Movies
The Phantom of The Opera（2004）
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The 2004 film is Joel Schumacher’s directed film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical and Charles Hart's internationally successful 1986 stage musical, which is in turn based on the novel by Gaston Leroux. The cast includes Gerard Butler as the Phantom, Emmy Rossum (who was only 16 at the time of filming) as Christine Daaé, and Patrick Wilson as Raoul.
In 2005 Academy Awards, nominations includes best Art Direction, best Cinematography, and best Original Song(Learn to Be Lonely). In Golden Globe, nominations includes Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy and Best Original Song.
Stage version v.s 2005 Film Version:
In the 2005 film, changes made to some of the characters and their backgrounds. In the film, Madame Giry, the porter of the Paris Opera House, first meets the Phantom when they are both children and helps him escape from imprisonment in a carnival; it is suggested that he spends his entire life living at the Opera. In both the stage show and the original book, the Phantom winds up in the carnival as an adult after travelling the world and spending time in Persia. The character of Christine was also similarly changed; in the film, she is orphaned as a young girl and brought to the Opera by Madame Giry.
There was a noticeable increase in the action and drama of the film incarnation, such as the various sword-fighting sequences absent from the stage version. Besides, the Phantom's lair was enlarged and given various new furnishings including candles that lit themselves automatically.
