Phantom of The Paradise

Phantom of the Paradise is a 1974 American musical rock opera horror comedy film written and directed by Brian De Palma, and scored by and starring Paul Williams. In the film, a disfigured composer writes his music for a woman he loves so that she will perform his music. However, a record producer betrays him and steals his music to open his rock palace, The Paradise. Betrayed, the composer dons a new appearance and exacts revenge on the producer. It costars William Finley and Jessica Harper. The story is a loosely adapted mixture of several classic European works: Gaston Leroux s novel The Phantom of the Opera, Oscar Wilde s The Picture of Dorian Gray, and Faust by Goethe, Christopher Marlowe.