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Paul Williams,
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William Finley,
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Brian De Palma,
Brian De Palma
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: 20th Century Fox
: Musicals
: 92 min.
: English, French
: English, Spanish
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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 be the perfect debut attraction for his new rock palace, the Paradise. Swan steals the music and has Winslow imprisoned -- but not before Winslow meets aspiring songbird Phoenix (Jessica Harper). Jumping prison, Winslow breaks into Swan's Death Records factory to ruin the recordings, but a record press accident grossly disfigures him. Winslow then sneaks into the Paradise to sabotage Swan's show, disguising himself as the Phantom. Swan, however, cuts a deal with the Phantom to finish his cantata; he promises that Phoenix will sing it but then reneges, hiring prissy glam rocker Beef (Gerritt Graham). Determined to have Phoenix sing, the Phantom soon discovers just how far Swan will go to give the people what they want. ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide
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by cammelltoe
January 18, 2006 - 1:04 PM PST
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3 out of 4 members found this review helpful
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| you may shift a bit in your seat during the inert expository scenes, but hold on when the hero gets robocop-ped, thanks to a bobo phil spector, or is that the devil? "Phantom of the Paradise" is pure Depalma, which means that it's silly, full of bravura tracking shots, bad acting, and ridiculous plot logic, but give it a chance and you'll be entertained. The camp value of this movie alone is worth it's weight in rhinestone. any movie that dares to blend the Faust myth, Dorian Gray, phantom of the opera, low-rent gore and a delirous appropriation of welles' famous tracking shot at the beginning of "touch of evil"--- here realized using split screen--- is more exciting than 'moulin rouge' any day of the week |
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