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Phantom of The Paradise (Collector's Edition) [Blu-ray]

Paul Williams (Actor), Jessica Harper (Actor), Brian De Palma (Director) Rated:
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Contributor Brian De Palma, Jessica Harper, Paul Williams, William Finley
Language English, English
Runtime 1 hour and 32 minutes
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Paul Williams wrote the acclaimed score for this musical horror classic, and stars as an evil record tycoon haunted and taunted by the disfigured composer Winslow Leach (William Finley, SISTERS) he once wronged. Starring Jessica Harper (SUSPIRIA, SHOCK TREATMENT) and Gerrit Graham (USED CARS, TERRORVISION), this hilarious send-up of the glam rock era is pure entertainment from beginning to end.

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The 40th Anniversary Blu-ray from Scream Factory contains more extras than you can shake a really big stick at. On top of the gorgeous transfer, there is a new commentary by Harper, Graham, and the three members of the Juicy Fruits (Archie Hahn, Peter Elbling, and Jeffrey Comanor), interviews with Brian De Palma, Paul Williams, and make-up effects artist Tom Burman, a feature-length making-of documentary, an hour-long conversation between Williams and Guillermo del Toro, alternate takes and scenes, trailers, outtakes and more. Its a LOT of material and will give you everything you could possibly want to know about this weird and glorious bit of 70s cinema --Nerdist, August 5th 2014

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.93 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ SFY15116BR
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Brian De Palma
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Blu-ray, NTSC, Multiple Formats, Collector's Edition
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 32 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ August 5, 2014
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Paul Williams, Jessica Harper, William Finley
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Scream Factory
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00JHH1YQG
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
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Chris Edwards
5.0 out of 5 stars It was great
Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2024
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fun Movie
Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2024
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While this movie has some cheesy vibes to it, I would say it is a super fun watch! I really enjoyed the set designs, also Winslow’s costume reminds me of Femtoe’s design which was cool. Will def watch again!
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Slade Simon
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Movie
Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 1999
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Phantom of the Paradise is a '70s rock version of Phantom of the Opera. Winslow is a composer whose music is stolen by a famous producer named Swan. During all of this, Winslow ends up falling for Phoenix and only wants her to sing his songs. Meanwhile, Swan plans to open a new rock palace called The Paradise using Winslow's music - with a few changes.
Phantom of the Paradise actually borrows more from the 1962 version of Phantom of the Opera where the Phantom gets his music stolen and his face is disfigured by acid while trying to destroy the printing plates of his stolen music. In Paradise, Winslow's face is injured while trying to destroy the recordings of the stolen music. Paradise really combines the plots of the 1962 Opera and the play Faust.
Thanks to the truth behind the character of Swan (Paul Williams) the movie does have a Twilight Zone quality to it. You even have Rod Serling speaking at the beginning. Brian DePalma likes to borrow from Hitchcock, and he has an interesting and humorous variation on Psycho's shower scene here. It also takes elements from The Picture of Dorian Gray.
It does poke some fun at the music industry and some of the insanity of those in it. The movie takes a humorous approach to things - the scenes where Winslow is sentenced was done by using a very basic set and just two lines. May come across as silly to some but the style of parts like that add to the fun. Parts of this movie are not to be taken seriously. (I can't really explain without doing spoilers.)
Paul Williams wrote a nice variety of music for this movie - 50s style for the opening scene. One piece reminds me of The Beach Boys. A somewhat darker song is used during staged construction of Beef. The closing song could be viewed as comments on people who had been corrupted by the biz - plus it's humorous. (You'll find some better comments on the songs in the reviews for the soundtrack. I'm not a music pro.) Everyone except for Gerrit Graham does their own singing. In fact, the three groups in the movie are played by the same three artists. They just switch off on who plays the lead singer.
The DVD is a wonderful edition of the movie. Image quality is great considering the age. A trailer that doesn't even have the movie's title in it is included as well as trailers for other movies including Rocky Horror Picture Show.
The movie does have some truly weird moments, but I love it!
A few trivia notes: Sissy Spacek was set dresser on this movie. Archie Hahn, who sings "Goodbye, Eddie, Goodbye," has appeared on the UK version of Whose Line Is It Anyway? Gerritt Graham starred in Used Cars. Jessica Harper appeared in the movies Shock Treatment and Harper Valley PTA.
In the back of the Signet Classic edition of Gaston Leroux's Phantom of the Opera, this movie is mentioned and there is a reference to The Paradise looking like New York's Museum of Natural History. (p271) Phantom of the Paradise was filmed in Dallas, TX. The Paradise and most of the musical moments were filmed at The Majestic Theatre in downtown Dallas. In 1991, I saw Ken Hill's musical version of Phantom of the Opera there which added a nice touch for me. Swan's office building (exterior shots) was at one point owned by Mobil Oil, but I'm not sure if they owned it when this movie was made. Although it's changed alot since 1974, it is along Stemmons Frwy (I-35E) just after Carpenter's Frwy (183) joins it when going south. This same building appeared in Logan's Run.
Phantom of the Paradise was also mentioned in the program for Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera and the same material was published in some special editions of the Gaston Leroux novel. I believe the writer was Peter Haining. He described Phantom of the Paradise as simply having The Phantom terrorizing teenyboppers. That does not fit this movie at all. I really wish people would watch a movie before reviewing it.
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Michael Gates
4.0 out of 5 stars He Sold His Soul for Rock 'n' Roll
Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2003
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The movie synopsis:
In the 1974 film PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE, William Finley stars as Winslow Leach, a very talented composer who is working on a rock opera based on FAUST. Pop composer Paul Williams plays Swan, an aloof and mysterious record producer who has made the careers of many popular rock musicians. [For the youngsters reading this, a record is, like, an antique version of a music CD.] Swan has built the Paradise, a massive enclosed amphitheater that will be used to showcase the many bands and musicians under his auspices, but he wants to find new material and new talent for the extravagant gala he is planning for opening night. Enter Winslow--who wants Swan to consider his FAUST material for the Paradise grand-opening--and an attractive and talented young female singer named Phoenix (played by the cute Jessica Harper, here in her film debut). While waiting to audition for Swan, Winslow and Phoenix meet and...well, it's love at first sight. Unbeknownst to the two lovebirds, though, is their imminent appointment with destiny--and with the evil Swan. Swan indeed wants Winslow's music for the theater debut, but he wants to present it as his own work, and with knowledge of the feelings that the composer and singer have for each other, he uses Phoenix as leverage to manipulate Winslow like marionette.

So Swan steals Winslow's work, then arranges for Winslow to get arrested on a bogus drug-possession charge. In prison, Winslow learns of Swan's manipulation, which spurs him to escape and, soon after, to break into Swan's record factory and destroy the machines cranking out recordings of his stolen music. However, in a freak accident, Winslow's head gets caught in a hot record press and his face is thereby mutilated. He flees from the scene and finds his way to the Paradise, where he swipes a really cool costume, sets up house, and then starts lurking around incognito. When he begins causing mayhem and thwarting the efforts of Swan and his theater staff, Winslow is dubbed The Phantom of the Paradise. And now the real fun begins....
He's been beaten, mutilated, maimed, and framed, but he's not gonna let Swan keep him from his music or from the woman he loves.

The review:
On the surface, Brian De Palma's excellent PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE may seem like little more than a send-up of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, but it is much more complex than that. It is actually a very hip, very surreal satire of the depravity and decadence in the rock-and-roll music industry of the 1970s--specifically the two sub-genres known as Concept Rock and Glitter Rock--as well as a humorous yet affectionate homage to several classic horror stories and movies such as PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY, PSYCHO, FRANKENSTEIN, FAUST, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, and many others.

De Palma's directing style for this film is sometimes very unique and inventive (of course, it doesn't hurt that he is directing his own material). Especially nice is his effective use of the split-screen technique in a few key scenes, and the frenetic cuts and camera angles he uses for some scenes--especially the musical performances inside the Paradise--convey the genuine atmosphere of a 1970s-era rock concert.

The sets are outrageously exaggerated in layout and color, especially the set for the inside of the Paradise theater. In many ways, the overall look of the movie harkens back to the silent German Expressionist films, specifically METROPOLIS and THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI. That isn't to say that it looks too old-fashioned. Indeed, the bright sets, surreal costumes, and extravagant staging are all honest reflections of the performances and ostensibly flamboyant lifestyles of the 1970s rock artists like Glitter Rock's Alice Cooper or David Bowie and the Concept-Rock band Jethro Tull. By the way, those aforementioned sets were designed and dressed by Sissy Spacek, who a few years later would start on the road to greater fame playing the title role in the horror film CARRIE (1976).

The acting in PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE is also outstanding. Paul Williams exudes a perfect air of smarminess as the evil music impresario, Swan. In real life, Williams has composed and produced many successful pop songs for groups like The Carpenters and Three Dog Night, and this inside knowledge of the music industry only adds to the realism of his performance. Incidentally, Williams also wrote or co-wrote the music and score for PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE.

As Winslow Leach, William Finley creates a very convincing naive and nerdy musician (as well as a naive and nerdy Phantom!), and pretty Jessica Harper does a fine job in her debut role as an up-and-coming singer and dancer (the object of Winslow's love). But it is the over-the-top performance of Gerrit Graham that really steals the show. Graham plays Beef, a Glitter-Rock singer whose stage persona is that of a big, tough-and-buff Frankenstein's-monster type. Off stage, however, Beef is a stereotypical homosexual queen, and Graham really chews the scenery as he plays the character to great humorous effect. Don't get the idea that Graham is merely poking fun at homosexuals, though; he is really satirizing the misconception, especially prevalent in the 1970s, that all Glitter-Rock artists are gay. (One of the best and funniest scenes in the film is a takeoff on the shower scene from PSYCHO, with Graham's Beef replacing the Janet Leigh character and Finley's Phantom filling in for Norman Bates.)

PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE is one of those nearly forgotten gems that is a must-see for horror fans and admirers of director De Palma.

The DVD from Twentieth Century Fox offers a nice anamorphic widescreen transfer of the film, but little by way of extras (in fact, the theatrical trailer only). However, it is very reasonably priced, so fans of horror & satire have no excuse for not adding this film to their collections.
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spanna
5.0 out of 5 stars apres 6 visionnages en salle et 1 en dvd superbe film
Reviewed in France on December 4, 2023
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Elizabeth Jane Walker
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 26, 2023
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As good as I remember it from years ago, it was very hard to get hold of. Brilliant adaptation of Phantom of the Opera and Faust combined in the setting of a rock opera. Swan is a fabulous villain!
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andrea pirazzini
5.0 out of 5 stars Incrocio tra Grease e Rocky horror picture show
Reviewed in Italy on February 26, 2019
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finalmente ad un prezzo vicino alla decenza per questa bella limited con libro di 160 pagine che comunque non giustifica i folli prezzi chiesti in giro per tale prodotto che alla sua uscita costava si e no 50 €...
il film sembra anticipare futuri musicals di fama mondiale su tutti Grease e Rocky Horror ( vedasi il folle Beef) con evidenti citazioni del Faust...
Imperdibile per i fans un gran bel film in definitiva
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Francisco Espinosa
5.0 out of 5 stars Un clásico de culto con inmejorable calidad.
Reviewed in Mexico on May 17, 2017
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Es difícil describir Phantom of the Paradise para los no iniciados, pero baste decir que es una joya de culto para todos aquellos amantes del "Bizarro Film". Cinta influyente en muchos cineastas y músicos que la citan como referencia directa a muchas de sus obras, El Fantasma ofrece una versión única y poderosa de 3 obras de la literatura gótica: El Fantasma de la Ópera, El Retrato de Dorian Gray y Fausto.

Brian de Palma ofrece la que, tal vez, sea su obra más poderosa en emociones y fuerza narrativa, con experimentos trascendentales de dirección y edición, que aún hoy podemos ver usadas en obras más recientes y de mayor presupuesto. La cinta nos cuenta la historia de un joven compositor llamado Winslow Leach (William Finley) que busca poder llevar su obra a más gente. En su búsqueda, cae en manos del más grande productor de su momento conocido sólo como Swan (interpretado por el músico Paul Williams), quién le ofrece la oportunidad de dar a conocer su obra al mundo en la inauguración de su nuevo club; El Paraíso. En el proceso, Winslow conoce a Phoenix (Jessica Harper), cantante que se vuelve su musa y que Winslow quiere que sea la intérprete de su obra.

Winslow es traicionado por Swan y, tras ser desfigurado y con la garganta destrozada, jura venganza en contra del productor. Logra colarse al Paraíso y aterrorizar a las personas que intentan montar la obra con su música, pero Swan lo encuentra y lo convence de seguir trabajando en su obra, prometiéndole que Phoenix sería la intérprete. Winslow acepta sólo para ser traicionado nuevamente, pero en el proceso descubre el secreto de Swan; el famoso productor tiene un pacto con el diablo que lo mantiene siempre joven.

El desenlace de la cinta es delirante y excesivo, como toda la película. La música de Paul Williams estuvo nominada tanto a los premios Oscar como a los Globos de Oro, aunque la cinta fue un fracaso en taquilla. Sin embargo, los años le han hecho justicia a la obra siendo citada como cinta de culto y uno de los proyectos más queridos de la amplia carrera de Brian de Palma. La edición de Shout Factory es impecable, con una muy buena remasterización en HD que hace que se vea mejor que nunca, además de muchos, muchísimos extras que complementan la vista y dan más información sobre el proceso creativo detrás de Phantom, así como su perenne influencia en la cultura pop. Sobresale una conversación entre el cineasta mexicano Guillermo del Toro (gran fan de esta película) y Paul Williams.

Si dudaban comprarla, mi consejo es que la adquieran, así nunca hayan visto la película, y se den la oportunidad de conoces una obra de culto que, seguro, se quedará en sus mentes y corazones por mucho tiempo.
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ゆういち
5.0 out of 5 stars カーペンターズ好きの方に是非
Reviewed in Japan on May 5, 2024
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「キャリー」などの作品で、ブライアン・デ・パルマ監督は好きなのですが、この作品はノーチェックでした。

「オペラ座の怪人」+「ファウスト」なので、ファンタジー要素もあるのですが、とにかく音楽が良いです。
私知らなかったのですが、この作品の悪役（？）のスワンを演じている役者さんは本物の作曲家なんですね。しかもカーペンターズとかの。
ですので、バラードの曲とかは、まんまカーペンターズの曲みたいです。
ですので、カーペンターズ好きの方にも観てほしい。
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