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* [[Casting Gag]] - Paul Williams, who plays the diabolical, 5'2, top-hat-wearing, bird-obsessed Swan would later voice the diabolical, 5'2, top-hat-wearing, bird-obsessed Penguin on ''[[Batman the Animated Series]]''.

** He apparently moonlights as an [[Planet of the Apes|ape scientist in the far future]].

* [[Clumsy Copyright Censorship]]: A rather unfortunate case. Swan's record label, [[A Worldwide Punomenon|Swan Song]], was featured in many scenes, including long shots and panning shots. At about the same time they were filming, [[Led Zeppelin]] manager Peter Grant started a ''real'' [~~http://en.~~wikipedia~~.org/wiki/Swan_Song_Records~~ record label] with the name, and beat Phantom by a couple months with their first album release. Grant threatened to block release of the film, so [[Brian De Palma|dePalma]] and his editor ''[[Clumsy Copyright Censorship|very poorly]]'' covered up the offending words with the new label name, Death Records. Even worse, several long take scenes with too much movement were reedited so as to not show the original name, wasting the long single take shots. That name was '''everywhere.''' [http://www.swanarchives.org/Production_Fiasco.asp Luckily, the original takes survive in the hands of a fan], though who knows if they'll ever be used in a future release.

* [[Clumsy Copyright Censorship]]: A rather unfortunate case. Swan's record label, [[A Worldwide Punomenon|Swan Song]], was featured in many scenes, including long shots and panning shots. At about the same time they were filming, [[Led Zeppelin]] manager Peter Grant started a ''real'' [[wikipedia:Swan Song Records|record label]] with the name, and beat Phantom by a couple months with their first album release. Grant threatened to block release of the film, so [[Brian De Palma|dePalma]] and his editor ''[[Clumsy Copyright Censorship|very poorly]]'' covered up the offending words with the new label name, Death Records. Even worse, several long take scenes with too much movement were reedited so as to not show the original name, wasting the long single take shots. That name was '''everywhere.''' [http://www.swanarchives.org/Production_Fiasco.asp Luckily, the original takes survive in the hands of a fan], though who knows if they'll ever be used in a future release.

* [[Deal With the Devil]] - {{spoiler|Swan made a deal with the Devil so that he wouldn't age. He also has his bands and singers sign contracts to him, not allowing them to die until he does. The catch is that he must film himself each day of his life and watch the results daily(in which he looks and sounds wretched), or the deal breaks; Winslow finds this out and destroys the reels, leaving Swan vulnerable.}}

* [[Disproportionate Retribution]] - Winslow kills (or attempts to kill) anyone who isn't Phoenix that sings his songs.

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