The Phantom of the Opera (2004 film)

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Phantom of the Opera
Directed by Joel Schumacher
Produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Screenplay by Joel Schumacher
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Based on The Phantom of the Opera by
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Charles Hart
Richard Stilgoe
Starring Gerard Butler
Emmy Rossum
Patrick Wilson
Miranda Richardson
Minnie Driver
Jennifer Ellison
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Cinematography John Mathieson
Editing by Terry Rawlings
Studio Really Useful Films
Joel Schumacher Productions
Odyssey Entertainment
Scion Films
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date(s) December 10, 2004 (2004-12-10) (United Kingdom)
December 22, 2004 (2004-12-22) (United States)
Running time 143 minutes
Country United States
United Kingdom
Language English
French
Italian
Budget $70 million
Box office $154.27 million

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. Directed by Joel Schumacher, the film was also produced and co-written by Lloyd Webber. 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.

The film was announced as early as 1989, but production only started in 2002 due to Webber's divorce and Schumacher's busy career. It was entirely shot at Pinewood Studios, with scenarios also being depicted with the help of miniatures and computer graphics. Most of the actors had no singing experience, and had to receive music lessons. The Phantom of the Opera grossed approximately $154 million worldwide, and received mixed reviews, praising the visuals and acting but criticizing the writing and directing.

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[edit] Plot

In 1919, the Paris Opera House is holding an auction. Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny (Patrick Wilson), an elderly wheelchair-bound man, purchases a music box in a form of a monkey in Persian robes clapping cymbals when it operates. He spots a familiar figure, Madame Giry (Miranda Richardson) the former ballet mistress. Their attention is drawn to "Lot 666, a chandelier in pieces", partially restored for the auction. As the chandelier is revealed and raised to the ceiling, the film shifts to 1870 when the opera house was in its prime.

The Phantom (Butler), a disfigured musical genius, haunts the Opera House. Tormented by his deformed face due to his memories of being abused in his youth, he hides in its catacombs. He falls in love with a young soprano, Christine Daaé (Rossum), and secretly tutors her singing. Christine believes he is the "Angel of Music", sent by her deceased father from heaven to guide her. The Phantom devotes himself to making Christine the new opera star. After he drives off the opera's current lead soprano, Carlotta Giudecelli (Driver), Christine replaces her, making herself a huge success. Raoul, Christine's childhood friend, recognises her and is very impressed. In her dressing room, Christine tells him that the Angel of Music has visited her. Raoul insists they go to dinner but she refuses, saying that the Angel would disapprove. Once Raoul leaves, The Phantom, under the guise of the Angel of Music, speaks to Christine and expresses his dislike for Raoul. Christine pleads for him to show himself and he reveals himself in her mirror and takes her to his lair. There he beseeches her to sing for him and shows a life–size doll resembling her in a wedding dress. Christine faints and The Phantom carries her to a bed.

The next morning, Christine awakens, sneaks up behind The Phantom, and out of curiosity, takes off his mask. He rages at her but later calms down, explaining that he only wants to be normal like everybody else and hopes that she'll learn to love him despite his deformity. Meanwhile, the stage hand, Joseph Buquet (McNally), scares the ballet girls by telling them tales of the Opera Ghost only to be scolded by Madame Giry. The managers Firmin and Andre (Hinds and Callow), Raoul, and Carlotta are puzzled by several notes from The Phantom whom they all accuse each other of being. Madame Giry delivers one more demanding that Christine play the lead role of the countess and Carlotta be placed in the secondary role of the mute pageboy in the next opera II Muto. The managers assure an enraged Carlotta that she will be in the lead role despite Madame Giry's warnings. The performance goes well at first, until The Phantom angrily booms out that they did not leave box 5 empty for his use as he ordered. They nervously continue with the performance until The Phantom reduces Carlotta's voice to frog–like croak. The managers apologise and promise to continue the performance in ten minutes with Christine in the lead role. Meanwhile they perform the ballet of Act III to entertain the waiting audience until The Phantom kills Buquet with The Punjab Lasso and his corpse drops from the rafters. Christine and Raoul flee to the roof of the Opera House where she tells him about her encounter with The Phantom. Although Raoul doesn't believe her, he promises to love and protect her. The Phantom, having overheard them, is heartbroken and vows revenge on Raoul.

Three months later at the Masquerade Ball, Christine and Raoul are now engaged and The Phantom has not appeared since the performance disaster. The celebration is then interrupted when he suddenly appears. He insults the managers, Carlotta, and her lover, Piangi (McGuire). He then announces that he has written an Opera, "Don Juan Triumphant," and demands they perform it and Christine be put in the lead. Afterwards, he snatches her engagement ring from around her neck, saying she belongs to him before he vanishes down a trap door. Raoul attempts to follow him but is saved by Madame Giry. He demands she tell him about The Phantom. She reluctantly tells him he is a magician and a musical genius born with a deformed face whom she helped escape from a traveling fair where he was abused as the "devil's child" and hide in the Opera House when he was a child.

Christine, troubled, visits her father's tomb, wishing he were alive and longing for his support. Unbeknownst to her, The Phantom has taken her to the cemetery. Again under the guise of the Angel of Music, he attempts to lure her back to him. Christine easily succumbs but Raoul brings her back to reality. A vicious sword fight breaks out between the two men. Raoul is about to kill The Phantom when Christine begs him not to and they escape back to the opera. The Phantom glares after them saying: "Now, let it be war upon you BOTH!" Raoul and the managers hatch a plan to capture The Phantom during "Don Juan Triumphant," knowing that if Christine sings, he is certain to attend. However, Christine is caught between her love for Raoul and her feelings for The Phantom and does not want to go through with the Opera because she is afraid The Phantom will capture her.

During the performance, Christine realises she is not singing with Piangi, the lead tenor, but with The Phantom. The Phantom expresses his love for her, but Christine suddenly takes off his mask and wig, reavealing his deformed face to a horrified audience. The Phantom angrily sends the chandelier plummeting down to the audience--setting the Opera House on fire--and abducts Christine by escaping down a shaft through the stage. Carlotta bursts into tears when Piangi is found dead backstage; the audience flees the Opera House and Madame Giry leads Raoul to The Phantom's lair. Raoul falls into a death trap and nearly drowns but manages to escape.

Forced to put on the wedding dress, he says his face prevents him from hurting her. Christine tells him she's not afraid of his face but of his soul. Raoul arrives and begs him to let her go. The Phantom allows him entry but snares him in the Punjab Lasso. He then gives Christine a choice: if she chooses The Phantom, he will let Raoul go but Christine must stay with him; if she refuses, he will let her go but Raoul will die. Conflicted, Christine passionately kisses The Phantom. Having experienced kindness for the first time, he lets both Christine and Raoul go. They leave together in his boat but Christine shortly returns to give his ring back. He tells her he loves her and she forces herself to turn away. She and Raoul leave singing to each other. Heartbroken, The Phantom grabs a candelabra and smashes a mirror then disappears through the frame into a secret tunnel. When the mob arrives, Meg (Jennifer Ellison), Christine's friend and Madame Giry's daughter, finds only his mask as she enters the tunnel.

The scene then shifts back to 1919, the music box fades to black and white. Raoul places it on Christine's tombstone, on which he sees a red rose tied with a black ribbon (The Phantom's trademark) and also the engagement ring that the Phantom gave her indicating that he still and always will love Christine.

[edit] Cast

[edit] Production

[edit] Casting

Hugh Jackman was offered the chance to audition for the Phantom, but he faced scheduling conflicts with Van Helsing. "They rang to ask about my availability," Jackman explained in an April 2003 interview, "probably about 20 other actors as well. I wasn't available, unfortunately. So, that was a bummer."[2] "We needed somebody who has a bit of rock and roll sensibility in him," Andrew Lloyd Webber explained. "He's got to be a bit rough, a bit dangerous; not a conventional singer. Christine is attracted to the Phantom because he's the right side of danger."[3] Director Joel Schumacher had been impressed with Gerard Butler's performance in Dracula 2000.[4] Prior to his audition, Butler had no professional singing experience and had only taken four voice lessons before singing "The Music of the Night" for Lloyd Webber.[5]

Katie Holmes, who began working with a vocal coach, was the front-runner for Christine Daaé in March 2003.[6] She was later replaced by Anne Hathaway, a classically trained Soprano in 2004. However, Hathaway dropped out of the role because the production schedule of the film overlapped with The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, which she was contractually obligated to make.[7] Hathaway was then replaced with Emmy Rossum. The actress modeled the relationship between the Phantom and Christine after Suzanne Farrell and George Balanchine.[8] Patrick Wilson was cast as Raoul based on his previous Broadway theatre career. For the role of Carlotta, Minnie Driver devised an over-the-top, camp performance as the egotistical prima donna. Despite having also no singing experience, Schumacher cast Ciarán Hinds as Richard Firmin, with whom he worked on Veronica Guerin.[9]

[edit] Development

Warner Bros. purchased the film rights to The Phantom of the Opera in early 1989, granting Andrew Lloyd Webber total artistic control.[5] Despite interest from A-list directors, Lloyd Webber and Warner Bros. instantly hired Joel Schumacher to direct; Lloyd Webber had been impressed with Schumacher's use of music in The Lost Boys.[9] The duo wrote the screenplay that same year,[3] while Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman were cast to reprise their roles from the original stage production. Filming was set to begin at Pinewood Studios in England in July 1990, under a $25 million budget.[10]

However, the start date was pushed to November 1990 at both Babelsberg Studios in Munich, Germany and Barrandov Studios in Prague, Czech Republic.[11] Production for The Phantom of the Opera was stalled with Lloyd Weber and Brightman's divorce.[5] "Everything got tied up in settlements," Schumacher reflected. "Then my career took off and I was really busy."[12] As a result, The Phantom of the Opera languished in development hell for Warner Bros. throughout the 1990s.[13] In February 1997, Schumacher considered returning, but eventually dropped out in favor of Batman Triumphant, Runaway Jury and Dreamgirls.[14] The studio was heavily interested in John Travolta for the lead role,[15] but also held discussions with Antonio Banderas, who undertook vocal preparation and sang the role of the Phantom in the TV special, Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration.[16]

Schumacher and Lloyd Webber re-started development for The Phantom of the Opera in December 2002.[3] It was then announced in January 2003 that Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group had purchased the film rights from Warner Bros. in an attempt to produce The Phantom of the Opera independently.[16] As a result, Lloyd Webber invested $6 million of his own money.[8] The Phantom of the Opera was produced on a $55 million budget. A further $15 million was used for marketing, bringing the final budget to $70 million.[17] Warner Bros. was given a first look deal for distribution; the studio did not sign on until June 2003, when the principal cast was chosen.[18]

[edit] Filming

Principal photography for Phantom of the Opera lasted from September 15, 2003 to January 15, 2004. The film was shot entirely using eight sound stages at Pinewood Studios,[19] where, on the Pinewood backlot, the bottom half exterior of the Palais Garnier was constructed. The top half was implemented using a combination of computer-generated imagery (CGI) and a scale model created by Cinesite. The surrounding Paris skyline for "All I Ask of You" was entirely composed of matte paintings.[9] Cinesite also created a miniature falling chandelier, since a life-size model was too big for the actual set.[20]

Production designer Anthony D. G. Pratt was influenced by French architect Charle Garnier, designer of the original Paris opera house, as well as Edgar Degas, John Singer Sargent, Gustave Caillebotte, the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Schumacher was inspired by Jean Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast (1946), where a hallway is lined with arms holding candelabra. The cemetery was based on the Père Lachaise and Montparnasse.[21] Costume designer Alexandra Byrne utilized a limited black, white, gold and silver color palette for the Masquerade ball.[9]

[edit] Reception

[edit] Release

The Phantom of the Opera was released in the United States on December 22, 2004. With a limited release of 622 theaters, it opened at tenth at the weekend box office, grossing $6.5 million across five days.[22] After expanding to 907 screens on January 14,[23] the film obtained the 9th spot at the box office,[24] which it retained during its 1511 screens wide release on January 21, 2005.[25][26] The total domestic gross was $51,225,796. With a further $107 million earned internationally, The Phantom of the Opera reached a worldwide total of $158,225,796.[27] A few foreign markets were particularly successful,[28] such as Japan — where the film's ¥4.20 billion ($35 million) gross stood as the 6th most successful foreign film and 9th overall of the year —[29][30] the United Kingdom($17.5 million) and South Korea($11.9 million), both with over $10 million receipts.[27][31]

Anthony Pratt and Celia Bobak were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction, as was John Mathieson for Cinematography, however, both categories were awarded to The Aviator. Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Charles Hart were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song (losing to "Al otro lado del río", from The Motorcycle Diaries),[32] as well as Golden Globe, which it lost to Alfie's "Old Habits Die Hard". In the same ceremony, Emmy Rossum was nominated for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, losing to Annette Bening in Being Julia.[33] At the Saturn Awards, Rossum won for Best Performance by a Younger Actor,[34] while The Phantom of the Opera was nominated for Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film, as did Alexandra Byrne for Costume Design.[35]

[edit] Critical analysis

The film had gained mixed reception. Based on 163 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, 33% of the critics enjoyed The Phantom of the Opera, with an average score of 5/10. "The music of the night has hit something of a sour note: Critics are calling the screen adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s popular musical histrionic, boring, and lacking in both romance and danger," the consensus read. "Still, some have praised the film for its sheer spectacle."[36] Phantom was more balanced with Rotten Tomatoes' "Top Critics" poll, receiving a 28% approval rating from 36 reviews, based on a 4.7/10 average score.[37] By comparison, Metacritic calculated an average score of 40/100 from its 39 reviews collected.[38]

"The film looks and sounds fabulous and I think it's an extraordinarily fine document of the stage show. While it doesn't deviate much from the stage material, the film has given it an even deeper emotional center. It's not based on the theatre visually or direction-wise, but it's still got exactly the same essence. And that's all I could have ever hoped for."
— Andrew Lloyd Webber[3]

Despite having been impressed with the cast, Jonathan Rosenbaum of the Chicago Reader wrote that "Teen romance and operetta-style singing replace the horror elements familiar to moviegoers, and director Joel Schumacher obscures any remnants of classy stage spectacle with the same disco overkill he brought to Batman Forever."[39] Stephanie Zacharek of Salon.com believed that Phantom of the Opera "takes everything that's wrong with Broadway and puts it on the big screen in a gaudy splat."[40]

In a mixed review for Newsweek, David Ansen praised Emmy Rossum's performance, but criticized the filmmakers for their focus on visual design rather than presenting a cohesive storyline. "Its kitschy romanticism bored me on Broadway and it bores me here—I may not be the most reliable witness. Still, I can easily imagine a more dashing, charismatic Phantom than Butler's. Rest assured, however, Lloyd Webber's neo-Puccinian songs are reprised and reprised and reprised until you're guaranteed to go out humming."[41] Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly believed Schumacher did not add enough dimension in adapting The Phantom of the Opera. "Schumacher, the man who added nipples to Batman's suit, has staged Phantom chastely, as if his job were to adhere the audience to every note."[42]

Roger Ebert reasoned that "Part of the pleasure of moviegoing is pure spectacle—of just sitting there and looking at great stuff and knowing it looks terrific. There wasn't much Schumacher could have done with the story or the music he was handed, but in the areas over which he held sway, he has triumphed."[43] In contrasting between the popularity of the Broadway musical, Michael Dequina of Film Threat magazine explained that "it conjures up this unexplainable spell that leaves audiences sad, sentimental, swooning, smiling—in some way transported and moved. Now, in Schumacher's film, that spell lives on."[44]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Karimloo played The Phantom in the sequel to the original stage musical of Phantom, Love Never Dies. He was cast as The Phantom for the 25th Anniversary Concert of the musical in October, 2011.
  2. ^ Michelle Zaromski (2003-04-29). "An Interview with Hugh Jackman". IGN. http://movies.ign.com/articles/399/399999p1.html. Retrieved 2009-09-25. 
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  4. ^ Lynn Hirschberg (2005-03-13). "Trading Faces". The New York Times. 
  5. ^ a b c Staff (2004-08-10). "Movie Preview: The Phantom of the Opera". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,679403,00.html. Retrieved 2009-09-25. 
  6. ^ Michael Fleming (2003-03-13). "'Men' treads carefully into sequel territory". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117882237. Retrieved 2009-09-20. 
  7. ^ "Anne Hathaway: Biography". TV Guide. http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/anne-hathaway/bio/140171. Retrieved October 19, 2009. 
  8. ^ a b Phoebe Hoban (2004-12-24). "In the 'Phantom' Movie, Over-the-Top Goes Higher". The New York Times. 
  9. ^ a b c d The Making of The Phantom of the Opera, [DVD, 2005], Warner Home Video
  10. ^ Susan Heller Anderson (1990-03-31). "Chronicle". The New York Times. 
  11. ^ Lawrence Van Gelder (1990-08-10). "At the Movies". The New York Times. 
  12. ^ Todd Gilchrist (2004-12-20). "Interview: Joel Schumacher". IGN. http://movies.ign.com/articles/574/574586p1.html. Retrieved 2009-09-26. 
  13. ^ Michael Fleming (2003-04-01). "'Phantom' cues Wilson for tuner's adaptation". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117883926. Retrieved 2009-09-20. 
  14. ^ Michael Fleming (1997-02-21). "Helmer's 3rd At Bat". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117435255. Retrieved 2009-09-19. 
  15. ^ Michael Fleming (1997-05-15). "Krane Takes Bull By Horns". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117341748. Retrieved 2009-09-19. 
  16. ^ a b Michael Fleming (2003-01-09). "Lloyd Webber back on 'Phantom' prowl". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117878489. Retrieved 2009-09-19. 
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  18. ^ Adam Dawtrey (2003-06-13). "'Phantom' pic announces latest castings". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117887900. Retrieved 2009-09-20. 
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  20. ^ Skweres, Mary Ann (2004-12-22). "Phantom of the Opera: A Classic in Miniature". Animation World Network. http://www.awn.com/articles/production/iphantom-operai-classic-miniature. Retrieved 2009-12-23. 
  21. ^ Missy Schwartz (2004-11-05). "Behind the Music". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,768234__735580,00.html. Retrieved 2009-09-25. 
  22. ^ Gentile, Gary (2004-12-28). "Audiences glad to 'Meet the Fockers'". Associated Press. http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/columbian-vancouver-wash/mi_8100/is_20041228/audiences-glad-meet-fockers/ai_n51301703/. Retrieved 2011-02-16. 
  23. ^ Snyder, Gabriel (2005-01-13). "'Fockers' finds foes". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117916295?categoryid=13&cs=1. Retrieved 2011-02-16. 
  24. ^ Blank, Ed (2005-01-18). "'Coach Carter' tops local, national box office in slow weekend". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_294170.html. Retrieved 2011-02-16. 
  25. ^ Gans, Andrew (2005-01-21). ""The Phantom of the Opera" Opens Nationwide Jan. 21". Playbill. http://www.playbill.com/news/article/90699-The-Phantom-of-the-Opera-Opens-Nationwide-Jan-21. Retrieved 2011-02-16. 
  26. ^ "Weekend Box Office Results for January 21–23, 2005". Box Office Mojo. http://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?view=&yr=2005&wknd=03&p=.htm. Retrieved 2011-02-16. 
  27. ^ a b "The Phantom of the Opera". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=phantomoftheopera.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-25. 
  28. ^ Bresnan, Conor (2005-02-02). "Around the World Round Up: 'Fockers' Inherit the World". Box Office Mojo. http://www2.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=1696&p=.htm. Retrieved 2011-02-16. 
  29. ^ "MOVIES WITH BOX OFFICE GROSS RECEIPTS EXCEEDING 1 BILLION YEN". Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. http://www.eiren.org/boxoffice_e/2005.html. Retrieved 2011-02-16. 
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  31. ^ "The Phantom of the Opera - International Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=phantomoftheopera.htm. Retrieved 2011-02-16. 
  32. ^ "The Phantom of the Opera". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1255518925502. Retrieved 2009-10-14. 
  33. ^ "Phantom of the Opera, The". Hollywood Foreign Press Association. http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/film/25940. Retrieved 2009-10-14. 
  34. ^ "Past Saturn Awards". Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films. http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html. Retrieved 2009-10-14. 
  35. ^ "2005 Saturn Awards Nominations". Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films. http://web.archive.org/web/20051029093056/http://www.saturnawards.org/nominations.html. Retrieved 2009-10-14. 
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  37. ^ "Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera: Top Critics". Rotten Tomatoes. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/phantom_of_the_opera/?critic=creamcrop. Retrieved 2009-09-19. 
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  39. ^ Jonathan Rosenbaum (2004-12-20). "The Phantom of the Opera". Chicago Reader. http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-phantom-of-the-opera/Film?oid=1053502. Retrieved 2009-10-06. 
  40. ^ Stephanie Zacharek (2004-12-22). "The Phantom of the Opera". Salon.com. http://dir.salon.com/story/ent/movies/review/2004/12/22/phantom/index.html. Retrieved 2009-10-06. 
  41. ^ David Ansen (2004-12-20). "The Phantom of the Opera: Into the Night". Newsweek. http://www.newsweek.com/id/56147. Retrieved 2009-10-09. 
  42. ^ Owen Gleiberman (2005-01-15). "The Phantom of the Opera". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1011985,00.html. Retrieved 2009-10-09. 
  43. ^ Roger Ebert (2004-12-22). "The Phantom of the Opera". Chicago Sun-Times. http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041221/REVIEWS/41201007. Retrieved 2009-10-09. 
  44. ^ Michael Dequina (2004-12-22). "Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera". Film Threat. Archived from the original on 2005-04-11. http://web.archive.org/web/20050411204155/http://www.filmthreat.com/Reviews.asp?Id=6784. Retrieved 2009-10-09. 

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