Other mistake: Swan visibly misses the Phantom's finger when he stabs it to draw blood for his contract.
Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
1 other mistake - chronological order
Directed by: Brian De Palma
Starring: Gerrit Graham, Jessica Harper, Paul Williams, William Finley
Continuity mistake: When evil Swan hands the contract to the Swan who's about to kill himself, Swan grabs the contract out of E.S hands, yet in the next shot, E.S is still holding it.
Swan: Here's the contract. Everything I've said and more is in it.
The Phantom: I'll read it.
Swan: At your leisure.
The Phantom: "The party of the first part gives the party of the second part and his associates full power to do with him at their pleasure. To rule, to send, to fetch, or carry him or his, be it either body, soul, flesh, blood or goods." What does that mean?
Swan: That's a transportation clause.
Trivia: Sissy Spacek was the film's set dresser.
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