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The Michael Crawford Phantom Movie Campaign Guestbook

Total: 100 guests
  Wednesday 01/30/2002 5:31:38pm
Name: Bethanie Weber Rayburn
E-Mail:  
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Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Southern California, USA
Referred By: From a Friend
Comments: Michael and Sarah Brightman were both signed to do the movie when it was announced in 1990. Filming got delayed until 1991. That's when MC returned to POTO in LA for several months to mark time until it was ready to shoot. He left the show in April '91 for the last time. The sets were being built, the script was set, they were scouting locations in Prague,CZ for exteriors and the director was flying to Europe when ALW decided he didn't want to be married to Sarah anymore and since he was with someone else Sarah shouldn't be in the movie. Sarah filed suit in the UK that she had a contractual right to do the film (it was kept hush-hush...my agent found out about the suit from a school chum of ALW). Announcements were made that the delay was temporary and they would shoot the film with MC. When MC went to Las Vegas to do EFX, he had an out-clause in his contract with MGM that he could take some months off to do the movie without being penalized for leaving the show early. Then of course, he got hurt in Las Vegas and took quite alot of time off. Here comes the sneaky part. During all that time that MC was recovering from his injury, the original contract that ALW had negotiated with Warner Brothers for the film rights to POTO expired. When ALW renegotiated the film rights to WB, they dropped the part that specified that Michael and Sarah would play their stage roles in the movie. So Andrew not only contractually dumped Sarah after divorcing her (the little creep) but he also dumped Michael after renegotiating (the little creep). Andrew's current wife Madeline is hot for AB and that's why AB has been getting work with ALW properties such as Evita and the birthday bash. Hope the reader's digest version helps you understand why so many people are mad at ALW...the little creep.

  Wednesday 01/30/2002 1:30:06pm
Name: susie griffin
E-Mail: susiedance2000@yahoo.co.uk
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: ireland
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: if there is going to be auditions please let me know! i have been apeing after the role of Christine since i was eleven! i am now nineteen and im a soprano! please mail me with info! thanx

  Wednesday 01/30/2002 12:51:55am
Name: Janne
E-Mail: operafantomet@hotmail.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://www.adrianbjoernov.com
Where are you from?:  
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: Michael, you rock!
If there has to be a "Phantom" film (shame on you, Andrew, by allowing that!), Michael IS the Phantom of the Opera. End of discussion.

  Wednesday 01/30/2002 7:50:16am
Name: Lorraine
E-Mail: lorenasot@hotmail.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Valencia
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: I'd like to say that Michael's voice is so amazing, and his role as the Phantom is great. I have to say the truth, i havent seen him doing the Phantom but i have the play in cd, even i cant see him, just listening his voice, you just know he's the Phantom, that role is for him.
i came to this page coz i saw a Michael Concert by tv, so then i realise how amazing he is, as an actor, as a singer and as a person, coz he showed in that concert, at last for me, that he has wonderful feelings.
I agree with other people here about the movie, he has everything to do it, all his amazing talent.

  Wednesday 01/30/2002 7:48:04am
Name: Mindy Meissner
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Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: VA
Referred By: Search Engine
Comments: Michael Crawford *IS* the phantom. He totally designed the role and if the person who knows the role best can't portray it something is wrong.

  Tuesday 01/29/2002 2:54:52am
Name: Stephanie Corcino
E-Mail: StefFLP145@aol.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: PA, USA
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: Lord Lloyd-Webber and Warner Bros. will make a huge mistake if they do not listen to the fans and decide to preserve the artistic integrity of this show. Getting rid of Banderas was a start. Now they have to get Michael Crawford to star in this movie. After that, they have to cast supporting actors who can bring something to the movie other than box-office draw. Then they have to film this project keeping the integrity of the stage show in mind. If not, Lloyd-Webber will lose an entire audience and Warner Bros. will have a box-office flop.

S.C.

  Monday 01/28/2002 9:55:57pm
Name: Joni Hoffman
E-Mail: jb_hoffman@yahoo.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Louisville, Ky
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: God bless Michael! His opera was the best I have ever seen!!

  Monday 01/28/2002 8:04:52pm
Name: Debbie Evans
E-Mail: weddisciple@aol.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?:  
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: The movie version of Phantom with Michael Crawford could very easily become one of the top money makers ever.Without Michael you may as well call it Ishtar.Do yourselves and the rest of the world a favor-Hurry and make this movie using the one and only Phantom-Michael Crawford.

  Monday 01/28/2002 7:54:21pm
Name: Kristine Duran
E-Mail: Maxie2003@aol.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Modesto, California
Referred By: From a Friend
Comments: I can't imagine why they would even consider casting anyone other than Michael Crawford as the Phantom! I loved the play and I listen to the music daily. They had better cast him as Phantom!!!!

  Monday 01/28/2002 5:29:24pm
Name: Mary Beth Ryan
E-Mail: embee423@aol.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Chicago, IL USA
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: Yesterday, I was privileged enough to attend a Chicago performance of "Les Miserables". As I sat enthralled, listening to the actress who played Eponine I felt very happy that they cast someone who sounded very much like one of my favorite voices, Lea Salonga, who also played this part and was on the "Dreamcast" CD of "Les Mis". I attend on average 5-6 musicals per year and am always thrilled when the voices sound like the original cast albums or like someone in the movie. Can you imagine attending the play "Singin' in the Rain" and hearing Lena Lamont with a low voice or a Spanish accent? It was one of those countless moments where it was pointed out to me why Michael Crawford should be cast as the Phantom in the movie. People want this part to be immortalized with the voice most associated with the part, especially when you are dealing with such a successful piece of work. PLEASE, Warner Bros., PLEASE, Andrew Lloyd Webber, we will forgive all your past transgressions with no hard feelings and will have restored faith in humanity if you do the right thing by this beautiful piece of work and cast the beautiful talent of Michael Crawford!

  Sunday 01/27/2002 10:58:46pm
Name: Maryann Waterman
E-Mail: HerbobCWP@aol.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Thomaston
Referred By: From a Friend
Comments: I'd like to see Michael Crawford as the Phantom, who else could do what he has done? I love your point also about preserving his performance for posterity! but the amount of time this movie is being delayed makes it difficult. All in all I hope whoever ends up in the role is not simply signed because they have a familiar name. Michael Crawford wasn't really a star yet when Phantom opened on Broadway...maybe someone new will follow in those footsteps. We'll all just have to go see him in Vampires and keep the memories :)

  Sunday 01/27/2002 8:43:50pm
Name: amy
E-Mail: angelofmusic717@msn.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?:  
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: Michael must play the phantom it's not the same without him

  Sunday 01/27/2002 7:41:53pm
Name: AMH
E-Mail: redstar528@netcarrier.com
Homepage Title: None
Homepage URL: http://None
Where are you from?: Pa
Referred By: Search Engine
Comments: I love the Phantom of the Opera story, and I have the original soundtrack from it. I really want the movie industry to make an incredible Phantom movie and I think it can only happen if the actor who play Erik can sing amazingly and bring the proper genre to the Erik character. Good luck in this campaign and I hope it works out!

  Sunday 01/27/2002 6:05:41pm
Name: Katie
E-Mail:  
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Geogia
Referred By: From a Friend
Comments: Michael sings so good! I am ten years old!! The Disney album is the best!!

  Sunday 01/27/2002 4:09:56pm
Name: laura ghetti
E-Mail: laura@ghetti.org
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: milan italy
Referred By: From a Friend
Comments: where i can buy if exist the movie of the phantom?

  Sunday 01/27/2002 1:58:30pm
Name: Sarah Melin
E-Mail: madrigalsarah@yahoo.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Indiana
Referred By: Just Surfed On In
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  Sunday 01/27/2002 11:34:05am
Name: Edith Sandoval
E-Mail: esare_agi@yahoo.com.mx
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: México
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: Me encantaría que el fantasma fuera representado por Michael, seria un acierto.

  Sunday 01/27/2002 2:04:43am
Name: lisa
E-Mail: lisa_kellogg@hotmail.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Connecticut, USA
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: I guarantee you will have movie ticket and VHS/DVD purchases from me with your choice to cast Michael as the phantom.

  Saturday 01/26/2002 6:06:14pm
Name: Harley
E-Mail: a_guy_thats_2good4ne1@yahoo.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Oklahoma
Referred By: Just Surfed On In
Comments: I am a huge Phantom of the Opera fan I hope Michael decides to do the movie. It would also be so awesome is Ms. Sarah Brightman could do the movie too.

  Saturday 01/26/2002 1:38:49pm
Name: Kelly
E-Mail: SkyeAngel519@aol.com
Homepage Title: The Magic Of The Phantom Of The Opera
Homepage URL: http://www.gURLpages.com/La-Divina/index.html
Where are you from?: Connecticut
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: When I first heard that Warner Brothers was making a phantom movie my reaction was the same as numerous other phantom phans.."Oh no...not another hollywood disaster." I saw another version of phantom and I was appalled by the distortion of the original story. Then when I heard that Antonio was being considered I decided I was against it. Not because I don't like Antonio..because I do..he was terrific as Che in Evita but he is not the right person to portray Erik aka The Phantom. As long as Warner Bros will use Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman as the stars for the movie I withdraw all rejections. Michael and Sarah were the ones who inspired me to pursue my dream to play Christine in the musical Phantom of the Opera ..someday. If they star I will be there the first day it arrives at the movie theater to see it and I will surely see it more than once.
Michael, Sarah, and The Phantom Of The Opera Forever!!

  Friday 01/25/2002 10:34:08pm
Name: Karen Bourke
E-Mail: kgbourke@optusnet.com.au
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Brisbane, Australia
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: I think Michael Crawford would have to be one of the most talented, inspirational artists of our time. Amoung my list of inspirational artists are The Beatles. It would be a travesty of justice to see anyone other than Michael Crawford as the "Phantom" in the movie version of the production.

  Friday 01/25/2002 9:55:20pm
Name: Ruth Klueg
E-Mail: klueg@msn.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: St Louis, Missouri
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: By all the powers that be let Michael Crawford portray the phantom in the movie. Just like Yul Brynner will forever be the one and only King of Siam, so Michael Crawford will forever be the one and only Phantom of the Opera!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  Friday 01/25/2002 8:37:06pm
Name: Mary Anne
E-Mail: maswee@attbi.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Avon, CT
Referred By: Search Engine
Comments: I will not see the movie unless Michael Crawford is the phantom.

Mary Anne

  Friday 01/25/2002 4:49:06pm
Name: Sandy
E-Mail: Guest of friend
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: sunderland, Tyne & Wear, England
Referred By: Just Surfed On In
Comments: THERE WAS ONLY ONE GOD
THERE WAS ONLY ONE JESUS
THERE WAS ONLY ONE MOSES
THERE IS ONLY ONE PHANTOM
MICHAL CRAWFORD
TROUBLE IS, ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER THINKS THERE IS ONLY ONE LIKE HIM IN THE WORLD, WHICH IS TOSH. HE'S GOTTEN SO BIG HEADED AND OUT OF TOUCH WITH WHAT THE REAL PEOPLE WANT, HE OUGHT TO HANG UP HIS SONG SHEETS NOW, BEFORE HE MAKES ANY MORE MISTAKES WITH THE PHANTOM MOVIE.

  Friday 01/25/2002 4:34:58pm
Name: NELSON KARI
E-Mail: NELSONPKARI@AOL.COM
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: CONNECTICUT
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: I MET MR CRAWFORD YEARS AGO AT CPTV,
DURING THE PROMO OF ON EAGLES WINGS.
HE IS AN EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN AND THE
CONSUMATE ENTERTAINER. AN UNFORGETTABLE
EVENING.

  Friday 01/25/2002 3:38:33am
Name: Elizabeth Cavanaugh
E-Mail: ghostwolf713@hotmail.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Eugene OR
Referred By: Search Engine
Comments: All to often we see things that we don't like. And rather than acting on them. People mearly bitch and moan. It is wonderful to see a not only inspired group, but an informed group reacting to what I would be glad to label as an injustice. Now I'm not saying I have anything aginst the actors that have been considered. All are quite good on their own. But I somehow see them lacking that certain "thing" that is needed to truly make the Phantom well...the Phantom. Why deny someone who is proven to be well qualified for the part? It seems to me to be a shame to let such good talent go to waste, just for the sake of getting some one with a bigger name.

  Thursday 01/24/2002 6:12:05pm
Name: Nicccola Welsh
E-Mail: niccidean@tiny.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Skegness
Referred By: From a Friend
Comments: Just to say without Michael in it this film will be such a let down to all the fans of the musical.

  Thursday 01/24/2002 6:08:28pm
Name: Sarah alison malcolm
E-Mail: josh98@talk21.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?:  
Referred By: From a Friend
Comments: Please allow Michael Crawford this roll please it will be a garunteed smash hit with him in it

  Thursday 01/24/2002 6:05:22pm
Name: Carl stuart macey
E-Mail: stuart8195@fsnet.co.uk
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Skegness
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: I feel the only man that will ever be suitable to do justice of this roll in a movie would be Michael Crawford and it would be a crime not to allow him this part.

  Thursday 01/24/2002 11:24:47am
Name: r.dale
E-Mail:  
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: scarborough
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: I would love to see Michael Crawford in the film! No-one else IS the phantom

  Thursday 01/24/2002 9:36:32am
Name: Ann Mulvaney
E-Mail: amuls@aol.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Massachusetts
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: His voice is perfect...he makes you fall in love

  Thursday 01/24/2002 8:36:52am
Name: Tanya Carmichael
E-Mail: tanyacarmichael@hotmail.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Sparta, NC
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: I am a public school band director.

  Wednesday 01/23/2002 3:10:36pm
Name: Linda
E-Mail: lindageorge73@hotmail.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: London, Ontario, Canada
Referred By: Just Surfed On In
Comments: If you are going to make a Phantom movie, I think Michael Crawford is the only choice to play the Phantom.

  Wednesday 01/23/2002 12:43:46am
Name: Carissa Patzer
E-Mail: littlest_darkangel@hotmail.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Portland, OR
Referred By: Web Ring
Comments: Thank you so much for making things available from Phantom of the Opera. I have been studying the violin for about ten years now. I have just ordered the music for Phantom and many more of Andrew Lloyd Webber music. You have been an inspiration to me and I hope you really do make a movie. I want to be a professional someday making soundtracks for movies and be in a Orchestra that does that. I have been in the Spokane Youth Symphony and want to do big things like that again. Thank you once agin.
Carissa age 17

  Wednesday 01/23/2002 0:21:21am
Name: Anna
E-Mail: JRZ00@yahoo.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Wisconsin
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: Before writing anything I think I have to explain some things. About a month ago I had another POTO dream. In this one, I was taking my seat in a circular classroom, waiting for the class to start. For some odd reason in the far corner of the room my Choir teacher was fiddling with a tape player, trying to make some "waiting music" like when someone is put on hold. Well, to my amazement the song that started to play was "Think of me", and immidiatly I started to sing along. The few kids that were already waiting in the room were starting to stare at me because (gasp) I knew the lyrics to an operatic song. On the other hand, some older kids behind me were also staring at me..but not for the same reason. I got very nervus from all of the attention I was getting and I started to fuss up the lyrics, thus making my peers above me sneer and laugh. I was so very confused...was I too obsessed or not good enough of a fan?

Despite all that, I feel that I and any other fan (big or little) of his should at least stand up for his role in the movie but also to respect his wishes on the Phantom Movie project.

  Tuesday 01/22/2002 5:28:02pm
Name: Vivian
E-Mail: nelldidi@hotmail.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Michigan
Referred By: Just Surfed On In
Comments: Looking forward to the movie.

  Monday 01/21/2002 11:03:38pm
Name: Len Brutocao
E-Mail: deblen@pacific.net
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: California
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: Please cast Michael!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  Monday 01/21/2002 6:19:53pm
Name: Drew
E-Mail: moocow2311@netzero.net
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: PA
Referred By: Web Ring
Comments: I think the work that this site is doing is extra-ordinary! Let's get that amazing movie out on the big screen people!!!

  Monday 01/21/2002 5:39:42pm
Name: Eva Schwark
E-Mail: toschwark@web.de
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Hannover,Germany
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: Hi,MC fans all over the world!
Thank god,Senor Banderas is no longer in the race:)!Folks at WB,LISTEN TO WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY!!!!!!There is only one Phantom and that is MICHAEL CRAWFORD!!!

  Monday 01/21/2002 11:04:52am
Name: Bianca Pires
E-Mail: sarahcrawford21@yahoo.co.uk
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Porto Alegre- RS- Brasil
Referred By: Just Surfed On In
Comments: I Love your site, and i think that Michael crawford must be the Phantom in the movie!!!

  Sunday 01/20/2002 6:10:55pm
Name: NANCY KVAKA
E-Mail: NMK58@AOL.COM
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: PENNSYLVANIA
Referred By: Just Surfed On In
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  Sunday 01/20/2002 10:05:19am
Name: Conor McGuire
E-Mail: conor.mcguire@virgin.net
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Kent, UK
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: I can't imagine why anyone would even think of making 'The Phantom' film with anyone other than Michael Crawford.

  Sunday 01/20/2002 0:42:22am
Name: Mary Beth
E-Mail: embee423@aol
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Chicago, IL USA
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: Just wanted to say - HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MICHAEL! I toast your talent, your concern for others less fortunate, and your humility. Here's to continued success in ALL your endeavors!

  Saturday 01/19/2002 8:59:39pm
Name: sharon jones
E-Mail: volsone@earthlink.net
Homepage Title: michael crawford
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: florida
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: i feel that there is no choice but michael for the part. i saw him and sarah and they were amazing. if antonio or anyone else plays the part it will never give the movie justice. michael and sarah belong together always in the phantom. i love them both, i love their music and their beautiful voices, they sing like angels. i have been waiting for years to see michael and sarah again, and this would be the ultimate. my 15 year old daughter has heard me talk about the musical for years. she has heard the music of both and loves the whole concept of the opera, i took her and my husband to see the phantom of the opera a few years ago and they loved it, of course it wasn't the same as the original. i hope that you listen to the fans and put michael and sarah together again....we have waited long enough....no one but no one should play the phantom except michael...thank-you
the jones family

  Saturday 01/19/2002 3:40:07pm
Name: Alton and Sharon Jones
E-Mail: volsone@earthlink.net
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Yulee, Fl.
Referred By: Just Surfed On In
Comments: When are they going to make this movie?

  Saturday 01/19/2002 11:07:32am
Name: Bonnie Hammil
E-Mail:  
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Robinvale, Australia
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: Read in the paper (The Age) that Cats in closing on its 21st birthday in London(May 11th). This will leave only Phantom playing in both London and New York for ALW. Article states Phantom's box office reciepts total in excess of 2 billion pounds, with Cats coming in second. Both ahead of Titanic the highest grossing film of all time.

Love the opening two paragraphs of the article-
"Pity poor Andrew Lloyd Webber. Like a gambler who has enjoyed a fabulous winning streak in a casino, then seen his luck turn, he is now down to his last chip: The Phantom of the Opera.
What a comedown for the man who during the heyday of his career, had as many as five musicals running simultaneiously in London's West End and almost as many on Broadway."

Thats exactly what ALW is at present IMHO a gambler who is making unecessary risks and punts on his last golden egg - Phantom. With his current ideas on casting and distroying the integrity of staying faithful to the stage version in the on again off again film. Why gamble when he has something he should know is a given success (Faithful stage adaption + Michael Crawford = World wide success).

My advice to ALW is to watch all the publicity and accolades and crowds that will be swarming around the Minkinstoff theatre arond the 24th October onwards combined with high world wide cast recording sales for DOTV. This could be happening for Phantom but instead at cinemas around the world with the right casting and respect for what your already have. Open your eyes ALW look to see what you already have in front of you and listen to what the crowds are telling you.

  Saturday 01/19/2002 11:01:22am
Name: Holden Alee
E-Mail: Holden1990@aol.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?:  
Referred By: Just Surfed On In
Comments: I wrote to Warner Bros. and told them why Mr. Crawford should be the Phantom and not Mr. Banderas. I read that John Travolta was a possibility. If I would have known that I would Have pushed for Banderas. Michael is still the best choice.

  Saturday 01/19/2002 2:57:30am
Name: Cheryl
E-Mail: bus116@yahoo.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Missouri
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: NO ONE BUT MICHAEL WILL EVER DO HE CAN MAKE YOU LOVE THE PHANTOM AND WEEP WITH NEED & JOY !!

  Friday 01/18/2002 4:02:59pm
Name: David Stout
E-Mail: dstout@foremostdirect.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Grand Rapids, Michigan USA
Referred By: Search Engine
Comments:  

  Friday 01/18/2002 12:49:58am
Name: mike crawford
E-Mail: mikecrawtx@yahoo.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: oak leaf tx. 75154
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: love everything he does and wishes he would do more.

  Friday 01/18/2002 12:41:30am
Name: John Baek
E-Mail: johnnc78@yahoo.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?:  
Referred By: Just Surfed On In
Comments: First, I want to thank you for your website. I have never seen the broadway show, but I love the music!!! Being only 23 I never had the privillage to watch Michael Crawford perform as the leading role. Too young I guess. But your video clips are great! They give me a taste of the great performances.

Thanks again, and you have my full fledged support to see Michael perform the great role in a great story.

Best wishes
John Baek

 

  Friday 01/18/2002 4:10:24am
Name: Elke Thomas
E-Mail: elketh@hotmail.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Belgium
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
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  Thursday 01/17/2002 1:12:09pm
Name: Pat Marzoline
E-Mail: sapphire@air-internet.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Pahrump, Nevada
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: I have enjoyed Michael Crawford in Phantom of the Opera since its inception. I do hope that WB will sign Michael to be the Phantom. No other can give the feel and portray him. I also wish, I could have seen him in EFX in Las Vegas. He also makes a great wizard, and the music is breathtaking.

  Thursday 01/17/2002 4:26:28am
Name: Loree lilygreen
E-Mail: Loree@emailaccount.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Newport S.wales UK
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: What can i say that has not already been said a trillion times.
Don't let a performance such as Michael crawford's be lost forever.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Warner Bros, wake up and hear what the audience of this movie wants. It should be clear to you by now.
Everyone wants MICHAEL CRAWFORD AS THE PHANTOM.
WE WANT MICHAEL. WE WANT MICHAEL. WE WANT MICHAEL.
I would sell my soul to the devil to see Michael reprise his role on the Big screen

  Thursday 01/17/2002 0:28:21am
Name: Madeline Rhoda
E-Mail: Madeline750@msn.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Chicago
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: I flew to LA to see Phantom and would go to the ends of the earth to see the movie with Michael. Keep the pressure on!

  Wednesday 01/16/2002 11:05:45pm
Name: Jim Buchanok
E-Mail: JimBuckUSA@juno.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Palo Alto, CA
Referred By: Just Surfed On In
Comments:  

  Wednesday 01/16/2002 9:21:17am
Name: Grace Crowther
E-Mail: groovy_gracey@hotmail.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Yorkshire, England
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: Michael IS the Phantom, the Phantom IS Michael

  Wednesday 01/16/2002 3:56:36am
Name: Mick Peck
E-Mail:  
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: New Zealand
Referred By: Just Surfed On In
Comments: A Phantom of the Opera movie without Michael Crawford in the title role would be like the original author of the story saying it was finished when he had only written the first chapter. That is of course, unless the movie is of a poor standard, in which case dont tarnish Crawfords name with it.

  Tuesday 01/15/2002 10:05:59pm
Name: JEAN TONN
E-Mail: ONETONN2@AOL.COM
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: MILWAUKEE, WI
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: JUST RECENTLY SAW MICHAEL CRAWFORD IN LONDON FOR THE FIRST TIME. CAN'T IMAGINE ANYONE ELSE WHO COULD BRING SUCH DEPTH AND SOUL TO THAT PART....HIS SINGING GAVE ME CHILLS OF EXCITEMENT!!!!....PLEASE DON'T CAST ANYONE ELSE!!!! HE IS THE PHANTOM!!!!

  Tuesday 01/15/2002 11:18:39am
Name: Nat
E-Mail: natbeth@froggy.com.au
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Australia
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: I am 16 years old and have loved Michael since I was two years old. I have the phantom soundtrack (his voice none other will do) and I have not yet seen " the Phantom of the Opera.
Why?
Because I am too scared to see it with another man playing the phantom. I know that the voice won't be the same and the face will be different to all the pictures I have seen. My imagination has had to do because i don't want that to be ruined by somebody else. In 1990 my mother told me that warner bros. had agreed to doing the movie with Crawford as the lead. I was so exited because I would finally see it. Twelve years later I am still waiting. I am not the only fan to have waited this long either...we all have. Long live the REAL phantom, Michael Crawford!!!
- natalie
 

  Monday 01/14/2002 3:23:56pm
Name: Lisa Marie
E-Mail: silentsong23@hotmail.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Ohio
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: Michael Crawford, by rights, deserves to be in the film version of Phantom. When he was in Phantom, what he did on that stage was special. He was able to convey emotions with just the slit of the hand or the note of a song. When he sings Phantom, you just don't listen to the songs, but feel them also. The emotion he puts in that role is incredibly amazing. He makes you feel the Phantom's pain, lost, and love with his voice, something no other actor that I've heard or seen did. He makes the Phantom come alive and invade our minds and hearts, it's no wonder why so many people want him to be in this film. He created a legend. How long must we wait until this legend will be seen by all? A performance such as this should be seen generation to generation. Something that will last for a long time. So I say Amen to everyone working so hard to bring Michael's phantom to the screen. Your work will not be in vain. God Bless You.

  Monday 01/14/2002 11:44:54am
Name: Joshua Ritz
E-Mail:  
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Ohio
Referred By: Just Surfed On In
Comments: These people have enough money to loosen up and give quality a go instead of sticking some joke of an actor who is a big star in the role. Apparently, they've forgotten what really makes discerning people happy.

  Monday 01/14/2002 9:23:56am
Name: Dot
E-Mail: mcalileypad@aol.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Alabama
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: I had a dream last night--no, it was a nightmare. In a random drive-by shooting, my Michael--our Michael--was injured and died of his wounds. The personal loss was devastating, although I never met him, indeed never even saw him perform in person. My outrage at TPTB was uncontrollable. The funeral was to be held in England, so only the wealthiest of Michael's adorers were able to attend. I couldn't see him in life, now I could not even pay my final respects. This made me incredibly sad. I pray daily for Michael's safety and wellbeing; however, considering the current state of the world, there is no certainty than any one will survive the day, and there are natural disasters that can claim lives in a heartbeat, as we all know. Normally I would not share such a horrid and tragic "dream," but I felt compelled to try once again to convince TPTB that although Michael is super-human to some of us, he is indeed only human and subject to the same uncertainties in life as the rest of us. PLEASE, TPTB, don't let this man's magnificant talent, boundless energy, deep dedication to his craft and to his fans, be lost forever. Make the movie, based TIGHTLY on the play, and preserve the performer and performance of a lifetime for future generations. You will make much money for yourselves and to pass along to your future generations, if money is all that motivates you. Being in the entertainment business, you should be ashamed of yourselves to be motivated more by money than by art. In the dream, TPTB were the objects of my rage, but thank God, I awoke before I carried out my vendetta against them. Di, I know you may not want to publish this, but it was scary--and d*** it, it could happen, may God forbid! Long live Michael! Long live his role as Phantom! "I love you, too, Erik!"

  Monday 01/14/2002 8:28:49am
Name: Linna Martel
E-Mail: linnarae@juno.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?:  
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: Without Michael Crawford, a Phantom of the Opera movie just won't be worth the price of admission. Nor will the cost of video rental or purchase. Nor will the movie memorabilia be worth collecting! If not Michael as the Phantom, "Fa-get-about-it"!
Michael Crawford is the Phantom!

  Monday 01/14/2002 8:25:11am
Name: Phantom
E-Mail:  
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Here and there
Referred By: Just Surfed On In
Comments: Isn't it time to end this campaign now? After all, AB is no longer going to be starring in or directing this movie due to recent box office drops.
This doesn't mean MC will be cast but there may be a chance.

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Dear Phantom,
This campaign was begun as a show of support for the casting of the original Tony Award-winning Phantom in the upcoming film version of the musical. The main focus was never intended to be anti-Banderas, and the Open Letter to AB was started as an attempt to politely persuade him to step down. As you have stated, no final decisions have been made. This campaign has full intent of remaining here until and beyond the final casting; there will be the story to be told and history to be read here.
Thank you for your message and best regards,
TMCPMC

  Sunday 01/13/2002 4:03:25pm
Name: Maria Sablina
E-Mail: maria_sablina@euro.ru
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Russia
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: I am from Russia. I like The Phantom of the Opera. I listened to The Original Cast Recording a couple of days ago and I like VERY MUCH Michael's singing. But in Russia we haven't got a lot of information.So i want to know is there a video version of The Phantom of the Opera with Michael in title role or it doesn't exist. I read one message from the guestbook. It was written by another russian phan-Anastasia. She also wants to know it I suppose. So please tell me if it exists. Write me an answer as soon as you can.

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Dear Maria,
Currently there is no video of the musical version of The Phantom of the Opera available to the public. We have been informed by sources close to the project that because Warner Bros. holds the film rights, there will be no video made available until after the film's release. We wish there was better news for one of Michael's Russian fans.
:(
Best wishes to you,
TMCPMC

  Sunday 01/13/2002 4:00:57pm
Name: Wesley Crow
E-Mail:  
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: New York City
Referred By: Search Engine
Comments: First I'd like to say that having anyone other that Michael Crawford play the role of Phantom who be a mistake. Let me emphasis that is would be HUGE mistake. Why not let the man who made this character a legend on broadway continue to do so on screen.

  Sunday 01/13/2002 3:25:26pm
Name: Fara
E-Mail: farasunny@web.de
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Luxemburg
Referred By: Search Engine
Comments: I really love the phantom of the opera it's a beautiful musical what I like best is the song Past the point of no return..

  Sunday 01/13/2002 1:55:26pm
Name: Megan
E-Mail:  
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: USA
Referred By: Search Engine
Comments: Great site.
Michael Crawford should be Phantom. He is the only good one I have ever heard on any recording.

  Sunday 01/13/2002 12:06:49am
Name: Vera
E-Mail: n_faith@rambler.ru
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Russia
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: Íàâåðíÿêà íèêòî íå ñìîæåò ïðî÷èòàòü ýòî ïîñëàíèå, íî ÿ âñå ðàâíî åãî îòïðàâëÿþ.
Íåçíaþ, êóäà åùå ìîæíî íàïèñàòü äëÿ òîãî, ÷òîáû ïîçäðàâèòü ìîåãî ëþáèìîãî Ìàéêëà Êðîóôîðäà ñ íàñòóïàþùèì äíåì ðîæäåíèÿ è ïîæåëàòü åìó âñåãî ñàìîãî íàèëó÷øåãî - çäîðîâüÿ, ñ÷àñòüÿ è è êîíå÷íî æå - ëþáâè!
ß åãî îáîæàþ!!!
Âåðà
Russia

Translation:

It's a certainty no one will be able to read this message, but I'm
sending it still. I simply don't know where else I can write to if I
want to congratulate my favorite Michael Crawford on his soon to be birthday and wish him everything the very best - health, happiness, and love of course!
I adore him!!!
Vera

  Sunday 01/13/2002 8:22:25am
Name: Saundra R. Pruszko
E-Mail: sandyp@pa.net
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Waynesboro, Pa.
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: Love his music. Would like to see him do Phantom of the Opera again.

  Sunday 01/13/2002 4:48:48am
Name: Ann Jorgensen
E-Mail: tootsie_roll53@hotmail.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Missouri
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: From the first time I went to see "The Phantom Of The Opera" performed, I fell in love with the story and the beautiful songs. I have read the book and listen to the soundtrack every night before going to bed! The voices from the magnificent characters are so enchanting, I never tire of listening to it over and over again. I've always wished that a great movie would be made from this inspiring story.

  Saturday 01/12/2002 10:10:19pm
Name: María Sagarra
E-Mail: sagarramaria@hotmail.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Buenos Aires- Argentina
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: I'm glad to have the opportunity to give my humble support to this sublime Artist and person, Michael Crawford.
Thank you
María Sagarra

  Saturday 01/12/2002 6:12:53pm
Name: Andy Sanders
E-Mail:  
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: UK
Referred By: Just Surfed On In
Comments: I am in full support of this campaign. michael Crawford has been a role model for me in my amateur acting/singing pastime. i admire his professionalism and his ability to go below the surface of the lyric and bring out new meaning and nuance. The Phantom belongs to Michael Crawford and Lon Chaney and as the latter is currently otherwise engaged, there is only one choice.

  Saturday 01/12/2002 6:26:05am
Name: Dianne de Nijs
E-Mail: denijs@froggy.com.au
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Australia
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: You may already know this, but I thought I'd send it on anyway, just in case. I was reading through Birch Carroll & Coyle's (A cinema chain in Australia) email newsletter "Cinebuzz" dated January 11, 2002 and found this.

"Antonio Banderas has lost the starring role in the film version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera. Perhaps this means the campaign to cast original star, Michael Crawford, will gather steam."

It's something I thought you might like to know, if you didn't already!

Dianne de Nijs

  Saturday 01/12/2002 4:50:01am
Name: Rebecca McElheny
E-Mail: ryanmc@charter.net
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Georgia
Referred By: Just Surfed On In
Comments: How can there be any question as to who should play this role? He is the Phantom!!

  Friday 01/11/2002 4:04:18pm
Name: Michael McCormack
E-Mail: mccormbl@ops.org
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Omaha, Ne
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: I look up to you very much. You are like a hero to me. I hope to act in the same position as you did in the phantom. I also feel that you deserve that part in the movie. I would definately see that movie the first day it comes out.
Yours Truly,
Mike McCormack

  Friday 01/11/2002 3:56:52pm
Name: Anastasia
E-Mail: injure@euro.ru
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Russia,Moscow
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: Hello everybody!
I want to see Michael as a Phantom in the movie.There are TV versions of Cats and Joseph with the original actores (Paige,Osmond).When why can't Michael play this role? He has got a wonderful voice and he played Phantom brilliant-all of us saw Music of the Night with him and Sarah.Mr Webber perhaps thinks he is too old to play or something like this. I don't understand why does he want to make a movie without original music.... Why doesn't he want to make a TV version of The Phantom like he did with Cats,Joseph and Jesus Christ? Maybe i'm mistaking... But... Is it possible to see Michael in this role? Please tell me.

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Dear Anastasia,
We are not certain if it will be possible to see Michael Crawford in this role in its entirety in the future. But we will continue campaigning and working towards that conclusion. Please write to the companies concerned and let them know how you would like to see this musical filmed for the future.
Thank you for your message and support,
TMCPMC


  Friday 01/11/2002 6:14:00am
Name: Gemma Mawby
E-Mail: sweet'n'sazzy17@yahoo.co.uk
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: England
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: Michael Crawford is one of the most talented actors we have here in England and I feel he could give us justice. It should be a well known BRITISH theatre actor to play the role of the phantom. No one can play the phantom as well as he, he didn't win a tony award for nothing!!!

  Thursday 01/10/2002 4:24:27pm
Name: Tracy
E-Mail: tracymh@hotmail.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Ohio
Referred By: From a Friend
Comments: I am a Phantom fanatic. NO ONE else could do justice to the Phantom. MICHAEL CRAWFORD IS THE PHANTOM !!

  Thursday 01/10/2002 3:34:55pm
Name: 'iccle angel
E-Mail: angelofmusic@dangerous-minds.com
Homepage Title: Mistoffelees' Land of Magical Cats
Homepage URL: http://www.geocities.com/miss_toffelees
Where are you from?: UK
Referred By: Search Engine
Comments: Michael is and always will be the greatest Phantom. It's just a pity that some people fail to see this! :(

  Thursday 01/10/2002 1:47:42pm
Name: Jennifer Shuta
E-Mail: ashuta@hotmail.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Burlington, KY
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments:  

  Thursday 01/10/2002 0:53:11am
Name: chris burdett
E-Mail: christopher01@hotkey.net.au
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: surfers paradise, queensland,australia
Referred By: Just Surfed On In
Comments: a very pleasant hour spent listening to
wonderful music by who else than Frank Spencer

  Wednesday 01/09/2002 4:41:55pm
Name: Scott Milham
E-Mail:  
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: New Zealand
Referred By: Search Engine
Comments: There is no other Phantom IN THE WORLD comparable to Mr Michael Crawford. He is the one and only DEFINITIVE "Phantom"!!

  Wednesday 01/09/2002 12:31:42am
Name: Linda J. Anderson
E-Mail: iknow2929@aol.com
Homepage Title: phantom of the opera
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Brecksville, Ohio
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: MICHAEL CRAWFORD, IS TRUELY A GIFT FROM GOD.

  Tuesday 01/08/2002 11:34:56pm
Name: Kelly
E-Mail: Christine_Daae@email.com
Homepage Title: None
Homepage URL: http://None
Where are you from?: Australia
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: Dear MR Lloyd Webber, (what the queen was thinking I have no idea.)

You are an insult to the world of music. Your compositions are brilliant and I have respect for you as a composer, however as a person I think you have alot of work to do. To be a first-class contribution to the music world you have to respect a lot of people, including the fans. We are the legs you stand on Mr Webber, for if he didn’t buy your CD’s, go to your shows then you wouldn’t live in the luxury that you do today. Keep in mind that considering we have the power to give you what we have already given you, we also have the power to take that away.

No doubt you are more famous than most the people who log into this site. You probably have more money and you definitely think alot more of yourself. However, as 'great' as you think you are you are not exempt from the basic courtesies that the rest of us are obliged to comply with. Keeping your promises is one of these courtesies.

If we had not been promised that Michael would play Phantom in the movie you are soon to publish we would not have as much to complain about. Sure, there would be angry people and I would be among them, but the fact that you publicly declared that both Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman would star in the film means that we have been ripped off, and therefore we have a right to be upset and protest.

What amazes me is that ALW is acting as if his film is too good for Michael Crawford, and that he needs a 'big name.' So it's true, you don't see Michael Crawford in many teen magazines, (thank goodness) but in the world of musical theater I doubt there is anyone as big as Michael, especially now that he will be in Dance of the Vampires.

Being a teenager myself I can see where ALW is trying to go, because teenagers and adults alike who are not fans of musical theater will rather see an actor they know compared to an unfamiliar name. However, knowing that Phantom is a musical and based around alot of opera it's going to be a rare person my age that says, "Lets go see Phantom of the Opera...again!"

Michael Crawford is now famous throughout the world. He is beating manufactured pop stars on the music charts, and considering he fell into music accidentally and he is actually an actor we can see that not only should ALW be begging both him and Sarah Brightman, who has proven that she does have the most wonderful voice and does not have to rely on ALW for work, to be in the musical. If I were you Mr Webber, I would tread carefully, as the fans are the ones who will be seeing your movie and we are the ones who will destroy it completely if Michael Crawford is not cast.

"So, it is to be war between us, if these commands are not met, a disaster beyond your imagination will occur!"

  Tuesday 01/08/2002 10:06:12pm
Name: Michelle Mikuls
E-Mail: michelleatthezoo@yahoo.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: El Cajon. CA
Referred By: Search Engine
Comments: Michael Crawford, and only Michael Crawford can fill the shoes of the Phantom!! His was the first opera I ever saw, and I was hooked. No one can do it like he does. Lets do him justice and put him on the big screen. Long live the Phantom!!!!!!!!!!!!

  Tuesday 01/08/2002 9:07:32pm
Name: Pam Broughton
E-Mail: kmber@bigpond.com.au
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Australia
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: I went to Los Angeles in 1989 expressly to see Michael as the Phantom. I came out of the theatre feeling that I had experienced pure magic which lasted with me for weeks. What a performance!If he is not in the movie, I won't be seeing who is. No one else can express, with his singing the pathos that is the Phantom.

  Tuesday 01/08/2002 6:33:59pm
Name: Dylon Myers
E-Mail:  
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Dayton,OH
Referred By: Just Surfed On In
Comments: Actors, Actors Actors, Who cares about top billed actors? I want the voice. Give me Michael Crawford.

  Tuesday 01/08/2002 12:37:20am
Name: Guinn Berger
E-Mail: eberger177640MI@comcast.net
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Southeast Michigan, USA
Referred By: E-Mail
Comments: I am in agreement with the sentiments expressed on your website. If Michael Crawford plays the Phantom, I'll be in line, with cash in my hand, the day the film opens and I'll go back time after time after time. If ANYONE else plays the Phantom, bypassing Michael, not only will I never see that movie, I can also be counted on to boycott Warner Bros., The Really Useful Group, and whichever actor has the bad judgement to think he knows more than Cary Grant, who turned down the movie role of Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady. Mr. Grant is alleged to have said, "Not only will I not play Professor Higgins, but if you don't cast Rex Harrison in the part, I won't even go to see it." Now THERE's class!

  Tuesday 01/08/2002 12:06:54am
Name: Betsy Tabor
E-Mail: Hermes3011@aol.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: South Carolina USA
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: For as long as I can remember,and despite the fact that I've not seen The Phantom of The Opera in person,I've alays thought Michael Crawford was the ideal Phantom.He certainly have an amazing voice and sings the songs just as beautifully as the lyrics themselves.I would absolutely love to see that Mr.Crawford as the Phantom as the Phantom in the film version of the musical.Besides Antonio Banderas was in the film version of Evita and thats where he needs to remain while Michael Crawford has to absolutely and without any sort of doubt must be cast as the Phantom ,he brings the role to life and makes it an unforgettable thing when he sings such wonderfully fantastic songs such as "Music of the Night".
So to the Really Useful Company,Warner Bros.,and especially to Mr. Lloyd Webber,I say please cast Michael Crawford as the Phantom,not only will I be grateful but so will many other people.You will not regret the casting decision for this role for Michael Crawford is indeed the very man to play the Phantom on both stage and screen.

  Tuesday 01/08/2002 9:41:12am
Name: Joy Chettle
E-Mail:  
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: UK
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: There are many fine singers out there who could sing the part. Having seen Phantom 19 times, I've seen a few myself who can sing well enough.

But surely, everyone knows (except Warner Bros. and Lloyd Webber) that the part of Erik is not just about having a GOOD voice. It is, for a start about having warmth and expression in that voice, 'WHICH MICHAEL DOES.'

It is about being able to convey to an audience, the desperation and sadness of the character, 'WHICH MICHAEL DOES.'

It is about being able to be Erik completely while on stage and making the audience believe in him and even be on his side, 'WHICH MICHAEL DOES.'

It is about being expressive enough with one's body and hands to convey messages to that audience that the face cannot portray because of the makeup and mask, 'WHICH MICHAEL DOES.'

It is about being able to use your voice to express the highs and lows of the character's moods, 'WHICH MICHAEL DOES.'

It is about taking on a character and molding it, shaping it, and making it unforgettable, 'WHICH MICHAEL DID.'

It is about giving one's best, and leaving the audience with the feeling that they have just witnessed a truly magical and awe inspiring performance, 'WHICH MICHAEL DOES.'

And lastly, it is about honoring one's word when a performer is promised a continuation of a stage role when a film is to be made, 'WHICH MICHAEL WAS.'

Yes, there is only one true Erik! And there is only one Michael Crawford! And yes, they are the same person!

  Tuesday 01/08/2002 6:24:39am
Name: Linda Rector
E-Mail: linda@hn.ozemail.com.au
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Bondi, Sydney. Australia
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: There could be no one better than Michael Crawford to play the Phantom in the film. He is a true star in every sense of the word.

  Monday 01/07/2002 11:34:56pm
Name: Dina Stueber
E-Mail: Deestueber@aol.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Watertown, Wisconsin
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: because of michael crawford, i have been pursuing a career in acting, there is only one phantom of the opera and it is without a doubt michael crawford

  Monday 01/07/2002 7:52:27pm
Name: Sandy Rabinowitz
E-Mail: NotSoDumAsILook@aol.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Orlando, Florida
Referred By: From a Friend
Comments: Mr.Weber,"Time Wounds All Heels." I just thought you ought to know :0)

  Monday 01/07/2002 4:14:47pm
Name: Megan Spradlin
E-Mail: meg_spradlin@hotmail.com
Homepage Title: Jubilation Lee: Then and Now
Homepage URL: http://www.jubilationlee.net
Where are you from?: Texas
Referred By: Search Engine
Comments: I came across this site while looking through the various Phantom-related sites as listed by Yahoo's Search Engine. I must say that I wholeheartedly agree, as to Michael Crawford reprising the role of the Phantom, in a musical adaptation for the screen. It simply wouldn't be the same without him.

  Monday 01/07/2002 4:02:26pm
Name: Amy
E-Mail: AGold38@aol.com
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: PA
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: I just recently saw Michael in the Phila. area for a promo spot he did for QVC. I would like to congradulate you on your efforts for this web site. Please e-mail me with any updates to this movie.
Thank you,
Amy

  Monday 01/07/2002 2:52:41pm
Name: Holly Jenkins
E-Mail: eaglehj@wwdb.org
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?: Riverside, CA
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: I love Michael Crawford's Music. I never did get to see him perform but would have loved to!

  Monday 01/07/2002 2:12:22pm
Name: TMCPMC
E-Mail:  
Homepage Title:  
Homepage URL: http://
Where are you from?:  
Referred By: Michael Inspired Me
Comments: Welcome to Guestbook 62. We appreciate all who sign this Guestbook in support for the original Tony Award-winning Phantom to be cast in the film version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera."
Our thanks to all!
The Michael Crawford Phantom Movie Campaign