Phantom of the Paradise

Name: Phantom of the Paradise
Director: Brian De Palma
Genre: Musical, Music, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Released: 1974
Duration: 1 h 27 min
Cast: Paul Williams, William Finley, Jessica Harper, George Memmoli, Gerrit Graham

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1974
Brian De Palma
87 mins
15

Summary

Satirical rock opera combining elements of Phantom of the Opera and Faust., starring Paul Williams and William Finley. When a promising young songwriter has his best song stolen by an evil record producer, he will stop at nothing to see that justice is done.

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Review

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Alan Jones

Arguably the best musical comedy fantasy on film after The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Brian De Palma's funky retelling of the Faust legend via The Phantom of the Opera is a savvy satire on the rock industry, delivering plenty of diabolical chills in the pop process. Paul Williams may be hard to take as the eternally youthful impresario who lusts after songstress Jessica Harper, but Gerrit Graham is superb as the effeminate glam-rocker Beef. This being a De Palma film, the Hitchcock references are in abundance, including the wittiest Psycho shower scene send-up ever. And Sissy Spacek dressed the sets!

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7.3/10

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Cast

rolenameSwanPaul WilliamsWinslow LeachWilliam FinleyPhoenixJessica HarperPhilbinGeorge MemmoliBeefGerrit GrahamWardenGene GrossNightwatchmanHenry Calvert

Crew

rolenameDirectorBrian De Palma

Details

Theatrical distributor

Fox-Rank

Released on

1975-05-11

Languages

English

Guidance

Contains violence and swearing.

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour