As the Phantom begs Christine to have a life with him, she unmasks him, revealing his disfigurement to all in attendance. Raoul, sitting in the audience, is also tricked into believing that she loves the Phantom. They ride off as the enraged Phantom decides to "Let it be war upon them both!", even after Christine made Raoul spare him.ĭuring the night's performance of "Don Juan Triumphant" (an opera written by the Phantom), the Phantom and Christine sing "The Point of no Return", in which she tricks the Phantom into believing that she loves him. Raoul is about to kill the Phantom, but Christine begs him not to. A vicious sword fight erupts between Raoul and the Phantom, Raoul is wounded, but quickly rebounds and beats the Phantom. Raoul has followed her and rides up on his white horse in time to rescue her. When Christine visits her father's grave, the Phantom pretends to be the Angel of Music to lure her into his clutches. Meanwhile, the Phantom engages in obsessive and deviant behavior, such as stalking Christine, murdering people to get to her and terrorizing anyone opposing Christine or himself. Christine is torn between her childhood sweetheart Raoul and her attachment to the Phantom (who is masquerading as the Angel of Music, the spirit of Christine's dead father). He falls in love with a young soprano, Christine Daae (Emmy Rossum), and tutors her into becoming the new opera star. The Phantom (Gerard Butler), a disfigured musical genius, haunts the Opera House, hiding in its catacombs. As the chandelier is lifted, the film then shifts back to 1870, when the opera house was in its prime. Then, their attention is drawn to "Lot 666", a chandelier in pieces.
He spots a familiar figure, Madame Giry (Miranda Richardson), the former ballet mistress. Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny (Patrick Wilson), an elderly wheelchair-bound man, purchases a music box. In 1919, the Paris Opera House is holding an auction. The Phantom of the Opera grossed approximately $154 million worldwide, and received mixed to negative reviews, praising the visuals but criticizing the writing and directing. Most of the actors had no singing experience, and had to receive music lessons. It was entirely shot at Pinewood Studios, with scenarios also being depicted with the help of miniatures and computer graphics. The film was announced as early as 1989, but production only started in 2002 due to Webber's divorce and Schumacher's busy career. The Phantom of the Opera stars Gerard Butler in the title role, Emmy Rossum as Christine Daaé, as well as Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson, Minnie Driver and Jennifer Ellison. Directed by Joel Schumacher, the film was also produced and co-written by Lloyd Webber. The Phantom of the Opera is a 2004 film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical of the same name, which in turn was based on the French novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra by Gaston Leroux.
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