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The Phantom of the Opera
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Directed by: Rupert Julian
Featuring: Lon Chaney
Beneath the sewers of the Paris Opera House, a masked figure dwells. He is Enrique (Lon Chaney), the Phantom, a hideously disfigured composer whose dream is to turn chorus singer Christine (Mary Philbin) into a diva. This adaptation of Gaston Leroux's novel gave 'Man of a Thousand Faces' Lon Chaney his most famous role, and is celebrated today as one of the great classics of American silent film.
Technical Specifications
Format: Blu-ray/DVD
Aspect Ratio:
1.19:1 , 1.33:1 , 1.37:1
Audio:
Musical Score 2.0 PCM Stereo
, Musical Score 5.1 DTS-HD MA Surround
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1/2/3/4/5/6/A/B/C
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3 Discs |
DVD-5/DVD-9/BD-50
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Supplements
- The original 1925 version, (black & white, 103 mins): with newly commissioned piano accompaniment by Ed Bussey
- Original 1925 trailer
- 1929 sound re-issue trailer
- Reel 5 from lost 1929 sound re-issue (12 mins): the only surviving element, newly discovered in the Library of Congress archives
- The 'man with a lantern' sequence: mysterious footage thought to have been shot for non-English speaking territories
- Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000, Kevin Brownlow, 86 mins, DVD only): Kevin Brownlow's definitive documentary on the legendary actor
- Booklet with an essay by Kevin Brownlow, notes on the different versions by Patrick Stanbury, and a reprint of a 1975 review for the 1925 version written by Geoff Brown
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