• When a record producer Swan (Paul Williams) steals both the music and the muse from composer Winslow Leach (Bill Finley), disfigured Leach plans revenge on Swan and his rock palace known as The Paradise.

  • Director: Brian De Palma

    Screenplay: Brian De Palma

    Cast: Paul Williams, Jessica Harper, Bill Finley, Gerrit Graham

    Producer: Edward. R Pressman

    Executive Producer: Gustave Berne

    Associate Producers: Michael Arciaga, Jeffrey Hayes, Paul Lewis, Bill Scott, Lynn Raymond

    Distributor: 20th Century Fox

  • PRESS:

    AWARDS:

    Won:

    • Grand Prize / Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival, 1975

    Nominated:

    • Best Music, Scoring Original Song Score, and/or Adaptation (Paul Williams and George Aliceson Tipton) / Academy Awards, 1975

    • Best Original Score (Paul Williams) / Golden Globes, 1975

    • Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen (Brian De Palma) / Writers Guild of America, 1975