A group of us in film school at Ohio State trekked to Maryland just for the occasion. We also attended the so-called Midwest premiere of "Rocky Horror Picture Show" right around the same time (give or take a year). I remember all the very nervous people from Fox wondering how they were going to market a film they were sure would be a loser. At the PREMIER (mind you), they couldn't find enough people to fill the theater. There were cast members there, but I was too stoned to remember which one's they were. Afterward, I do remember my friends and I thinking we actually liked it. We went back to film school and told one of the profs about it. After that, he used to start out one of his lectures every year talking about "those big red lips". Strange world we live in.
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