The Phantom of the Opera [HD DVD]

Buy This Item The Phantom of the Opera [HD DVD] by Warner Home Video  Available from Amazon  $15.49  on 11-15-2008     HD DVD - Phantom Of The Opera Actors: Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson, Minnie Driver Directors: Joel Schumacher Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only.) Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1 Number of discs: 1 Studio: Warner Home Video DVD Release Date: April 18, 2006 DVD Features: Available Subtitles: English, Spanish, French Available Audio Tracks: English (), English (), French () 1080p High Definition 16x9 Dolby True-HD English 5.1, Dolby Digital-Plus English 5.1, Dolby Digital-Plus Francais (Quebec) 5.1 Behind the Mask: The Story of the Phantom of the Opera Three making-of featurettes: preproduction, the director, production Additional scene: No One Would Listen Theatrical trailer Cast & crew singalong Reader Reviews And with that being said, the Gillman from "Creature from the Black Lagoon" (1954) is the most Inhuman. I think the only thing I could say is that this film does justice to the 1925 silent version with Lon Chaney Sr., as well as the 1943 "Phantom of the Opera", with Claude Rains. The latter of the two originals plays the biggest part in terms of the Phantom's appearance this time around. So far, as far as classic monster remakes go, Columbia and Tristar have been responsible for taking Universal's chance of reinventing their two biggest titans of terror: Dracula and Frankenstein's Monster, away from them. Warner Bros. was responsible for taking Universal's chance at a remake of Phantom of the Opera away from them, which resulted in this film. If you ask me, Columbia, Tristar, and now Warner Bros. have all done a good job with their distribution of these classic monsters, in turn doing justice to these legends of horror. Universal however did manage to get a hold of one of its classics, The Mummy, and remake it in 1999. And just as Columbia, Tristar, and Warner Bros. had remade the classic Dracula, Frankenstein, and Phantom films, Universal remade the 1933 classic King Kong in 2005, which was originally a RKO Picture. So now, The Wolf Man, Creature from the Black Lagoon, and The Invisible Man are the only ones left to be brought to a new generation, and Universal is remaking these.

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