 The chandlier scene was originally written in the first script by Gerry  OHara. One of the reasons why this is the only Phantom film not to include  that classic scene, is because Menahem Golan, CEO of 21st Century Films, who  at the time had just resigned from Cannon Films in 1988 after that companys  collapse, didnt have enough money to pay for an expensive chandlier to fall  and then to redue the scene take after take. Duke Sandefur then was hired to  rewrite the script without the scene. The following scenes were trimmed for  an "R" Rating: 