Les Miserables Film Script Released (?) — Page 4

Sorry, it doesn't seem to work either.

omg just read it and now i am even more excited. but ill be on a cruise for xmas so ill have to wait till i get back

The discussions on IMDB were nearing 200 posts - ironically all quite positive about the screenplay, including the changes from the musical and the additions from the novel. As someone pointed out, the discussions could have been insightful to Universal for purposes of getting an audience feedback, albeit they were based only on the screenplay. Almost like a rough test screening!

Now I'm worried it's because the screenplay doesn't represent what we'll see in December (as in, they've cut a lot out during editing, or a lot of it didn't get filmed). That would be a huge disappointment.

I have a copy.

It's still a pretty damn good script, blue or otherwise.

It was removed because it was not meant to be seen by the general public, leaking it to the public breaks various confidentiality agreements, and reposting it is technically copyright infringement. That is why it was taken down, and not for any of the reasons you are worrying about.

I would guess it was not yet supposed to have been on the public website. The other films on universalpicturesawards.com have already been released, which is why their screenplays are still available to download.

It's a fantastic read and the imagery is magnificent! The storytelling is so concise and I like the new order; you don't learn anything before you need to know it (IDAD placement right on). Eponine fleshed out, each Student more fully realized [imho], the Marius-Valjean relationship stronger (that rescue scene!). And I do believe the audience will take the leap of faith (literally) to welcome the ghosts at the end. As you've surmised, I'm all over this thing.

Yeah, I think they need a "montage" of Fantine trying to find work and then not being able to or something.

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Here is a clip in which you may find some interest:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXIsH8zMOfk&feature=g-vrec

It looks so wonderful.

I agree with both Eponine72 and StageManager2. I also strongly disagree with points they've both made, mainly, that there have been major improvements and that the restructuring ruins the tale.

If that sounds convoluted, don't blame me, blame people who don't get it. That the film is an adaptation of the stage musical and the vast majority of stuff added that are not in the stage version wouldn't work on stage anyway. A lot of what they left behind of the stage version wouldn't work on film anyway. I know in today's competition obsessed culture, the immediate impulse is to declare something or someone a "winner." Please resist that urge. Approaching this with a "this is sooo much better than that lacking stage musical" only makes you out to look more foolish than Cammack when he goes on about how his new production of Les Mis is so much better than his original. Foolishness wouldn't even be a part of the equation had the stage version not been the unquestionably mega success it has been. In all my years as a fan, there have been close to no complaints on the song order or events, staging, designs, or anything about the original. I've always been intrigued by how universally pleasing that production has been, so suggesting it is a bomb that did not ring true or calling it a dated, creaky relic just makes you appear to be extremely foolish and desperate.

The stage version works perfectly well for a stage presentation. It isn't at all lacking anything. We get it, because it has something of substance to give, and it does it all without spelling it out. Stuffing the stage piece with all the added material of the film would weigh the show down horribly. "I Dreamed a Dream" is absolutely perfect where it is in the stage version. Thinking of placing it after "Lovely Ladies" on stage is the worst idea ever. It's a lie that it doesn't ring true where it has always been, ask the millions who have seen the show. I can confidently bet everything that an overwhelming majority would not claim the number doesn't ring true before "Lovely Ladies."

With that, I agree and disagree with both for unlikely reasons. Eponine72 was right on in his/her thoughts about how the song works in the stage version. I do somewhat disagree that that is her breaking point, but in a way, it is a major point of change, and those who understand theatre know intuitively how that makes the placement of this song before the worst comes more effective. I agree with StageManager2 that the placement after she has hit rock bottom in the film is a tad more effective than having it after she gets fired. Obviously, I disagree with the desperate assertion that the number never rang true in the stage version. Um, yes, it did.

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Approaching this with a "this is sooo much better than that lacking stage musical" only makes you out to look more foolish than Cammack when he goes on about how his new production of Les Mis is so much better than his original.

I'm so done.

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