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Post by rmtndew on Oct 19, 2012 21:06:02 GMT -5
I posted them over on the photo thread for you.  - Alicia |
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Post by jo on Oct 19, 2012 21:11:07 GMT -5
Thanks,, Alicia!
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Post by birchie on Oct 20, 2012 8:18:05 GMT -5
I understand that it is the Oct 19 issue and that it is the Once Upon a Time cover. Jo Thanks, Jo! |
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Post by JH4HJ on Oct 20, 2012 10:22:26 GMT -5
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Post by birchie on Oct 20, 2012 12:27:49 GMT -5
I know we've seen some of this, but I'm not sure we've seen the original article. I hope it's not redundant. (love the elephant) Thanks for posting those Valerie. For some reason I didn't get good copies at the place where I originally saw them. These are great! Even my lousy eyes can see them! They are now living happily in my computer to be viewed on my big TV! >  Sue |
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Post by jo on Oct 23, 2012 2:48:36 GMT -5
Thanks for putting the EW article up, Valerie! There is also word that Anne Hathaway will be the cover story for the December VOGUE. I have a feeling that it won't just be a fashion shoot, but will likely touch a little on Les Miserables, too. I think it was the time when Annie Leibovitz visited the set for some photography. Hope she has included a nice photo of Hugh as Valjean  This seems like deja vu to me -- like when we were watching how AUSTRALIA will be promoted . Jo |
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Post by jo on Oct 23, 2012 2:56:22 GMT -5
Someone has joined us on the IMDB Les Miserables board who is doing some of the most difficult technical jobs on the film project. I was so excited that I think I was almost stuttering when I poste my response. It is Production Sound Mixer Professional Simon Hayes ( who has also done great work on other big movies) who has come to clarify what ADR actually means, in all its variety of meanings.
We were all guessing what was being ADR'ed ( ADR stands for Additional Dialog Recording) - probably sounding a litte amateurish -- when he comes to clarify that it is much more than we thought! Very succint but very easy to understand technical terms!!
Mr. Hayes will be partly responsible for how the difficult live vocal recording process and it will eventually get meshed with the orchestration, all the while preserving the actors's command of the singing tempo!
I wonder who else is monitoring us over there?? I hope they did read all our responses to the Screenplay that got deleted! Plus all our other hopes and expectations about the film! This is all so exciting ;D
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Post by jo on Oct 23, 2012 18:55:05 GMT -5
Best news so far -- after having read the screenplay, I think this buzz is quite credible! @theinsneider Hearing Les Miserables is running close to 3 hrs & studio has no plans to cut it down. Guess fans will get the epic they've been waiting forI wonder how much of those 3 hours will have Hugh on the screen, acting and singing Jo |
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Post by jo on Oct 24, 2012 0:03:45 GMT -5
More updates -- www.deadline.com/2012/10/358432/>>>It was in fact surprising to see so many studio heads attending and staying through most of the evening. Universal was especially well-represented with chairman Adam Fogelson and co-chairman Donna Langley and president Ron Meyer out in force supporting Apatow, and Les Miserables and Anna Karenina Producers Award winners Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner. At the reception, Meyer could not contain his enthusiasm for Les Miz, telling me it totally delivers in every way you would hope a film version of a Broadway musical can. He is clearly excited about this one. I asked if he regretted moving the film from December 14 to Christmas Day in light of the Academy’s announcement that voting dates for nominations are now December 17-January 3. “It’s just the right kind of movie to open at Christmas. I think everyone will find a way to see it,” he said. Indeed, Universal will be screening it extensively beginning Thanksgiving weekend. Meyer said the film is almost completely done.<<<Jo |
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Post by birchie on Oct 24, 2012 8:53:56 GMT -5
Best news so far -- after having read the screenplay, I think this buzz is quite credible! @theinsneider Hearing Les Miserables is running close to 3 hrs & studio has no plans to cut it down. Guess fans will get the epic they've been waiting forI wonder how much of those 3 hours will have Hugh on the screen, acting and singing Jo Yay!!! :-/ Thank you movie Gods, I got my wish! > I always said it should be 3 hours. I know there are still naysayers but when you've got a story this good it deserves to be told right. I mean if people can spend 3 hours watching people get ready for a ship to sink and then freeze and drown or watching a bunch of blue people teach a rude young man to behave...then they can certainly spend 3 hours learning about love and redemption while listening to beautiful music and watching amazingly talented actors... Of course the main character will be the icing on the 3 hour cake for me! :o |
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Post by jo on Oct 24, 2012 18:13:26 GMT -5
From the interview re Rise of the Guardians --
As someone on another board puts it --
The singing is 100% live but the beard is only 67% real ;D
But I guess BACK ON BROADWAY got in the way and did not give him enough time to grow it 100% -- if he could wear those hair extensions ( Van Helsing) for quite a long time ...LOL!
Seriously, it has to be the most demanding movie for Hugh ( and he is used to that, having done a number of action movies) -- I wonder how another actor would have fared -- with the full -on acting, the physicality demands, and the wall-to-wall live singing. Singing from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm -- which Broadway or West End actor ever did that :o
I think Cameron Mackintosh hit it on the head when he said they waited for a Hugh Jackman to arrive before the stage musical could find its way to the cinema!!
We all hope that Hugh's work will be recognized in a big way for this once- in- a- lifetime role!
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Post by birchie on Oct 25, 2012 8:42:29 GMT -5
<snip> Seriously, it has to be the most demanding movie for Hugh ( and he is used to that, having done a number of action movies) -- I wonder how another actor would have fared -- with the full -on acting, the physicality demands, and the wall-to-wall live singing. Singing from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm -- which Broadway or West End actor ever did that :o I think Cameron Mackintosh hit it on the head when he said they waited for a Hugh Jackman to arrive before the stage musical could find its way to the cinema!! We all hope that Hugh's work will be recognized in a big way for this once- in- a- lifetime role! Jo I remember a while back when the subject of the cast singing live first came up, some snarky theater type had posted something somewhere like 'well that's nothing, Broadway performers do that every night' or something similar.  Wonder what that person would think of singing and acting take after take for 12 hours every day for months. So the film, the actors-especially Hugh and the creative team behind it all will definitely be deserving of recognition when it's all said and done. Can't wait to see all the naysayers put in their place! ;D Sue |
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Post by jo on Oct 25, 2012 18:11:18 GMT -5
Univesal Pictures has made a clarification on the screen time -- it is going to be 2 hours and 32 minutes, without the credits!So long as they were able to fit in almost all of the "leaked" screenplay into the movie, and I suspect this will be the tighest in terms of artistic flow -- I have no problem. Any further editing that they may have been done would probably just make the flow better. I think the songs will be kept as they were in the screenplay, subject to a bit of editing here and there. Some of the editing may have also come after the orchestrations have been completed ( probably just not too long ago). So long as SUDDENLY is there!!!!!!!!!!! Jo |
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Post by nevaeh777 on Oct 25, 2012 18:22:51 GMT -5
I wonder how long it will be WITH credits? I always sit through the credits of every film I see at the show. I have great respect for all the unsung heroes that work behind the scenes to bring a movie to life! I've watched them first hand and I know how very hard they work!
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Post by jo on Oct 25, 2012 19:48:15 GMT -5
I generally leave before the credits are completed running through -- *Unless it is generally a Hugh movie *In the cinemas I go to - as soon as the credits start running, people just leave...the lights go up and the security/janitorial crew start doing their jobs in between screenings...and I am often the only one ( or maybe another one there) left. A bit scary sometimes ... I am hoping though that they will use the end-credits for an additional musically-themed episode as we see the names go up ( Honestly, I could do without some of the thousands of names -- I would rather just see the key names and companies that helped the film get completed). Mackintosh did say that that they have such a lot of musical material available. Maybe they can make it as interesting as some of the blockbusters have done so for a few years now? Someone said that the end-credits can last as long as 10 minutes? Jo |
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Post by birchie on Oct 25, 2012 20:18:19 GMT -5
Univesal Pictures has made a clarification on the screen time -- it is going to be 2 hours and 32 minutes, without the credits!So long as they were able to fit in the "leaked" screenplay into the movie -- I have no problem. Any further editing that they may have done would probably just make the flow better. I think the songs will be kept as they were in the screenplay, subject to a bit of editing here and there. So long as SUDDENLY is there!!!!!!!!!!! Jo I decided to come over hear to lick my wounds! :'( I posted this over at IMDB: That was in response to someone who said it was ok because it didn't include the credits. I guess I'm going to bear my soul a bit here about why this news bothered me so much today. I've been really taking solace in following all the progress of Les Miserables and of course Hugh, especially during the last few months. My younger son was injured on the job and has a brain injury. The family has been going through a lot. My DIL, who is a saint, has started having some health problems related to the stress and besides that there have been other issues that the family has had to deal with that I won't go into. So I was very happy in my anticipation of this movie. A little world away from problems. Even the occasional skirmish on IMDB was a nice diversion. So you can imagine that this news that my beloved Les Miserables might be cut and my beloved Hugh might have some of HIS scenes/songs cut well...... Okay, I'm done being maudlin. ;D Sue |
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Post by jo on Oct 25, 2012 20:55:44 GMT -5
Sue, I am so sorry to hear about your personal problems - nothing much I can say that can really bring comfort - but I am going to include you and your family in my prayers tonight There is always a reason - I am talking about Les Miserables here -- why certain things happen. Maybe this will be all for the good of the movie and even Hugh? I doubt that Universal interfered too much with the artistic judgment of Tom Hooper. He strikes me as someone with strong artistic ambitions and also someone with strong determination and focus! He also happens to have a reputation to protect in terms of Oscar-worthy projects! Re the show -- I am as much a fan of the musical as you are. It has been my favorite musical since I saw it in 1988, and it even has some personal resonance to me. I have collected so many of the various recordings and so much memorabilia ( the other day - I searched deep -- and found my very first Les Mis sweats, which I have now owned for more than 2 decades - and it looks like it will have a new airing when I see one of the many times I plan to go to the cinema). When I had a chance to see Hugh at the stagedoor of the Broadhurst - I had two missions! One was to give him a copy of the Complete Symphonic Recording because I thought it best exemplified the musical - with its complete libretto. He first thought it was an Australian cast recording because it had his friends Quast, Warlow, and Byrne - but learned from me that that there was no Australian recording..but I thought this would be something he might appreciate when preparing for the role. Of course, I had hoped that he would give it a listen ( he has since then said in an interview that when he read the book a second time, he was actually singing passages from the musical along with reading it). Also, instead of the BoB memorabilia I had asked him if he could sign a Les Mis artcard ( one that has little Cosette and the Imperial theatre in an art representation- both with significance to him now) - and a Les Mis button -- and he graciously signed them. I have also read the unabridged version of the novel 1 1/2 times - LOL! The first was when I saw the musical for the first time and fell in love with it! I am re-reading it now -- but bit by bit! As if I am trying to synchronize how the movie was shaping up! I even bought a children's edition for a young relative, whom I would like to take to the movie because she sang Castle on A Cloud in a school recital ( her teacher's choice for her). When Tom Hooper initially said that the movie would be 2 1/2 hours long -- I had an open mind, completely!! I presumed this was the result of the first draft of the screenplay that Nicholson wrote, maybe with some revisions from Tom himself, which they used to plan everything during the lengthy and arduous pre-production! That he had also thought through and even rehearsed ( with Hugh and the technicals) the main innovation- the use of live vocals - and that he decided using the "risky" sung-through format - tells me that he has faith in the musical. But he also drew from the book itself, because that literary classic paved the way for everything else! When Nicholson said he believed the movie is going to be " stunning" -- I assumed all the elements we have been reading about - including the screenplay - were basically in place! We have heard of many walkouts by the technical people during post-production, because of Tom Hooper! That was probably because he only wanted the best for this movie! I do not want a clone of the stage musical or even the Complete Symphonic Recording - they have had their time, no matter how much affection I have for them. I want a new artistic expression for this drama in its musicalized format! Neither did I want Hugh to channel anyone's performance had the film been a stage musical clone. I want new beginnings!... And because this is likely the/a role of a lifetime for Hugh - I would like the movie to be as artistically hailed as he would be! I think their ( the movie and Hugh) fortunes are tied up together. If Hugh is not lucky enough to win that Oscar - at least we know that he did try his very best in a project that he had so much faith in! But I am very optimistic that he will carry the day! Anyway, I just want to say that everyone has the best intentions for this one. Maybe you have your own wish for it...maybe others have something slightly different...maybe Hooper will give us something that would give us satisfaction and pleasure in different ways? Hope this movie will not disappoint for you , when you finally see it! I know I will be happy thinking about it and have been really looking forward to it -- except I won't get to see it until about 3 weeks after you Cheers! Jo |
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Post by carouselkathy on Oct 25, 2012 22:03:08 GMT -5
I trust Tom Hooper to get it right. He seems to really believe in this material and is risking a lot to try something new. The process of syncing a 70 piece live orchestra to pre-recorded live singing and acting has got to be an exciting challenge. It can't be easy, but the result could be magnificent. Hooper wants the best Les Mis, just as we do. With this cast, director, and classic material, I predict a wonderful
2 hour, 33 min. Christmas present will arrive for us all.
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Post by nevaeh777 on Oct 25, 2012 22:27:37 GMT -5
I guess I'm going to bear my soul a bit here about why this news bothered me so much today. I've been really taking solace in following all the progress of Les Miserables and of course Hugh, especially during the last few months. My younger son was injured on the job and has a brain injury. The family has been going through a lot. My DIL, who is a saint, has started having some health problems related to the stress and besides that there have been other issues that the family has had to deal with that I won't go into. So I was very happy in my anticipation of this movie. A little world away from problems. Even the occasional skirmish on IMDB was a nice diversion. So you can imagine that this news that my beloved Les Miserables might be cut and my beloved Hugh might have some of HIS scenes/songs cut well...... Okay, I'm done being maudlin. ;D Sue Dear sweet Sue, I'm so sorry to hear of what your son (and family) have been going through. It's like I mentioned over on the thread AN OZALOTS MEETING that, "Sometimes we don't realize the burdens each one of us is carrying and yet we come to this board and find a caring "family" here." Some, share their burdens on the board, but so many have difficulties that they're facing that are hidden. This board is very special and at times, it's like a place of refuge or even healing. It's filled with caring hearts that come together and are truly like a family. For you to even trust us with what's been happening in your life is very moving. I know it moved my heart. Though I don't understand why things like this happen, I do know this; your son has a Mom with a loving and courageous heart, who will be at his side to help him through every obstacle in his path. My prayers will definitely be joining with Jo's for you and your family through this difficult time. As for "Les Mis", Sue I have to agree with what Kathy said. Tom Hooper knows what he's doing. We've already seen wonderful proof that he's done amazing things with this musical. Everything we've seen and heard (and read) regarding this musical has gotten us so excited and biting our nails in anticipation of it! You know what I think? I think you're going to be in tears when you see this, and that they will definitely be tears of joy! And don't worry about our beloved Hughie having any of his scenes cut because we already know that he is about to showcase an Oscar performance in this film. Any scenes he's in, he commands, and literally leaves every other actor fading into the background. This will indeed be Hugh's movie and I believe it's going to make everyone sit up and take notice. He made a promise at a stage door that he would give this film everything he's got and we all know, he's done just that! Hugs to you dear Sue and to your family! Love, Nevaeh  |
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Post by nevaeh777 on Oct 25, 2012 23:19:19 GMT -5
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Post by mamaleh on Oct 25, 2012 23:28:19 GMT -5
Sue, I'm very sorry about your family's difficulties and hope all are well soon. I also trust Hooper to do justice and then some to the epic story and its score. I have a feeling it's going to be a hit on the scale of MAMMA MIA (referring to commercial success here, not quality of material).
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Post by ocjackie on Oct 25, 2012 23:50:02 GMT -5
Now I wonder, how many people at the Broadhurst asked him the same thing. To bring home the Oscar for Les Mis, and again to me, he said, he would do his best. I told him he was cheated for Australia. I love him and the movie, but it also could have been cut a little shorter. I have faith that they are putting together a masterpiece that will be remembered for a long time.
Sue, you are in my heart and my prayers. I have been through some pretty dark days in the past, and I've still got a few ahead in the future. But coming to this board, with everyone caring about one another, the pictures, the friendly gossip about Hugh and all the love here, pulls me through those days. I'm so grateful for Valerie and everyone here, because I can always count on on a smile, a cheery comment, or just plain friendship to pull us through the harder times. This board and everyone is a true blessing. I am very grateful :-*
Jackie
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Post by jo on Oct 26, 2012 7:03:41 GMT -5
I've been thinking --
Why would a screenplay be uploaded if that was meant solely for the consumption of the membership of the award bodies (as backgrounder on the forthcoming screenings) if it is not close or exactly the film version that clocks at 2'32", confirmed by Universal's spokesman?? That screenplay was viewed very positively ...and I would like to assume then that it must be the 2'32" version.
I wonder where the Twitter journalist obtained his information? I hope it was not meant to throw some negativity towards the studio and the forthcoming film release. I do wonder...given how fierce this coming Oscars seems to be going...LOL - all these conspiracy theories - maybe I am reading too many of them.
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Post by birchie on Oct 26, 2012 8:48:22 GMT -5
I've have been thinking -- Why would a screenplay be uploaded if that was meant solely for the consumption of the membership of the award bodies (as backgrounder on the forthcoming screenings) if it is not close or exactly the film version that clocks at 2'32", confirmed by Universal's spokesman?? That screenplay was viewed very positively ...and I would like to assume then that it must be the 2'32" version. I wonder where the Twitter journalist obtained his information? I hope it was not meant to throw some negativity towards the studio and the forthcoming film release. I do wonder...given how fierce this coming Oscars seems to be going... First, good morning and thank you to everyone for the kind thoughts. I felt weird after my last post and thought about going back on and deleting it, but it was late and I went to bed instead. This has been going on since July so I guess I just had one of those 'last straw' kind of days. Sorry for dumping on you guys but thanks again. :-* Jo, that's part of my point about the 2:32 issue...it doesn't add up with the screenplay, so that's why I was thinking there would be cuts. But why would they 'leak' the screenplay or for that matter, present that screenplay to voters if they were making cuts.  So, like you I wonder about the journalist (I think someone said he was a publicist) and where he's getting his info or was he just giving a glib answer to someone to shut people up about it. I guess we will eventually know more and at some point when the movie is shown in it's final form to voters we'll have an official time. I'm not going to worry about it anymore, it'll be what it'll be. I'm sure Tom Hooper won't allow anything too important to be cut. Sue |
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Post by jo on Oct 26, 2012 9:03:18 GMT -5
The journalist I am wary of is the one who tweeted about the 3-hour length.
These are his succeeding tweets
So, he is saying now that the movie could very well be only 2'45" with credits, which he says is CLOSE to 3 hours?
Sorry, Sue - I do not know anything about actual filmmaking to judge that that screenplay cannot be done within 2'32", with some minor edits.
Let us just wait for the final product and hope for the best!
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Wonder what that person would think of singing and acting take after take for 12 hours every day for months. So the film, the actors-especially Hugh 
