Phantom of the Paradise (1974)

Directed by

Brian De Palma

Genre

drama film, comedy film, fantasy film, horror film, musical film, monster film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 755 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young songwriter is tricked out of his music by a sleazy record producer. He becomes a disfigured phantom who haunts the producer's new rock palace and demands that his songs be sung by the woman he loves.

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What happens

Phantom of the Paradise is a 1974 American rock musical comedy horror film written and directed by Brian De Palma, and scored by and starring Paul Williams. A naïve young singer-songwriter, Winslow Leach (William Finley), is tricked by legendary but unscrupulous music producer Swan (Williams) into sacrificing his life's work. In revenge, the songwriter dons a menacing new persona and proceeds to terrorize Swan's new concert hall, insisting his music be performed by his most adored singer, Phoenix (Jessica Harper). The plot loosely adapts several classic works: the 16th-century Faust legend, Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray and Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel The Phantom of the Opera. The film was a box-office failure and received mixed-to-negative reviews contemporaneously, while earning praise for its music and receiving Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations. However, over the years, the film has received much more positive reviews and has become a cult classic. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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