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Documentary The British Guide to Showing Off follows artist Andrew Logan and his outrageous Alternative Miss World Show. Verve has acquired the film for distribution on U.K. ground. Pic made its debut at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival his month. Alternative Miss World Show is an anarchic costume pageant hosted by Logan since 1972. Film London produced the Jes Benstock-directed docu with backing from the Film Agency of Wales and BBC Films as well as Skillset. The British Guide to Showing Off features Brian Eno, Zandra Rhodes, Grayson Perry and Richard O'Brien...

Michael York dashes onto the cinematic scene as the blundering but very enthusiastic D'Artagnan in Richard Lester's hugely enjoyable period comic romp. The late great Roy Kinnear is the long-suffering vassal of aristocratic swordsmen Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain and Frank Finlay, whilst Raquel Welch and Faye Dunaway shine as heroine and villainess, respectively. Producers Alexander and Ilya Salkind filmed the following year's sequel back-to-back with this more successful first part, which approach they would revisit shortly for Superman and Superman II. Dumas with wit, energy and integrity.

Notable Quotable: "That man in his time has insulted me, broken my father's sword, had me clubbed to the ground, laid violent hands on the woman I love! He is inconvenient. "

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Mike Nichols and Buck Henry achieve what seemed impossible, at least on the evidence of an earlier attempt: to transliterate the pitch-dark war humour of Joseph Heller into a cohesive,...

Just in time for Halloween, Glee: The Music, The Rocky Horror Glee Show, hits stores on Tuesday October 19. Paying homage to Richard O'Brien's cult musical masterpiece, the Glee cast injects their distinctive style to such Rocky Horror Show classics as "Time Warp," "Damn it, Janet" and "Whatever Happened to Saturday Night," "Touch A Touch A Touch A Touch Me". This special Rocky Horror Show themed episode airs Tuesday, October 26 at 8:00 pm et/pt on Fox. Check out the full audio tracks below!

Glee creator Ryan Murphy has unveiled details of an episode based on Richard O'Brien's iconic Rocky Horror Show musical. Digital Spy learned at the final Comic-Con panel that the executive producer is planning a prom date for Kurt Hummel in the musical comedy's second season, which starts from September. Murphy teased: "People think we're going to get bigger and bigger, but we're doing it in a different direction. I want to see a whole episode of Brittany, I want to see more about (more)...

The Rocky Horror Show creator Richard O'Brien has been left fuming after officials in New Zealand foiled his plan to retire there by refusing to grant him residency.

The 68-year-old Brit emigrated to New Zealand with his family when he was 10 years old and spent 12 years in the country before moving to London. O'Brien's siblings still live there, and so did his parents before they passed away four years ago.

The actor/writer had been planning to move back to the country to be closer to his family, but immigration officials have now rejected his visa application - insisting he does not fit the criteria for citizenship or permanent residency.

O'Brien admits he's baffled by the decision, and is planning to appeal to New Zealand's Immigration Minister Jonathan Coleman.

He tells the New Zealand Herald, "I just want to die in New Zealand. It's my home; it always has been and it always will be. (New Zealand) has always given me a great deal of strength and comfort and I have my brother and sister and more family there. It's just home... So we're going to be asking the minister to grant an exception to the policy because he is who he is."...

How would you cast the prime minister's biopic?

Now that Gordon Brown's political career is traversing the final segment of its narrative arc, it can't be long before someone proposes a film (or TV drama, more likely) charting its highs and lows. It may be too soon to write the ending of the prime minister's story, but it's not too early to start thinking about the cast. Who would play whom?

Gordon Brown Brown has been assayed by a surprising number of actors already, including David Morrissey, Peter Mullan and Tony Slattery. But based on the idea that, from an acting point of view, the latter-day Brown is basically Nixon with a Scottish accent, either Frank Langella or Anthony Hopkins would serve. Failing that, Philip Seymour Hoffman – he could probably play anyone.

Sarah Brown As a quiet, dignified, stabilising presence, Sarah Brown really isn't much of a part. Emma Thompson...

Richard O'Brien has said that the reason for the enduring success of The Rocky Horror Show could be that it evokes the biblical story of Adam and Eve. The actor and writer penned the long-running stage show as well as the screenplay for its 1975 movie adaptation and told Digital Spy that he could only speculate as to the reasons for its success. O'Brien said: "The easy answer is that it's just good simple rock 'n' roll fun. That's the simple answer. "My theory is that the first story most of us in the West are familiar with - and have been familiar with for so long - is the story of the Fall; Adam and Eve and the Serpent. It's almost a story in the collective consciousness." He added: "Brad (more)...

The forthcoming new production of the musical The Stripper tells the story of police Lieutenant Al Wheeler as he struggles to solve the mystery of the death of wannabe actress Patty Keller. First call was delectable Deadpan Dolores, a strawberry blonde who worked at the Club Extravaganza. She didn't usually keep things under wraps, so what was she hiding? With a nose for crime and an eye for the ladies, Wheeler will do whatever it takes to uncover the truth.