| Testimonials:"A very good horror comedy-drama about a disfigured musician haunting a rock palace. Brian De Palma's direction and script makes for one of the very rare 'backstage' rock story pix, catching the garishness of the glitter scene in its own time."Variety"A gaudy, silly, but undeniably innovative merging of Gaston Leroux's Phantom of the Opera and the Faust legend into a giddy art-rock opera."James Kendrick, Q Network Film Desk"Filled with bizarre colors, vintage 70s-era rock and truly imaginative ideas, it's still a thrill. " Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid | | Synopsis:Brian De Palma's great, overlooked 1970s glitter-rock comedy-musical spectacle is a memorable combination of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and FAUST. Winslow Leach (William Finley) is a talented young rock composer/janitor whose music is stolen and whose life is destroyed by a ruthless record tycoon named Swan (Paul Williams)--who just happens to have sold his soul in exchange for rock-n-roll success and eternal youth! The ruined and disfigured Leach becomes the Phantom, an imposing leather-clad creature who is hell-bent on demolishing Swan as the diabolical music mogul prepares to open his biggest venture yet-- a rock-and-roll palace called The Paradise. Eerily prescient in it's depiction of yet-to-exist musical genres, this stunningly original and darkly comic rock nightmare features voice over narration by Rod Serling, and memorable original songs by the multi-talented Williams. | |
|  |  | |  | | Phantom of the ParadiseHe sold his soul for rock and roll. 
Country: | US | | Language: | English | | Genre: | Comedy | | Cast: | William Finley, Paul Williams, Jessica Harper, George Memmoli | | Directed by: | Brian De Palma | | OFRB Rating: | PG | | Runtime: | 100 minutes | | Show Dates: | Not Scheduled | | |
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