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[[File:Movie-lips.jpg|330px|thumb|right|The Lips of [[Patricia Quinn]]]]
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[[Lorelei Shark]] provided The Lips used for the promotional posters of ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'', which also included the tag-line ''[[A Different Set of Jaws]]''. In ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show'', The Lips are those of [[Patricia Quinn]] during the films opening number "[[Science Fiction, Double Feature]]". There are several official versions of The Lips that appear on almost all [[Officially Licensed Merchandise for ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show'']]. The concept the movie's opening sequence came from production designer [[Brian Thomson]], who based the disembodied lips on the Man Ray painting "Lips over Hollywood".
[[Lorelei Shark]] provided the lips from the promotional posters of ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'', which also included the tag-line ''[[A Different Set of Jaws]]''.  
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There are several official versions of The Lips.
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The concept the movie's opening sequence came from production designer [[Brian Thomson]], who based the disembodied lips on the Man Ray Painting "Lips over Hollywood".
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== Different sets of Lips: ==
 
== Different sets of Lips: ==
 
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Image:Manraylipslg.jpg|The Man Ray painting - Lips over Hollywood - The inspiration for the Lips
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Image:Manraylipslg.jpg|"Lips over Hollywood" by Man Ray - The inspiration for The Lips
Image:Rhps-Lips1.jpg|The lips from the advertising of The Rocky Horror Picture Show  
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Image:Rhps-Lips1.jpg|The Lips from the advertising of ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show'' (Lorelei Shark)
 
Image:Backwards-lips.jpg|The Lips occasionally flipped horizontally backwards
 
Image:Backwards-lips.jpg|The Lips occasionally flipped horizontally backwards
 
Image:difset.jpg|Alternate take of The Lips, cropped to look like ''Jaws'' movie poster
 
Image:difset.jpg|Alternate take of The Lips, cropped to look like ''Jaws'' movie poster
 
Image:croplips.jpg|Cropped and flopped Lips, cropped to look like ''Jaws'' movie poster, from 1975 newspaper ad-mats
 
Image:croplips.jpg|Cropped and flopped Lips, cropped to look like ''Jaws'' movie poster, from 1975 newspaper ad-mats
Image:Movie-lips.jpg|The Lips from the Movie (Patricia Quinn's)
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Image:Movie-lips.jpg|The Lips from the Movie (Patricia Quinn)
 
Image:8mm-lips.jpg|The Lips from the Super 8 (8mm) Trailer
 
Image:8mm-lips.jpg|The Lips from the Super 8 (8mm) Trailer
 
Image:Dvd-lips.jpg|The Lips from the DVD
 
Image:Dvd-lips.jpg|The Lips from the DVD
Image:jemlips.jpg|Line Art version of The Lips from 1978 advertising for first issue of The Original Soundtrack LP
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Image:jemlips.jpg|Line Art version of The Lips from 1978 advertising for first issue of [[The Rocky Horror Picture Show Original Soundtrack Album]]
 
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Revision as of 21:16, 14 March 2018

The Lips of Patricia Quinn

Lorelei Shark provided The Lips used for the promotional posters of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which also included the tag-line A Different Set of Jaws. In The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Lips are those of Patricia Quinn during the films opening number "Science Fiction, Double Feature". There are several official versions of The Lips that appear on almost all Officially Licensed Merchandise for ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show''. The concept the movie's opening sequence came from production designer Brian Thomson, who based the disembodied lips on the Man Ray painting "Lips over Hollywood".

Different sets of Lips: