Les Mis - teaser trailer for the Cannes Film Festival.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg1NTrA_1BE

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Updated On: 5/13/12 at 07:53 AM

If this is intended for Cannes ( which opens in mid-May), have they added the real orchestrations to the teaser? According to Claude Michel Schonberg, the vocals are to be sung live with an ear monitor to feed the piano guide...and orchestrations will be added later ( presumably during post).

Any info about any Cannes screening will be much appreciated.

Nothing new here...it's missing the beginning, the quality is shoddy and this one is posted backwards.

This excerpt from a fairly recent interview with composer Claude Michel Schonberg --

http://www.edgedallas.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=music&sc3=&id=131233

>What works on the stage doesn’t always work in the movies and so we’ve become more and more involved in reworking bits of the script and score. We also are trying to achieve something never done before. All the actors will be recorded singing live on the set with just a piano. They will sing the show live and afterwards the orchestration will be added. It’s a very complicated process.<<<

If you noticed in one of the first sneak videos, with Jackman as Valjean singing in a churchyard, he is obviously wearing an ear monitor.

Check this out --




Also, in this tweet from Russell Crowe when he filmed STARS and sang it 23 times, he mentions that he had an ear monitor for 7 hours --

>Russell Crowe?@russellcrowe

multitudes & sentinels 23x full song...ear monitor for 7 hours, woozy.Angelina visited,woozier,prayed amongst the stars,wooziest...#lesmis<<<

Updated On: 5/13/12 at 10:51 AM

Isn't that the same thing they did with the Bette Midler "Gypsy" ? I thought she was supposed to have sung live on the set, with the orchestra added later.

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I doubt there will be a public screening in Cannes. Universal will probably have footage to show investors only. I'm out in Cannes for the second week of the festival, so if I find out more i'll report back.

Updated On: 5/13/12 at 12:01 PM

I would assume they will be releasing the film in the US and UK, and it might have already been pre bought in other territories.

It sure is crazy. I'd advice people, if you dont have a pass do not go to Cannes during the festival, as you need it to see any films and most of the areas are restricted. There are some great films this year though.