Phantom of the Megaplex

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The Phantom of the Megaplex
Directed by	Blair Treu
Produced by	Joan Barnett Jack Grossbart Stu Krieger Christopher Morgan
Written by	Stu Krieger
Starring	Mickey Rooney Taylor Handley Corinne Bohrer Jacob Smith Caitlin Wachs
Music by	Bill Elliott
Cinematography	Derek Rogers
Editing by	Martin Nicholson
Distributed by	The Disney Channel
Release date(s)	November 10, 2000
Running time	89 min.
Language	English
IMDb profile

The Phantom of the Megaplex is a Disney Channel Original Movie, produced by the Disney Channel and originally aired in 2000. With a title and concept very loosely based on The Phantom of the Opera, and described by one critic as a "blend of laughs and thrills for the family," the film concerns strange happenings at a megaplex on the night of a major movie premiere, Midnight Mayhem. The central character, played by Taylor Handley, is Pete Riley, a seventeen-year-old with a part-time job at 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 girlfriend and her friend.