Phantom of the Megaplex

TV Movie
2000
TV-G
1h 29m

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A young man working at a cinema on a special premiere night discovers that the films being shown are full of strange and eerie occurrences.A young man working at a cinema on a special premiere night discovers that the films being shown are full of strange and eerie occurrences.A young man working at a cinema on a special premiere night discovers that the films being shown are full of strange and eerie occurrences.

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6.2/10

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Awards
- 3 nominations

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Taylor Handley, Jacob Smith, and Caitlin Wachs in Phantom of the Megaplex (2000)

Heather Bertram and Taylor Handley in Phantom of the Megaplex (2000)

Mickey Rooney, Taylor Handley, Jacob Smith, and Caitlin Wachs in Phantom of the Megaplex (2000)

Corinne Bohrer, Jacob Smith, and Caitlin Wachs in Phantom of the Megaplex (2000)

Taylor Handley, Jacob Smith, and J.J. Stocker in Phantom of the Megaplex (2000)

Taylor Handley in Phantom of the Megaplex (2000)

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Trivia
When Movie Mason (Mickey Rooney) tells Karen and Bryan that there's always magic at the movies, he says "And we all learn there's no place like home." This is a nod to Rooney's long-term friendship and partnership with Judy Garland, who coined this phrase in Ihmemaa Oz (1939), whom he accompanied to the premiere of that movie, and with whom he starred in many films.

Goofs
Among everything that Sean caused to malfunction, it's never explained how Sean was able to manipulate the film reels/computer system to cause the projection to go haywire on the one movie and the lights to malfunction on the other. As Merle stated, he couldn't find anything wrong when he was examining the issue with "Cut to Black" but only that everything was on a computer nowadays.

Quotes
Movie Mason: When we arrive in this world, magic is all around us. You simply have to see a baby discover a butterfly or a toddler splash in the bath for the first time. Yet, as the years pass, simple pleasures aren't quite so simple to find. Myths and legends fall away. Santa's secrets are revealed. Card tricks lose their fascination. True wonder is hard to come by. But there's always... magic at the movies. Pirate ships, bicycles that fly, angels earn their wings, beautiful women marry handsome men, and we all learn there's no place like home. To destroy that magic, to shatter those moments, to me is a sin so grave it would almost be incomprehensible! If there truly is a phantom, my friends, I assure you it most definitely is not me.

Connections
Featured in MsMojo: Top 10 Best Disney Channel Movies of All Time (2016)

Soundtracks
Non-Stop Hip Hop
Written and performed by Mike Dowdle (as Michael Dowdle)

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Review

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Not too bad, but still kinda bad

This movie was OK actually. The premise is actually very stupid I thought, but they throw in little bits of humor that make the movie bearable. Or maybe it's just me and my sense of humor (which is kind of odd I must admit), but I found some parts hysterical. Like when Pete is eating the cereal and his mom says to him, "Slow down, no one's gonna steal your wooly mammoth meat." Haha. Anyway, if your sense of humor is kind of out-of-whack like mine, you'd probably like some parts of this movie. If not, well, you'd probably hate it.

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