About this title: One of the most popular stage musicals in the history of Broadway and London's West End makes its long-awaited arrival on the motion-picture screen in this lavish adaptation directed by Joel Schumacher. Christine (Emmy Rossum) is a beautiful and gifted young woman who longs to join the company of the Paris Opera House. During rehearsals for one of the opera's grand productions, a backdrop falls and crashes to the floor, nearly crushing leading lady Carlotta (Minnie Driver). When several members of the company suggest this could be the work of the "Phantom of the Opera," a spectral presence ...
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Format: DVD
Screen format: Full Screen
DVD region: 1
Studio: Warner Home Video
Date: 05/03/2005
UPC:085393895129
Description: Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson, Minnie Driver. Good. 2005 Run time: 143. Disc(s) only! Item will be shipped in a sleeve and will NOT include any artwork or a case. In stock in our warehouse and ships right now. read more
Format: DVD
Screen format: Full Screen
Studio: Entertainment Film Distributors / Warner Brothers
Date: 2005
UPC:085393895129
Description: Gerard Butler; Emmy Rossum; Patrick Wilson; Miranda Richardson; Minnie Driver. Fine. In fine packaging. Run time: 133 mins. Language: English. PROFESIONALLY REFURBISHED TO LIKE NEW CONDITION-SHIPS FREE UPGRADED 1ST CLASS. SHIPS IN 24 HOURS! read more
Format: DVD
Studio: Warner Home Video
UPC:085393895129
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Format: DVD
Studio: Warner Home Video
UPC:085393895228
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Format: Blu-Ray
Screen format: Full Screen
DVD region: 1
Studio: Warner Home Video
Date: 10/31/2006
UPC:085391108108
Description: Emmy Rossum, Gerard Butler, Patrick Wilson, Kevin McNally, Murray Melvin. New. 2004 Run time: 141. Items ship once payments have cleared. Media mail 5-8 days Priority 2-3 days and international orders may be subject to customs clearance procedures which can cause delays. Seasonal delays can occur in postal system. All items ship within 24 hours of receiving payment. read more
Format: BLU-RAY
Studio: Warner Home Video
UPC:085391108108
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Description: Butler, Gerard. Good in good packaging. 02/05/2005 VHS is in PAL format (not compatible in NTSC only VCR players). Dispatched same day from warehouse, VHS in good or better condition. read more
"I love Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage version of the phantom. the music is excellent, magical, and romantic. The film had the music, but none of the stage version's charm. Gerard Butler and Emmy Rossum pale in comparison to Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman.
Gerard Butler is a very handsome man and apparently stays that way even after being unmasked. His deformed side is barely anything to stare twice at and mostly acheived through dramatic lighting. In the stage version at least when he removed his mask the phantom was very ugly. Here it is barely worth all the drama. Worse Gerard Butler tends to over act making his phant appear goofy in serious parts of the film.
Emmy Rossum does better acting wise than Gerard Butler, but she lacks chemistry with the Phantom or Raoul. Patrick Wilson really shines as Raoul. He did the romantic lead well, much different from his roles in Angels in America or Hard Candy. He is an excellent actor who gives one hundred percent to the film.
Lines have been altered from the stage production and the chandelier crash is rightfully moved towards the end of the picture. The added drama of Raoul sword fighting with the phantom or him being trapped under water and nearly killed comes across as cheesey. They were not neccessary for the drama and served to take up time.
This is still a good adaptation if only for Webber's musical score. Its fun to watch and Gerard Butler does make a handsome phantom."
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