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5.9Brad and Janet Majors find their strained marriage put to the test on popular Denton TV show Marriage Maze. Poor Brad is heavily sedated and institutionalised, whilst Janet is given a radical makeover and primed for stardom. But what are the real motivations behind the kooky DTV crew and their enigmatic head-honcho, Farley Flavors?
Released: 1981-08-2194 minDir: Jim SharmanComedyBudget: $3.5MPart of: The Rocky Horror Picture Show Collection
Cast
- Jessica Harper as Janet Majors
- Cliff DeYoung as Brad Majors / Farley Flavors
- Richard O'Brien as Dr. Cosmo McKinley / Kitchenware Announcer (voice)
- Patricia Quinn as Dr. Nation McKinley
- Charles Gray as Judge Oliver Wright
- Ruby Wax as Betty Hapschatt
Themes
- small town
- american way of life
- musical
- satire
- social commentary
- fictional game show
- obsessed fan
- televison
- lyrical
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Ratings
IMDb
5.7/10
5,606 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
43%
Metacritic
36/100
- Year
- 1981
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Musical
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 2 wins & 3 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- incest
- Director
- Jim Sharman
- Screenwriter
- Richard O'Brien
- Cast member
- Eugene Lipinski
- Composer
- Richard O'Brien
- Production company
- 20th Century Studios
- Filming location
- London
- Duration
- 88
- FilmAffinity ID
- 429253
- Official website
- www.rockyhorror.com/shocktreatment
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- publication date
- 1982-09-03
- title
- Shock Treatment
- executive producer
- Lou Adler
- distributed by
- 20th Century Studios
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set in environment
- psychiatric hospital
- review score
- 43%
- capital cost
- 3500000
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