1/1/2023 0 Comments American beauty ost flac![]() ![]() 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).ĭetermined to have Phoenix sing, the Phantom soon discovers just how far Swan will go to give the people what they want.īrian Russell De Palma (born September 11, 1940) is an American film director and writer. ![]() Winslow then sneaks into the Paradise to sabotage Swan's show, disguising himself as the Phantom. Jumping prison, Winslow breaks into Swan's Death Records factory to ruin the recordings, but a record press accident grossly disfigures him. Swan steals the music and has Winslow imprisoned - but not before Winslow meets aspiring songbird Phoenix (Jessica Harper). ![]() "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.Īfter 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. Rod Serling (uncredited) as Introductory voice Gerrit Graham (Raymond Louis Kennedy, singing ) as BeefĪrchie Hahn], Jeffrey Comanor, Colin Cameron, and Harold Oblong as The Juicy Fruits / The Beach Bums / The Undeads William Finley as Winslow Leach/The Phantom Paul Williams as Swan /Singing Voice of The Phantom Like "Rocky Horror", " Phantom" is full of parody and incredible gimmicks. Whereas "Rocky Horror" remains a farce all the way through, "Phantom of the Paradise" is a real tragedy in the original meaning : the story of a genial but naive musician who gets his work swindled by an evil baby-faced producer who has sold his soul to the Devil.īesides, "Phantom" is more a film about music or a film with songs in it than a proper musical, and it's better so because the story is really interesting. You can find the OST of Rocky Horror HERE And there you get "Phantom of the Paradise", a picture that has everything to be the perfect cult movie, and would deserve much more attention than its more famous counterpart "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", released one year later. Mix "the Phantom of the Opera" with "Faust" and "the Picture of Dorian Gray", sprinkle it all with 1970's electric glam-rock, Gothic horror and uttermost baroque scenery and costumes. The story is a loosely adapted mixture of The Phantom of the Opera, The Picture of Dorian Gray and Faust and also briefly references Frankenstein and The Cabinet of Dr. Phantom of the Paradise is a 1974 American musical film written and directed by Brian De Palma. ![]()
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