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30 October 1981 (West Germany)
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The Home of Happiness more
Plot:
Janet and Brad become contestants on a game show... but wind up as captives instead. full summary | add synopsis
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Grind Madness At The BBC (Musick Review)
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A movie ahead of it's time.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jessica Harper | ... | Janet Majors | |
| Cliff De Young | ... | Brad Majors / Farley Flavors | |
| Richard O'Brien | ... | Cosmo McKinley | |
| Patricia Quinn | ... | Nation McKinley | |
| Charles Gray | ... | Judge Oliver Wright | |
| Ruby Wax | ... | Betty Hapschatt | |
| Nell Campbell | ... | Nurse Ansalong | |
| Rik Mayall | ... | 'Rest Home' Ricky | |
| Barry Humphries | ... | Bert Schnick | |
| Darlene Johnson | ... | Emily Weiss | |
| Manning Redwood | ... | Harry Weiss | |
| Wendy Raebeck | ... | Macy Struthers | |
| Jeremy Newson | ... | Ralph Hapschatt | |
| Betsy Brantley | ... | Neely Pritt | |
| Perry Bedden | ... | Neely's Crew |
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Also Known As:
The Brad and Janet Show (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
94 min | UK:88 min (PAL DVD version) | UK:88 min (DVD version)
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1.37 : 1 more
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UK:A (original rating) |
UK:PG (video rating) |
Ireland:15 (cut DVD version) |
UK:PG (cut DVD version) |
Iceland:L |
Ireland:15 (DVD version) |
UK:PG (DVD version) |
Australia:M |
USA:PG |
West Germany:12
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The red throne on the "Faith Factory" stage is Frank N' Furter's throne from The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) - painted red.
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Continuity: After Brad is admitted, he, Nurse Ansalong, and Janet leave, and the door closes. When Cosmo runs out of the office, the closing door hits him.
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Narrator: Once upon a time, there lived a real fast guy. His life was fast. His friends were fast. Heh - even his food was fast. But he was still not satisfied. He wanted to share his fast philosophy with someone else, a beautiful girl. Trouble was, she was in the arms of... another man.
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Narrator: Once upon a time, there lived a real fast guy. His life was fast. His friends were fast. Heh - even his food was fast. But he was still not satisfied. He wanted to share his fast philosophy with someone else, a beautiful girl. Trouble was, she was in the arms of... another man.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The Rocky Horror Treatment (1981) (TV)
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Soundtrack:
Bitchin' In The Kitchen
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After afew years since my last comment on this movie things have changed. The explosion of reality television on TV now makes the commentary on this movie a lot more relevant then when it was originally released. This movie looks not only at the "actors" of this form of entertainment but also the audience and even the producers. A lot of the people who watch this movie are seeing it in a monotone 2 dimensional way, when this movie has a lot more depth then can be seen with such a view.
This movie still deserves the 9/10 I gave it 2 years ago, it probably deserves 10. The style with which O'Brien shows the consumer/TV culture that was forming at the time this movie was made still works even today. This movie is a satire, it is not a spoof like the RHPS was, it is not a sequel, and it cannot be watched in the same manner. It works very very well as a satire on it's topic though using over the top imagery, effective musical numbers, and very over the top characterization.