Phantom Of The Opera.....THE MOVIE

[Kilted Stranger]

most probably... a teacher??? wow... what u teaching??

 

[~WildRoseCowgirl~]

pre kindergarten and kindergarten

 

[Kilted Stranger]

lol... so many jokes about kindergarten teachers.... lol

not really.. i dont know any.. must try and find some! heh heh!

 

[~WildRoseCowgirl~]

hehe, I know of lots from teachers but not about

 

[Kilted Stranger]

i will look and see if i can find some! and when i do... heh heh!

 

[~WildRoseCowgirl~]

 

[Kilted Stranger]

no luck yet... hey, ive just realised how off topic we actually are!! man... :topic:

 

[~WildRoseCowgirl~]

:d

 

[Kilted Stranger]

so.. the movie then...

it should be quite good... will deffo see it when it comes out.

 

[Phantom Phan 2]

When does it come out in Scotland ?

 

[Kilted Stranger]

havnt a clue... a few weeks after it comes out in the US no doubt...

 

[~WildRoseCowgirl~]

Do you know when it comes out in the US???

 

[Kilted Stranger]

of course not! who do u think i am??

i think its a Christmassy time.. not too sure tho.

 

[~WildRoseCowgirl~]

Cool!

 

[Kilted Stranger]

should be some gift!

 

[~WildRoseCowgirl~]

Yup! Gotta see it first before I buy it though....

 

[Kilted Stranger]

lol.. probs wont be out to but until June... unless u get it "off the back of a lorry".....

 

[Russebby]

Just glad Michael Crawford isn't part of it. It will break my heart to see someone other than Sarah Brightman in the role of Christine. But after what Crawford did to Jim Steinman's Dance of the Vampires, the last person I want to hear anything from any time soon is Crawford.

 

[Kilted Stranger]

what did he do in Dance of the Vampires?? was he just not very good??

 

[Russebby]

what did he do in Dance of the Vampires?? was he just not very good??

Dance of the Vampires was written by Jim Steinman, who as a songwriter wrote many of the hits that made MeatLoaf and Bonnie Tyler famous. His music is rock that borders the operatic. His over-the-top style has made him one of the most ideosyncratic composers of the rock era. If you ever hear songs like TWO OUT OF THREE AIN'T BAD, TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART, IT'S ALL COMING BACK TO ME NOW, and I'D DO ANYTHING FOR LOVE, you have heard Steinman at his finest.

He has a canon of work going back thirty years. Definitely worth the trouble of finding.

Anyway, in the late-90's he wrote Dance of the Vampires (or, as it premiered in Vienna, Tanz der Vampir). It was directed by the notorious Roman Polanski, and it was the rave throughout Europe for a few years. Steinman had always fancied himself a Broadway composer, so he was thrilled to get the musical to NYC. But he soon found he had little creative control over the project. The producers hired Michael Crawford to play Count von Krolock, which on the surface might seem to be a coup-de-grace. But the original musical was a sensual, gothic masterpiece--Crawford, wanting to interject a little more humor into it, thinking the success of Mel Brooks's THE PRODUCERS meant a shift in public demands, stripped the musical of everything that made it the hit in Europe. Crawford was given creative license over the project, and this disgusted Steinman and broke his heart. Steinman had waited over thirty years to see his work on a major Broadway stage, but at the end of the day he didn't even attemd the premiere--his creation had been *******ized, and it was no longer his.

Go to http://www.jimsteinman.com to see what people really think of Crawford.