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| Last Edit: jo 07:00 pm EST 02/06/22 | |
| Posted by: jo 06:57 pm EST 02/06/22 | |
| In reply to: Fully Agree - mamaleh 12:02 pm EST 02/06/22 | |
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| The AMPAS did nominate the movie for a Best Picture Oscar. Presumably, it passed the cinematic objectives and focus for films. Anne and the Sound Design won Oscars. Hugh was nominated for an Oscar. Apart from the Valjean Soliloquy, the other musical number which was, hands down, so much better than the stage musical was The Confrontation. Also interesting to note that in the original stage musical (staged in Paris in 1980, compared to the English Mackintosh adaptation five years later, the role of Valjean was written for and actually performed by a baritone ( which probably made more sense when portraying a longtime hardened convict with peasant roots). It was only when Colm Wilkinson was chosen for the role of Valjean (despite his golden tenor voice) because Nunn thought he had the right persona for the role that the vocal range was transposed to suit him. Bring Him Home was written with him in mind. Details on the original English staging are found in Edward Behr's book on the stage project. For the film casting, the audition group included Hooper, Mackintosh, Boublil, Schonberg. Eric Fellner for Working Title ( the subsidiary of Universal Studios), and casting director Nina Gold. It was about a 4-hour audition for Jackman as he was supposed to have been asked to sing the full score and to discuss the role of Valjean. According to Nina Gold, it was when they heard Jackman that she felt they had finally found their Valjean. During filming, Boublil &Schonberg, Mackintosh & his music director ( who supervised the music) were present all throughout filming. I knew about all these because there was a very active IMDB group which was monitoring filming regularly. The Sound Designer ( who won an Oscar) Simon Hayes even joined the group for a while. Some cast members were very active on social media, notably Russell Crowe ( very funny), Samantha Barks and the Barricade Boys ( who were all cast from West End productions of Les Mis) shared the details of daily filming, including how many takes would be needed for each key song. Notably, Hooper also put Do You Hear the People Sing as the thematic music for the film adaptation ( which was its original place in the Paris original score), in contrast to the emphasis on One Day More in Nunn's staging. Another key change was the presence of the Bishop in the finale ( Valjean's dying scene) as against the presence of Eponine ( which did not make too much sense) in the Nunn musical staging. Bring Him Home ( which was Valjean's plea for Marius safety) became Bring Me Home in the movie's dying scene. |
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