[Ending titles. The Death Records logo appears, in the shape of it, super-imposed are the crowd with flames over-top. As the singing starts, the scene shows The Juicy Fruits performing "Goodbye, Eddie, Goodbye".]
Song :

{The Hell of It}		 Roll on thunder, shine on lightning
The days are long and the nights are frightenin'
Nothing matters anyway,
And that's the hell of it.
[The scene now shows The Beach Bums performing "Upholstery". Halfway through the verse it switches to the Undead performing "Somebody Super Like You".]
Song :

{The Hell of It}		 Winter comes and the winds blew colder
While some grew wiser, you just grew older
And you never listened anyway,
And that's the hell of it.
[Shows the Juicy Fruits just before the unveiling of Beef.]

[Jeffrey Comanor
Archie Hahn
Harold Oblong

as The Juicy Fruits, The Beach Bums, The Undead]
[Showing different clips of Philbin.]
Song :

{The Hell of It}		 Good for nothing, bad in bed
Nobody likes you and you're better off dead
Goodbye, we've all come to say goodbye (goodbye)
Goodbye (goodbye)
Born defeated, died in vain
Super-destructive, you were hooked on pain
Though your music lingers on
All of us are glad you're gone
[George Memmoli as Philbin]
[Showing different clips of Beef.]
Song :

{The Hell of It}		 If I could live my life half as worthlessly as you
I'm convinced that I'd wind up burning too.
[Gerrit Graham as Beef]
[Showing different clips of Phoenix.]
Song :

{The Hell of It}		 Love yourself as you loved no other
Be no man's fool and be no man's brother
We're all born to die alone, you know, that's the hell of it.
Life's a game where they're bound to beat you
And time's a trick it can turn to cheat you
And we only waste it anyway,
And that's the hell of it.
[introducing Jessica Harper as Phoenix]
[Showing different clips of Swan.]
Song :

{The Hell of It}		 Good for nothing, bad in bed
Nobody liked you and you're better off dead
Goodbye, we've all come to say goodbye (goodbye)
Goodbye (goodbye)
Born defeated, died in vain
Super-destructive, you were hooked on pain
And though your music lingers on
All of us are glad you're gone
[Paul Williams as Swan]
[Showing different clips of Winslow and then as the Phantom.]
Song :

{The Hell of It}		 [Music continues...]
[William Finley as Winslow]
[William Finley as The Phantom]
 
 
  
written and directed by Brian De Palma

produced by Edward R. Pressman

words and music by Paul Williams

executive producer Gustave Berne

director of photography Larry Pizer

production designer Jack Fisk

choreographer Harold Oblong

editor Paul Hirsch



costume designer Rosanna Norton

camera operator Ronald Taylor

makeup Rolf Miller

makeup design John Chambers

sound James Tanenbaum

Cast of Characters
Band Colin Cameron
David Garland
Gary Mallaber
Art Munson
Swan's Entourage Mary Margaret Amato
Rand Bridges
James Bohan
Assassin Herb Pacheco
Groupies Jennifer Ashley
Janit Baldwin
Janis Eve Lynn
Katherine Mastellos
Robin Mattson
Patrice Rohmer
Ruthey Ross
Cheryl Smith
April Troy
Cops Walter Foster
Peter Harrell
Judge Troy Haskins
Warden Gene Gross
Nightwatchman Henry Calvert
Stagehands Ken Carpenter
Sam Forney
Surfgirls Leslie Brewer
Celia Derr
Linda Larimer
Roseanne Romine
Dancers Nydia Amagas
Sara Ballantine
Kristi Bird
Cathy Buttner
Linda Cox
Jane DeFord
Bibi Hansen
Robin Jeep
Deen Summers
Judy Washington
Susan Weiser
Singing Twins Janet and Jean Savarino
Country&Western Singer Keith Allison
Guy Bobby Birkenfeld
Black Singers Sandy Cotton & Friends
Reporters William Donovan
Scott Lane
Dennis Olivieri
Adam Wade
Back-up Singers Nancy Moses
Diana Walden
Girl in Ticket Line Sherri Adeline
Betty Lou Carol O'Leary
Mini-boppers Marty Bongfeld
Coleen Crudden
Bridgett Dunn
Rock Freak (Red shirt) William Shephard
Winslow's Doubles Andrew Epper
Jim Lovelett
Swan's Doubles Steven Richmond
James Gamino
music produced by Paul Williams

recorded by Tommy Vicari at Sounelabs, Hollywood

additional scoring composed and conducted by George Aliceson Tipton

music supervision by Michael Arciaga and Jules Chaikin for Filmusic

"Life at Last" sung by Ray Kennedy
Propery Master Erik Nelson
Sound Editor Dan Sable
Assistant Sound Editor Harriet Glickstein
Sound Mixer Al Gramaglia - Magno Sound Inc.
Music Editor Ed Norton
Assistant Editor John Fox
Boom Man David Schneiderman
Casting Gino Havens
Sylvia Fay
Peggy Taylor
Associate Producers Paul Lewis
Bill Scott
Jeffrey Hayes
Michael Arciaga
Assistant Producer Lynn Raymond
Assistant to the Producer Deborah Howe
Assistant Director Michael Dmytryk
2nd Assistant Director Robert Enrietto
Assistant Cameraman Sean Doyle
2nd Assistant Cameraman Terry Bowen
Bruce Kaye
Hair Stylist Anna Sugano
Script Supervisor Cassandra Kaye
Construction Coordinators Michael Levesque
Brian Swain
Set Dresser Sissy Spacek
Special Effects Greg Auer
Associate Costume Designer Peter Jamison
Production Secretary Judith Cohen
Assistant to the Director Alexa Bodrero
Gaffer Tim Griffith
Best Boy Richard Cronn
Electricians Maurice Horton
Darryl Smith
Paul Marcus
Key Grip Jack Palinkas
Grips Cary Griffith
John Black
Mike Taylor
Unit Managers Thomas Lightburn
Gary Kent
Special Photography for Wedding Robert Elfstrom
James Signorelli
Choreography for Wedding William Shephard
Production Assistants Stanley Weiser
Ken Carpenter
Adrian Cumming
Dan Dusek
Karen Gilbert
Montage Paul Hirsch
electronic music synthesizer furnished by Centaur Music Productions Inc. at The Record Plant

original soundtrack available on A&M Records

opticals by The Optical House

colour by Movielab


All firms, institutions and events in this film are fictitious and any similarity to actual firms, institutions and events or to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

released by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

copyright MCMLXXIV Harbor Productions Inc

 

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