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All the romance, drama & terror of Gaston Leroux's sensational horror story are brought to life in this lavish adaptation, starring Oscar-winner MAXIMILIAN SHELL (Judgement at Nurembery), JANE SEYMOUR (Live and Let Die), MICHAEL YORK (The Three Musketeers), DIANA QUICK(Brideshead Revisited) and JEREMY KEMP(The Blue Max).
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By K. Boddy
Format:DVD
I admit that I wasn't expecting a lot from this film. It does have a typically 80s production look, but aside from the begining this didn't hinder my enjoyment of the film at all.
Both the Phantom's mask and his lair are rather more gothic-looking than in some other productions, and while the film does veer from the original story for some parts, the overall spirit of the novel is still there. In the 'great reveal' scene the lines are actually taken directly from the Leroux text, which I feel helps link the two versions while still allowing them seperate identites.
Acting is good - particularly Maximilian Schell, who makes a wonderfully tortured Phantom. Jane Seymour is lovely as always, and Michael York is, well, brilliant (I'm a bit of a York fan).
If I was to give a negative at all, I think perhaps that there was a strange lack of atmosphere in several places. Although I enjoyed it I wasn't particularly gripped - whether this is due to how many adaptations of Phantom I've seen/read, or to the film itself I can't say.
Still, I would reccomend this to anyone except the Leroux purists out there.
Both the Phantom's mask and his lair are rather more gothic-looking than in some other productions, and while the film does veer from the original story for some parts, the overall spirit of the novel is still there. In the 'great reveal' scene the lines are actually taken directly from the Leroux text, which I feel helps link the two versions while still allowing them seperate identites.
Acting is good - particularly Maximilian Schell, who makes a wonderfully tortured Phantom. Jane Seymour is lovely as always, and Michael York is, well, brilliant (I'm a bit of a York fan).
If I was to give a negative at all, I think perhaps that there was a strange lack of atmosphere in several places. Although I enjoyed it I wasn't particularly gripped - whether this is due to how many adaptations of Phantom I've seen/read, or to the film itself I can't say.
Still, I would reccomend this to anyone except the Leroux purists out there.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Bigcat
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I quite liked this version of the classic story. It had some quite creepy bits and is worth a look.
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
First, let's be clear - despite the claim that this is based on Gaston Leroux's novel "The Phantom of the Opera" it is only very loosely based on it. The film opens with Jane Seymour playing the soprano Elena Korvin. Married to the conductor of the opera, she turns down the advances of the Opera's owner, the Baron Hunyadi. Furious, he arranges for the audience to heckle her on her debut. She is so traumatised that she kills herself. Her husband Sandor Korvin then goes off to attack the people who caused her death but is burnt by acid and injured in a fire. Four years later, a new soprano Maria Gianelli is being auditioning as an understudy in the opera. Surprise, surprise, Gianelli is the image of Korvin's dead wife. Oh, and the opera house is in Hungary, not Paris.
Actually, I wouldn't have minded all the above so much if I could just HEAR the dvd. The music frequently drowns out the speech of the actors. But worse than that is the overall static-y quality of the soundtrack. It is really difficult to actually hear anything. Changing the settings didn't help. The sound quality of this dvd is so poor it sounds almost like a bootleg.
One last comment, the dvd title says "The Phantom of the Opera" - what you may not realise is that this is a GERMAN edition of the dvd. Luckily, there is the option to turn on the English soundtrack, but as I say, the sound quality is so poor, it's hardly worth it.
Save your money!
Actually, I wouldn't have minded all the above so much if I could just HEAR the dvd. The music frequently drowns out the speech of the actors. But worse than that is the overall static-y quality of the soundtrack. It is really difficult to actually hear anything. Changing the settings didn't help. The sound quality of this dvd is so poor it sounds almost like a bootleg.
One last comment, the dvd title says "The Phantom of the Opera" - what you may not realise is that this is a GERMAN edition of the dvd. Luckily, there is the option to turn on the English soundtrack, but as I say, the sound quality is so poor, it's hardly worth it.
Save your money!
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