Phantom of the Opera DVD

2099net · Post by **2099net** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 4:16 am

Well, I know there may be differences between the UK and US versions, but these seem to be the "common denominator" items of supplemental material.

So here's what's been passed by the BBFC for the UK Phantom Disc (distributed by EiV not Warners)

00:12:19:09 | DVD EXTRAS - THE MAKING OF "PHANTOM" - DVD EXTRAS - PRODUCTION DESIGN
00:11:47:18 | VISUAL EFFECTS
00:08:49:12 | RECORDING THE MUSIC
00:04:18:09 | FILM EDITING
00:07:27:12 | SPECIAL EFFECTS
00:07:58:22 | COSTUMES
HAIR & MAKE-UP
00:15:43:13 | PRODUCT PLACEMENT - SWAROVSKI
00:03:01:03 | SCREEN TEST - EMMY ROSSUM
00:04:36:22 | CAST & CREW SINGALONG

And here's some more (which some my be UK specific)

00:02:18:03 | THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA EPK - 1. FILM TRAILER
00:01:31:01 | 2. FILM CLIPS - ALL I ASK OF YOU - FILM CLIP
00:01:33:21 | THINK OF ME - FILM CLIP
00:01:26:06 | CHRISTINE AND RAOUL DIALOGUE - FILM CLIP
00:01:07:24 | MASQUERADE - FILM CLIP
00:01:40:20 | POINT OF NO RETURN - FILM CLIP
00:00:24:18 | CARLOTTA DIALOGUE - FILM CLIP
00:01:07:09 | MUSIC OF THE NIGHT - FILM CLIP
00:01:07:04 | THE MANAGERS - FILM CLIP
00:05:49:00 | 3. INTERVIEWS - JOEL SCHUMACHER - DIRECTOR
00:04:11:15 | ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER - COMPOSER AND PRODUCER
00:02:25:02 | GERARD BUTLER - THE PHANTOM
00:01:45:14 | EMMY ROSSUM - CHRISTINE
00:01:20:16 | PATRICK WILSON - RAOUL
00:00:56:10 | MINNIE DRIVER - CARLOTTA
00:01:24:06 | MIRANDA RICHARDSON - MADAME GIRY
00:01:13:19 | SIMON CALLOW - ANDRE
00:01:01:19 | CIARAN HINDS - FIRMIN
00:00:31:23 | TONY PRATT - PRODUCTION DESIGNER
00:01:37:04 | ALEXANDRA BYRNE - COSTUME DESIGNER
00:01:09:02 | JENNY SHIRCORE - MAKE-UP AND HAIR DESIGNER
00:01:05:17 | NIGEL WRIGHT - MUSIC PRODUCER
00:01:49:04 | SIMON LEE - MUSIC DIRECTOR
00:02:27:09 | ANNA BEHLMER ANDY NELSON - SOUND MIXERS
00:02:36:00 | 4. ABBEY ROAD RECORDING SESSION
00:10:39:19 | 5. THE SETS
00:15:10:23 | 6. 15 MIN TEASER

Disneykid · Post by **Disneykid** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 9:42 am

This sucks...The U.S. release misses nearly two hours' worth of features. I'm hoping that things have just been muddled and that our release does include at least the film-related stuff (I won't mind so much if the stage-related stuff gets left off). I wonder if Canada's release will be like ours or the UK's...

Jake Lipson · Post by **Jake Lipson** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 9:57 am

I doubt it.

Warner is the distributor of the film in the USA and Canada, so their releases will probably be identical.

Disneykid · Post by **Disneykid** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 9:59 am

But isn't Warner also distributing it in the UK?

Jake Lipson · Post by **Jake Lipson** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 10:43 am

No.

When Warner Bros. sold the film rights back to ALW so he could produce it independantly, they kept first-look distribution rights, but decided only to distribute it in the USA and Canada. This resulted in the movie being handled by a different distributor in almost every country. The UK theatrical release, at least, was handled by Oddessy Entertainment. I'm not sure who's doing the DVD release there, but it ain't WB.

Funny thing is that a few months before the movie came out (sometime in late summer if I recall correctly, when they saw the final cut) there were reports of WB trying to change its mind and begging ALW for forigen distribution rights, offering to pay as much as double what the forigen distributors did for them, but he declined since they were already sold. Shows what WB knows.

2099net · Post by **2099net** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 1:04 pm

Hello People!

2099net wrote:So here's what's been passed by the BBFC for the UK Phantom Disc (distributed by EiV not Warners)

Entertainment (who do the movie distribution) and Entertainment In Video (who do the home video distribution) are (generally) rubbish - but they seem to have turned themselves around abit now.

They have the fortune to distribute New Line films in the UK, and as a result got the Lord of the Rings titles. After that cash cow, they seem to be trying harder, and paying for and getting other films.

Disneykid · Post by **Disneykid** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 4:27 pm

Oh, sorry, I missed that. I'm still disappointed in what we're missing, but if all of the other WB-released Phantom DVD's match ours, then I won't complain too loudly.

NEZSIMBA · Post by **NEZSIMBA** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 3:43 am

1 disk is a let down but the film itself makes up for that.. Ive put this on my want list now, so I gotta start saving!! Well if it comes out in may my b-day is on the 11th so I guess I can get it then

Isidour · Post by **Isidour** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 8:06 am

Do you think than the Mexico and Latin America dition will have the 2 aditional hours of special feature??

2099net · Post by **2099net** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 3:52 pm

More extras

00:45:49:01 | PHANTOM OF THE OPEN - MAKING OF...
00:00:42:24 | UNTITLED

Isidour · Post by **Isidour** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 6:18 pm

I want it so desesperatelly

!!!

in matter on fact, right now I´m listening a special program about the Opera on the public radio--the scene before the "Don Juan triumphant" opera--

2099net · Post by **2099net** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 5:52 am

Oh my word. Even more stuff from the BBFC

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - BEHIND THE MASK DOCUMENTARY
Run Time 67m 18s

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - DVD EXTRAS FROM THE STAGE MUSICAL
00:15:11:00 | BEHIND THE MASK - DVD EXTRA 1: 15-MIN TEASE FOR THE MOVIE
00:17:41:17 | DVD EXTRAS 2 - THE MUSIC OF THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
00:17:03:01 | DVD EXTRAS 3 - 4 PROMOS FROM THE ORIGINAL SHOW

stitch79 · Post by **stitch79** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 7:26 am

Will the 2 disc that is being released in the UK be released on the same day as the US version? I'd much rather purchase the UK version.

2099net · Post by **2099net** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 3:10 pm

stitch79 wrote:Will the 2 disc that is being released in the UK be released on the same day as the US version? I'd much rather purchase the UK version.

I think its released before. At the end of April?

BonusMage · Post by **BonusMage** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 4:34 pm

stitch79 wrote:Will the 2 disc that is being released in the UK be released on the same day as the US version? I'd much rather purchase the UK version.

UK DVD released May 2nd, so one day before

stitch79 · Post by **stitch79** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 10:36 am

Thanks! Is the 2 disc being released the same day? I went to the Amazon UK site to pre-order it and only saw the single disc version. Is there someplace else I can pre-order the 2 disc?

2099net · Post by **2099net** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 2:00 pm

As far as I know, there is only the 2 disc version in the UK. It's just Entertainment's poor PR confusing the retailers again

PublicEnemy#1 · Post by **PublicEnemy#1** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 3:59 pm

http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=15486
http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htforum ... did=232096

Reviews on the 2 disc edition.

The transfer looks gorgeous, can't wait for May 3rd.

2099net · Post by **2099net** » Sat May 07, 2005 4:52 am

Well, as I said Entertainment In Video are rubbish.

http://www.r2-dvd.org/article.jsp?secti ... cleId=7009

That said, I didn't notice any problems on mine, so it's probably player specific (and it is more noticable on the DTS track I am informed, and we don't have DTS in our house). In fact, I was watching in Dolby 2.0 as we don't have any amp at all, which may explain the non-issue.

Its a shame, as Entertainment had made an above average attempt at releasing a decent Phantom disc.

More extras. A DTS track and a proper downmixed DD2.0 track. Actual screen printed discs (previous EiV discs are just black ink on the shiny DVD) and a slipcase.

But once again, EiV stay true to their roots.

Oh by the way (I don't blame EiV for this) but not all of the footage classified by the BBFC found its way onto the UK release. Some interesting Easter Eggs exist though. Including the trailer (I know the trailer is standard on the R1 release).

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