens alone in a strange hotel to learn he is wanted for a Read More

Wolves of Willoughby Chase

Actors: Stephanie Beacham, Mel Smith, Geraldine James

Synopsis: Stuart Orme directed this charming children's adventure-fantasy based on the book by Joan Aiken. Set during the imaginary reign of King James III, sometime in the last century, the story takes place in the snowbound and wolf-infested North Yorkshire countryside in England. The tale centers upon Read More

Revolution

Actors: Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland, Nastassja Kinski, Joan Plowright, Steven Berkoff

Synopsis: This period drama about the American Revolution has an overlay of rhetoric that thwarts the action, flattening out the story about a man and his loved ones caught up in the events of the time. Tom Dobb (Al Pacino) falls in love with Daisy McConnahay (Nastassja Kinski), an aristocrat who deserts Read More

Robin Hood... The Legend: The Time of the Wolf

Synopsis: In Robin Hood... The Legend: The Time of the Wolf, Robin discovers that one of his old enemies is about to unleash a diabolical plan of evil on the world, and he decides that he is the only man who can prevent the terror. Though the plot is silly, the action and performances are engaging, making Read More

Digital Dreams

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Bill Wyman, Astrid Wyman, James Coburn, Stanley Unwin

Synopsis: Wavering between straight documentary and cinema verite, Digital Dreams outlines the life, loves, works, and aspirations of Bill Wyman (1936- ), bass guitarist for the Rolling Stones. Having left the Stones during their 1981 Steel Wheels tour, Wyman, who'd previously cut solo albums in 1974 Read More

Quincy, M.E.: Scream to the Skies

Synopsis: An airliner crashes into the icy waters of Santa Monica Bay, killing several passengers. Investigating, Quincy (Jack Klugman) comes to the conclusion that many of the victims died needlessly, due to an insufficient supply of inflatable lifeboats. Thus begins another crusade for the feisty medical Read More

Shock Treatment

Crew: Composer (Music Score), Screenwriter, Songwriter

Actors: Cliff De Young, Richard O'Brien, Patricia Quinn, Charles Gray

Synopsis: The sequel to the cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show, this film follows the further adventures of Brad (Cliff De Young) and Janet (Jessica Harper), as the now-married couple travels to a small town to appear on a game show. However, once on-stage, they discover that they are trapped on the Read More

Flash Gordon

Actors: Sam Jones, Melody Anderson, Topol, Max von Sydow, Ornella Muti

Synopsis: Heroic earthling Flash Gordon saves the world from the nefarious Ming the Merciless in this lavish, intentionally campy adaptation of the famous sci-fi comic strip. The story is as basic as space operas get: Ming (Max von Sydow) has developed a plan to destroy the Earth, and Flash (Sam J. Jones) Read More

Jubilee

Actors: Jenny Runacre, Jordan, Nell Campbell, Linda Spurrier

Synopsis: Steeped in the nihilistic philosophy and rebellious fashions of the British punk movement, this early feature by experimental filmmaker Derek Jarman presents an unusual look at late 1970s London. The bulk of Jubilee focuses on a loosely connected group of female outcasts, united by a hatred of Read More

The Odd Job

Actors: Graham Chapman, David Jason, Diana Quick, Simon Williams, Edward Hardwicke

Synopsis: In this dark British comedy, a despondent businessman (Graham Chapman) decides to end it all after his wife leaves him. Unfortunately, he lacks the courage to do it to himself and so hires a professional assassin, telling him to do the deed no matter what. A short time passes and things look Read More

The Contraption

Actors: Richard O'Brien

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Crew: Play Author, Screenwriter, Songwriter

Actors: Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Richard O'Brien, Jonathan Adams

Synopsis: This low-budget freak show/cult classic/cultural institution concerns the misadventures of Brad Majors (Barry Bostwick) and Janet Weiss (Susan Sarandon) inside a strange mansion that they come across on a rainy night. After the wholesome pair profess their love through an opening song, their car Read More