<P> Michael Bay directed the music video . He also directed the videos for "Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer than They Are" and "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through", also from Bat Out of Hell II . Filming took place in Los Angeles County, California in July 1993; the opening chase was filmed at Chávez Ravine, with the interior mansion scenes filmed at Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills . The cinematographer was Daniel Pearl, particularly known for filming The Texas Chain Saw Massacre in 1973 . Pearl says that this video "is one of my personal all - time favorite projects...I think the cinematography is pure, and it tells a story about the song ." </P> <P> The video is based on Beauty and the Beast and The Phantom of the Opera . Bob Keane did Meat Loaf's make - up, which took up to two hours to apply . The make - up was designed to be simple and scary, yet "with the ability to make him sympathetic ." It went over budget, and was filmed in 90 ° F (32 ° C) heat, across four days . According to one executive, it "probably had the budget of Four Weddings and a Funeral ." It is the abridged seven - minute single version, rather than the twelve - minute (11: 58) album version . </P> <P> The actress in the video, Dana Patrick, is miming to Crosby's vocals; she did the same for Patti Russo's vocals in the 1995 song "I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)". According to the captions aired on Pop - Up Video, Patrick received several offers for record deals after the video aired, from executives who assumed she was actually singing in the video . </P> <P> The story begins with the opening credits saying: "I have travelled across the universe through the years to find her . Sometimes going all the way is just a start ." We then see "The Beast" character--a deformed man portrayed by Meat Loaf, on a motorbike being chased by police officers and a helicopter . As the chase continues into night, the Beast passes through into a graveyard and into what appears to be a very ornate mausoleum hiding from his pursuers . He mournfully examines his deformed hands and features; as the officers enter and examine the mausoleum he crashes through the wall with his motorbike and he accidentally knocks down a police officer (whose shotgun goes off) and causes one of the chandeliers on the ceiling to fall and kill the officer . </P>

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