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Release Date: Dec 22, 2004
Running Time: 143 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
synopsis
Based on the hit musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, the tale tells the story of a disfigured musical genius that 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, 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.
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The Phantom
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Madame Giry
Andre
Firmin
Buquet
Carlotta
Piangi
Reyer
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reviews
PETER TRAVERS -
December 15, 2004
Fearing date-movie hell, most guys will panic at the idea of a Gothic love story set in an 1870 Paris opera house where beast hits on beauty with a nonstop assault of Andrew Lloyd Webber music. Snap out of it. Phantom, still running on Broadway after sixteen years, is a rapturous spectacle. And the movie, directed full throttle by Joel Schumacher, goes the show one better. With a cast of young hotties, it smolders. Emmy Rossum, 18, has an aching loveliness to match her singing voice as soprano…
The tragic opera tells the story of a disfigured musical genius (Gerald Butler) who haunts the catacombs beneath the Paris Opera, waging a reign of terror over its occupants [cue the organ music]. Think The Elephant Man meets The Hunchback of Notre Dame--except this particular ''monster'' has some serious sex appeal. I mean, honestly, his only ''disfigurement'' is some scarring on one side of his face, which he covers with a rather classy mask. No big whoop. But I digress. When he falls…
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