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The Michael Crawford Phantom Movie Campaign Guestbook
| Name: Shauna Nelson Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Sawyer, MI Time: 2000-11-09 18:55:47 Comments: The Phantom may also wear a mask and cape, but he is no Zorro. Nor is he any other character that Banderas could conceivably play. The Phantom is no Don Juan, and this shows clearly in the story. Not a pretty-boy Hollwood star, but an older man with a beautiful, eloquent voice. Banderas may have a sexy foreign accent, but eloquent? Never. Give Mr. Crawford his role just one more time, let the legend be immortalized on film, let the wonder of the Phantom carry on. |
| Name: Diane Croftcombe Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Overland Park, KS Time: 2000-11-09 18:44:36 Comments: I'm with a few of my friends at college, and we just found out that this site exists. I'm glad that I can finally have my say in this matter. There is no issue here. Michael Crawford should play the Phantom in this movie just as he has played the Phantom so successfully for years. Banderas cannot play the Phantom. He'd make the entire movie into a huge joke. |
| Name: Marsha Awlings Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Roseburg, OR Time: 2000-11-09 18:28:39 Comments: Antonio isn't right for this role at all. He may be cute, but Michael Crawford is the only one who can make me cry simply by hearing him sing, especially when he sings, "I gave you my music. . ." or "Masquerade. . . hide your face so the world will never find you." Antonio can't even say "music" instead of "mooo-sssik." It might be cute if the role were supposed to be a foreign guy with a big accent, but the phantom by definition is a linguistic expert so Antonio simply can not play this role. Michael has worked so hard; he is the one who made phantom famous; he is the one that people will come to see. WB, I warn you now--this movie needs Michael Crawford! |
| Name: Sara Website: Welcome to my kingdom... Referred by: From a Friend From: Dallas, TX Time: 2000-11-09 04:16:56 Comments: Michael Crawford is the only choice for Phantom...anything less is a sell-out. |
| Name: Franky Valentino Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Duluth, GA Time: 2000-11-09 03:56:14 Comments: I bet Universal Studios is laughing their heads off about this. Now the old Universal Studios knew how to film classic monsters in all their glory. Lon Chaney, Sr., Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff--they were all wonderful and have become legendary. Michael Crawford is the only one who can compare to their greatness. |
| Name: Alexander
Michael Odum Website: Phantom Phans Referred by: From a Friend From: New York Time: 2000-11-08 17:57:37 Comments: The Phantom Of The Opera is a wonderful play . I, myself enjoy playing the music but can't figure out the rest . |
| Name: Amanda Website: none Referred by: Yahoo! From: Atlanta, GA Time: 2000-11-08 13:45:57 Comments: Antonio is a great actor! He was wonderful as Che in Evita, he was great as Zorro, and was very good as Miguel in Assassins. He just isn't fit for the role as Erik in The Phantom of the Opera. I understand it is great money. Of course it is. But Michael Crawford is the phantom. If he doesn't get the part, well, I will be very pissed off. But I guess I don't matter. Antonio Banderas is one of my favorite actors. I love him and his work! But this isn't his teritory. -Amanda |
| Name: Sandi Knauss Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: New Jersey Time: 2000-11-08 12:38:31 Comments: Antonio Banderas can't even pronounce Phantom - he say's "Phamton". I saw his rendition on the Andrew Lloyd Weber birthday bash. It was okay as far as amateurs go - but Michael Crawford he isn't. No one can take Michael's place. No one will go see the movie if Michael isn't the "Phantom" . Michael made the role his and no one has even come close to taking it back. |
| Name: Harriet Renaud Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Time: 2000-11-08 06:35:06 Comments: Michael Crawford is the man who made the Phantom of the Opera musical the success it is today. Common sense says that if you want the movie to be nearly as successful as the musical you have to use the man who made it that way. Michael Crawford is the one person who can captivate people with his vocal talents, so soothing one second and yet so powerful the next. You don't need a well known Hollywood star to play the part, you need a well known Phantom and that Phantom is Michael Crawford. |
| Name: Abby Tracy Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: Connecticut...attend school in New York state Time: 2000-11-08 04:44:31 Comments: I saw Phantom for the first time this summer in London. Although Michael Crawford was not in it, I still enjoyed it. I bought the CD with the original London cast, and I became mesmerized by his vocalization. He HAS to be in the movie! Good luck with everything; let me know if I can be of any service. |
| Name: Corey
Beckwith Website: Referred by: Net Search From: California, USA Time: 2000-11-08 02:47:52 Comments: Michael Crawford was, is, and always shall be *THE* Phantom Of The Opera. There is not one good reason why he should not be cast in the movie version of the musical play of POTO, and there are far to many good reasons to number that makes him the perfect choice for the role. |
| Name: Martin Ritter Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Kent, WA Time: 2000-11-07 22:57:39 Comments: Banderas is not an amateur singer. An amateur is someone who does something purely out of love for it. If he cared about music at all he would realize that he is not right for this role, and he would demand that Michael Crawford be the rightful phantom. If he steals this role, then he is not an amateur; he is a novice with no real love of music whatsoever. |
| Name: Clarissa Freeman Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Wapello, IA Time: 2000-11-07 20:23:19 Comments: Both Banderas and Crawford have an extraordinary talent for driving girls wild (I speak as one of them). But in vastly different ways--Banderas by stripping, and Crawford by singing. Contrarywise, it would be just as utterly repulsive to hear Banderas sing as it would be to watch Crawford strip. The role of the Phantom is a singing part and not a stripping part. It's that obvious. |
| Name: Jennifer Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Albany, NY Time: 2000-11-07 18:33:23 Comments: I think that the only person that should play the phantom should be the original-Michael Crawford(along with Sarah Brightman, but that's my own personal opinion). I know I will never see this movie if it was anyone else. He has a great voice, and deserves this. We, as fans, deserve this. |
| Name: Lisa Deerfield Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Wildwood, MO Time: 2000-11-07 18:24:29 Comments: No one is going to pay money to watch Banderas play karaoke in his own little POTO world so that he can make believe that he makes a good Phantom. We all know that he does not make a good phantom. We've all seen him try to sing the theme song, we all heard him get the words wrong ("sing to me"?), and we all know his whole performance was horrendous; though he was obviously trying his best. It's nothing personal, he just simply can not play the phantom, just like Michael Crawford can not play the 13th warrior. Michael Crawford defines the role of the Phantom and the movie is worth nothing without him. |
| Name: Colleen Schaeffer Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Laguna Niguel, CA Time: 2000-11-07 17:30:06 Comments: How could Andrew Lloyd Webber be so treacherous? If anyone had a respect for the quality of popular music theater, you'd think it would be him. Yet here he is advocating an amateur unrecorded singer who is a Hollywood pretty-boy! Webber has gone Hollywood-crazy and no longer cares about the quality of his own greatest musical or the high standard of popular music theater. Lord Webber, if you want to retain any respect at all, you must cast Michael Crawford as the Phantom, and show those Hollywood movie-makers how we do things in music theater! |
| Name: Rob Fitzroy Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: South Huntington, NY Time: 2000-11-07 04:02:54 Comments: It makes me sick that after all those years Mr. Crawford spent playing this role so excellently and making the musical so famous, he might be ditched for a Hollywood star and amateur singer. Most people who go to see POTO at the theater are going to see "that musical that Michael Crawford sang in." We want to see the man that started it all, the man that made the musical into a phenomenon, the man with the voice as gentle or powerful as the calm or stormy sea. No amateur singer can so touch the heart. No one else will do. Casting anyone else would clearly be a direct insult to Michael Crawford and no one who has ever heard his voice will stand for it. If Warner Bros. does pick Banderas, then Mr. Crawford and all of us fans will have the last laugh as we watch them be humiliated before the whole world when they go broke on this movie. |
| Name: Jenny Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Time: 2000-11-07 00:04:13 Comments: Hello. Michael is the only one for the job. That's all that needs to be said. MICHAEL IS THE ONLY ONE FOR THE JOB! |
| Name: Mariella Ravenport Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: College Park, MD Time: 2000-11-06 20:20:44 Comments: The Phantom of the Opera is a phenomenon that has continued to sweep the world even after Michael Crawford stop playing it. All of these fans will most likely never get to see this legendary first and greatest Phantom unless he is in the movie. Anybody else in this role would be just another phantom. There is only one legendary phantom alive today, and that is Mr. Crawford. You can go to any old theater to see a phantom (and even those phantoms play the part better than Banderas), but Michael Crawford as the phantom is truly something rare and wonderful. Something that all theater-goers (plus all those who can't make it to a theater) are willing to pay nearly one hundred dollars a piece to see each time. He has been proven to rake in the profits; he is tested and true. Why cast anyone else and take the major risk that your movie will flop? |
| Name: Aida
Gallanders Website: Pyro Prose Referred by: From a Friend From: L.A., Ca. Time: 2000-11-06 18:58:24 Comments: ~I strongly believe that Michael Crawford should perform the leading role in the up-coming movie "Phantom of the Opera." It is only the right right and proper thing to do since Michael was the original Phantom, and he set the standards for the role. Micheal is remembered by the masses as the Phantom...it is his signiture role--a role that will never die. Why let his memory fade away into the shadows? It is not right. To cast someone else in the leading role would be nothing less than foolish. Please preserve Michael Crawford's memory, and cast him in the leading role of "Phantom of the Opera." Thank you. |
| Name: Adrienne Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Chino Valley, Arizona Time: 2000-11-06 03:28:49 Comments: My aunt sent me the "On Eagles Wings" CD as an Xmas present 2 years ago. Before that I had never heard Michael Crawford sing. I was so moved by the beauty of his voice that I bought more of his recordings and learned all that I could about him. I now have several of his CDs and tapes and play them every day. On long drives out here in the country while listening to his music, I become totally absorbed by the emotion he conveys, the clarity of the words, the purity of sound and the range of his incredible voice, so that time and the miles fly by while I am existing in another world. I only wish that I could have seen Phantom of the Opera when it played in L. A. with Mr. Crawford. Now that I live in rural Arizona, the chance of my seeing him perform the role depends on the film that is made of Phantom. From what I have seen of him on the "In Concert" video that was shown on PBS, it would seem impossible that he would not be cast in the proposed film. Even without the makeup or the mask, his voice, his movements, his gestures, his dramatic persona, make it impossible to understand why anyone else would be considered for the role of the Phantom. I saw Antonio Banderas in "Evita" and was so bored by the movie that I couldn't sit through it. I barely remember that he was in it. He made no impression. Since then I have heard him sing at the Birthday Party for Lloyd Webber, also shown on PBS. All I can say is that he should stick to action flicks where no one needs to understand what he's saying. His voice grates like chalk on a blackboard. With his pretty face, how can he play a man so ugly that he hides himself in the celler of an opera house. Christine's kiss isn't supposed to turn him from a toad to a handsome prince. No, I've made up my mind. No Crawford, no Phantom film. It can go direct to video and I still won't even rent it if Michael Crawford isn't in it. I'll continue to listen to the Original Cast tape with the REAL Phantom. |
| Name: Jason Peters Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Marshfield, WI Time: 2000-11-05 20:09:00 Comments: Michael Crawford is a wonderful singer. Why replace him with a Hollywood sex-symbol when the Phantom's face is going to be covered up anyway? This role is made for the greatest singer possible, no matter what he looks like. It's like choosing someone to be the voice of a cartoon character--looks do not matter! A woman plays Bart on the Simpsons, but do any less people watch the show because the voice doesn't belong to a famous Hollywood sex-symbol? This is ludicrous! Whoever has the right voice gets the part: Crawford has it and Banderas does not; why, then, all the deliberation? |
| Name: Paula Felicci Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Laconia, NH Time: 2000-11-05 19:09:14 Comments: What! Antonio Banderas as the Phantom? It seems like Warner Bros. is trying to go broke! If you want to lose everything, then cancel your insurance coverage and set fire to your studios. At lest then you won't drag Banderas down with you or commit this grievous insult to Michael Crawford or cause a riot amoung Phantom fans everywhere. If you want to go down, then at least have the decency to do it alone and not cause grief to others in the process. |
| Name: Pamela
Schiess Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Utah Time: 2000-11-05 16:09:09 Comments: I hope we can do this. |
| Name: Monica Davener Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Naperville, IL Time: 2000-11-05 03:17:26 Comments: I just saw Michael Crawford on TV. He sang O Holy Night in the Crystal Cathedral. There I was flipping through channels when all at once I was dumbfounded by the sheer splendor of his wonderful voice. My heart froze and I later discovered I was holding my breath. Good heavens, how can it be that such a voice belongs to a man and not an angel? I don't listen to music that much, but as soon as I heard him sing I knew I must hear more. I did an internet search for his Christmas album and now I've ended up here. How could anyone want to replace him with Antonio Banderas (of all people)? They are so vastly different from each other. Now if the two of them were in a fighting match, I'd put my bet on Banderas, but when it comes to singing, there is no question--Michael Crawford steals the show! Heck, I wouldn't pay two cents to hear Banderas sing. |
| Name: Christine
Ventura Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Danbury Time: 2000-11-05 02:29:37 Comments: I think this website is the best!! I love anything that has to do with the Phantom Of The Opera! The music is just so wonderful, and I really don't like classical music. But, I do like this classical music. It so lovely. My parents and me have seen the play twice already for my birthday last year and also this year. |
| Name: MICHAEL
THOMAS DAY Website: MICHAEL DAY Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: CANADA Time: 2000-11-04 15:20:26 Comments: HI MICHAEL CRAWFORD, HOW ARE THINGS WHITH YOU TODAY? I WILL BE COMEING TO ENGLAND NEXT YEAR. HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY. YOUR FIREND MICHAEL THOMAS DAY |
| Name: j schwarz Website: Referred by: Clicked on our Banner Advertisement From: wichita ks Time: 2000-11-04 15:17:58 Comments: Michal Crawford has to play the role.....after all he is THE PHANTOM...... |
| Name: D.Diva Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: MN Time: 2000-11-04 09:27:10 Comments: Just a quick thought. Is there any reason that Mr. Crawford is good enough for the stage but not the screen? Isn't the stage the whole reason that POTO became popular in the first place? Please, PLEASE wake up! Thanx! :) |
| Name: Ray DeGuilo Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Oceanside, CA Time: 2000-11-04 01:09:02 Comments: Michael Crawford rocks as the Phantom! He is crucial to the success of this movie. |
| Name: Darla
G. Vincent Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Vidalia, Louisiana Time: 2000-11-03 18:48:00 Comments: As a latecomer to the Phantom of the Opera, seeing Michael Crawford in the movie version would be the only way that I could ever see the original Phantom. I cannot imagine any other voice in that role. |
| Name: Lisa Franklin Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: LaVale, MD Time: 2000-11-03 15:50:42 Comments: Anyone who thinks that Antonio Banderas can play the role of a classic deformed monster ought to have a lobatomy for the good of society! In addition, the "Angel of Music" in the phantom's case is not referring to Enrique fever Latin music. The Phantom is an expert at controlling his voice, a characteristic which requires that the actor at least be able to speak the language (in this case, English) excellently. In short, Banderas's looks are not right and his voice is not right. Considering that the most important aspects of the phantom are his deformity and voice, this counts Banderas out. Put Michael Crawford in his role and start filming already--I want to see Michael Crawford play the phantom sometime this century! |
| Name: Tony Victores Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Fosston, MN Time: 2000-11-03 15:40:23 Comments: The story of the Phantom has been dragged through the mud so many times that it is related more to badly-scripted movies than to the classic book. And now it looks like Hollywood is about to do it again. The only thing that could possibly save this movie is the glorious voice of Michael Crawford. Warner Bros, please spare us from yet another horrendous remake and for once give us some quality. |
| Name: Edward
Couper Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Australia Time: 2000-11-03 07:47:55 Comments: I think it's great what you're trying to do. |
| Name: Sandra Website: A new book of the Phantom of the Opera Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Spain Time: 2000-11-02 20:36:47 Comments: In brief weeks a new book of the Phantom will be available for sail in internet. Is a very pleasant essay about Webber's Musical and Leroux's original novel. If you want more information, please, e-mail me. |
| Name: Kent Miller Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Wheaton, IL Time: 2000-11-02 07:41:52 Comments: Originally for North Jersey, I've had the opportunity here at college in Illinois to talk with many people who have never been to a Broadway show. It is upon my many conversations with fellow students from around the world that I base my deductions. If people see that Antonio Banderas is starring in a musical, they will wonder why he has stooped to such a low role and not bother to see the movie. If people see that the greatest popular music theater singer is starring in a movie, they will wonder what all the hubbub is about these grand performances and go to the movie to find out for themselves. The enjoyment of popular music theater is a mystery to many, and who better to reveal its glory than Michael Crawford? |
| Name: Grace Clearwater Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Southlake, TX Time: 2000-11-02 02:18:37 Comments: Michael Crawford doesn't need this part in the movie, but the movie sure as the heavens above needs him! Without him, the show would never have become the phenomenon that it is, and, unless he stars in this movie, it will never make a profit. Unfortunately, these movie-making bigshots are too proud to realize that. Well, if they are so intent on making fools of themselves, we cannot stop them. At some point we will have to let them. And we all know that, in the end, the true Phantom, Michael Crawford, will have the last laugh when their movie fails miserably. And we will all be laughing along with him as we watch those bigshots suffer and go through complete and total humiliation. But still, I would prefer that they be spared from this humiliation and that Mr. Crawford's performance as the phantom be preserved for posterity, and so I have written my warning and done my part. Now I leave it to them to do theirs. |
| Name: Vincenzo
Morra Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Italy but live in London Time: 2000-11-01 22:54:47 Comments: I have seen the Phantom of the Opera 7 times in the past 3 years. I love, LOVE it to the point that, at times, I hire a Phantom costume to perform some parts of the show to friends. I have never had a chance to see Michael Crawford performing in the role of the Phantom. I listen to the original CD almost daily and I would love the idea to see Michael in the film. It would be the first time ever I could see him performing in the show I love the most. Antonio Banderas IS NOT the Phantom and he will never be. Who cares about him and how famous he is. Here me out Andrew and Warner bros: I WANT MICHAEL CRAWFORD. |
| Name: Betty
Montcalm Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Virginia Beach, Va. Time: 2000-11-01 20:02:14 Comments: Michael Crawford IS the Phantom. How anyone could think of making the movie version without him is incomprehensible! |
| Name: Troy TNT Hillebrecht Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Time: 2000-11-01 17:25:13 Comments: Friends let me take you back to the years between 1986 to 1990 when phantom mania was "and still is" sweeping the world.First when Michael Crawford appeared in the original London Production critics raved.After two years worth of performances the production crosses the ocean to play on the New york broadway stage of the majestic theater where crawford continued the stellar performance.Now you have Antonio Banderas being a person that only thinks of himself by saying he has been working for 25 years to get parts like this.He said so somewhere on his audition interview. Well Sir if you would have done the part of phantom as much as Crawford has maybe I would agree with you but just plain singing the title song once at Royal Albert Hall for Lloyd Webbers birthday concert just doesnt cut it.Mr.Banderas you have never sung music of the night or at least I havent heard you and I have not even seen you yet don the famous mask hat and cape of the phantom.There is a difference between the Phantoms mask and Zorro's. Now I am not being racist here I just dont think that Banderas has the voice for the role.I have seen phantom three times myself and although the guys I have seen like Kevin Gray and Brad little do the role even though good they dont come as close to it as much as the ultimate guy I know as Michael Crawford himself.You can listen to the soundtrack with Crawford and you will see what I mean. |
| Name: TK Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: USA Time: 2000-11-01 17:09:25 Comments: I have enjoyed Banderas' work as an actor in many of his roles, and he definitely has talent. HOWEVER, there is absolutely no comparison to Michael Crawford when he is behind the mask as the Phantom! Mr. C becomes that character in the only way I have ever found acceptable. I have never seen or heard anyone else come close, though I know Davis Gaines' fans will argue the point. ;-) But Crawford alone puts the hair up on the back of my neck; he is preternaturally and undeniably phenomenal in every nuance of voice and expression through movement. He is absolutely the purest embodiment of the Phantom. It is HIS role, no matter what version or who wrote it or who else has stepped into it. After watching the video clip of Banderas with Sarah through to the bitter end, all I can say is that I would rather listen to fingernails on a chalkboard. Banderas was a fabulous "Zorro", and can sing after a fashion, and would make a nice Ricky Ricardo in an "I Love Lucy" remake, but he cannot possibly do THE Phantom. It would be a gross insult to ALW's play, and if Sir Andrew alllows this mistake to be committed to film, then he deserves the resultant fallout, as does Warner Bros., which stands to lose a lot of big money. And as for Travolta in the role, it would IMHO be worse than another "Battlefield: Earth", and I dearly love John Travolta. He's a hugely talented man. But it would be like putting vinegar in your glass of milk: it's just not a good mix. So either the Powers That Be will get their act together and make something memorable and lasting, or they will create a joke. All we can really do is sound off, cross our fingers, wish on a star, then wait and see what happens. |
| Name: Jane Fairlee Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: PA Time: 2000-11-01 16:51:51 Comments: Just watched a tape of ALW on the Charlie Rose show. It was a very interesting show. ALW looked fairly relaxed and gave a pretty good interview. The movie was never mentioned but he did talk a little about Phantom-said it was "Really a lot of Hokum" He also said the book was confused but it was really a high romance and that is what made the show a success. He said it was his favorite show and everything worked from the word go, for whatever reason, whatever alchemy. Talked a little about how it was written for Sarah. I'd like to comment on a couple of things. First about the story being "hokum" which kind of goes along with something ben Elton said. This disturbs me because it tells me neither of them truly "get" it. Yes, the story can be hokum if the actor playing the phantom can't bring it off. Michael Crawford took that show to a higher level where it transcended its weaknesses. A handful of other actors I've seen have also taken it past the spectacle to another level. The shows with actors who haven't been able to do that can get a little campy. I've seen people snickering at times. That's why the actor playing the phantom is soooo important. He said something else about another show and making changes when it went from Broadway to LA and how people in LA want to see the Broadway production not a different version. I think the same thing applies to the movie. It seems to me that what a movie audience wants with a show like this is something as close to the show as they can get but with the additional visual opening up that you can get from a movie. They still want the heart and soul of the show. I was also struck with ALW's passion for musical theatre. His work has probably introduced thousands of people to musical theater. How many children do you think were turned on to theater by Starlight Express or Cats. With the movie of Phantom he has the chance to reinvigorate a whole genre and gain more fans for musicals both in the theatre and at the movies. I don't understand why someone who cares so deeply about musicals and who has this great opportunity to inspire others isn't insisting on going with the best. There was some kid who signed the guest book early on who was so inspired by Andrew that he wanted to go into musical theatre but who was totally disillusioned by ALW's casting approach to the movie. It's a bad move Andrew to disillusion the people who are most passionate about your work. Very bad move!!! |
| Name: Diane Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: CA Time: 2000-11-01 16:43:45 Comments: This weekend I received a copy of the Charlie Rose Show tape and spent an hour watching the very interesting interview Andrew Lloyd Webber gave while guesting on this show recently. Jane has already commented extensively and posted very eloquently, so I will not go into too much depth. But one point that has been really bothering me for a couple of days since watching the tape is Lord Lloyd-Webber's statement during the interview that the original show, "The Phantom of the Opera" was "hokum." This morning I got out my old friend The Webster's Dictionary, and looked up the word Andrew Lloyd Webber used to describe the most successful show of his career to date. Hokum - prob. blend of hocus-pocus and bunkum. 1. A device used (as by showmen) to evoke a desired audience response. 2. Pretentious nonsense : BUNKUM It got worse, the following I found in The Random House Dictionary: Hokum 1. Nonsense; bunk. 2. Sentimental, pathetic, or comic matter of an elementary or stereotyped kind introduced into a play, novel, etc. 3. False or irrelevant material introduced into a speech, essay, etc for spurious appeal I needed to also look up the word Bunkum and found: Bunkum 1. Insincere or foolish talk : Nonsense 2. Claptrap; humbug At this point I find it absolutely disheartening that the two men who are adapting the most successful show of the century for the big screen are each seemingly so clueless about the story or what made the show so successful in the first place. I really think this film is possibly in big trouble. Hal Prince has always maintained that this play will not adapt well to a motion picture, and at this point one cannot blame him for any of his reservations. Add into the mix Warner Bros. executives who apparently feel more secure with "box office" than using the proven extremely talented musical actor who won EVERY accolade possible on the planet for the title role, and the story at this point reads rather depressing.... So, makes you wonder just were the original interpretation and development of the Phantom came from doesn't it??? I'll bet I can guess correctly... And I have a strong suspicion Andrew Lloyd Webber really lucked out with the team who put this show together at the start. |
| Name: Anna Cole Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Wheaton, IL Time: 2000-10-31 18:49:23 Comments: If Michael Crawford isn't good enough for your movie, then your movie isn't good enough for squat! Michael Crawford possesses the most beautiful voice of any mortal man that has ever been. Before I heard him sing, I had thought that I would have to die and go to Heaven before I'd ever hear anything so lovely. I wasn't introduced to him through POTO, but through an animated film that came out when I was 13. I've never cried at movies before; I could watch Old Yeller or Bambie's mother get shot a million times and never shed a tear--but, good heavens, how I wept for that old cartoon badger singing "Please Wake Up" on Once Upon a Forest. Care to guess who the voice of that badger was? Well it sure as heck wasn't Antonio Banderas, I can tell you that! |
| Name: Jen Wittman Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Madison, AL Time: 2000-10-31 17:29:40 Comments: Attractive people dominate movies too much. Ugly people need their representatives also (not that Michael Crawford is ugly; heck, he's old enough to be my grandfather but I'd still kill for the chance to go out with him if he weren't married.) But using Antonio Banderas is going way too far. The Phantom's appeal (a phenomenon that has existed for ages) does not consist in having the body of a sex-symbol, but in his voice, skill, and style. This phenomenon can not be preserved in the movie if the audience is sitting there waiting for him to do a striptease. |
| Name: Jane E.
Miller Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Time: 2000-10-31 17:12:49 Comments: FROM LONDON TO NEW YORK HE IS THE ONE AND ONLY! |
| Name: Michelle Moshier Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Marysville, WA Time: 2000-10-31 01:28:54 Comments: I have a huge crush on Michael Crawford with all the irrational fervency of the hopeless teenager that I am! Someday when I have money, I will travel to his next concert, where ever it may be--I can only pray that he'll still be singing when I grow up and get a good-paying job. If Michael Crawford isn't the Phantom in this movie, I'll just die! |
| Name: Lauren
Shaffer Website: Referred by: Clicked on our Banner Advertisement From: Illinois-united states of america Time: 2000-10-31 00:04:32 Comments: Although I am a fan of Antonio Banderas, I am appalled to think that Warner Bros. would even dream, or dare think that anyone could take the role of Phantom, besides Michael Crawford. He had worked so hard to please us all when he first stared in the role of the Phantom, and he is most deserving of the role of Phantom in the movie. Without him, the movie would just be that, another movie that in time people will forget and it will never be heard of again. But Michael Crawford puts such passion into his roles that you feel what he is feeling and you see what he is seeing. Ever since the first time that I went to see Phantom of the Opera, I have been waiting for it to return to the Fox Theater in St.Louis, Missouri, but for a few years now it hasn't. The only thing that has kept me contained for these years is that I am a proud owner of the CD of the original Broadway cast of Phantom of the Opera and Michael Crawford's voice is the one and only voice that I want to be hearing singing the Phantom's songs. Only he can fill it with such love, passion, understanding and kindness. It would be a great mistake for Warner Bros. to cast any one other than Michael Crawford in the place of the Phantom. I now have to consider if I even want to see Warner Bros. movies before I go to see them, because I realize now how messed up their sense of reason and how unobservant they are. They must see how much the people want to see Michael Crawford as the Phantom and no one else. I pray that they see all of the letters and comments of the fans, and change their mind for the best. *Warner Bros., I beg of you to cast in Michael Crawford!* I know that I speak for thousands of people as I write this letter. We are your money makers and you should listen to what We have to say! And we say cast in Michael Crawford!!! We want to be cultured in a way that we can remember why it is we want better lives for children and others, and culture is the way to start. Listen to us, please. I hope that Warner Bros. reads this letter and realize the mistake that they could make, and that they fix it before it is too late! Sincerely yours; Lauren Shaffer |
| Name: sarah
jones Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Lake Charles, Louisiana Time: 2000-10-30 23:10:17 Comments: I just recently became a Phantom fan when I stumbled over a old cd my mom had of the Broadway version of POTO. I instantly fell in love with Micheal Crawford's voice. ALthough I haven't seen the play on Broadway and will never get a chance to considering where I live and that I don't have enough money to go to NY or somewhere like that. I only hope to somday but it won't be as good with out Micheal. So the only hope I have is this movie. I hate Antonio Bandaers (or however you spell his name) he can't even act I'v never gone and seen a movie with him in it. Now that I found out that he might be playing in this movie was so upset. I only pray that they cast Micheal Crawford b/c that's my only chance and he is the only Phantom and he's voice is so beautiful I melt everytime I listen to my sountrack and heck I'm only 17 years old and I love it. I definately only want Micheal for the part. They are crazy for even thinking of casting someone else that will ruin the Phantom's reputation forever!! Esspecially Antonio (yuck) he's so ugly too I think Micheal is better in looks too. He's so perfect for it and experienced anyway. |
| Name: Joel Nieberman Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: New Milford, CT Time: 2000-10-30 20:50:57 Comments: Michael Crawford has such a wonderful voice that it baffles me why anyone else could even be considered for taking his place in this movie. His enchanting voice conjures up spectacular images of an unseen realm full of fantasy and wonder. With him as the phantom, Warner Bros. will have on their hands the greatest musical masterpiece in movie history. He is the legendary Phantom; cast anyone else and the movie will just be another stupid remake. There is a huge opportunity for greatness here, let's hope Warner Bros. sees that before they completely humiliate themselves and go down in movie history for making the dumbest blunder ever. |
| Name: Alonzo Rodriguez Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Monterrey, NL Mexico Time: 2000-10-30 16:06:52 Comments: As much as I like Antonio Banderas, I still think he is all wrong for this role. He should be playing a big, tough guy. I'm one tough charro myself, but, though my friends may laugh at me, there is something about Mr. Crawford's voice that gets me in some soft spot somewhere. I know my friends think so too, but they are just too macho to say so. And even they say that the phantom is not Antonio's style. We don't want to see Antonio dancing around singing sappy songs. That may be good for people like Fred Astaire (and Michael Crawford), but not for him. |
| Name: Rosie
Farina Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Clearwater, FL Time: 2000-10-30 01:49:16 Comments: I recently reviewed the internet looking for news about the making of The Phantom into a movie film. I expressed my opinion that without Michael Crawford there is NO phantom. What is the matter with Warner Bros?? Michael is an international star and the film with him as the phantom would undoubtedly be a huge success. |
| Name: Tammy Van
Fossen Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: California Time: 2000-10-30 01:05:17 Comments: I think Michael Crawford is the absolute best, when comes to playing the Phantom. He can put his heart and soul into the character. |
| Name: Terri J Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Georgia Time: 2000-10-30 00:41:01 Comments: I can't picture anyone BUT Michael Crawford as the Phantom. Just as Clark Gable was Rhett Butler, so Michael Crawford is the Phantom! |
| Name: Tracy
Phillips Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Waretown, NJ Time: 2000-10-29 20:00:04 Comments: I belong to a sad host of hope-deprived souls, namely, those who were too young to know the opportunities they were missing when Michael Crawford was performing on Broadway. The irony increased when he came back to my part of the world this month, a time when I had to be 1000 miles away at college! Not a blessed day goes by that I do not curse my youth for this, and the spark of hope in my eyes that I shall one day see this legend in person slowly dies. Those of us who will not have the pleasure of actually seeing Mr. Crawford till Kingdom Come would be so grateful if they could augment their sorrows with seeing him play his greatest role in a motion picture. With all the tribulations that exist in life, it is a shame that those in power feel such cruel glory in inflicting more grief upon their fellow man. Antonio Banderas? Oh, the humantity! |
| Name: Anony Website: Anony's Prelude Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: CA, USA Time: 2000-10-29 17:24:56 Comments: I think it is great in what you are doing for M.C. to be in the Phantom movie. I totally agree, that he is the *only* one who should play the role of Phantom. A role in which he has played numerous times. Antonio Banderas is a horrible singer for PotO the movie, and should *not* be signed on as the Phantom. What is ALW thinking? |
| Name: Villeo
Soon Website: Michael is The Phantom Referred by: Yahoo! From: Kuala Lumour, Malaysia Time: 2000-10-29 13:43:53 Comments: Without a doubt that Michael Crawford is the perfect choice for the film version. No other actor can fill in his shoe of The Phantom. The role was tailored made for him and no one else should take it away from him. Please have Michael as The Phantom and please spare us the agony of going through another miscast role. Long live Michael as The Phantom. Cheers Villeo Soon |
| Name: sarah olson Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: arizona Time: 2000-10-29 06:00:07 Comments: I think that what we are doing is great! Hopefully all of us will convince Andrew Lloyd Webber to use Michael crawford in the movie. with him I know that not only I will see it but all the supporters of TMCPMC will see it too, which could bring billions to the box office. And guarntee The Phantom of the opera to be a hit in the movies as well as the stage. |
| Name: Judy
Huml Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Time: 2000-10-29 01:32:49 Comments: There is no one else in the entertainment field that could fill the role of the Phantom but the original stage Phantom -- Michael Crawford -- Millions of people who have heard of his performances from other theatregoers and have not had the chance to see him perform will do so. Why spoil a good thing!!!!! Judy Huml |
| Name: Elizabeth
Naseman Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Sidney, Ohio Time: 2000-10-29 01:27:33 Comments: I agree that Michael Crawford should play the Phantom. He is the best! |
| Name: Betty
Russell Website: memories Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Sumrall, MS Time: 2000-10-28 18:23:17 Comments: In Feburary 1995, my daughter and I saw the Phantom for the first time in New Orleans. This was our first time to see a play like this, one that remains with you for all time. Every time I listen to the soundtrack of the Phantom, I am back in time, a time were great love meant everything to the Phantom, a love he was willing to let go of for the one he loved, Christine. I would love to see the Phantom, played by Michael Crawford, for he is the Phantom. |
| Name: Candy Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: Canada Time: 2000-10-28 16:52:48 Comments: I support your decision of wanting Michael Crawford to be in the starring role of the Phantom movie. If they want to keep with the original as much as possible. They had Donny Osmond back For Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat so why not have Michael Crawford back? I have been a loyal Fan of Michaels ever since I first heard him sing when I bought a two tape version of the Phantom of the Opera with the original London cast. I recently went to see the Phantom about a year before it closed down in Toronto and when they had the curtain down on the news I cryed my eyes out because it was my favourite musical and also because I sympathize with poor Erik because people often shunned me because they thought I was ugly. When I first heard Michael Crawford sing in the Phantom I had always imagined what the Phantom of the Opera would sound like and he made it become reality for me because it was everything I envisioned Powerful, tremulous, tender, hypnotic, intoxicating and downright beautiful. I am a true Michael Crawford fan and I support your cause. Good Luck! Candy |
| Name: Heather
Lewis Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Pierrefonds, Quebec, Canada Time: 2000-10-28 03:08:08 Comments: 00/10/27 Michael Crawford has to get the role of the Phantom. I really truly believe that he is the only man who plays the role of the Opera Ghost with a style that no one could ever match. He created the role with flare, and he is my idol. Every time I think or dream of the Phantom of the Opera, it's always Michael Crawford wearing the mask, and it's his voice that haunts my dreams. Good luck, Michael C.! I know you'll do a spectacular job in the mask once more. Lots of Love, Heather Lewis (a Phantom Phan) |
| Name: Dennis Claybern Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Ames, IA Time: 2000-10-28 00:48:43 Comments: It is obvious that the Phantom character and the Don Juan character are two opposite types of personna in this story. While Banderas might make an excellent Don Juan, he is the complete opposite of the Phantom character. It's so simple. Michael Crawford is the Phantom you are looking for. |
| Name: Linda Hoeft Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Sacramento, CA Time: 2000-10-27 23:55:52 Comments: This site is a great testament to the love and support from many dedicated fans. Michael Crawford is a lucky man. Although I have not seen him as the Phantom of the Opera, I have over the years heard him sing and seen clips from his live performances. It is obvious to me he is the Phantom and am baffled why anyone else would be considered to play the movie version. It seems movie versions of successful musicals are already a hard-sell to mainstream movie viewers -- why jeopardize the success of a proven hit by casting a not so well-known actor who can at best carry a tune. For heaven's sake, this is a musical -- cast the man with the beautiful voice who everyone already knows and adores. I'd like to thank the volunteers who keep this campaign alive and am looking forward to hearing the announcement that Michael Crawford has been cast as the Phantom in the movie version. Thanks for the opportunity to post my view. |
| Name: mark
Jerold Flolo Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: California, USA Time: 2000-10-27 23:13:32 Comments: I am not an avid theatre goer. I have enjoyed a few of the bigger musicals and at the higher costs I know that I am blessed to have seen The Phantom Of The Opera staring Michael Crawford. It was in Los Angeles, Ca. No one could draw the audiences that Michael could, not then or now. His theatre and box office draw could never be reproduced through big advertising campaigns for a movie. He is a class act with the king of smokey mystique the title role deserves. It is a done deal. Warner should stop wasting time and money casting the title role. You might consider that the hundreds and thousands of people who own the sound track to Phantom, which never got the chance to see Michael will be driven to this film but only if it stars the phantom Michael. In all honesty, I really want to see this film made to leave a great legacy for a great time in theatre history. But I would not waste a dime seeing this film without the star it deserves- Michael Crawford. Thank you. God Bless |
| Name: Cindy Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: Wisconsin Time: 2000-10-27 22:44:18 Comments: Hi, Diane! I visited your site a long time ago, and was glad to see the recent updates about Michael singing with Julie in Manhattan! Woo Hooo! Michael is the ONLY man who should play Phantom. I've seen Phantom 5 times in 5 different productions, and even though those phantoms were good, they still could not capture the haunting BEAUTY and the absolute POWER Michael gives to that character. It makes me angry to think that Andrew would want anyone else to play it. That would be the biggest betrayal...And to his own work!!! |
| Name: Helen Lavorata Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: New York Time: 2000-10-27 22:08:32 Comments: Love Michael and he deserves to be the one and only Phantom. |
| Name: Catherine Labbe Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Canada Time: 2000-10-27 06:17:03 Comments: At our house we listen to Michael Crawford sing Phantom of the Opera every single day! My daughter has to be his biggest fan. She has only rave reviews about his abilities. She has influenced our family to become fans as well. Our dream would be to see the movie with Michael Crawford playing the lead. The role is his and his alone. Obviously ALW thought he was perfect for the role, choosing him to sing, with his then wife Sarah Brightman. Why change perfection. Quit fooling around with the likes of Antonio Banderas, he needs more english lessons, as well as voice lessons. I will only see the movie if Michael Crawford is in it as the Phantom! And I'll influence everyone I know as well. |
| Name: Corey
Damerell Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Nanuet, NY USA Time: 2000-10-27 06:07:06 Comments: It's very simple. Michael Crawford should play the Phantom, Michael Ball should play Raoul, and Sarah Brightman should play Christine. Case closed. Any questions? Anything else would be a waste of time, money, and film! |
| Name: Stephanie
Labbe Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Calgary, Alberta Canada Time: 2000-10-27 05:50:50 Comments: As far as I'm concerned the ONLY person who could play the Phantom is Michael Crawford. I have only admiration and respect for Michael Crawfords talents. He's got a unique voice and style and he's still the perfect choice for the movie. Not to say anything bad, but frankly I can't understand a word, Antonio Banderas says. Antonio stay out of the arts, please! I would do anything, I could, to ensure Michael's place in the Phantom of the Opera Movie! Warner Bros. should stick with their original plans and keep Michael in the movie. Warner Bros. have made too many changes to the movie over the years. STOP NOW. |
| Name: Jay Belle Isle Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Ann Arbor, MI Time: 2000-10-27 00:32:46 Comments: Totally great site!!! And the Halloween intro page -- creepily cool! As for Michael Crawford as the Phantom in the movie: Who else? I can't imagine why anyone would even question it; unless of course, they've never seen Mr. Crawford's Phantom. Nah... There can't BE anyone in that category! |
| Name: Tim
Conibear Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: UK Time: 2000-10-26 22:58:10 Comments: Definitely need MC cast in that role guys.... no one else will do! |
| Name: coolio Website: about me son Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: america Time: 2000-10-26 19:08:31 Comments: cool site. great play. great story. there's a lil phantom in all of us. and the phantim is kewl. keep chillin' my boys. peace |
| Name: Bernadette
Elander Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: San Diego, CA Time: 2000-10-26 05:18:08 Comments: Mr. Crawford is the Phantom. No one else could ever take his place. I refuse to see the movie version of "The Phantom of the Opera" with anyone else in the role but HIM. Mr. Crawford made "Phantom" the huge success it was, and he deserves the title role in the film. He has been loyal to Andrew Lloyd Webber, and it's time Mr. Webber was loyal in return. Michael Crawford "makes my song take flight." He is the "music of the night." |
| Name: Sarah Auster Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: McLean, VA Time: 2000-10-26 01:15:33 Comments: This is a great site! Everyone has come through with well thought out and persuasive arguments in favor of Michael Crawford. I hope everyone will understand that we want Michael Crawford to play the Phantom because he is the only reasonable choice and not simply because we are Crawford fans (though, personally, I'd almost be compelled to jump off a cliff if I heard the voice of Michael Crawford asking me to)! |
| Name: Linda T. Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: USA Time: 2000-10-25 22:57:32 Comments: Michael Crawford's latest performance of 'Music of the Night' at the October 16th Broadway special with Julie Andrew was reported to be one of his finest renditions ever. He just keeps demonstrating why he's the best - one and only Phantom. What more could Warners, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ben Elton, and anybody else who seems to be tone deaf want?!!! Give the rightful owner of the Phantom mask his due or forget the whole thing. The audience won't settle for anything less than the best. |
| Name: Angie
Skiver Website: Referred by: Yahoo! From: Greenville, OH Time: 2000-10-25 21:41:47 Comments: I would love to see Michael Crawford be cast as "The Phantom" in the movie version. He is, after all, the original phantom and no one could play the part any better than he could. His voice is like no other. He would be wonderful!! |
| Name: Nathan Haynes Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Hudson, OH Time: 2000-10-24 23:45:03 Comments: I just can't imagine why the honorable Lord Webber is doing this. Does he just expect us all to forget about how he claimed that popular music theater was so precious and important, so that he can turn around and hire a Hollywood big shot to take the place of popular music theater's greatest star? Hell will freeze over before anyone who has ever heard Michael Crawford sing will take this quietly! There is no reason for the original Phantom to be replaced. If Webber is worried about drawing in the cash, then he can cast Banderas as Raoul and attract just as many people, plus all loyal Crawford fans. There is simply no logical reason for this hypocrisy. |
| Name: Paula Tomlinson Website: Referred by: Lycos From: Time: 2000-10-24 20:51:38 Comments: I think that Michael Crawford has a brilliant voice, and anyone who doesn't want him cast in the movie wants a chandleiar dropping on their heads :) |
| Name: Joan Folmsbee Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: New York Time: 2000-10-24 17:35:16 Comments: Just discovered this website - please continue your good work to insure Michael Crawford stars as the Phantom. It's the only way I'll see the movie. He is the only choice. |
| Name: Terry Ephrasa Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Mishicot, WI Time: 2000-10-24 17:31:52 Comments: When casting someone to play the Phantom, finding a pretty-boy actor should not be on the list of one's concerns. Fred Astaire was no sex symbol, but no one ever told him he couldn't play the dancing lead because he wasn't good-looking enough (and his face was even visible)! Lon Chaney Sr. made an extremely seductive phantom even though his looks were grossly distorted and no one could hear his voice in a silent movie. Such talented actors draw in the crowds not because they are attractive, but because they have talent and a classiness that no girl can resist and that every man can admire (and aspire to). Michael Crawford possess a classy style and manner such as this world has never seen. Let attractive actors have the roles where attractiveness counts, and let otherwise talented actors have the roles where their talent and class can show through. |
| Name: Jackie Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Gold Coast Australia Time: 2000-10-24 09:02:37 Comments: Micheal is the best Phantom of all time! |
| Name: BRENDA MINNICK Website: Referred by: Net Search From: HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE, AR Time: 2000-10-23 15:38:16 Comments: I am joing the HUNDREDS of other people before me who have already requested that Michael Crawford get the role of the Phantom in the movie. It is his role!!!! |
| Name: Cynthia Gorden Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Saratoga Spring, NY Time: 2000-10-23 15:26:58 Comments: The phantom is not a popular sex symbol. He is an outcast, and he appeals to everyone in the world who has ever felt rejected and alone. You cannot take a mask, put it on a man with the body of a Greek god, and expect everyone to pity him. It would be too fake, as if he's up there saying, "Don't hate me because I'm beautiful!" The Phantom is the champion of the rejects of society whose inner beauty the world will never know because of it's cruel lack of faith and sympathy. Michael Crawford is the only one who can convincingly give the Phantom this personality. Sorry Banderas, you can't help but be too sexy for this role! |
| Name: Rose Website: Referred by: Clicked on a 'Guestbooks by GuestWorld' Button From: USA Time: 2000-10-23 04:58:10 Comments: Dear Lord Webber, Thousands upon thousands of people are looking forward to seeing The Phantom of the Opera as a musical/movie. This character is so important, as he is, for the following reasons. I believe I am speaking for a majority when I say that most of us can identify with the Phantom on some level, be it in physical appearance, the feeling of never having been loved, of wanting to be loved and wanting to share love. Michael Crawford gave these feelings to the Phantom with such raw emotion that it transcends logic. We don't see the Phantom as a murderer although he certainly did commit such crimes. We see him for the loving, fragile genius he is and want to see him exactly the same way in the movie. Please allow us to express our collective emotions by casting Michael Crawford as the Phantom. His performance is the only one that can reach to the depths of our souls. |
| Name: Alison Lehto Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Oakland, ME Time: 2000-10-22 01:04:03 Comments: Hi everybody! Just wanted you to know that I was very blessed to have been at this concert - Orchestra section! It is described so beautifully on your web page. I was crying when Julie sang and Michael danced. These two Brits are so strong-willed and really live up to Winston Churchill's - "Never, never, never give up." This is a highlight in my life - a special moment in theatre history. Thank you Julie! Thank you Michael! And thanks to all the entertainers who made this concert so special. Bravo! Your page is great! And yes, this is a good time to get back to writing those letters to get Michael into the role that is rightfully his. Thanks. Alison Lehto |
| Name: Richard Amos Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Garden City, KS Time: 2000-10-21 20:27:09 Comments: Casting Banderas as the Phantom would be as ridiculous as casting Michael Crawford as Zorro! For crying out loud, give credit where it's due; to each his own! |
| Name: Sandi Knauss Website: Referred by: Net Search From: Lindenwold, New Jersey Time: 2000-10-21 19:41:01 Comments: How can there possibly be anyone else but Michael Crawford to play the Phantom. He is the one and only Phantom. No one else comes close. The movie will not be worth watching if Michael Crawford isn't the Phantom. |
| Name: Joe R. Bryant Website: Referred by: AOL From: Vicksburg, MS USA Time: 2000-10-21 17:26:30 Comments: Michael Crawford is the best phantom ever and in my opinion, he is not to be replaced. |
| Name: Allison Price Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Vernal, UT Time: 2000-10-21 01:24:05 Comments: I have been a huge fan of the original cast POTO soundtrack for 11 years. I've seen the show on Broadway twice, but not with Michael Crawford. In fact, I've never seen him perform in anything but Hello Dolly, in which I must say he is very funny-looking. Well last night I was taking a study break from another college all-nighter cramming session, when I saw the video clip of Music of the Night from the Bob Hope Special available on this web page. Without question, Michael Crawford's performance in that was the absolute sexiest thing I have ever seen in my life! As I sat there watching it, my mouth dropped agape and I could feel my face turn bright red--imagine, blushing at a computer screen! He's so much more attractive and elegent in this role than Banderas could ever be. And anyone who thinks that Banderas's voice could ever compare to the majesty of Crawford's needs to have his head examined! |
| Name: Callie Newcombe Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Florida Time: 2000-10-21 00:46:13 Comments: I too want to see Michael Crawford in the movie. Thank you to whoever is able to make this come true. Callie |
| Name: Angela
Tonik Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Time: 2000-10-20 16:13:46 Comments: If anyone is going to portray the phantom in a hollywood movie it would have to be michael crawford. in my eyes and all the times I have seen phantom and all the actors I have seen with the mask Noone does it like Mr. crawford. he is has and always will be the real phantom of the opera |
| Name: Isa Jayne
McClure Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Tombstone,AZ Time: 2000-10-20 00:23:47 Comments: Michael Crawford is the ONLY possible choice for The Phantom. He has made that role his own, and is certainly a big enough star to be a box office draw! |
| Name: David
Oberlander Website: Referred by: From a Friend From: Columbus, OH Time: 2000-10-19 14:29:46 Comments: Michael deserves to be in movie due to his great talent and association with its production fame! |
| Name: PEARL Website: Referred by: Net Search From: TURKEY Time: 2000-10-19 12:23:02 Comments: I strongly protest your attitude in shooting the Phantom Of The Opera with new artists instead of the well known MICHAEL CRAWFORD whose name is synonymous with the role and who embodies his particular vision of the role so brillantly, so compassionately and truly... |
| Name: ABBY Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Time: 2000-10-19 03:13:51 Comments: I have been a fan of Phantom of the Opera ever since I heard Micheal sing in "Highlights from the Phantom of the Opera". So far, I have only been lucky enough to see "Phantom Of the Opera" once. But I was dissapointed, because the Phantom in that production didn't live up to my expectations. I am dying to see Micheal as the Phantom, but I am afraid I will never be able to do that. Casting Micheal as the Phantom in this movie will be the only way how. Please make my dream come true. |
| Name: Sue Gleeson Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Australia Time: 2000-10-19 03:09:23 Comments: I have been lucky enough to see Michael Crawford here in Melbourne Australia live on Stage three times. Firstly touring with ALW Tour in 1992 a whole part of the show was "PHANTOM" and he was just brilliant, without a mask, make-up, or cloak etc. The voice, hand movements and the whole of his body was the "Phantom" How on earth could anyone else play such a roll??. More recently Michael was here again, promoting "On Angels Wings" and of course "Phantom". I did see the Australian production of Phantom, with Rob Guest, he did do a good job, but was of course not MC and in all honesty he does not have the "voice".Michael Ball, whom we don't really know 'Down Under' but must say that he hasn't the "Voice"either, it belongs to Michael Crawford only. Surely ALW must know that no-one else could ever be the "PHANTOM" and that if the men with the grey suits make that big mistake of putting someone else in the movie, then thumbs down, it will not be a success. |
| Name: Brie Flatley Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: North Brunswick, NJ Time: 2000-10-19 03:07:18 Comments: Michael Crawford pulled off another stellar performance Monday night. His splendorous charisma and ethereal voice pulls the entire audience into its mysterious, glowing spell. It was truly like being in the presence of an angel; to be gathered up into the music of the celestial spheres. He possesses a power wholly different from and deeper than any talent of any Hollywood star alive today. This is what the essence of the Phantom is, and Michael Crawford is the only man who has it. |
| Name: TMCPMC Website: Referred by: Just Surfed On In From: Time: 2000-10-19 03:09:21 Comments: Welcome to Guestbook 44! We appreciate all who come here and sign in support for the casting of the ORIGINAL Tony Award-winning Phantom in the upcoming film version of "The Phantom of the Opera." Our thanks to all! The Michael Crawford Phantom Movie Campaign |