Dark Half Undine

Welcome to the Phantom thread! Feel free to post away about that dark man in the mask .

*CinCin*

Thanks for the new thread!
First post woo!

OK, so to randomly start off, I loved Carlotta. I thought she was a hoot.

S.A.S.H.A.

For those of you that hated that Beyonce sang Learn to be Lonely at the Oscar's, what do you think of this?

Beyonce Knowles to play Bob Dylan

Beyoncé Knowles is on the shortlist to play grizzled protest singer Bob Dylan.



The 'Bootlicious' singer is one of several black female stars being considered to play Dylan in a biopic of his life after the director, Todd Haynes, announced he was searching for a woman to do justice to the white Jewish singer's "inner blackness".



Sasha

*CinCin*

Now there's a sentence I never thought I'd read. His inner blackness?
Give me a freaking break. How? What? When?

Yeah x1000

S.A.S.H.A.

I know! And some people call the phantom crazy. Now THIS is absolutely bonkers!

Sasha

Dark Half Undine

I actually think that is a very interesting approach to a biopic but also I find that very kind of racist.

Yes of course the blues came from a black man(the amazingly talented Robert Johnson mind you) but it is wrong to say that some skinny jewish kid can't have his own soul without having stolen it from black folk. That just sounds silly. That's like having Frederick Douglass played by a white man because his education was a reflection of his "inner whiteness". They are basically saying that it all came from another source instead of from his own pain and idealism. Frederick and Bob worked hard man let em be the way they are.

*CinCin*

Thank you. That was more eloquent than anything I could say right now. Me personally, I don't see how it would really make sense.

I still can't get over the "inner blackness" thing.

BehrItAll

huh? How is that going to make any scense? That's just ridiculous.

Anyway, I love the new thread title

ALittaM

Hey everyone New thread, yay!

I saw the Phantom on stage last week... it was the fifteenth time or so that I saw it, but everytime it's as good as the first one. The movie is very good but it just can't beat the stage version. Especially the London one

*Shetan*

oooo... love the new thread title... haha about the beyonce article with bob dylan...
I really want to see the stage version of POTO...Hopefully that will be soon... Too bad I can't turn back time and see the orignial version...

Leli1013

I don't even know how to respond to this.

breath we drew

That Beyoncee thing is great... Um... If anyone has these clips. It'd be great... I need them for my vid.

All I Ask of You (Reprise)- When Erik breaks the rose crying into it. . Such a sad scene.
Madame Girry's Story
The very last scene in the movie with the ring and rose on the grave.

S.A.S.H.A.

Press Release
March 24, 2005

For US/Canada:
DVD special features that will capture your heart include:
-- "Behind The Mask" - The Story of The Phantom of the Opera
-- The Making of The Phantom of the Opera in 3 Spellbinding Acts
-- Pre-production
-- The Director
-- Production
-- "No One Would Listen": Additional Scene
-- DVD-ROM PC Weblink to the Phantom's Online World

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For the UK:
The Phantom of the Opera DVD – Extra Features
The forthcoming release just under 4 hours* of fabulous Phantom extras…
A bonus DVD containing –
Material relating to the history of the Phantom on stage, including:
Original promotion videos
A featurette on the music of The Phantom of the Opera
"Behind the Mask: The Story of The Phantom of the Opera" documentary (this will also be available as a "stand alone" DVD through our online shop), including -
Rehearsals
The original London production (Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman)
Interviews with Andrew Lloyd Webber, Cameron Mackintosh, Hal Prince, Richard Stilgoe, Charles Hart and others
Behind the scenes
Original set and costume designs
And more…
Material relating to the feature film, including –
The Making of The Phantom of the Opera
Trailers
Swarovski featurette
Special effects
Visual effects
Music/recording
Trailers
Teasers
Deleted scene "No One Would Listen"
Emmy Rossum screen test
Cast & Crew singalong
And more….
* Please note that this list of extras refers to DVDs distributed in the UK only. For other countries, please contact your distributor for the full list of extras.

Sasha

*CinCin*

I'm a wee bit jealous. Look at all the extras the UK gets.

Or maybe I just can't read

*Shetan*

ThornyRose565-
Clips can be found here well at that site... but hurry up! the clips are there for alimited time!