Author Topic: Phantom of the Opera R3 (Read 6891 times)

Mo®pHeOu$ · « **on:** Apr 08, 2005 at 08:39 PM »

Any of you guys know when this title will come out here in the country?

Thanks.

Mr. Hankey · « **Reply #1 on:** Apr 08, 2005 at 09:46 PM »

Not sure which company will be releasing it, but it doesn't look like it will be Warner.

rafgar · « **Reply #2 on:** Apr 19, 2005 at 04:41 PM »

Any news if there's going to be a Region 3 release? I called up Warner again to ask if they indeed will not be releasing this in the Philippines. Was informed that they will not be the one who will release the DVD and they don't know what company will be distributing it.

allanmandy · « **Reply #3 on:** Apr 21, 2005 at 07:46 PM »

Check out the R3 release in Korea. It has a DTS track, unlike the R1 release.

baby · « **Reply #4 on:** Jun 22, 2005 at 09:21 PM »

If the film is release under PIONEER OR SOLAR FILMS.surely it will not have any local dvd release.but if from PIONEER.its under c-interactive.wag nalang.

Mo®pHeOu$ · « **Reply #5 on:** Jul 01, 2005 at 09:15 PM »

thanks for that info baby. sana nga hindi c interactive to. sayang lang.

syoti · « **Reply #6 on:** Aug 05, 2005 at 10:30 PM »

went to video city kanina. nkapost dun new releases for August. nakita ko Phantom of the Opera. i aksed the saleslady kung sino ang nagrelease...VIVA daw ang magrerelease. i dunno kung magkakaroon din d2 ng 2 disc edition.. sana meron...

syoti · « **Reply #7 on:** Aug 28, 2005 at 09:30 PM »

to all those anticipating for the local release of Phantom of the Opera dvd... it will not be released by VIVA. it will be released by C-interactive. the scheduled release will be on Aug 30, 2005. dunno when will the dvd be released, but as usual the vcd will be released first. the dvd is the 2-disc edition but there's no news yet as to whether this will be in region 1 like the LOTR dvds released previously or the locally produced region 3... $:-\$ . hope it will be released in region 1...

Mo®pHeOu$ · « **Reply #8 on:** Aug 29, 2005 at 01:33 AM »

Quote from: syoti on Aug 28, 2005 at 09:30 PM

to all those anticipating for the local release of Phantom of the Opera dvd... it will not be released by VIVA. it will be released by C-interactive. the scheduled release will be on Aug 30, 2005. dunno when will the dvd be released, but as usual the vcd will be released first. the dvd is the 2-disc edition but there's no news yet as to whether this will be in region 1 like the LOTR dvds released previously or the locally produced region 3... $:-\$ . hope it will be released in region 1...

Hoping na R1 na lang.

allanmandy · « **Reply #9 on:** Aug 29, 2005 at 09:59 PM »

Quote from: MoRpHeUS on Aug 29, 2005 at 01:33 AM

Hoping na R1 na lang.

C-Interactive? Naku! Brace yourselves!

baby · « **Reply #10 on:** Aug 30, 2005 at 08:33 AM »

No region 1 release for this one guys. The rights for this film is under Pioneer and C-interactive. But I think sister company and C-interactive and Warner Philippines.

Mr. Hankey · « **Reply #11 on:** Aug 30, 2005 at 04:34 PM »

Quote from: baby on Aug 30, 2005 at 08:33 AM

But I think sisiter company and C-interactive and Warner Philippines.

Really? If that's true, then if I were Warner, hindi ko iyun ipapaalam sa mga tao.

Masisira ang reputation ko as a distributor of quality R3 DVD titles.

baby · « **Reply #12 on:** Aug 31, 2005 at 01:11 AM »

I don't know if I remember it right but some old Warner R3 dvd's have sticker on the back saying "DISTRIBUTED BY C-INTERACTIVE VIDEO". But those are original imports.

firewired · « **Reply #13 on:** Aug 31, 2005 at 07:11 AM »

Quote from: baby on Aug 30, 2005 at 08:33 AM

No region 1 release for this one guys. The rights for this film is under Pioneer and C-interactive. But I think sister company and C-interactive and Warner Philippines.

No they're not sister companies and there's no relationship at all. Just so happens that C-Interactive has the rights for New Line releases and other specialty titles including Phantom of the Opera. Unfortunately, Warner was not able to secure the Region 3 distribution rights of this particular film since it's independently produced.

Warner Home Video Philippines is a direct subsidiary of Warner Home Video in the US. Warner titles used to be distributed by Magna (and possibly C-Interactive) before they decided to open up a local office here. If I'm not mistaken, they've only been around for less than 8 years.

C-Interactive is owned by the same group that owns one of the larger CD replication companies in the country with some equity (they say) from Mother Lily. All of their VCD and DVD titles are re-encoded and duplicated locally.

maverickph · « **Reply #14 on:** Aug 31, 2005 at 09:20 AM »

Maganda rin kaya yung i rerelease nilang Phatom of the Opera. Yung sa akin kasi R3 din pero
clear talaga resolution and DTS.

baby · « **Reply #15 on:** Aug 31, 2005 at 10:09 AM »

Quote from: firewired on Aug 31, 2005 at 07:11 AM

No they're not sister companies and there's no relationship at all. Just so happens that C-Interactive has the rights for New Line releases and other specialty titles including Phantom of the Opera. Unfortunately, Warner was not able to secure the Region 3 distribution rights of this particular film since it's independently produced.

Warner Home Video Philippines is a direct subsidiary of Warner Home Video in the US. Warner titles used to be distributed by Magna (and possibly C-Interactive) before they decided to open up a local office here. If I'm not mistaken, they've only been around for less than 8 years.

C-Interactive is owned by the same group that owns one of the larger CD replication companies in the country with some equity (they say) from Mother Lily. All of their VCD and DVD titles are re-encoded and duplicated locally.

So that is whay they have the c-interactive before. Thanks for that explanations sir firewired. I'm enlightened.

Mr. Hankey · « **Reply #16 on:** Aug 31, 2005 at 04:46 PM »

Quote from: firewired on Aug 31, 2005 at 07:11 AM

Warner Home Video Philippines is a direct subsidiary of Warner Home Video in the US. Warner titles used to be distributed by Magna (and possibly C-Interactive) before they decided to open up a local office here. If I'm not mistaken, they've only been around for less than 8 years.

Oh yes, I remember now - the initial Philippine VCD releases of FRIENDS I bought years ago were by C-Interactive! I'm sure there's been Warner Home Video (Phils.) since the 1980s - I still have a few Betamax tapes purchased from that time with their little white WHV stickers. I think Warner Philippines was only handling VHS/Beta releases of their titles until that time you're talking about, firewired... all their disc releases from before then (VCD and DVD) were by C-Interactive.

But this is the first and only time I'm going to openly praise C-Interactive: Their initial FRIENDS VCD releases were encoded from PAL masters, and as a result, the heads of the characters were slightly cut off when you played these discs on an NTSC TV. About 6 months after I had bought these discs (first three seasons), I went to C-Interactive's main office in Timog, and they actually replaced ALL of my 36 open and used discs with brand new NTSC-mastered copies of the same titles, no hassles/no further questions asked! Very courteous and cheerful customer service.

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Back to Phantom, wala pa yung DVD, but I saw the VCD of it earlier today. The packaging is a near-identical replica of the R1 Special Edition DVD. Sana yung DVD na lalabas, ganun din - both packaging and content-wise.

Mo®pHeOu$ · « **Reply #17 on:** Sep 01, 2005 at 12:40 AM »

Quote from: maverickph on Aug 31, 2005 at 09:20 AM

Maganda rin kaya yung i rerelease nilang Phatom of the Opera. Yung sa akin kasi R3 din pero
clear talaga resolution and DTS.

From where yung copy mo?

thanks.

Mr. Hankey · « **Reply #18 on:** Sep 07, 2005 at 05:42 PM »

Already released locally, by C-Interactive.

Php 425:

Mukhang clone ng R1 na 2-disc version, pero malamang compressed yung film from DVD9 to DVD5.

Buy at your own risk na lang.

syoti · « **Reply #19 on:** Sep 07, 2005 at 07:20 PM »

uhmm. sino na nakabili neto? any comments? salamat...

mongaddi · « **Reply #20 on:** Sep 09, 2005 at 12:04 PM »

if the local release is 2 disc and dual layer, this is a no brainer... sure buy.

but we will have to hope it is.

comments naman kung sino na bumili.

Baluts · « **Reply #21 on:** Sep 11, 2005 at 02:31 AM »

parang natetempt nga akong bumili nito kasi its not like the usual c-interactive release. widescreen panga sya at ung cover at special features ay parang clone ng R1. if this release is good i would definitely buy this one. it would be my 1st c-interactive discs.

rafgar · « **Reply #22 on:** Sep 11, 2005 at 08:23 AM »

I saw this title at Astro Podium and it looks like it is copied from the R1 release. However, the cover looks like it came from a pirated DVD - the colors are quite dull. Just like the covers of other C-Interactive titles, it seems that they just scanned an R1 DVD cover, edited it to remove/add text and images, then had it printed with a so-so printer. And judging from the price, I'm assuming that this release is also in DVD5 or single-layer.

However, as compared with the price of an R1 (about $19.00, excluding shipping & handling) or even a Hongkong R3 (about P1,200), the P425 is already worth buying for a person on a limited budget, considering that this is a 2-disc widescreen edition. However, if you are really into collecting DVDs and budget is not really a consideration, I suggest you buy either the R1 or the HK R3.

Sayang -- if only Warner had the distribution rights to this title, dagdag lang ng P49 sa P425 (based on the price of 2-disc Constantine release), meron nang dual-layer version nito at maganda pa sana ang packaging. Anyway, let's just hope for the day when C-Interactive will have the capability to release quality dual-layer titles.

art00 · « **Reply #23 on:** Sep 11, 2005 at 10:11 AM »

** I bought the region 3 yesterday and I will confirm everything that sir rafgar said about the cover. Its just awful. What's worse is that the cover art (paper) is not stuck to the plastic case very well. There are "bubbles" giving the cover a "wrinkled" look in several parts.

** According to DVDinFo on my PC:

Disc 1: (the Movie)
Media code/Manufacturer ID N/A Pressed DVD
Format Type UDF 1.02
Volume Name PHANTOM_OF_THE_OPERA_2004
Implementation id mkisofs
Recording Date/Time (mm/dd/yyyy) 8/16/2005 10:48:13
Format Capacity 4.36GB(4.68GB)
Book Type DVD-ROM
Media Type DVD-ROM
Data area starting sector 30000h
Data area end sector 22E22Fh
Linear Density 0.267um/bit
Track Density 0.74um/track
Number of Layers 1

Disc 2: (Special Features)
Media code/Manufacturer ID N/A Pressed DVD
Format Type UDF 1.02
Volume Name PHANTOM_OF_THE_OPERA_DISK_2
Implementation id mkisofs
Recording Date/Time (mm/dd/yyyy) 8/16/2005 2:19:02
Format Capacity 4.09GB(4.39GB)
Book Type DVD-ROM
Media Type DVD-ROM
Data area starting sector 30000h
Data area end sector 20B24Fh
Linear Density 0.267um/bit
Track Density 0.74um/track
Number of Layers 1

** So, it seems that both discs are Single-layer DVD 5s.

** Additionally, the Back Cover gives the following information.

Disc 1:
Includes Theatrical Trailer
Languages: English & Francais
Subtitles: English, Francais & Español

Disc 2 Special Features:
Explore the Phantom's World in Dazzling Depth:
Behind the Mask: The Story of the Phantom of the Opera
The Making of the Phantom of the Opera in 3 Spellbinding Acts:
Preproduction * The Director * Production
No One Would Listen: Additional Scene
DVD-ROM PC Weblink* to the Phantom's Online World

** Hope this answers a few questions.

art00

lord_vader · « **Reply #24 on:** Sep 11, 2005 at 02:29 PM »

Thanks for the heads up. I was about to buy one but after knowing it's just DVD5, wag na lang. Why spend P425 on something worth P80?

Baluts · « **Reply #25 on:** Sep 12, 2005 at 12:20 AM »

thnx a lot art00. c-interactive's releases are very dissapointing except for the LOTR R1 disc. guess have to spend more to get the R1 copy.

art00 · « **Reply #26 on:** Sep 12, 2005 at 12:13 PM »

** Ok, I have just finished watching it on my Samsung DLP ST-50L2HX using a Samsung P538K progressive scan player at a resolution of 720p (component input). In fairness, the video was just gorgeous and the 5.1 DD sound was excellent.

** Also, amazon.com list the following info for the Region 1:

** It seems that the R3 content is practically identical with that of the R1, with the possible exception of the Easter egg: Cast & Crew Singalong, which I haven't yet figured out how to access (If anyone knows how, I'd like to know).

** In summary, it is my humble opinion that this set does not look or sound like an 80 peso POS. It is, IMHO, worth the P425 price tag. I have been a fan of this musical since I first saw it on stage in Los Angeles in 1991 and I think that this DVD set accurately captures the essence of the opera and is a faithful adaptation of the theatrical presentation. Moreover, the movie has a runtime of 142 minutes, a length that fits more than adequately in a 4.68 GB medium. At least, it is in widescreen and 5.1 DD. And best of all, it does not have a layer change.

art00

art00 · « **Reply #27 on:** Sep 12, 2005 at 12:24 PM »

Oh, yes, in the movie, they did move the chandelier crash towards the end of the movie instead of the end of Act 1. So it is not precisely the same as in the original stage presentation. But I believe, this change works better than in the original libretto.

art00

rafgar · « **Reply #28 on:** Sep 12, 2005 at 01:00 PM »

Quote from: art00 on Sep 12, 2005 at 12:13 PM

** It seems that the R3 content is practically identical with that of the R1, with the possible exception of the Easter egg: Cast & Crew Singalong, which I haven't yet figured out how to access (If anyone knows how, I'd like to know).

Got the following from dvdtalk.com. Hope this works with the R3 release:

On disc 2 highlight "Additional scene: No one would listen" and press "Down", a swirl on the menu border will highlight, press "Enter" and you will be treated to a "Cast & Crew singalong" of the title song. Many of the crew (including director Joel Schumacher) aren't singers and composer Andrew Lloyd Webber gets the last laugh.

Quote from: art00 on Sep 12, 2005 at 12:13 PM

Moreover, the movie has a runtime of 142 minutes, a length that fits more than adequately in a 4.68 GB medium.

Although the movie fits in a single-layer DVD, some of the video quality was most probably sacrificed. However, the video quality would still be a lot better than a VCD.

By the way, does it contain both English and French audio tracks? I've been wondering if Gerard Butler and Emma Rossum were also the ones who sang in the French track.

rafgar · « **Reply #29 on:** Sep 12, 2005 at 01:23 PM »

Quote from: lord_vader on Sep 11, 2005 at 02:29 PM

Thanks for the heads up. I was about to buy one but after knowing it's just DVD5, wag na lang. Why spend P425 on something worth P80?

I think this is much better than an P80 PDVD since pirated copies of this title do not include the 2nd disc.