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‘Phantom of Winnipeg’ Review: Contagiously Joyous Super Fans Win Hearts

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Christopher Campbell
Jul 17, 2019
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When Brian De Palma’s rock opera/love story/horror film The Phantom of the Paradise hit theaters in 1974, it was a complete box office bust. Twentieth Century Fox had no idea how to promote the over-the-top genre-melding film, and nothing seemed to be catch audiences’ attention. Across the globe, no one was seeing the movie, and no one cared. That is ex…

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