Product Information
Film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical. Beneath the Paris Opera House lurks a mysterious Phantom who becomes obsessed with Chorus Singer, Christine. When she falls in love with someone else, the Phantom is overcome by jealousy and imprisons her within his underground lair. Only her true love can save her...Product Identifiers
ProducerAndrew Lloyd Webber
EAN5017239115325
eBay Product ID (ePID)168161566
Product Key Features
ActorEmmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Minnie Driver, Gerard Butler, Miranda Richardson, Simon Callow
DirectorJoel Schumacher
Certificate12A/12
Release Year2005
GenreMusicals & Music Films, Music/Performing Arts
Additional Product Features
FormatVHS
ReviewsNews Of The World - Extraordinary...superb performances, Daily Express - Absolutely stunning
Number of Discs1
Additional InformationThose who thought that smoke machines and cobwebbed candelabras were the stuff of Halloween parties and dance clubs need to think again. In Joel Schumacher's film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Broadway musical THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, these moody set devices--and countless others--make every scene an atmospheric vision of souped-up 19th-century Gothic bliss. Christine Daee (a luminescent Emmy Rossum) is a tortured young star who is haunted by the voice of the phantom (Gerard Butler--who also played the lead in DRACULA 2000), a musician who hides in the shadows to hide a facial disfigurement, yet sings to her obsessively. Dwelling in the dark, damp chambers beneath the Paris opera house, the phantom lords over the cast and management with artistic autocracy--he writes the shows, casts them, and threatens all who disobey his plans with dramatically violent outbursts. But when his young student Christine falls for the rich and dapper Raoul (Patrick Wilson), the phantom descends into madness. Webber's memorable songs are performed with aplomb by Rossum, whose background includes singing with the Metropolitan Opera, and Wilson and Butler provide ample accompaniment. One of the treats of the proceedings is Minnie Driver's deeply exaggerated portrayal of the jealous diva, giving this PHANTOM a very appropriate dose of comic relief.
Movie/TV TitleThe Phantom Of The Opera
Run Time143 mins