list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around The Phantom of the Opera on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/The_Phantom_of_the_Opera/227041/default.aspx Title: The Phantom of the Opera
Year: 2004
Director: Joel Schumacher
Plot: 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 said to haunt the building, Carlotta drops out of the show, and the fates permit Christine to step in as her replacement. Christine's performance is a triumph, and on opening night she becomes reacquainted with Raoul (Patrick Wilson), a former childhood friend who is now a wealthy and well-known nobleman. Christine soon finds herself smitten with the handsome Raoul, but the same evening she makes a startling discovery -- the story of the Phantom is not just a legend. A brilliant but horribly disfigured composer (Gerard Butler) lives deep in the depths of the opera house, and taken with the beauty of Christine's voice, he abducts her and brings her to his lair, where he offers to help her perfect her talents, offering to write an opera especially for her. As the terrified Christine is comforted by Raoul, the two fall in love, but the phantom sees her affection for Raoul as a tremendous betrayal, and the jealous phantom nearly kills Christine as he nearly killed Carlotta. When the phantom emerges to present the opera's management with the piece he has written for Christine, the singer is asked to put her life on the line in an effort to capture the mad genius once and for all. Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical version of Gaston Leroux's novel, which had already enjoyed several stage and screen adaptations in the past, opened in London in 1986 and has been a popular favorite around the world ever since; the show was still running in New York and London when the film version premiered in late 2004. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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]]>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:59:43 GMTThe Phantom of the Opera2004Joel SchumacherOne 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 <a href="/players/P___110432/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Joel Schumacher</a>. Christine (<a href="/players/P___296588/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Emmy Rossum</a>) 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 (<a href="/players/P___199950/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Minnie Driver</a>). When several members of the company suggest this could be the work of the "Phantom of the Opera," a spectral presence said to haunt the building, Carlotta drops out of the show, and the fates permit Christine to step in as her replacement. Christine's performance is a triumph, and on opening night she becomes reacquainted with Raoul (<a href="/players/P___356977/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Patrick Wilson</a>), a former childhood friend who is now a wealthy and well-known nobleman. Christine soon finds herself smitten with the handsome Raoul, but the same evening she makes a startling discovery -- the story of the Phantom is not just a legend. A brilliant but horribly disfigured composer (<a href="/players/P___240591/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Gerard Butler</a>) lives deep in the depths of the opera house, and taken with the beauty of Christine's voice, he abducts her and brings her to his lair, where he offers to help her perfect her talents, offering to write an opera especially for her. As the terrified Christine is comforted by Raoul, the two fall in love, but the phantom sees her affection for Raoul as a tremendous betrayal, and the jealous phantom nearly kills Christine as he nearly killed Carlotta. When the phantom emerges to present the opera's management with the piece he has written for Christine, the singer is asked to put her life on the line in an effort to capture the mad genius once and for all. <a href="/players/P___116170/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Andrew Lloyd Webber</a>'s musical version of <a href="/players/P___217817/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Gaston Leroux</a>'s novel, which had already enjoyed several stage and screen adaptations in the past, opened in London in 1986 and has been a popular favorite around the world ever since; the show was still running in New York and London when the film version premiered in late 2004. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide63Tag Target (>10)45213http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u36316w0nqz.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/The_Phantom_of_the_Opera/227041/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/mythman/archive/2008/9/25/35554.aspx Post By: mythman
Post To: Watch Everything and Still See ONLY What Is Good
Post Date: 9/25/2008 8:00:56 PM
Body: The Final Mars Hill (but ... there will be ... another ...)Source: www.xomba.comwith references to http://www.spout.com/films/227041/default.aspx and http://www.spout.com/films/19746/default.aspx Originally posted on:Jay Hubbard's Facebook Posts
]]>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:56 GMTmythmanWatch Everything and Still See ONLY What Is Good9/25/2008 8:00:56 PMThe Final Mars Hill (but ... there will be ... another ...)Source: www.xomba.comwith references to http://www.spout.com/films/227041/default.aspx and http://www.spout.com/films/19746/default.aspx Originally posted on:Jay Hubbard's Facebook Posts http://www.spout.com/blogs/gahnzz/archive/2007/7/29/16806.aspx Post By: gahnzz
Post To: M.A.D. by Gahnzz - (Movie A Day)
Post Date: 7/29/2007 3:10:00 PM
Body: I still remember hearing about the stage version as it opened in London to rave reviews - especially for it's star, Michael Crawford and how any eventual movie version would fail without his inclusion. Fast forward 20 years, and Gerard Butler proves them wrong.Don't get me wrong, Schumaker's take on The Phantom of the Opera is not perfect. Though it's fault cannot be found in any of its performers. From Butler and Emily Rossum, through Patrick Wilson, and even to Minnie Driver - all the actors do quality work. Wilson is unfortunately staged with the under-written and annoying Raoul - though that is more the fault of the writers than any shortcoming on his part.The movie follows the stage version pretty closely, even mirroring some of the most iconic scenes almost identically. And therein lies one of the problems with this version. Schumaker had the freedom of film, yet the camera often times seems bolted down in order to preserve a concept from the theatrical telling. It's a shame, but those faults are mostly in the first 1/3 of the film.The largest problem - again, partly Schumaker and partly his screenwriters, was to remove some of the singing and replace it with verbatim speech, speaking the lines of a song instead of singing. Directorially I can understand the reasoning, but the dialogue rings false and ultimately sounds flat. It either needs to be genuine dialogue and it needs to be sung. Probably a discussion about having too much "opera" in the movie caused the decision to be made - but it's called Phantom of the OPERA... any audience members bothered by excessive singing would never have sat down in the first place.All in all - a capable telling of the stage version. A little short-handed given the possibilities of a true film version... but capable nonetheless. Schumaker didn't lay an egg on this one... but he also didn't climb very high.
]]>Sun, 29 Jul 2007 19:10:00 GMTgahnzzM.A.D. by Gahnzz - (Movie A Day)7/29/2007 3:10:00 PMI still remember hearing about the stage version as it opened in London to rave reviews - especially for it&#39;s star, Michael Crawford and how any eventual movie version would fail without his inclusion. Fast forward 20 years, and Gerard Butler proves them wrong.Don&#39;t get me wrong, Schumaker&#39;s take on The Phantom of the Opera is not perfect. Though it&#39;s fault cannot be found in any of its performers. From Butler and Emily Rossum, through Patrick Wilson, and even to Minnie Driver - all the actors do quality work. Wilson is unfortunately staged with the under-written and annoying Raoul - though that is more the fault of the writers than any shortcoming on his part.The movie follows the stage version pretty closely, even mirroring some of the most iconic scenes almost identically. And therein lies one of the problems with this version. Schumaker had the freedom of film, yet the camera often times seems bolted down in order to preserve a concept from the theatrical telling. It&#39;s a shame, but those faults are mostly in the first 1/3 of the film.The largest problem - again, partly Schumaker and partly his screenwriters, was to remove some of the singing and replace it with verbatim speech, speaking the lines of a song instead of singing. Directorially I can understand the reasoning, but the dialogue rings false and ultimately sounds flat. It either needs to be genuine dialogue and it needs to be sung. Probably a discussion about having too much "opera" in the movie caused the decision to be made - but it&#39;s called Phantom of the OPERA... any audience members bothered by excessive singing would never have sat down in the first place.All in all - a capable telling of the stage version. A little short-handed given the possibilities of a true film version... but capable nonetheless. Schumaker didn&#39;t lay an egg on this one... but he also didn&#39;t climb very high. http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/love/MemberTagFilms.aspxlove
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