Korean Title: "Opera"-eui Yu-ryeong
Starring: Gerard Butler, Simon Callow, Minnie Driver
Director: Joel Schumacher
Studio: I Vision / Warner Bros. (Korea)
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Drama(Musical)

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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 ingenue 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.

Those who consider the stage musical shallow and overblown probably won't have their minds changed by the movie, and devotees will forever rue that the movie took the better part of two decades to develop, which prevented the casting of original principals Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman. Still, The Phantom of the Opera is a welcome exception to the long line of ill-conceived Broadway-to-movie travesties.

Audio Format:	DD 5.1 Surround, DD 2.0 Stereo, DTS
Video Format:	Widescreen 2.40:1 (Anamorphic)
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	English, Korean
Country Made:	United States
Region Code:	3
Year Made:	2004
Running Time:	141
Special Features:	* Includes Photo Gallery Booklet DISC1 - Audio Commentary by Korean Critics and Musical Casts (Korean) BEST NUMBER - Think of me - The Phantom of the Opera - All I ask of you - Masquerade - Learn to be lonely DISC2 MAKING FILM - PRODUCTION DESIGN - Visual Effects - Recording the Music - Editing - Special Effects - Costumes, Hair & Make-up - Product Placement-Swarovski THE STORY OF MUSIC - John Snelson & Michael Coveney - Deleted Scene "No One Would Listen" - Emmy Rossum - screen test - Cast & Crew 'Singalong' PROMO VIDEOS - 4 Promos from the Original Show - TV SPOT(TV spot of Original Musical Team) - Music Video - Trailer
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