The Tony Awards 1988

The Michael Crawford Phantom Movie Campaign is an organized group of consumers who want to make a specific purchase: Movie Tickets to a film version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera, starring Michael Crawford. Like other consumer groups, TMCPMC uses petitions, letter-writing campaigns, and group activities both to increase our membership and to make our desires known to the relevant companies. While matters of taste and emotion are certainly involved, TMCPMC's primary function is to demonstrate the financial viability of producing this film with Michael Crawford in the title role.

Of Michael Crawford’s performance in The Phantom of the Opera, Polly Warfield of Dramalogue, wrote, "Michael Crawford embodies his particular vision of the role so brilliantly, so compassionately and truly, it suggests that he all along was the reason the pathetically disfigured creature haunted the shadows of the Paris Opera House. The Phantom was waiting for the actor."

Richard Stayton, of the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, said: "What makes this musical so spellbinding, so emotionally moving, so unforgettable, can be summed up in two words: Michael Crawford. His genius as the disfigured, lovesick composer haunting the Paris Opera House is uncanny. It’s one of the great performances of our era…I can’t imagine seeing The Phantom without him."

And yet, despite critic's rave reviews of Michael Crawford's performance as The Phantom, if the rumors are true Warner Bros. is now seeking a Hollywood name to play the role in its movie version.

In 1990, Mark Canton, then Executive VP of Warner Bros. Inc. worldwide motion picture production, said, "All of us at Warner Bros. are thrilled that we are the studio which will bring "The Phantom," an international stage phenomenon, to the screen. We are also delighted that by working with Andrew Lloyd Webber, Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman, the integrity of the original will be carefully maintained…"  View the movie history, dated from 1990-1992.

Oscar winners Rex Harrison, Yul Brynner, and Joel Grey all successfully brought their legendary, Tony Award-winning performances to the screen. If Michael Crawford’s exquisite performance as "The Phantom" is recorded for posterity, it will join this list of artistically and financially successful classics.

We believe that more people will be attracted to a movie starring the original Phantom, Michael Crawford, whose name is synonymous with the role. If Warner Bros. needs a star to ensure the success of the film, they have one in Michael Crawford, both for his inspired portrayal as "The Phantom" and his worldwide following.