William Finley
Nascimento : 1942-09-20, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Morte : 2012-04-14
História
William Finley (September 20, 1940 – April 14, 2012) was an American actor who has appeared in the films Simon, Silent Rage, Phantom of the Paradise, Sisters, and The Wedding Party. He had a long-running friendship and collaboration with director Brian De Palma, beginning with the student films Woton's Wake (1962) and Murder à la Mod (1968). Most recently, he contributed a small but effective cameo in De Palma's 2006 release The Black Dahlia. Under the name W. Franklin Finley, he wrote the screenplay for the 1983 film The First Time. He was also the co-author of the 1985 book Racewalking.
Finley graduated from Columbia University in 1963. He resided in New York City with his wife and son.
Woton’s Wake
This is the second volume of ultra-rare oddities, obscurities and jaw-droppers that may be among the best 85 minutes Something Weird has ever assembled and almost all of them from the original negatives! Titles include The Martians (1962), Tops ‘n Tunes (1964), Swinger (1966), Slumber Party (196?), Chemical Pop (196?), The Assignation (1963), A Christmas Fantasy (196?), Woton’s Wake (1964) and some newly-discovered trailers for live midnight shows.
George Tilden
Um jovem policial e sua equipe descobre corpos de mulheres dilaceradas na cidade, parecidos com o caso da Dália Negra, de 1947. Um serial Killer parece ter copiado o massacre brutal de Betty Short, aspirante à estrela de Hollywood dos anos 1940. Suas investigações o levaram a um assustador covil de morte e tortura, todas partes de uma terrível fantasia que o assassino está tentado trazer a vida.
Himself
A 50-minute documentary on the making of the film featuring director Brian De Palma, producer Edward R. Pressman, the late star William Finley, star and composer Paul Williams, co-stars Jessica Harper and Gerrit Graham and more!
Husband
A shy entomologist named Ida—whose girlfriend has left her, due to her interest in insects—develops a crush on a strange girl, Misty. After Ida receives a mysterious insect in the mail, the two women spend the night together, and Ida awakens to find that Misty has stumbled upon her insect collection and has a great interest in them herself.
Self
A documentary about the making of Brian De Palma's 1973 film SISTERS including interviews with the cast and crew.
Dr. Matteson
A young girl travels to Cairo to visit her father, and becomes unwillingly involved with a bizarre sadomasochistic cult led by the charismatic Paul Chevalier, who is a descendant of the Marquis de Sade.
Milt
Horror film director must plot to steal the negative of his film in order to save it from being destroyed in an insurance scam cooked up by his sleazy producers.
The Phantom (archive footage) (uncredited)
A non-stop roller coaster ride through the scariest moments of the greatest terror films of all time.
Dr. Paul Vaughn
O xerife durão de uma pequena cidade do Texas usa todas as suas habilidades de luta para derrotar um assassino psicótico e quase invencível, que foi geneticamente desenvolvido por um grupo de pesquisadores inconsequentes.
Marco the Magnificent
Quatro adolescentes visitam o parque de diversões local para uma noite de diversão inocente. Eles logo descobrem, contudo, que não havia nada de inocente ou divertido por lá. Pelo contrário, eles encontram o terror absoluto quando ficam presos dentro do labirinto da Casa Maluca. Um por um, as vítimas são perseguidas e eliminadas com requintes de crueldade. Tobe Hooper (de O Massacre da Serra Elétrica e Poltergeist – O Fênomeno) mostra porque pode ser considerado um dos novos mestres do terror, graças ao seu estilo tenso e diferente de tudo o que havia sido feito até então.
Bobbi (voice) (uncredited)
Um terapeuta de Manhattan, o Dr. Robert Elliott, enfrenta o momento mais aterrorizante de sua vida, quando um assassino psicopata começa a atacar as mulheres de sua vida - usando uma navalha roubada de seu escritório. Desesperado para encontrar o assassino antes que outra pessoa seja ferida, Elliott logo se vê envolvido em um mundo de escusos e perturbadores desejos.
Fichandler
A group of scientists take Simon, a psychology professor, as a test person for a brainwash experiment. After that they try to convince him that he was a living-being from another planet.
Raymond Dunwoodie
Um elaborado jogo de controle mental inicia-se quando o filho de um agente do governo é sequestrado por causa de seus poderes psicocinéticos. Desesperado para encontrá-lo, seu pai contata uma garota com habilidades psíquicas semelhantes às de seu filho. Ela logo descobre que o rapaz é prisioneiro de um órgão secreto do governo dos EUA e que está sendo utilizado para perigosas experiências mentais - e programado para matar.
Roy
A psychotic redneck who owns a dilapidated hotel in the backwater swamps of Louisiana kills various people who upset him or his business, and he feeds their bodies to a large crocodile that he keeps as a pet in the swamp beside his hotel.
Winslow / The Phantom
Depois que o produtor fonográfico Swan rouba a música do compositor Winslow Leach e o entrega para uma de suas bandas, Leach entra no escritório de Swan. Mas Swan pega Leach e o acusa de comercializar drogas, o que o leva à prisão. Leach foge e tenta novamente sabotar o império de Swan, mas um acidente desfigura sua face. Leach se transforma no "Fantasma" para arruinar Swan enquanto salva a cantora Phoenix de uma terrível tragédia
Emil Breton
A jornalista Grace Collier testemunha sua vizinha, a modelo Danielle Breton, assassinando um homem. Mas a polícia não encontra nenhum corpo, e Grace tenta solucionar o crime por conta própria.
Self/Dionysus
Filmed stageplay based on the ancient greek play The Bacchae written by Euripides. This play is performed by members of The Performance Group, an NYC experimental theater group who has made their own personal adaptation of this ancient text. Filmed by Brian De Palma.
Alistair
Young Charlie begins to develop a case of cold feet as his upcoming wedding looms nearer. Desperate to throw the wedding plans off the track, Charlie tries a variety of tactics, including attempting to rekindle the relationship between his fiancée Josephine and her former boyfriend.
Otto
Naive young Karen wants to help her struggling amateur filmmaker boyfriend Christopher raise enough money so he can divorce his wife. Meanwhile, jolly psycho-prankster Otto stalks the building where Christopher is shooting a low-grade adult movie in order to keep himself afloat.
Woton
Woton Wretchichevsky has a disfigured face, dresses in a cloak and mask, and stalks couples to burn them with a blowtorch. He is also a sculptor of steel and garbage installations. One day, one of his creations comes to life in the form of a young woman. She flees from him when he tries to express his love by pointing his blowtorch at her.
Elmo
An ex-cop, now a private detective, investigating a gambler's murder finds that there may be a connection between that crime and the jewel robbery at a beautiful movie star's home.
Robert Johnson
A short film written and directed by William Finley's son, Dashiell Finley.
