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 Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 10:59 am
Well...so much for the "hand at the level of your eye" line...O.O
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Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 5:51 pm
Well...so much for the "hand at the level of your eye" line...O.Oyup.
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Malevolent Phantom Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 9:21 pm
In the play, when Cristine removes Phantoms mask, she throws it aside and has a spare one with her.
My friend pointed that out when we saw the play.
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Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 6:28 pm
In the 2004 movie during PONR Christine's bracelet breaks and then is fixed in the shot after that.
~R.H.
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 12:05 am
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Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 9:02 pm
I'm going to post all the trivia I know, some of it may have already been posted on page two(I didn't read it), but I'll opst anyways.
Both Gerard Butler and Patrick Wilson hated filming the water scenes.
The sweeping camera angles during "All I Ask of You" made it necessary to shoot multiple takes of the kiss between Emmy Rossum and Patrick Wilson. Emmy Rossum had to ice her lips between takes to prevent them from swelling.
Even though in the Andrew Lloyd Webber version the Phantom doesn't have a name, in the original book he's called Erik.
All of the principal actors sang in the film except for Minnie Driver. Most of the actors have a background in musicals or opera, but Minnie Driver (a skilled singer) had no experience in opera and was dubbed by Margaret Preece, a singing teacher from Solihull, UK. Driver does however contribute the film's end title song, "Learn To Be Lonely," written specifically for the film by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
The Phantom's white half-mask prop that Gerard Butler wore for the film sold for £6,350 on eBay.
The most expensive independent film ever made.
Gerard Butler's first days of filming were five weeks into production, where he and Emmy Rossum did "Past the Point of No Return" which took three days to film.
Emmy Rossum was only 16 when this movie was filmed, the same age as her character Christine when the movie is set.
The project was ready to begin filming in 1990 and was set to star Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman (the original stars of the stage version). Just before filming began, Andrew Lloyd Webber divorced Brightman and the project was put on hold.
Shekhar Kapur was set to direct at one point.
John Travolta and Antonio Banderas were both considered for the role of the Phantom. Banderas actually spent several years in vocal preparation, and sang the role of the Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration (199 cool (TV).
Keira Knightley auditioned for the role of Christine Daaé.
Charlotte Church and 'Anne Hathaway' were considered for the role of Christine Daaé.
While others have been mentioned through the years, Joel Schumacher was Andrew Lloyd Webber's choice for director since the movie project was conceived in the early '90s.
It took four hours for Gerard Butler to be fitted with full makeup and prosthetics.
Filming of the final lair scene took a week to complete.
Katie Holmes was almost cast as Christine but the director said she was too old for the part.
The movie was dubbed into Spanish by the actors and singers from the Madrid stage version. The main roles are played by Juan Carlos Barona (The Phantom), Julia Möeller (Christine), Paco Arrojo (Raoul), Yolanda Pérez Segoviano (Mme. Giry), Belén Marcos (Carlotta), Tony Cruz (Firmin), David Venancio Muro (André), Enrique Ferrer (Piangi) and Ana Esther Alborg (Meg Giry). The Spanish lyrics, however, are different from the Madrid version because of the need of lyrics that can be lip-synced with the screen actors.
In April 2004 an audience of the stage version of "The Phantom of the Opera" in London were asked to stay behind at the end and record the sound effects for the movie. The sounds will be played during the chandelier crash.
The same lead sculptors were used for the making of the film sets and for the original stage show in London.
Neither Gerard Butler nor Emmy Rossum had seen the musical prior to receiving their roles.
Joel Schumacher was chosen by Andrew Lloyd Webber after he saw The Lost Boys (1987) and was impressed by Joel Schumacher's use of music.
When the Phantom is taking Christine to his lair, he places her on a black horse for a while. This is not part of the show, but is a nod to the original book, where the Phantom uses a horse named Cesar to transport Christine part of the way.
Andrew Lloyd Webber composed 15 minutes of new music for the film.
Andrew Lloyd Webber only insisted that the actors do their own singing, after 'Joel Schumacher' requested that the cast would be relatively young.
In the beginning of the movie, the retiring owner, Lefevre, says that the only way to please Carlotta is, "Grovel, grovel". This is part of a song from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, another one of Andrew Lloyd Webber's shows.
The chandelier weighed 2.2 tons, cost $1.3 million, and was provided by Swarovski. It had a stunt double for riskier scenes. There was also a third chandelier made, that was equipped with electricity and lighting for the opening scene.
The music is played by a 110-piece orchestra.
The Phantom speaks only eight of his lines and sings the rest.
In Christine's debut performance as the star of the Opera House, she wears a costume that is an exact replica of the outfit Empress Elizabeth (aka "Sisi") of Austria wears in her most famous portrait. This includes the white diaphanous dress with full, billowing skirt, as well as the diamond star-bursts in her hair and earrings. This is not surprising when one considers the fact that Andrew Lloyd Webber is one of the most important collectors of artwork from this period, and would be familiar with the portrait in question.
For the auditions, a set was built and the actors wore costume.
Because the chandelier scene is at the end of the film, as opposed to ending the first act as it does in the play, one of the lines in the song "Masquerade" had to be altered so that instead of referring to a "new chandelier" they talk of "friends that are here".
Patrick Wilson (Raoul) was the first to be signed, then Gerard Butler (The Phantom), then Emmy Rossum (Christine).
The theatre fire was an actual fire. Joel Schumacher wanted realism, so they destroyed the theatre for the scene.
The screenplay was written in the south of France in 1989 by Joel Schumacher and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Emmy Rossum almost didn't get the part because her mother didn't want her to miss her family reunion. Luckily, director Joel Schumacher was able to convince her to leave early in order to sing for Andrew Lloyd Webber.
The lit candelabras that rise from the water were not done with special effects or CGI lights: the special wicks ignited when they reached the air. This effect was done in one take and didn't work again after that.
In the "Masquerade" scene, there is a pan up the stairs. When it reaches the top of the stairs, opera patrons dressed in cat masks strike the pose that the cats on the show "Cats" pose in any promotional material. "Cats" is also an Andrew Lloyd Webber show.
At the end of the Masquerade scene, Raoul briefly enters a circular chamber full of mirrors. This is a reference to the original Phantom of the Opera novel, in which the Phantom used the mirrored chamber as a torture chamber to drive victims insane.
Patrick Wilson did his own stunts.
The instruction to "Keep your hand at the level of your eyes" is another reference from the book, in which the Phantom was adept at disposing of victims with the "Punjab lasso." Keeping one's hand at the level of one's eyes kept the Punjab lasso away from the victim's neck and was the only defense.
The doll in the Phantom's lair that is supposed to resemble Emmy Rossum is not actually a wax mold. It is Emmy Rossum. The production produced a mask of her face to use on the mannequin but when they put in the fake eyes it didn't look like her. She suggested to stand in as the mannequin instead. This was done by her being made up like a doll with waxy makeup on, and her standing very, very still.
In very early stages of production, 'Kevin Spacey' was considered for the role of The Phantom.
Emmy Rossum hated having to film 14 hour days, seeing as how she had to wear a corset for all of them, and her body was still growing so it was very *very* uncomfortable
Michael Crawford hated having to pernounce the letter "P" because the way his lip had to be formed, it was so difficult, so he made I'm going to post all the trivia I know, some of it may have already been posted on page two(I didn't read it), but I'll opst anyways.
Both Gerard Butler and Patrick Wilson hated filming the water scenes.
The sweeping camera angles during "All I Ask of You" made it necessary to shoot multiple takes of the kiss between Emmy Rossum and Patrick Wilson. Emmy Rossum had to ice her lips between takes to prevent them from swelling.
Even though in the Andrew Lloyd Webber version the Phantom doesn't have a name, in the original book he's called Erik.
All of the principal actors sang in the film except for Minnie Driver. Most of the actors have a background in musicals or opera, but Minnie Driver (a skilled singer) had no experience in opera and was dubbed by Margaret Preece, a singing teacher from Solihull, UK. Driver does however contribute the film's end title song, "Learn To Be Lonely," written specifically for the film by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
The Phantom's white half-mask prop that Gerard Butler wore for the film sold for £6,350 on eBay.
The most expensive independent film ever made.
Gerard Butler's first days of filming were five weeks into production, where he and Emmy Rossum did "Past the Point of No Return" which took three days to film.
Emmy Rossum was only 16 when this movie was filmed, the same age as her character Christine when the movie is set.
The project was ready to begin filming in 1990 and was set to star Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman (the original stars of the stage version). Just before filming began, Andrew Lloyd Webber divorced Brightman and the project was put on hold.
Shekhar Kapur was set to direct at one point.
John Travolta and Antonio Banderas were both considered for the role of the Phantom. Banderas actually spent several years in vocal preparation, and sang the role of the Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration (199 cool (TV).
Keira Knightley auditioned for the role of Christine Daaé.
Charlotte Church and 'Anne Hathaway' were considered for the role of Christine Daaé.
While others have been mentioned through the years, Joel Schumacher was Andrew Lloyd Webber's choice for director since the movie project was conceived in the early '90s.
It took four hours for Gerard Butler to be fitted with full makeup and prosthetics.
Filming of the final lair scene took a week to complete.
Katie Holmes was almost cast as Christine but the director said she was too old for the part.
The movie was dubbed into Spanish by the actors and singers from the Madrid stage version. The main roles are played by Juan Carlos Barona (The Phantom), Julia Möeller (Christine), Paco Arrojo (Raoul), Yolanda Pérez Segoviano (Mme. Giry), Belén Marcos (Carlotta), Tony Cruz (Firmin), David Venancio Muro (André), Enrique Ferrer (Piangi) and Ana Esther Alborg (Meg Giry). The Spanish lyrics, however, are different from the Madrid version because of the need of lyrics that can be lip-synced with the screen actors.
In April 2004 an audience of the stage version of "The Phantom of the Opera" in London were asked to stay behind at the end and record the sound effects for the movie. The sounds will be played during the chandelier crash.
The same lead sculptors were used for the making of the film sets and for the original stage show in London.
Neither Gerard Butler nor Emmy Rossum had seen the musical prior to receiving their roles.
Joel Schumacher was chosen by Andrew Lloyd Webber after he saw The Lost Boys (1987) and was impressed by Joel Schumacher's use of music.
When the Phantom is taking Christine to his lair, he places her on a black horse for a while. This is not part of the show, but is a nod to the original book, where the Phantom uses a horse named Cesar to transport Christine part of the way.
Andrew Lloyd Webber composed 15 minutes of new music for the film.
Andrew Lloyd Webber only insisted that the actors do their own singing, after 'Joel Schumacher' requested that the cast would be relatively young.
In the beginning of the movie, the retiring owner, Lefevre, says that the only way to please Carlotta is, "Grovel, grovel". This is part of a song from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, another one of Andrew Lloyd Webber's shows.
The chandelier weighed 2.2 tons, cost $1.3 million, and was provided by Swarovski. It had a stunt double for riskier scenes. There was also a third chandelier made, that was equipped with electricity and lighting for the opening scene.
The music is played by a 110-piece orchestra.
The Phantom speaks only eight of his lines and sings the rest.
In Christine's debut performance as the star of the Opera House, she wears a costume that is an exact replica of the outfit Empress Elizabeth (aka "Sisi") of Austria wears in her most famous portrait. This includes the white diaphanous dress with full, billowing skirt, as well as the diamond star-bursts in her hair and earrings. This is not surprising when one considers the fact that Andrew Lloyd Webber is one of the most important collectors of artwork from this period, and would be familiar with the portrait in question.
For the auditions, a set was built and the actors wore costume.
Because the chandelier scene is at the end of the film, as opposed to ending the first act as it does in the play, one of the lines in the song "Masquerade" had to be altered so that instead of referring to a "new chandelier" they talk of "friends that are here".
Patrick Wilson (Raoul) was the first to be signed, then Gerard Butler (The Phantom), then Emmy Rossum (Christine).
The theatre fire was an actual fire. Joel Schumacher wanted realism, so they destroyed the theatre for the scene.
The screenplay was written in the south of France in 1989 by Joel Schumacher and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Emmy Rossum almost didn't get the part because her mother didn't want her to miss her family reunion. Luckily, director Joel Schumacher was able to convince her to leave early in order to sing for Andrew Lloyd Webber.
The lit candelabras that rise from the water were not done with special effects or CGI lights: the special wicks ignited when they reached the air. This effect was done in one take and didn't work again after that.
In the "Masquerade" scene, there is a pan up the stairs. When it reaches the top of the stairs, opera patrons dressed in cat masks strike the pose that the cats on the show "Cats" pose in any promotional material. "Cats" is also an Andrew Lloyd Webber show.
At the end of the Masquerade scene, Raoul briefly enters a circular chamber full of mirrors. This is a reference to the original Phantom of the Opera novel, in which the Phantom used the mirrored chamber as a torture chamber to drive victims insane.
Patrick Wilson did his own stunts.
The instruction to "Keep your hand at the level of your eyes" is another reference from the book, in which the Phantom was adept at disposing of victims with the "Punjab lasso." Keeping one's hand at the level of one's eyes kept the Punjab lasso away from the victim's neck and was the only defense.
The doll in the Phantom's lair that is supposed to resemble Emmy Rossum is not actually a wax mold. It is Emmy Rossum. The production produced a mask of her face to use on the mannequin but when they put in the fake eyes it didn't look like her. She suggested to stand in as the mannequin instead. This was done by her being made up like a doll with waxy makeup on, and her standing very, very still.
In very early stages of production, 'Kevin Spacey' was considered for the role of The Phantom.
Emmy Rossum hated having to film 14 hour days, seeing as how she had to wear a corset for all of them, and her body was still growing so it was very *very* uncomfortable
Michael Crawford hated having to pernounce the letter "P" because the way his lip had to be formed, it was so difficult, so he made I'm going to post all the trivia I know, some of it may have already been posted on page two(I didn't read it), but I'll opst anyways.
Both Gerard Butler and Patrick Wilson hated filming the water scenes.
The sweeping camera angles during "All I Ask of You" made it necessary to shoot multiple takes of the kiss between Emmy Rossum and Patrick Wilson. Emmy Rossum had to ice her lips between takes to prevent them from swelling.
Even though in the Andrew Lloyd Webber version the Phantom doesn't have a name, in the original book he's called Erik.
All of the principal actors sang in the film except for Minnie Driver. Most of the actors have a background in musicals or opera, but Minnie Driver (a skilled singer) had no experience in opera and was dubbed by Margaret Preece, a singing teacher from Solihull, UK. Driver does however contribute the film's end title song, "Learn To Be Lonely," written specifically for the film by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
The Phantom's white half-mask prop that Gerard Butler wore for the film sold for £6,350 on eBay.
The most expensive independent film ever made.
Gerard Butler's first days of filming were five weeks into production, where he and Emmy Rossum did "Past the Point of No Return" which took three days to film.
Emmy Rossum was only 16 when this movie was filmed, the same age as her character Christine when the movie is set.
The project was ready to begin filming in 1990 and was set to star Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman (the original stars of the stage version). Just before filming began, Andrew Lloyd Webber divorced Brightman and the project was put on hold.
Shekhar Kapur was set to direct at one point.
John Travolta and Antonio Banderas were both considered for the role of the Phantom. Banderas actually spent several years in vocal preparation, and sang the role of the Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration (199 cool (TV).
Keira Knightley auditioned for the role of Christine Daaé.
Charlotte Church and 'Anne Hathaway' were considered for the role of Christine Daaé.
While others have been mentioned through the years, Joel Schumacher was Andrew Lloyd Webber's choice for director since the movie project was conceived in the early '90s.
It took four hours for Gerard Butler to be fitted with full makeup and prosthetics.
Filming of the final lair scene took a week to complete.
Katie Holmes was almost cast as Christine but the director said she was too old for the part.
The movie was dubbed into Spanish by the actors and singers from the Madrid stage version. The main roles are played by Juan Carlos Barona (The Phantom), Julia Möeller (Christine), Paco Arrojo (Raoul), Yolanda Pérez Segoviano (Mme. Giry), Belén Marcos (Carlotta), Tony Cruz (Firmin), David Venancio Muro (André), Enrique Ferrer (Piangi) and Ana Esther Alborg (Meg Giry). The Spanish lyrics, however, are different from the Madrid version because of the need of lyrics that can be lip-synced with the screen actors.
In April 2004 an audience of the stage version of "The Phantom of the Opera" in London were asked to stay behind at the end and record the sound effects for the movie. The sounds will be played during the chandelier crash.
The same lead sculptors were used for the making of the film sets and for the original stage show in London.
Neither Gerard Butler nor Emmy Rossum had seen the musical prior to receiving their roles.
Joel Schumacher was chosen by Andrew Lloyd Webber after he saw The Lost Boys (1987) and was impressed by Joel Schumacher's use of music.
When the Phantom is taking Christine to his lair, he places her on a black horse for a while. This is not part of the show, but is a nod to the original book, where the Phantom uses a horse named Cesar to transport Christine part of the way.
Andrew Lloyd Webber composed 15 minutes of new music for the film.
Andrew Lloyd Webber only insisted that the actors do their own singing, after 'Joel Schumacher' requested that the cast would be relatively young.
In the beginning of the movie, the retiring owner, Lefevre, says that the only way to please Carlotta is, "Grovel, grovel". This is part of a song from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, another one of Andrew Lloyd Webber's shows.
The chandelier weighed 2.2 tons, cost $1.3 million, and was provided by Swarovski. It had a stunt double for riskier scenes. There was also a third chandelier made, that was equipped with electricity and lighting for the opening scene.
The music is played by a 110-piece orchestra.
The Phantom speaks only eight of his lines and sings the rest.
In Christine's debut performance as the star of the Opera House, she wears a costume that is an exact replica of the outfit Empress Elizabeth (aka "Sisi") of Austria wears in her most famous portrait. This includes the white diaphanous dress with full, billowing skirt, as well as the diamond star-bursts in her hair and earrings. This is not surprising when one considers the fact that Andrew Lloyd Webber is one of the most important collectors of artwork from this period, and would be familiar with the portrait in question.
For the auditions, a set was built and the actors wore costume.
Because the chandelier scene is at the end of the film, as opposed to ending the first act as it does in the play, one of the lines in the song "Masquerade" had to be altered so that instead of referring to a "new chandelier" they talk of "friends that are here".
Patrick Wilson (Raoul) was the first to be signed, then Gerard Butler (The Phantom), then Emmy Rossum (Christine).
The theatre fire was an actual fire. Joel Schumacher wanted realism, so they destroyed the theatre for the scene.
The screenplay was written in the south of France in 1989 by Joel Schumacher and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Emmy Rossum almost didn't get the part because her mother didn't want her to miss her family reunion. Luckily, director Joel Schumacher was able to convince her to leave early in order to sing for Andrew Lloyd Webber.
The lit candelabras that rise from the water were not done with special effects or CGI lights: the special wicks ignited when they reached the air. This effect was done in one take and didn't work again after that.
In the "Masquerade" scene, there is a pan up the stairs. When it reaches the top of the stairs, opera patrons dressed in cat masks strike the pose that the cats on the show "Cats" pose in any promotional material. "Cats" is also an Andrew Lloyd Webber show.
At the end of the Masquerade scene, Raoul briefly enters a circular chamber full of mirrors. This is a reference to the original Phantom of the Opera novel, in which the Phantom used the mirrored chamber as a torture chamber to drive victims insane.
Patrick Wilson did his own stunts.
The instruction to "Keep your hand at the level of your eyes" is another reference from the book, in which the Phantom was adept at disposing of victims with the "Punjab lasso." Keeping one's hand at the level of one's eyes kept the Punjab lasso away from the victim's neck and was the only defense.
The doll in the Phantom's lair that is supposed to resemble Emmy Rossum is not actually a wax mold. It is Emmy Rossum. The production produced a mask of her face to use on the mannequin but when they put in the fake eyes it didn't look like her. She suggested to stand in as the mannequin instead. This was done by her being made up like a doll with waxy makeup on, and her standing very, very still.
In very early stages of production, 'Kevin Spacey' was considered for the role of The Phantom.
Emmy Rossum hated having to film 14 hour days, seeing as how she had to wear a corset for all of them, and her body was still growing so it was very *very* uncomfortable
Michael Crawford hated having to pernounce the letter "P" because the way his lip had to be formed, it was so difficult, so he made I'm going to post all the trivia I know, some of it may have already been posted on page two(I didn't read it), but I'll opst anyways.
Both Gerard Butler and Patrick Wilson hated filming the water scenes.
The sweeping camera angles during "All I Ask of You" made it necessary to shoot multiple takes of the kiss between Emmy Rossum and Patrick Wilson. Emmy Rossum had to ice her lips between takes to prevent them from swelling.
Even though in the Andrew Lloyd Webber version the Phantom doesn't have a name, in the original book he's called Erik.
All of the principal actors sang in the film except for Minnie Driver. Most of the actors have a background in musicals or opera, but Minnie Driver (a skilled singer) had no experience in opera and was dubbed by Margaret Preece, a singing teacher from Solihull, UK. Driver does however contribute the film's end title song, "Learn To Be Lonely," written specifically for the film by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
The Phantom's white half-mask prop that Gerard Butler wore for the film sold for £6,350 on eBay.
The most expensive independent film ever made.
Gerard Butler's first days of filming were five weeks into production, where he and Emmy Rossum did "Past the Point of No Return" which took three days to film.
Emmy Rossum was only 16 when this movie was filmed, the same age as her character Christine when the movie is set.
The project was ready to begin filming in 1990 and was set to star Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman (the original stars of the stage version). Just before filming began, Andrew Lloyd Webber divorced Brightman and the project was put on hold.
Shekhar Kapur was set to direct at one point.
John Travolta and Antonio Banderas were both considered for the role of the Phantom. Banderas actually spent several years in vocal preparation, and sang the role of the Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration (199 cool (TV).
Keira Knightley auditioned for the role of Christine Daaé.
Charlotte Church and 'Anne Hathaway' were considered for the role of Christine Daaé.
While others have been mentioned through the years, Joel Schumacher was Andrew Lloyd Webber's choice for director since the movie project was conceived in the early '90s.
It took four hours for Gerard Butler to be fitted with full makeup and prosthetics.
Filming of the final lair scene took a week to complete.
Katie Holmes was almost cast as Christine but the director said she was too old for the part.
The movie was dubbed into Spanish by the actors and singers from the Madrid stage version. The main roles are played by Juan Carlos Barona (The Phantom), Julia Möeller (Christine), Paco Arrojo (Raoul), Yolanda Pérez Segoviano (Mme. Giry), Belén Marcos (Carlotta), Tony Cruz (Firmin), David Venancio Muro (André), Enrique Ferrer (Piangi) and Ana Esther Alborg (Meg Giry). The Spanish lyrics, however, are different from the Madrid version because of the need of lyrics that can be lip-synced with the screen actors.
In April 2004 an audience of the stage version of "The Phantom of the Opera" in London were asked to stay behind at the end and record the sound effects for the movie. The sounds will be played during the chandelier crash.
The same lead sculptors were used for the making of the film sets and for the original stage show in London.
Neither Gerard Butler nor Emmy Rossum had seen the musical prior to receiving their roles.
Joel Schumacher was chosen by Andrew Lloyd Webber after he saw The Lost Boys (1987) and was impressed by Joel Schumacher's use of music.
When the Phantom is taking Christine to his lair, he places her on a black horse for a while. This is not part of the show, but is a nod to the original book, where the Phantom uses a horse named Cesar to transport Christine part of the way.
Andrew Lloyd Webber composed 15 minutes of new music for the film.
Andrew Lloyd Webber only insisted that the actors do their own singing, after 'Joel Schumacher' requested that the cast would be relatively young.
In the beginning of the movie, the retiring owner, Lefevre, says that the only way to please Carlotta is, "Grovel, grovel". This is part of a song from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, another one of Andrew Lloyd Webber's shows.
The chandelier weighed 2.2 tons, cost $1.3 million, and was provided by Swarovski. It had a stunt double for riskier scenes. There was also a third chandelier made, that was equipped with electricity and lighting for the opening scene.
The music is played by a 110-piece orchestra.
The Phantom speaks only eight of his lines and sings the rest.
In Christine's debut performance as the star of the Opera House, she wears a costume that is an exact replica of the outfit Empress Elizabeth (aka "Sisi") of Austria wears in her most famous portrait. This includes the white diaphanous dress with full, billowing skirt, as well as the diamond star-bursts in her hair and earrings. This is not surprising when one considers the fact that Andrew Lloyd Webber is one of the most important collectors of artwork from this period, and would be familiar with the portrait in question.
For the auditions, a set was built and the actors wore costume.
Because the chandelier scene is at the end of the film, as opposed to ending the first act as it does in the play, one of the lines in the song "Masquerade" had to be altered so that instead of referring to a "new chandelier" they talk of "friends that are here".
Patrick Wilson (Raoul) was the first to be signed, then Gerard Butler (The Phantom), then Emmy Rossum (Christine).
The theatre fire was an actual fire. Joel Schumacher wanted realism, so they destroyed the theatre for the scene.
The screenplay was written in the south of France in 1989 by Joel Schumacher and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Emmy Rossum almost didn't get the part because her mother didn't want her to miss her family reunion. Luckily, director Joel Schumacher was able to convince her to leave early in order to sing for Andrew Lloyd Webber.
The lit candelabras that rise from the water were not done with special effects or CGI lights: the special wicks ignited when they reached the air. This effect was done in one take and didn't work again after that.
In the "Masquerade" scene, there is a pan up the stairs. When it reaches the top of the stairs, opera patrons dressed in cat masks strike the pose that the cats on the show "Cats" pose in any promotional material. "Cats" is also an Andrew Lloyd Webber show.
At the end of the Masquerade scene, Raoul briefly enters a circular chamber full of mirrors. This is a reference to the original Phantom of the Opera novel, in which the Phantom used the mirrored chamber as a torture chamber to drive victims insane.
Patrick Wilson did his own stunts.
The instruction to "Keep your hand at the level of your eyes" is another reference from the book, in which the Phantom was adept at disposing of victims with the "Punjab lasso." Keeping one's hand at the level of one's eyes kept the Punjab lasso away from the victim's neck and was the only defense.
The doll in the Phantom's lair that is supposed to resemble Emmy Rossum is not actually a wax mold. It is Emmy Rossum. The production produced a mask of her face to use on the mannequin but when they put in the fake eyes it didn't look like her. She suggested to stand in as the mannequin instead. This was done by her being made up like a doll with waxy makeup on, and her standing very, very still.
In very early stages of production, 'Kevin Spacey' was considered for the role of The Phantom.
Emmy Rossum hated having to film 14 hour days, seeing as how she had to wear a corset for all of them, and her body was still growing so it was very *very* uncomfortable
Michael Crawford hated having to prenounce the letter "P" because the way his lip had to be formed, it was so difficult, so he made Richard Stilgoe (the first lyricst) get rid of as many "P"'s as he could, and Michael hated "You little Prying Pandora"
'Tis all I've got for now, I'll update when I retrieve more wink
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