Phantom of the Megaplex

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Phantom of the Megaplex
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Genre	Action Comedy Mystery
Written by	Stu Krieger
Directed by	Blair Treu
Starring	Taylor Handley Caitlin Wachs Jacob Smith Corinne Bohrer Mickey Rooney
Theme music composer	Bill Elliott
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Joan Barnett Jack Grossbart Stu Krieger Christopher Morgan
Cinematography	Derek Rogers
Editor	Martin Nicholson
Running time	89 minutes
Production company	Grossbart Barnett Productions
Original release
Network	Disney Channel
Release	November 10, 2000 (2000-11-10)
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Phantom of the Megaplex is a 2000 American comedy mystery film and Disney Channel original movie, produced by the Disney Channel.^[1] With a title and concept very loosely based on Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel The Phantom of the Opera, the film concerns strange happenings at a monstrous megaplex on the night of the premiere of a major movie, Midnight Mayhem.

The central character, played by Taylor Handley, is Pete Riley, the 17-year-old assistant manager of the theater. He has to cope with malfunctioning equipment, disappearing staff, and a broken popcorn machine, among other headaches. He investigates to see if the troubles are coincidence or the result of sabotage by a mysterious "phantom". The senior manager of the theater is played by Rich Hutchman, and Ricky Mabe, Julia Chantrey, Joanne Boland, J.J. Stocker, and Lisa Ng appear as other employees of the theater. Caitlin Wachs and Jacob Smith play the central character's younger siblings, and Heather and Jennifer Bertram appear as his love interest and her friend.