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Overview

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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Lee Falk (characters)
Jeffrey Boam (written by)
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Release Date:
7 June 1996 (USA) more
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Tagline:
The Ghost Who Walks. The Man Who Cannot Die. more
Plot:
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Really, it's good fun ! more (126 total)

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MPAA:
Rated PG for action/adventure violence and some mild language.
Runtime:
100 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Billy Zane pumped iron for over a year to fill The Phantom's costume. A Batman-like costume with fake muscles was reportedly made, but by the time filming started, Zane was so beefed up that he did not need it. more
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Anachronisms: In the pan shot of the Pan American dockside terminal when Diane Palmer is boarding the Orient Clipper you can clearly see a modern window-style air conditioning unit sticking through the front wall of the terminal building. Such units did not exist in the time period in which this movie was set (late 1930s). more
Quotes:
Drax: My name is Xander Drax.
Kabai Sengh: Who?
Drax: X-A-N-D-E-R D-R-A-X, Xander Drax, begins and ends with the letter X.
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Referenced in The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002) more

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15 out of 17 people found the following comment useful.
Really, it's good fun !, 18 December 1998
9/10
Author: Lori S

Reminiscent of "The Rocketeer." I wasn't going to see this at first, the comic strip did nothing for me. But the newspaper reviews were quite positive. Billy Zane is enjoyable in the role, and he worked his butt off to get those muscles. That's no fake padding in his suit!! This is a chance to see a pre-"Mask of Zorro" Catherine Zeta-Jones as the bad girl, altho her switch to the good side late in the film is unconvincing. Kristy Swanson is also good fun. I even liked James Remar as Quill - he mostly does TV series now. Beautiful filming locations and a snappy, crisp story line. It's a fun movie - try it & see!

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