INT. UNDERGROUND LOCK. NIGHT.

The PHANTOM has CHRISTINE in the boat.  The lock which leads
down to the PHANTOM's lair descends, revealing the portcullis and the
lagoon.

PHANTOM

DOWN ONCE MORE
TO THE DUNGEON
OF MY BLACK DESPAIR!
DOWN WE PLUNGE
TO THE PRISON
OF MY MIND!
DOWN THAT PATH
INTO DARKNESS
DEEP AS HELL!

(He pauses for a moment, rounding
on her bitterly)

WHY, YOU ASK,
WAS I BOUND AND CHAINED
IN THIS COLD AND DISMAL PLACE?
NOT FOR ANY
MORTAL SIN, BUT THE
WICKEDNESS OF
MY ABHORRENT FACE!

INT. OPERA. NIGHT. (CONTINUOUS)

MONTAGE of shots showing the chaos in the opera house.  The whole
of the stage set is collapsing in flames onto the stage and into the pit. 
FIREFIGHTERS desperately try to control the blaze.  SOLDIERS and
STAGEHANDS are rushing down corridors, up and down staircases.

CHORUS

TRACK DOWN THIS MURDERER!
HE MUST BE FOUND!

INT. PHANTOM'S LAIR. NIGHT. (CONTINUOUS)

The portcullis comes down behind the boat.  The curtain closes.  The
PHANTOM guides the boat to the shore.

PHANTOM

HOUNDED OUT BY
EVERYONE!
MET WITH HATRED
EVERYWHERE!
NO KIND WORDS FROM
ANYONE!
NO COMPASSION
ANYWHERE!

He drags CHRISTINE out of the boat and throws her to the ground.

CHRISTINE, CHRISTINE
WHY, WHY…..?

INT. CORRIDOR/STAIRCASE/BRIDGE. NIGHT. (CONTINUOUS)

RAOUL and MME GIRY are making their way down the corridor lined with
AUTOMATS.  They follow the staircase down past the stables.  A pack of
rats slithers over their feet.  MME GIRY screams and lowers her guard. 
She raises her hand again.

MME GIRY

YOUR HAND AT THE LEVEL OF YOUR EYES!

RAOUL

…AT THE LEVEL OF YOUR EYES…

The gargoyles seem to sing mockingly:

VOICES (O.S.)

YOUR HAND AT THE LEVEL OF YOUR EYES

MME GIRY
This is as far as I dare go.

They have reached a bridge which stretches out into the gloom. 
It has no sides.

RAOUL
Madame Giry, thank you.

She goes.  RAOUL gingerly steps onto the bridge.  Half-way across, the
stones under his feet suddenly give way.  RAOUL plummets downwards. 
He falls and falls through the darkness

INT. UNDERGROUND CANAL. NIGHT. (CONTINUOUS)

and lands in the water of the canal.  (POSS. POV INTO WATER?) 
Twisting and turning, he drops down into the murky depths.  He
re-surfaces gasping for air.  He looks up and, to his horror, a grill
is descending towards him.

INT. OPERA HOUSE. BACKSTAGE/FLIES/CORRIDORS. NIGHT. (CONTINUOUS)

MONTAGE of shots showing the chaos still reigning in the opera house. 
The fire rages.  Flats in the flies are in flames.  SOLDIERS rush
through the backstage areas past panicking DANCERS and SINGERS.

CHORUS

TRACK DOWN THIS
MURDERER..............

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
IN THERE,
DEEP DOWN BELOW

(ALW note: lyric rewrite)

HE'S HERE: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
HE'S HERE: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

INT. UNDERGROUND CANAL. NIGHT. (CONTINUOUS)

RAOUL cannot find any escape form the grill which is now pushing his
head down into the water.  His fingers clutch the ironwork and
disappear into the depths.  He is going to die.  We see him struggling
underwater with the grill above.  He swims desperately to find a way out. 
Suddenly, an iron wall appears in the gloom.  Next to it, fixed to the
brick wall of the canal, RAOUL finds a gear.  He wrenches it down. 
Above we see the water level subside.  RAOUL has found the gear of
the PHANTOM's lock.  His head re-appears above the water. 

INT. PHANTOM'S LAIR. NIGHT. (CONTINOUS)

CHRISTINE rounds fiercely on the PHANTOM.  The PHANTOM
tears her dress off, the costume from "Don Juan".

CHRISTINE

HAVE YOU GORGED YOURSELF
AT LAST, IN YOUR
LUST FOR BLOOD?

(No reply)

AM I NOW TO BE
PREY TO YOUR
LUST FOR ALL FLESH?

PHANTOM

(Coldly)
THAT FATE WHICH
CONDEMNS ME
TO WALLOW IN BLOOD
HAS ALSO DENIED ME
THE JOYS OF THE FLESH
THIS FACE -
THE INFECTION
WHICH POISONS OUR LOVE

He takes the bridal veil from her automat and moves slowly towards her. 
She turns away. 

PHANTOM (Continued)

(Very quietly and darkly)
THIS FACE WHICH EARNED
A MOTHER'S FEAR
AND LOATHING
A MASK, MY FIRST
UNFEELING SCRAP
OF CLOTHING

And places the veil on her head.

PHANTOM (Continued)

PITY COMES
TOO LATE -
TURN AROUND
AND FACE YOUR FATE:

He turns her round.

PHANTOM (Continued)

AN ETERNITY OF THIS
BEFORE YOUR EYES!

CHRISTINE rips the veil from her head and throws it to the ground. 
She then proceeds to tear the canvas covers off the mirrors surrounding
them, revealing hundreds of reflections of her and the PHANTOM.

CHRISTINE

THIS HAUNTED FACE
HOLDS NO HORROR
FOR ME NOW
IT'S IN YOUR SOUL
THAT THE TRUE
DISTORTION LIES

A stunned silence.  Meanwhile, the curtains which hide the portcullis
have parted to reveal RAOUL behind, knee deep in water. 
The PHANTOM turns:

PHANTOM

WAIT! I THINK, MY DEAR,
WE HAVE A GUEST!

CHRISTINE
(Seeing RAOUL, stunned)
Raoul!

PHANTOM

(To RAOUL, with a mock-courteous bow)
SIR, THIS INDEED
AN UNPARALLELED DELIGHT!
I HAD RATHER HOPED
THAT YOU WOULD COME.
AND NOW, MY WISH COMES TRUE -
YOU HAVE TRULY MADE MY NIGHT!

RAOUL
(Pleading, grasping the bars of the gate)

FREE HER!  DO WHAT YOU LIKE
ONLY FREE HER!
HAVE YOU NO PITY?

PHANTOM
(To CHRISTINE dryly)

YOUR LOVER MAKES
A PASSIONATE PLEA!

CHRISTINE

PLEASE, RAOUL, IT'S USELESS

RAOUL

I LOVE HER!
DOES THAT MEAN NOTHING?
I LOVE HER!
SHOW SOME COMPASSION

PHANTOM
(Snarls furiously at RAOUL)

THE WORLD SHOWED NO
COMPASSION TO ME!

RAOUL
(Calming)

CHRISTINE
CHRISTINE
(To the PHANTOM)
LET ME SEE HER

PHANTOM
(Dry again)

BE MY GUEST, SIR

The PHANTOM pulls a lever and the portcullis rises enough to
allow RAOUL to stagger in.

PHANTOM (Continued)

MONSIEUR, I BID YOU WELCOME!
DID YOU THINK THAT
I WOULD HARM HER?

WHY WOULD I MAKE
HER PAY FOR THE SINS WHICH
ARE YOURS?

Like lighting, the Punjab Lasso cracks through the air and, before
RAOUL has a chance to move, catches him by the neck.  He is jerked
high into the air and down onto a stool.  All the PHANTOM has to
do is kick the stool away.

PHANTOM
(Tauntingly)

ORDER YOUR FINE HORSE NOW!
RAISE UP YOUR HAND TO THE LEVEL OF YOUR EYES!
NOTHING CAN SAVE YOU NOW -
EXCEPT PERHAPS CHRISTINE -

He turns to her and thrusts the veil and wedding gown into her hands. 

PHANTOM

START A NEW LIFE WITH ME -
BUY HIS FREEDOM WITH YOUR LOVE!
REFUSE ME, AND YOU SEND YOUR LOVER TO HIS DEATH!
THIS IS THE CHOICE -
THIS IS THE POINT OF NO RETURN!

CHRISTINE
(to the PHANTOM)

THE TEARS I MIGHT HAVE SHED
FOR YOUR DARK FATE
GROW COLD AND TURN TO TEARS
OF HATE

Looking at RAOUL, she places the veil on her head and begins putting on
the wedding gown.  ALL THREE pause for a moment.  RAOUL breaks the
moment with:

RAOUL

CHRISTINE, FORGIVE ME,
PLEASE FORGIVE ME
I DID IT ALL FOR YOU,
AND ALL FOR NOTHING

CHRISTINE
(Looking at the PHANTOM
but to herself)

FAREWELL, MY FALLEN IDOL
AND FALSE FRIEND
WE HAD SUCH HOPES,
AND NOW THOSE HOPES
ARE SHATTERED

PHANTOM
(To CHRISTINE)

TOO LATE FOR TURNING BACK,
TOO LATE FOR PRAYERS AND
USELESS PITY

RAOUL
(To CHRISTINE)

SAY YOU LOVE HIM,
AND MY LIFE IS OVER!


(Okay guys we are going to skip some Libretto here,
we all know it by heart)

CHRISTINE

YOU DECEIVED ME -
I GAVE YOU MY MIND
BLINDLY

A pause.  The PHANTOM looks coldly at CHRISTINE. 
She is now standing in her wedding gown.

PHANTOM

YOU TRY MY PATIENCE -
MAKE YOUR CHOICE!

He holds up the wedding ring.

CHRISTINE
(Quietly at first, then with
growing emotion)

PITIFUL CREATURE
OF DARKNESS
WHAT KIND OF LIFE
HAVE YOU KNOWN?

GOD GIVE ME COURAGE
TO SHOW YOU
YOU ARE NOT ALONE!

She calmly puts the ring on her finger and kisses him full on the lips. 
She pulls away, tears streaming down her cheeks.  The PHANTOM
is stunned.  Then, she leans towards him and embraces him again. 
But this time the kiss is long and deep.  A lover's kiss.  As it ends,
they look straight into each other's eyes.  The PHANTOM is crying,
devastated.  Suddenly, he moves.  The rope suspending RAOUL falls
harmlessly to the ground.  He addresses RAOUL as he jerks the lever
which raise the portcullis.

PHANTOM

TAKE HER - FORGET ME - FORGET ALL OF THIS
LEAVE ME ALONE - FORGET ALL YOU'VE SEEN
GO NOW - DON'T LET THEM FIND YOU!
TAKE THE BOAT - SWEAR TO ME NEVER TO TELL
THE SECRET YOU KNOW OF THE ANGEL IN HELL -
GO GO NOW GO NOW AND LEAVE ME!

And he runs up into bedroom.

We INTERCUT with:

INT. AUTOMAT CORRIDOR/STAIRCASE/BRIDGE. NIGHT. (CONTINUOUS)

MEG is leading the MOB down into the PHANTOM's lair.  Flaming
timbers, and hot coals fall from the opera house above into the
underground canal.  They are getting closer and closer.

CHORUS

TRACK DOWN THIS
MURDERER

REVENGE FOR BUQUET!
THIS CREATURE
MUST NEVER GO FREE

INT. PHANTOM'S LAIR/BEDROOM. NIGHT. (CONTINUOUS)

The PHANTOM looks at the musical box and listens to it as, magically,
it starts up. 

PHANTOM
(To the musical box)

MASQUERADE
PAPER FACES ON PARADE
MASQUERADE
HIDE YOUR FACE,
SO THE WORLD WILL
NEVER FIND YOU

He turns and sees CHRISTINE standing in the bedroom door.  His look
is of immense longing and helplessness.  She walks slowly towards him.

PHANTOM

CHRISTINE, I LOVE YOU

She stands before him and we think she is going to stay but instead
she takes off her ring and places it on his finger.

(ALW note: extend music)

She hurries off.  The PHANTOM stares at the ring on his finger. 
We stay on him as he HEARS:

CHRISTINE
(In the distance)

SAY YOU'LL SHARE WITH
ME ONE
LOVE, ONE LIFETIME

RAOUL

SAY THE WORD,
AND I WILL FOLLOW YOU

INT. PHANTOM'S LAIR/CANAL. NIGHT. (CONTINUOUS)

The PHANTOM comes out of the bedroom and sees, through the
descending grill, the boat disappearing into the darkness of the underground
canal.  CHRISTINE is looking back at him.  She seems to be singing for him.

CHRISTINE

SHARE EACH DAY WITH ME
EACH NIGHT
EACH MORNING

She disappears.

PHANTOM
(Looking after her)

YOU ALONE
CAN MAKE MY SONG TAKE FLIGHT -
IT'S OVER NOW,
THE MUSIC OF THE NIGHT

He smashes all the mirrors around the lair.  He turns and sees the Mob
with their torches approaching along the CANAL.  The PHANTOM walks
slowly towards the throne and sits on it, gathering his cloak around
him, surrounded by shattered images.  The MOB stops at the portcullis. 
MEG dives down into the water and comes up the other side.  The PHANTOM
has entirely covered himself with the cloak.  MEG crosses to the throne
and, tentatively but courageously, pulls the cloak away revealing empty
air.  The PHANTOM has vanished, leaving only his white mask. In wonder,
she reaches out and picks up the mask in her small hand.  We END on the
MASK.

END TITLES OVER MASK.

(ALW note: play-out music, violin intro to graveyard scene)