My introduction to the "Phantom" was a black and white horror movie when I was about 13. I don't know which version it was but my best friend was into stuff like that and would drag me to theaters or look this stuff up on TV when I was staying the night. It kind of freaked me out, the version I saw as a child, so I wasn't very interested in seeing the 2004 version. I'm glad I saw the previews because taking it from horror to music, and adapting the story, made it so much more interesting.
And about that Amazon........I know what younger daughter is going to get for her 4.0 grade card!
(She's obsessed!)