54. Phantom Of The Paradise (1974)

Show Notes

We started out planning to do Brian De Palma's 'The Fury' starring Kirk Douglas and Amy Irving, but...in the end...it was just not weird and Brian De Palma enough for us so we switched to 'Phantom Of The Paradise' and got everything we asked for and more.

Chris sells his soul for podcasting (00:00), Brian De Palma's The Fury trailer (2:30), Amy Irving and Andrew Stevens in 'The Fury' (4:30), 'Phantom Of The Paradise' trailer (6:00), Phil Spector and James Bond (14:30), Led Zeppelin (15:30), 'Inserts' movie starring Richard Dreyfus and 'Phantom' star Jessica Harper and Bob Hoskins (17:30), AC/DC's 'It's A Long Way To The Top If You Wanna Rock 'n Roll' (21:00), Sing Sing Prison Dental Health Research Program (23:00), De Palma's 'Snake Eyes' and Nic Cage and Gary Sinise (29:30), 'The Bonfire Of The Vanities' and the great book that resulted: 'The Devil's Candy' with Tom Hanks, Morgan Freeman, Bruce Willis, and Tom Wolfe and an anatomy of a filmic disaster (30:30), 'The Mission To Mars' with Gary Sinise & 'Mars' with Val Kilmer (33:00), 'Love Boat' theme by Paul Williams, it floats back to you! (39:00), Paul Williams and his unique fame and talent and how great his 'Still Alive' documentary is (39:30), Paul Williams as Swan in 'Phantom Of The Paradise' (42:30), 'Rainbow Connection' as representative Paul Williams song, filled with hope, sadness, and a little loneliness (44:30), 'Hello Larry' tv series theme song (47:00), George Memmolli and his roles in Martin Scorcese's 'Mean Streets' and 'Hello Larry' and 'Phantom Of The Paradise' (48:00), Gerrit Graham from the great Kurt Russel and Jack Warden vehicle 'Used Cars' and his counter-culture credits including writing songs with Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead and his role as "Beef" in 'Phantom Of The Paradise" (49:00), CALL US TOLL FREE 855-755-5322 and leave us a message (51:30), Lee Wilkof, National Lampoon's 'Disco Beaver From Outer Space' and this movie's Lee Ebling (52:00), 'Old Souls' musical number written by Paul Williams performed by Jessica Harper (53:30), Paul Schrader's 'Blue Collar' stars Richard Pryor and this movie's George Memmoli (55:00), The Record Plant recording studio's cameo in 'Phantom' (56:00), Sha Na Na was reportedly 'too difficult to work with' to be in this movie (57:00), Alternative Casting: Sissy Spacek (1:00:00) Headlines and/or Rants N Raves, Francis Ford Coppola recuts The Cotton Club. starring Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Gregory Hines, Nic Cage, James Remar (1:03:00), 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood' listener reactions and retractions regarding Manson Family, Squeaky Fromme, and violence pertaining to cult member individuality (1:05:00), Chris' Last Line (1:07:45)