The Phantom of the Opera (1990): Cast, Box Office & Plot
The Phantom of the Opera is a 1990 drama directed by Tony Richardson, starring Charles Dance as The Phantom of the Opera, Teri Polo and Adam Storke. It runs 2 hours 51 minutes and earned $4 million worldwide.
- Runtime
- 2h 51m (171 min)
- Director
- Tony Richardson
- Genre
- Drama
- Original language
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English - Studio
- Beta Film
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is The Phantom of the Opera About?
The premise of The Phantom of the Opera without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
Count de Chagnie discovers Christine’s voice at a market and sends her to the Paris Opera. The new director dismisses the former manager, bars a woman from singing, and makes her a maid for his wife Charlotta. A phantom in the catacombs secretly helps Christine rise to fame. The NBC miniseries adapts Kopit’s musical loosely based on Leroux’s novel.
The Phantom of the Opera Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- cigar smoking
- living underground
- psychotronic series
- teleplay adapted by author
- based on a stage play
- opera
- phantom
- paris opera
- love
- gondola
- diva
- romantic triangle
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- ingenue
- bistro
- childhood sweetheart
- flashback
- maestro
- picnic
- father son relationship
- damsel in distress
- remake
- blond
- chandelier
- tv mini series
- sitting
- lifting a female into the air
- gothic horror
- mentor protege relationship
- paris france
- foreign language adaptation
- self destructiveness
- kidnapping
- lifting someone into the air
- victim
- unrequited love
- rescue
- passion
- opera singer
- opera house
- obsessive love
- murder
- melodrama
- melancholy
- disfigured face
- desire
- deliberate cruelty
- 19th century
- phantom of the opera
- mask
- disfigurement
The Phantom of the Opera Cast & Characters
Charles Dance leads the cast as The Phantom of the Opera, with Teri Polo as Christine Daeé and Adam Storke as Count Philippe de Chagny. Directed by Tony Richardson; 8 actors are credited in all.
- Director Tony Richardson
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Charles Dance as The Phantom of the Opera -
Teri Polo as Christine Daeé -
Adam Storke as Count Philippe de Chagny -
Andréa Ferréol as Carlotta
Also Starring in The Phantom of the Opera
· 4 more- Jean-Pierre Cassel Inspector Ledoux
- Burt Lancaster Gérard Carrière
- Ian Richardson Cholet
- Jean Rougerie Jean Claude
More from Tony Richardson
More films directed by Tony Richardson, best-rated first: Tom Jones, The Entertainer, Look Back in Anger and The Border.
The Phantom of the Opera Plot Summary
What happens in The Phantom of the Opera from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 15 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 4-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
Christine Day, a young opera singer in modern-day Manhattan, searches for a distinctive piece to perform at her next audition. Her friend and manager Meg uncovers an old score, Don Juan Triumphant, penned by a mysterious composer named Erik Destler. Curious, Christine and Meg dig into Destler’s past and uncover whispers of murders and disappearances tied to a young soprano he was rumored to obsess over. When Christine studies the torn parchment on her own, a surge of red-tinged ink seems to bleed from the notes and across her hands, only to vanish as Meg returns. She later auditions with the piece, but a falling sandbag during the performance knocks her unconscious and shatters a mirror, leaving her shaken and silent.
Full summary
The whole story of The Phantom of the Opera, scene by scene
The Phantom of the Opera Box Office
The Phantom of the Opera grossed $4 million worldwide.
Worldwide gross
$4M
- US & Canada
- $4M
Cars in The Phantom of the Opera
5 cars on screen, including the 1983 Ford LTD Crown Victoria and the 1977 Buick LeSabre.
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1983 Ford LTD Crown Victoria Minor role -
1977 Buick LeSabre Background role -
1983 Chevrolet Chevette Background role -
1987 Nissan Sentra Background role
The Phantom of the Opera Also Known As
6 alternative titles, including “El fantasma de la ópera” and “Das Phantom der Oper”.
- Also known as
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- El fantasma de la ópera
- Das Phantom der Oper
- Il Fantasma dell'Opera
- Призрак оперы
- O Fantasma da Ópera
- Привид опери
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Movies Like The Phantom of the Opera
Films with a similar story, tone or audience, including The Phantom of the Opera, The Phantom of the Opera and The Phantom of the Opera.
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The Phantom of the Opera 2004 -
The Phantom of the Opera 1983 -
The Phantom of the Opera 1991 -
Phantom of the Opera: Behind the Mask 2006 -
The Phantom of the Opera 1916 -
The Phantom Broadcast 1933 -
The Phantom of Paris 1931 -
Phantom of the Paradise 1974 -
The Phantom of the Moulin-Rouge 1925 -
Phantom 1922 -
Notre Dame de Paris 1999 -
The Phantom of Liberty (re-release) 2002
The Phantom of the Opera FAQ: Cast, Box Office & Runtime
Runtime, director, cast, box office and post-credit scenes of The Phantom of the Opera, each answered in a sentence.
How long is The Phantom of the Opera?
The Phantom of the Opera runs 2 hours 51 minutes (171 minutes).
Who directed The Phantom of the Opera?
The Phantom of the Opera was directed by Tony Richardson.
More films by Tony Richardson Who is in the cast of The Phantom of the Opera?
The Phantom of the Opera stars Charles Dance as The Phantom of the Opera, Teri Polo as Christine Daeé and Adam Storke as Count Philippe de Chagny, among 8 credited actors.
How much did The Phantom of the Opera make at the box office?
The Phantom of the Opera grossed $4 million worldwide.
Does The Phantom of the Opera have a post-credit scene?
No. The Phantom of the Opera has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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