Details

Release year: 1996

Storyline

The Phantom, descendent of a line of African superheroes, travels to New York City to thwart a wealthy criminal genius from obtaining three magic skulls which would give him the secret to ultimate power.

Top credits

Directors

Simon Wincer

Writers

Cast

Billy Zane — The Phantom, Kit Walker
Kristy Swanson — Diana Palmer
Treat Williams — Xander Drax
Catherine Zeta-Jones — Sala

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Did you know

• 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.

• The Palmer mansion set is actually the real-life Playboy mansion owned by Hugh Hefner.

• Billy Zane shaved his head to get the Phantom's cowl to fit as close as possible. This necessitated all his scenes where the Phantom is out of costume, with a full head of hair, to be shot early in production. The scene where the Phantom removes his cowl was shot in two parts, in reverse order, several weeks apart.