Les Mes Movie Musical Will it Ever Happen?
Les Mes Movie Musical Will it Ever Happen?
nlauar3
Swing Joined: 11/24/05
#0Les Mes Movie Musical Will it Ever Happen?
Posted: 12/29/05 at 2:30pmWho would be the best actors and directors to put this wonderful musical up on the silver screen?
timote316
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/04
#1re: Les Mes Movie Musical Will it Ever Happen?
Posted: 12/29/05 at 2:33pmI believe its in the works now. Cameron Mackintosh is in search of a director who will be completely faithful to the musical aspect of it. Done correctly, it could be VERY good... I don't know about how financially successful it would be if a straight movie adaptation of the stage show were made, but it could be very good.
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#2re: Les Mes Movie Musical Will it Ever Happen?
Posted: 12/29/05 at 3:12pmThere have been literally dozens of non-musical films of Les Miz. The most recent starred Liam Neeson and Claire Danes.
#3re: Les Mes Movie Musical Will it Ever Happen?
Posted: 12/29/05 at 4:09pm
I would actually prefer a live taping of a stage performance with a "Dream Cast" direct to video than a cinematic re-telling of the musical.
Not only would that be true to the stage version, it would also certainly be less costly to produce
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#4re: Les Mes Movie Musical Will it Ever Happen?
Posted: 12/29/05 at 4:33pmHow long do you think the movie would be? The musical is already 2 hours, 45 minutes long. The story would need to be fleshed out even more, possibly new songs added and scenes rearranged. I personally would delete the recitative and use dialog instead. In my vision, it would work better as a movie with arias than as a sung-through film musical. I mean, look at what happened with EVITA and RENT. Movie operas just don't work, in my opinion.
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Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
#5re: Les Mis Movie Musical Will it Ever Happen?
Posted: 12/30/05 at 3:13am
Read this! It's educational, if nothing else.
P.S. I'm sad that I'm the first to correct the spelling in the subject header. Shame on you all!
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#6re: Les Mis Movie Musical Will it Ever Happen?
Posted: 12/30/05 at 8:39amThere was supposed to be a movie of the musical out in 1993. I remember seeing ads for it. Not sure what happened, though.
#7re: Les Mis Movie Musical Will it Ever Happen?
Posted: 12/30/05 at 8:53am
It would be awesome if it would happen.. I'm also down with the the Dream Cast live taping of the show. However, I'm not going to hold my breath for it to come out... 
*edited because I missed a word.
Updated On: 12/30/05 at 08:53 AM
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