Phantom Of The Paradise (1974) - Clip: Life At Last (HD)

[@donaldpriola1807]

Gerrit Graham is totally amazing here. What a great physical actor.

[@That_AMC_Guy]

Watch the very last second of his "electrocution" and you can see him cross his eyes and then smile right before the cut. Hysterical.

[@donaldpriola1807]

@@That_AMC_Guy So effing great. I adore this film with all my heart.

[@PussnBoot2516]

@@That_AMC_Guy LOL I've seen this movie so many times but never noticed that before. How funny is it when he does that?

[@virtueofsunlight1342]

​@phillydiscoyup, shame he didn't have a bigger role.

[@--Animal--]

As someone who's been electrocuted, it feels just like how he made it look. lol.

[@victorhernandez8723]

Props to Paul Williams for writing great songs for this underrated cult musical!

[@pickledragonrebel]

Damn straight !!!

[@tylergnosis2581]

Facts

[@suprekoolio1227]

Sold his soul for it.

[@crionix71]

The look of his face when beef is electricuted... hahahaha just funny. And a good ending for the song. No wonder the audience was crazy about the performance lol.

[@ミゲルアヤラ]

@@crionix71 The audience were extras

[@thehousegleaners]

I've seen this so many times but I don't think I ever noticed Beef nervously looking around to see if the Phantom will make good on his threat. Perfection!

[@patrickbarnes9462]

That synthesized laugh the Phantom emits at the end....still chilling.

[@willlyon7129]

Sounds like a demonic Gonzo.

[@samuelprototype]

"I'm the evil that you created" that lines always stuck with me from this movie

[@That_AMC_Guy]

I love the lyrics to Swan's version of Faust. And as I lived my role I swore I'd sell my soul For one love who would stand by me And give me back the gift of laughter One love who would stand by me.... I can wager that many of us have loved and lost and how cutting these lines can be to those of us whom love has eluded. It works from both sides.

[@samuelprototype]

@@That_AMC_Guy I have it on my iPhone

[@Inyourhideyhole]

I'm the evil that you created, getting horny gettin frustrated

[@massacresoldier3082]

Tbh, I kinda loved Beef. He actually tried to leave and heed Winslow's warning but he was forced to go out on stage and shake his ass.

[@xhagast]

Yeah. To me he was a serious person and a serious artist playing his role. Almost like a Marilyn Manson.

[@philosorapper5454]

Yeah and he went out and crushed it like the professional he was. And ultimately died for it in an electrical blaze of glory!

[@Persononyoutubeee]

just watched this movie for the first time the other day. surprised it's not as popular as something like the Rocky Horror Picture show because this movie is very iconic

[@featherelfstrom8405]

Oh, it's just as popular as Rocky... its Phans just aren't as loud as Rocky fans

[@mikedirsten6707]

@@featherelfstrom8405 Here in Canada it's practically a rite of passage :P

[@ricarleite]

It's really not as good, which is not to say it's bad. It's just a bit bland and the songs are not memorable. Also, Paul Williams was not a particularly good role model in the 70s.

[@CoryAlphin]

@@ricarleite I would totally disagree. I personally can't stand Rock Horror but I love everything about Phantom. I'd listen to the songs from this film all day long lol. De Palma's Masterpiece!

[@xlz24]

​@@ricarleitethis movie is the farthest thing from bland lol

[@virtueofsunlight1342]

1:27 gives me chills every time. Winslow is just lost in his obsession and has now fully embraced the concept of terminating another human being for it! And he's savoring every bit of his madness.

[@featherelfstrom8405]

He DID warn Swan AND Beef... now he has to follow up on that warning. His music is only for PHOENIX!

[@JonSnow-yf1gl]

In all fairness beef was forced into the show

[@SimonMercs]

I’m 60 years old, this is the first LP I bought at 13 years old......brilliant music, even to this day....

[@victorhernandez8723]

For an old man, you have great taste in music!

[@hummingbird2254]

This is the first album that I ever owned. I begged my mother to buy it for me after seeing the movie 6 times in 1974. I got it for my 11th birthday in February 1975. I still have every song memorized.

[@ミゲルアヤラ]

@@hummingbird2254 I know, I feel you

[@prodigalson6166]

​@@victorhernandez8723You've got to understand all of us from that era are Old now. The music of our generation is still sung and greatly appreciated by the younger generations. Just turned sixty myself. It's amazing how the decades have gone by. The first Album I bought was Dreamboat Annie by Heart, and the second and third were Lanyard Skynard and Led Zeppelin IV.

[@mangonauts6464]

01:18 - 01:23 Beef is actually sneaking in looks up the theater rafters looking out for any signs of danger. Love that little detail!

[@jackvanpelt9812]

Gotta give him the credit he was scared but still did his job and sang and put on a good show, shame he had to die for it.

[@ajjy1110]

except he's not

[@spacesentinels]

Truly one of the MOST UNDERRATED rock musicals of all time.

[@TheTerminator-n3j]

Its a classic. I think because it wasn't marketed properly during that time and it was 10 years before its time.

[@jasonrodgers9063]

100%!

[@abracadaver2349]

I love Winslow's laugh after Beef dies.

[@jonathanwarrdddedcxddeecec4787]

Matt the Pyro me too

[@medallionvaliance5349]

Abra Cadaver Thank God I’m not the only one

[@tardisandtank697]

sameee

[@madphantom7161]

Best evil laugh ever.

[@beneddiected]

Silvia Luna, the girl who loves spiders ok but Davis Gaines in the ALW Musical has the most maniacal laugh in my opinion 👀

[@wolfgangvonodio1097]

GOD I LOVE HOW INSANE THIS MOVIE IS

[@6198mark]

This is what happens when great artists collaborate. You get a result that is more than the sum of its parts: DePalma directing, Paul Williams songwriter, Ray Kennedy vocal and Gerrit Graham performance! It all works to create something awesome and highly watchable!

[@vksasdgaming9472]

If I remember right De Palma later thought that he should have kept Graham's singing as well. Shower scene has his own voice and he was good enough.

[@CaptKundalini]

I was in this movie as an Extra in the Audience.

[@paulstevenson789]

Is that what led you to Eastern Mysticism?

[@CaptKundalini]

Paul Stevenson Actually, I'm torn between Zen Buddhism and I'm alright, Jack.

[@shaylalevasseur2852]

niceee

[@Zehahahaa]

CaptKundalini did you see De Palma

[@estergutierrez851]

Wooow!!!

[@eternalhalloween1]

Being honest, I did feel sorry for Beef. He's not the one who stole Winslow's music, got him arrested, and disfigured him. And Beef even did try to flee the area, but was forced back in. He didn't deserve to die.

[@barnabywylde2224]

The Phantom did not kill Beef. He turned him into Meatloaf.

[@eternalhalloween1]

James McBeth I take it the "Rocky Horror Picture Show" is one of your favorites.

[@barnabywylde2224]

eternalhalloween1 seen it a few times but I like POTP better.

[@eternalhalloween1]

James McBeth Well, that's one thing we have in common. One of my favorite appearances of Meatloaf was in the Season 8 episode of "Monk." "Mr. Monk and the Voodoo Curse." Meatloaf (obviously a little older now) was his usual deranged self. However, this is one time he MIGHT be innocent!

[@redrasegarden]

I always believed beef was a victim of surcumstans, and applauded him for believing that it wasn't right to change a dead man's music

[@ferwoodz]

_This movie, this movie will never get old for me._ _The discography, the theme, everything._ _My future will sons will know about this._ _Won't let this die._

[@rhostatton8944]

gotta love Winslow Leach's over the top performance,and Paul Williams score!!

[@kerrykrishna]

Winnipeg will always ALWAYS love and honour Paul. This movie was was one if the greatest gifts given to Peg ever. Thanks so much Mr Williams.

[@skipbayless557]

Winslow laughing historically is the best in movie history.

[@Whtxombi]

Sad part of this whole thing? I would have loved to see Winslow's treatment of Faust.

[@lakeviewviking]

Yeah, I kinda wish the movie was just the whole show and less backstage drama

[@patrickbarnes9462]

That would have been amazing. I think Paul Williams could have done it justice.

[@TheBeetleOwl]

Yeah, would be wicked to get Winslow starting one or two numbers with the mask and voice modulator on bizarre versions of the songs he wrote to add more tention as a third party in the show along Phoenix and Swan. Maybe Even him trying to kill himself just to see it's imposible, between a great performance. I thought that was the way the movie was going to be when I heared the Phantom of the Opera inspiration

[@kevinramsey417]

With The Undead left in, I hope. They were rad.

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

Me too!

[@Mechanicthing]

Absolutely brilliant, this has stood the test of time.

[@michael65]

He's only in it for a total of 20 minutes (I think) but he walks off with the movie. Hysterical, camp, macho, queer, and utterly hilarious...everything.

[@catmandude1800]

Gerrit Graham has always been one of the best damned character actors EVER. Also loved him in "Used Cars".

[@lorendavidsonmusic]

He had an awesome one-shot role in Babylon 5, in the episode "Signs and Portents."

[@Danieru-San]

he's great in Terrorvision

[@catmandude1800]

@@Danieru-San I was recently reminded of his small [ but pivotal] part in 98's "One True Thing". William Hurt plays the narcissistic, pompous ass college professor/ writer, who is always smugly saying :"Less is more" to his daughter, his students, and any other wannabe writers. [The hypocrisy, however, is that he's not finished anything in years.] Gerrit Graham plays Oliver, a successful writer who supposedly uttered that inane phrase in a meeting with Hurt's character, years earlier. Upon meeting Oliver again [ at a dinner party, I believe], the professor repeats the phrase and recounts their previous meeting. Oliver- bless him- seems neither to recall meeting Prof. Ass, or uttering the "less is more" thing, skewering the professor's overblown ego without even trying. Sad and hilarious at the same time.

[@Archivist82]

I always enjoyed his episode of Star Trek Voyager as a Q who wishes to die.

[@catmandude1800]

@@Archivist82 Great episode.

[@andrasfey9809]

That laugh of Winslow's. So primal! Love it!

[@mrmusickhimself]

I felt sorry for Beef. The movie subverted expectations by making him a scared, reluctant prima-donna instead of a self-absorbed asshole. He tried to leave, they wouldn't let him, and he suffered horribly.

[@rickhoussin2414]

I was at the Garrick ,I was a Usher and I Saw this 330 Times!! Loving Every Minute of it!!❤

[@maryfreebed9886]

I lost sympathy for Winslow after he did that. Beef was just an innocent himbo and he never asked for any of it.

[@northernsoutherngirl]

I LOVED watching this movie as a kid (I'm over 40)! And this was one of my favorite scenes from the movie. Beef just looked so damn funny with those faces he was making when he was being electrocuted! LOL!!

[@beneddiected]

It’s not supposed to be funny, ma’am... I really do feel bad for him 😟

[@lucarvbraganca9766]

É engraçadíssimo o comentário irônico sobre o porquê dos aplausos...

[@barbatruc06]

And his little smile at the end !!!

[@serdiaz2]

Minute 01:17 Beef nervously looks up looking for the Ghost. Still he continues singing and dancing. He is a great professional.

[@Scallycowell]

Poor Beef, all he wanted to be was Beef.

[@davetoffen7944]

Paul Williams should regard this as his magnum opus.....rather than be embarrassed by it...it's magnificent......funny and the music.. magnificent.....

[@nolagospeltracts8264]

I don't think he's embarrassed by it. He's participated in several "Phantom" cast reunions.

[@sidfiddler2131]

So many scenes in that film. It's truly an epic.

[@Pdalow]

i mean, every film has lots of scenes don't they?

[@Sarasdad91]

The voice over for Beef was singer/songwriter Ray Kennedy. Wonderful talent, who wrote many hit songs for other artists. May he rest in peace.

[@vksasdgaming9472]

Gerrit Graham's own singing voice is heard in showers scene. De Palma thought he should have used Graham's own singing in this scene as well.

[@Sarasdad91]

​@@vksasdgaming9472Yes that was Grahams voice in the shower, but he's lip syncing here to Rays voice.

[@vksasdgaming9472]

@@Sarasdad91 I know. I guess De Palma didn't know how well Graham could sing before shooting the shower scene. Re-recording song with new singer would have been expensive and slow.

[@TralfazConstruction]

"Salutations from the other side!" -The only line that I remember, in full, from seeing this quirkily enjoyable film forty-one years ago.

[@DominusLuna]

TralfazConstruction I saw this at about 12 years old at a Drive In Theater. Yea somewhere around 40 years ago. I vaguely remember Beef and my dad saying something like Jeez... or oh lord or ah shit. lol

[@ce5ar74]

Beef's performance is sensational. I saw this movie when I was 11 and now I have the Blu Ray...thanks for this monumental scene.

[@nightofshanghai]

There is no wasted scene in Beef's appearance. Every cut is perfect and the acting is perfect.

[@TimHayes]

RIP William Finley. :(

[@jeffjohnson59]

Long time fan of this epic movie and great music. I met Gerrit Graham on flight by chance, very humble human being.

[@daisylopez-rojas8787]

I love this movie till the day I die. Forever! The soundtrack is awesome!

[@beppa9528]

Gerrit Graham is such a himbo here

[@jenniferschillig3768]

I really get a kick out of the fact that this is supposed to be the equivalent of the falling chandelier. :-)

[@Agentshadling]

This version of Faust, with Beef's on stage charisma, and Ray Kennedy's vocals is really great.

[@Xierra13]

Such a great performance ! He could have been a great glam rock star !!!!!

[@cabronicusmaximuschingonic1062]

I remember watching this on TV one night. The type of movie that you start watching, and for some reason, you can't stop doing so; even if you don't know what the heck is going on, you can't look away and you like it. Same thing that happened with The Rocky Horror Picture Show and All That Jazz. Thanks for the upload.

[@thecrapartistx]

this movie was released in theatres in south jersey a couple of hours before I was born... I have an abnormal fixation with it... this one is my favorite song.

[@jonimoroni7475]

The audience accepted and loved Beef. It's a shame his career was cut short, to our chockin' surprise.

[@iamemjarrobinson8713]

The look on the lead singers face at 2:30 after Philbin shouts: "Somebody get a fire extinguisher!" Like its saying: "Yeah, THAT'S gonna help!"

[@Dmwntkp99]

This musical movie is a masterpiece, nothing like it today or ever.

[@mellisasmith5391]

Fantastic movie and best soundtrack, I got this on Vinyl and can not explain how it sounded...Thanks PAUL

[@MXGWAPS]

i just loved how he picked out "someone" and threw them across the stage also poor thing cuz he wanted to leave but sadly died.. :[

[@alexhuxley4399]

Beef! “What do you know about it? You just pass the stuff out, I take it. I know drug real from real real.”

[@s.f3778]

Yeah

[@CaptKundalini]

Also, "Man, ya better get yourthelf a cathtrato for thith, cuth it'th a little outta my range." That really busted me up! LOL!

[@elg1959]

I like how beef is looking around,waiting for something to happen.Then the look he has while getting electrocuted.lol

[@ACinemafanatic]

This and rocky horror are my two favorite horror rock musicals ever

[@Thespian821]

Can someone please turn the footage between 1:18 and 1:23 a gif? You can call it the “Heavy Metal Chicken Dance”.

[@CaptKundalini]

Actually, it's called "The Funky Chicken". :)

[@joelbizzell1386]

@@CaptKundalini Followed by The Swim. Then good old fashioned cocaine flailing.

[@pickledragonrebel]

One of my favorite musicals !!!!!!!

[@deborahmulkey1627]

I think I still have this album.... Loved Paul Williams back in the day I was in high school then Yeah I'm old.

[@princelula5981]

This is my favorite Phantom Film EVER. I would still sing any song in this album

[@PoohbearPlus]

Love this! Graham's is so wonderfully and hilariously over-the-top with this stuff.

[@Macmax7077]

This gives me the chills!!!!!!

[@thelamb1964]

Masterpiece.

[@ladynikkie]

I getting this for my sister for Christmas this is her one of her top favorite movies!

[@neoplastik]

Una scena strepitosa con un attore qui superbo. Thx a lot !

[@Allhailclaytron]

Just saw the movie for the first time the other day and I absolutely love it.

[@TheTerminator-n3j]

I remember watching this movie several times as a kid in the 90s. The Paradise concert is what got me hooked to this movie. 2024 is around the corner and it's going to be 50 years after its release date. This movie is a classic. We need a 4K version.💯

[@jenniferrosson4753]

I have tickets for tomorrow to see an anniversary showing, & Paul Williams will be there.

[@sharonjohnson5870]

Loved this movie when I was in high school

[@Fretless99]

Ray Kennedy sings with SO much balls! Man, he's good

[@fabien.boussat]

One of my favorite movie scenes ever !

[@jahredsplitfoot]

Beef was clearly gay and high camp but not a transvestite...Brilliant song, amazing movie :)

[@EmergencyChannel]

Why did he reach and pinch that chicks ass if he was gay? I think he was just a over exaggerated glam rocker.

[@cookieanon7794]

360deeman you ever heard of the gay term "beard"?

[@A2Z83]

if he was based on glam rock all those glam rockers were straight weirdos

[@boobylinks]

Swishy androgenous glam rocker, but not transvestite. A reboot of this classic movie would be outstanding. Among of the most memorable movies from the mid-seventies.

[@creepyskulldini581]

It's not just the stage persona. In the parts where he TALKS he also speaks with a Liberace type voice and has very typically gay mannerisms.

[@tiriri64]

What a voice !!!!!!!

[@Sadie-Thomson]

Haha winslows crazy laughing always makes me laugh lol

[@trentigalaxy]

the quality and color in this video is beautiful, makes the tv version looks so muted!!!

[@jasonrodgers9063]

SO hard to imagine, this Halloween it'll be FIFTY YEARS since my favorite movie debuted! My high school buddies & I saw it at a midnight (on Halloween) "free movie" promo from a local radio station, with passes we COUNTERFEITED in my friend's basement! Some of the best times of my life! And hey, I've made up for the counterfeiting MANY times over with all the $$ I've spent for Phantom VHS tapes, DVDs, Blu-Rays, music LPs, you name it!

[@Inyourhideyhole]

That's special! Did you ever get caught? When I was getting released from county prison I talked to this one guy that was doing that making fake money to real and he didn't get popped for it only the substance abuse he had on him

[@Inyourhideyhole]

& truthfully everything was so simple & easy back then. Nowadays it's a lot harder to happen due to technology

[@philipdefibaugh7127]

Beef was NOT a transvestite! Earlier in the film Beef told Swan straight out, "I'm NOT doing it (the song) in drag!"

[@pheonix5597]

He's a little bit of a GENDER BENDER, wouldn't say transvestite though.

[@neighborhoodmusicsnob5517]

I mean would it matter either way? It certainly shouldn't.

[@TheP1x3l]

Trans symbol on his face. A little gender bending never hurt anybody. 😌

[@wellesradio]

@@TheP1x3l It’s theater though.

[@amalau2825]

A very amazing production.

[@PERSONA-NONGRATA-13]

best villain laugh ever !!!!

[@Inyourhideyhole]

2:25 it's a fake evil laugh, but it's ridiculously hilarious 💀🤣😂😅😅😅😅

[@mechagamera]

Transvestite?!! I think you guys are getting this movie confused with Rocky Horror! Beef is all man!! Well...most of the parts that he was stitch together with! :P

[@waltermirren7957]

+mechagamera BEEF! BEEF! BEEF!

[@MichaelBradley1967]

+mechagamera A transvestite is a cross-dresser.

[@waltermirren7957]

Michael Bradley BEEF! BEEF! If you were not 12 you could participate in the adult conversation.

[@MichaelBradley1967]

Walter Mirren They let you in

[@amoeba1533]

He might have a SLIGHT gender bender thing going on - like with the permed hair and beauty mark. He's supposed to be along the lines of acts like Kiss, Alice Cooper and Ziggy Stardust era David Bowie.

[@victorhernandez8723]

Happy 50th anniversary to Phantom of the Paradise!

[@anthonygil1522]

Damn I have watched this a million times since I rediscovered it..Everything is so great from the song to the shoot all fucking epic!!!!

[@nina1522]

I want Winslow's cackle at 02:25 for a ringtone.

[@fransnyder6592]

I love this movie and still own it ..

[@docsavage8640]

Great movie

[@osmaromolina753]

Fried beef a la phantom! 😂

[@josephconnelly7939]

I still remember my friend Frank yelling "Roast Beef!" and everyone in the audience broke out laughing.

[@KAS6558]

still tripping on this after all these years! After rocky horror the other great rick musical of the 70s!

[@phnx4life]

How all rock/pop concerts should end. .

[@nanmel3281]

I Fuckin love this movie with all my heart and soul!!!

[@moonbaby916]

that lame title sucks, didn't have to do about being transvestite like you call. It was an horror musical show, that's all. And it was one of the best that has been ever done,

[@guitarbrad]

Yeah, that's not the only thing he gets wrong in his review either.

[@redthunder2007]

50th anniversary showing today in Winnipeg phantom cult capital

[@Acrobatdog99]

Looking at beef being electrocuted is like watching a cartoon.

[@chiyo-chanholocaust8143]

"Getting horny and damn frustrated" So you're telling me the Phantom wrote that song for Phoenix??

[@processred2858]

we as a society would be so much better off if more people dressed like they do in this movie

[@Primo_Luca]

1:26 this is the look of someone who's seeing his life work being *glamorously* butchered by the wrong artist

[@Neptuneman07]

One of my favorite scenes

[@jeffreybussmann3313]

Salutations from the other side!

[@jons8607]

The 70's was a wild time man!

[@bradencampbell464]

Always nice to see gerrit graham chew the scenery. 😊

[@grapaconlimon]

Genial interpretación del personaje de este actor

[@Inyourhideyhole]

1:20 Winslow's expression, figured he had his eyebrow up beneath the mask after beef was shaking it on stage. Telling himself you can't be serious 😂😂😂😂😂

[@44excalibur]

Sissy Spacek was a set dresser on Phantom of the Paradise.

[@hodgepodgebuhgodge3739]

Not to be confused with, "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." Beef was actually nervous up there singing after he'd been warned not to.

[@elenaofavalormoanadisneypr6893]

Hodgepodge Buhgodge Don't Forget About KISS Meets The Phantom Of The Park(1978)

[@set1237]

1:12 this is what peak performance looks like