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"He sold his soul for rock-n-roll," read the tagline for Brian De Palma's satirical Phantom of the Opera for the '70s rock scene. After hearing Winslow Leach (William Finley) perform a song from his Faust rock opera, Phil Spector-ish impresario Swan (Paul Williams) decides that Winslow's opera would ...more
MPAA Rating: PG | Year: 1974 | Running Time: 91 minutes
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$8.99PHANTOM OF PARADISE
Referencing vintage horror, Alfred Hitchcock, and the '70s vogue for supernatural terror, Brian De Palma used his favorite genre to take aim at the sensation-seeking rock audience and the exploitative entertainment machine, skewering such '70s trends as '50s nostalgia and glam rock. With splitscreen effects, he underlines the cost of putting media reality before life, as fame becomes the ultimate Faustian bargain. That entertainment machine, however, failed De Palma, and Phantom of the Paradise ...more
- Paul Williams - Swan
- William Finley - Winslow/The Phantom
- Jessica Harper - Phoenix
- George Memmoli - Philbin
- Gerritt Graham - Beef
- Keith Allison - Country and Western Singer
- Mary Margaret Amato - Swan's Entourage
- Jennifer Ashley - Groupie
- Gene Gross - Warden
- Carol O'Leary - Betty Lou
- Jim Lovelett - Winslow's Double
- Andrew Epper - Winslow's Double
- Gary Mallaber - Band
- Judy Washington - Dancer
- Brian De Palma - Director
- Edward R. Pressman - Producer
- Paul Lewis - Producer
- Gustave Berne - Producer
- Brian De Palma - Screenwriter
- Sylvia Fay - Casting
- Harold Oblong - Choreography
- William Shephard - Choreography
- Peter Jamison - Costume Designer
- Rosanna Norton - Costume Designer
- Michael Dmytryk - First Assistant Director
- Paul Hirsch - Editor
- George Aliceson Tipton - Composer (Music Score)
- Paul Williams - Composer (Music Score)
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