Release Date: 9/4/2001 Original Release: 1974 Format: DVD Length: 92 minutes Rating:PG (MPAA) Rating Reason: (Reason unavailable) UPC: 024543023777 Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainm
Horror/Suspense, Musicals, Cult Film, Fantasy, Psychos, Occult, Rock And Roll, Recommended, Big Business, Framed, Satire, Devil/Demons, Theatrical Release, Essential Cinema
Description
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. Academy Award Nominations: Best Original Song Score (Paul Williams/George Aliceson Tipton).
DVD Features
Region 1 Keep Case Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85 Audio: (unspecified) - English, French Subtitles - Spanish - Optional Additional Release Material: Trailers: 1. Original Theatrical Trailer 2. Previews - Fox Flix Interactive Features: Interactive Menus Scene Selection
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