#Phantom of the opera movie 2004 cast plus#

Michael Gough as Lord Ambrose d'Arcy plays the real main villain of the movie and he is simply brilliant in his role! He really steals the show in this one. Herbert Lom plays as The Phantom a more of a tragic villain. It fitted the movie surprisingly well and worked out just great. A surprising thing was the amount of humor used in this movie. This movie is definitely one of Fisher's and the Hammer studio's best, even though the movie is now days a bit outdated of course. The typical Terence Fisher directing is very notable and he gives the movie a typical atmosphere. Personally I like this approach, it's up to you which approach you personally like the best.

Especially The Phantom has become a bit of a different person. The movie is approached differently compared to other versions, not only the story is different but also the characters.

This version of 'The Phantom of the Opera' is very different from the original and others. Many scenes show Fisher's competence and ability to create lush moods whilst being able to provide good storytelling. Gough's screen time is magic as he malevolently belittles everyone around him, steals things that are not his, and lewdly leers at anything in a skirt! The film also boasts some fine staged opera numbers and a beautiful soundtrack. Boy, can this man play a mean individual. The real star, apart from Fisher's direction, is Michael Gough. Heather Sears is a striking heroine, and Edward Da Souza makes an affable leading man. Lom does a nice job in the film as do all the leads. Herbert Lom plays the man behind the mask. Hammer also puts their stamp of luxuriant looking cinematography on. The Hammer sets are wonderful all around, particularly the opera house and the winding underground sewers. Yep, he still lives in the sewers of Paris. It is this point of view which makes this film very interesting as the phantom is not the monster but rather just a man who has been mistreated trying to cope and resurrect his life. He is a figure of sympathetic pity rather than horror. The phantom is a former music professor who has been pushed into his life of seclusion and physical deformity. Directed by Terence Fisher, this film, like Fisher's The Gorgon, is highly poetic. This entry by Hammer Studios is one of the better ones, bringing a liberal change in storytelling as well as some very atmospheric settings and camera work.

#Phantom of the opera movie 2004 cast plus#

The novel The Phantom of the Opera has been filmed at least ten times plus now. It has good production values and is very well directed. This is a really excellent version with not much emphasis on the horror aspects of the Chaney film. The final scene of this film is very exciting, and the final picture very powerful and sad. He seems a little less nuts than some of them, though he's clearly not completely there. The Phantom is not a huge role in this film, but an effective and highly sympathetic one. Herbert Lom, normally a comic character in the 'Pink Panther' series, is a great phantom, performed at a time when the Phantom didn't have to be better-looking than the ingГ©nue. In this film, the rival singer is a very minor role. Everyone does a terrific job in this - Gough is hateful as the supposed composer of the opera de Souza is a hunk and a good romantic interest for Christine and Heather Sears as Christine is very sweet and, like all Christines, lacking the diva quality her rival has. Astley that is actually very pretty and beautifully sung. Most notably, it has a production of 'Joan of Arc' with music written by Edwin T. There is also a real villain, a plagiarist in the form of Lord d'Arcy (Michael Gough). In this particular 'Phantom,' from Hammer Studios, the Phantom (Herbert Lom) has an Igor-type assistant, and here Christine's suitor is the manager of the opera house (Edward de Souza). His acid in the face was the result of a misunderstanding at the music publisher's. In the '40s Nelson Eddy version, the police chief and an operatic baritone are Christine's suitors instead of Raoul (though the baritone is named Raoul) and it's hinted that the Phantom is her father. Each 'Phantom of the Opera' deviates somewhat from the Leroux novel - with the original silent film with Lon Chaney perhaps being the exception.