Hooper implemented this same tactic a few years later with the movie adaptation of Cats.

Actors wore ear pieces as a piano provided accompaniment off-stage, with full orchestrations added in post-production. In this sweeping epic of a novel, which weaves detailed analysis of nineteenth-century French politics, culture, and history among the profoundly moving stories of the disenfranchised characters it follows, Hugo hoped to provoke genuine reform in the world. The movie earned eight Oscar nominations in 2013 including Best Picture it ended up with three wins, including one for Hathaway’s performance.ĭirector Hooper shot the feature with the actors singing their parts live (as opposed to lip syncing a pre-recorded track) in an effort to capture the performer’s spontaneity and authenticity. Les Misérables, published in 1862, was written over a twenty-year period. Ungainly as a narrative and clumsy as a musical, this adaptation of Les Miserables features powerhouse singing performances so galvanizing that the movies. beginning August 16.Īmong the ensemble of actors singing the Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg score are Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean, Anne Hathaway as Fantine, Russell Crowe as Javert, Amanda Seyfried as Cosette, Eddie Redmayne as Marius, Samantha Barks as Éponine, Aaron Tveit as Enjolras, and Sacha Baron Cohen and Helena Bonham Carter as the Thénardiers. Les Misérables, the 2012 film adaptation of the international hit musical, is available to stream on Netflix in the U.S. Before Tom Hooper gave us Digital Fur Technology, he gave us extreme fisheye lens closeups of French folk.

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