A Phantom of the Opera is the 2004 film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Charles Hart's international stage success. There come minor changes: A bit of recently scenes come added when others from either a musical theater come flushed, a bit of lines that were sung are okay, spoken & the other way around. the Phantom is changed somewhat to become a further sensual character than he is in the stage musical comedy, particularly in the songs "Music of the Night" & "Point of No Return," in which items get very much additional heated between Christine & a Phantom. Additionally, a pendant crash--another time placed at a prevent of Work Of these in stage--was moved to the film's climax touching a prevent. A Phantom's makeup for a face itself in the film is besides changed from either the musical comedy, & mass produced very much extra subtle. A bit of "phans" of the stage musical comedy or even even novel argued that it appears to exist as nothing to the higher degree bad acne or a sunburn.

According to a original novel by Gaston Leroux, a plot centers around the disfigured musical genius, tormented by his scarred face, world health organization sleep in the watery labyrinths below the Opera Populaire in Paris. Obsessed by owning the voice of the beautiful immature soprano, he plots to place her center stage across threatening letters to the management & hopes to win her heart by using his efforts to produce her a star.

A cast includes Gerard Butler as the Phantom, Emmy Rossum (who wwhen just Sixteen at a period of cinematography) as Christine, Patrick Wilson as Raoul, Miranda Richardson as Madame Giry, Jennifer Ellison as Meg, & Minnie Driver (whose vocals have been dubbed by Margaret Preece, the sales person opera singer) when Carlotta.

Driver herself does lend her actual singing voice to the film's prevent title song, "Learn To Be Lonely", written by Lloyd Webber & Hart expressly for the film. A tune for "Learn to Be Lonely" was originally designed for even more, an extra song to become sung per Phantom when you took a film, known as "No One Would Listen" (originally to will have lyrics by David Zippel, who adapted two or three lines of a musical theater for the picture show due to changes in the staging/plot), however the song was flushed for pacing reasons. (These are involved as an additional in a few editions of the DVD.) There was a few tilt among fans within regard to the performance of "Learn to Be Lonely" at a Oscar, in which it was performed per singer Beyonce Knowles, along with many more songs nominated for Right Original Song.

Trafalgar Square Publishing has issued The Phantom of the Opera Companion, a definitive account of the tale, tracing the legend from either its origins, & across 100% its artistic incarnations, to the contemporary theater production & film. It includes a complete screenplay & other than 150 pic from either two a film & theater productions worldwide.

A soundtrack has been freed in CD.

Award nominations

Before its official release, a film garnered trio Golden Globe nominations in the Musical or even Comedy categories: Right Picture, Better Actress (Rossum), & Right Song ("Learn to Be Lonely"). It won none.

It was nominated for 3 2005 Academy Awards: achievement in art direction, achievement in cinematography, and achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song). It won none. All a same, a National Board of Read awarded Emmy Rossum the Female Breakthrough Performance.

Critical reaction

When its release a film was met sustaining mixed reviews by critics; all a same it was universally assured an audience of people world health organization got seen the original productions. Lot of the criticism was of Butler, of whom an Entertainment Weekly critic said sang "like a meatloaf stuffed with too much garlic." Rossum gained plaudits in the role of Christine. A general critical consensus of the film was that it was visually outstanding, however lacking withinside romance, danger, &, in a bit of suits, musical quality. Popular response was likewise mixed, by owning the motion picture maintaining the spot within the top 10 grossing pic of the week, for a year, potentially in limited release.