The Phantom of the Opera [HD DVD]
by Joel Schumacher
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Actor: Emmy Rossum, Gerard Butler, Minnie Driver, Miranda Richardson, Patrick WilsonDirector: Joel Schumacher
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Original Language); French (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.40:1
Running Time: 141 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-04-18
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video
DVD Reviews of The Phantom of the Opera [HD DVD]
DVD Review: I Guess I Wasn't Comfortable A Single Two-Hour Long Song
Summary: 3 Stars
I really thought I'd enjoy this movie way more than I did, but by the end I was simply worn out. I'm used to musicals like Mary Poppins that have some song parts and some prose parts, but this Phantom movie is almost entirely song. In many places I cannot distinguish where one song ends and another one begins.
Still, there's no way to ruin the "Think of Me" song at the beginning. It's a masterpiece. I'm glad it isn't near the end, because if it was someone like me would be too tired of the constant music at that point to appreciate it.
I think the casting is good, especially the guy who plays the Phantom, but for goodness sakes, if someone in the movie accounced that he had to go to the bathroom, he would have found a way to sing his predicament instead of say it.
DVD Review: Very Good Movie for low price
Summary: 4 Stars
Have always enjoyed the music and have seen the musical both on Broadway and locally. Saw the movie when first out and wanted to see again. Checked Amazon and there it was for a low price. Added it to another purchase so I could get free shipping. Watched the DVD with a friend last wekk and enjoyed both the music and the movie all over again. DVD Review: Phantom Movie--Better than Broadway
Summary: 5 Stars
Phantom of the Opera--I enjoyed this movie, considerably more than the Broadway and theater versions. Somehow, from the movie, I understood in a deeper sense the plot of the play.
I could emphasize with the Phantom, the poor disfigured creature and his hopeless love for the young Christine Daae. I could say, "Poor Phantom", while still not wanting him to get the girl.
Emmy Rossum, actually about 18 years old herself, played the 16 year old Christine beautifully, both in terms of acting and operatic voice.
The climax of the film was touching indeed. Her terminally ill husband lays flowers on her grave. He is struck by the flowers and ring, obviously deposited by the Phantom, still alive and still grieving himself for his lost love, Christine.
Although Phantom has been acclaimed for its music, I found the score so-so. It was the depth of the plot that got me. In another film, Billy Crystal expressed his disdain for the Phantom's live theater musical version, paraphrasing as follows: "This guy has a mask, covering his pizza for a face. The main melody of the play is a copycat version of `School Days, School Days.'" Maybe it was plagiarized, but in the film version, I didn't mind one bit.
DVD Review: The Phantom of the Opera (Gerard Butler)
Summary: 5 Stars
Good movie. Even my 16 year old is really into this movie. She's memorized all the songs and taking voice lessons now....DVD Review: Phantom
Summary: 5 Stars
My only complaint is two weeks after I purchased it, I found it at Walmart for $5... :-(
Description of The Phantom of the Opera [HD DVD]
Musical Drama based on Andrew Lloyd Webber's celebrated musical phenomenon. The Phantom of the Opera tells the story of a disfigured musical genius (Gerard Butler) who haunts the catacombs beneath the Paris Opera, waging a reign of terror over its occupants. When he falls fatally in love with the lovely Christine (Emmy Rossum), the Phantom devotes himself to creating a new star for the Opera, exerting a strange sense of control over the young soprano as he nurtures her extraordinary talents.Although it's not as bold as Oscar darling Chicago, The Phantom of the Opera continues the resuscitation of the movie musical with a faithful adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's blockbuster stage musical. Emmy Rossum glows in a breakout role as opera ing?nue Christine Daae, and if phantom Gerard Butler isn't Rossum's match vocally, he does convey menace and sensuality in such numbers as "The Music of the Night." The most experienced musical theater veteran in the cast, romantic lead Patrick Wilson, sings sweetly but seems wooden. The biggest name in the cast, Minnie Driver, hams it up as diva Carlotta, and she's the only principal whose voice was dubbed (though she does sing the closing-credit number, "Learn to Be Lonely," which is also the only new song).
Director Joel Schumacher, no stranger to visual spectacle, seems to have found a good match in Lloyd Webber's larger-than-life vision of Gaston LeRoux's Gothic horror-romance. His weakness is cuing too many audience-reaction shots and showing too much of the lurking Phantom, but when he calms down and lets Rossum sings "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" alone in a silent graveyard, it's exquisite.
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DVD Features
The special edition of The Phantom of the Opera has two major extras. "Behind the Mask: The Story of The Phantom of the Opera" is an hourlong documentary tracing the genesis of the stage show, with interviews of composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, director Harold Prince, producer Cameron Macintosh, lyricists Richard Stilgoe and Charles Hart, choreographer Gillian Lynne, and others. Conspicuously absent are stars Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford. Both do appear in video clips, including Brightman performing with Colm Wilkinson at an early workshop, and Crawford is the subject of a casting segment. Other brief scenes from the show are represented by a 2001 production. The other major feature is the 45-minute making-of focusing on the movie, including casting and the selection of director Joel Schumacher Both are well-done productions by Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group.
The deleted scene is a new song written by Lloyd Webber and Charles Hart, "No One Would Listen," sung by the Phantom toward the end of the movie. It's a beautiful song that, along with Madame Giry's story, makes him a more sympathetic character. But because that bit of backstory already slowed down the ending, it was probably a good move to cut the song. --David Horiuchi
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