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Rock Musical | Cult Film
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Budget 1,500,000 USD
First movie to be encoded with a Dolby Stereo optical soundtrack.
When Franz Liszt (Roger Daltrey) changes into a dress at Princess Carolyn's (Sara Kestelman) command, he does so behind a screen with paintings of the "Saints of Music." These include portraits of Elvis Presley, Sir Elton John, and Pete Townshend, from the rock band The Who, of which Daltrey was the lead singer. Rumor has it that writer and director Ken Russell originally wanted Townshend to do the movie's music, but Townshend declined the offer, more than likely because he was exhausted from doing Tommy (1975).
Roger Daltrey performed all of the piano pieces himself, as well as most of his stunts.
German Romantic poet Heinrich Heine coined the phrase "Lisztomania" to describe the adulation Franz Liszt elicited in his audience.
DIRECTOR TRADEMARK (Ken Russell): (snake): The flames of Franz Liszt's (Roger Daltrey) piano turn Richard Wagner's (Paul Nicholas) sword into a snake.
"Cosima: I've polished your sword! What do you want it for, to kill the critics? Liszt: Time kills critics, my dear."
"Marie d'Agoult: Spare him, Francois! Don't cut off his... genius in it's prime! Count d'Agoult: Oh, is that what you call it?"
