'Les Miserables' international trailer shows almost every cast member singing

By Sandy Schaefer, Screen Rant / November 8, 2012

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Previous trailers for the Les Misérables musical – from Oscar-winning director Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech) – featured Anne Hathaway’s rendition of “I Dream a Dream,” but kept a lid on the rest of the cast’s singing performances (which were recorded live during filming).

The new international trailer for Les Miz also showcases the vocal capabilities of stars like Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, and Samantha Barks (covering songs such as “A Heart Full of Love,” “One Day More,” and “Do You Hear the People Sing?”). Moreover, we at last get footage of Sacha Baron Cohen and Helena Bonham Carter (with a customary crazy hairdo) bringing the loathsome Thénardiers to life on the big screen.

For novices, the film (based on the award-winning Broadway musical adaptation of Victor Hugo’s novel) tells the tale of unjustly-imprisoned Jean Valjean (Jackman), who seeks redemption once he is released. However, his decision to break parole incites the wrath of Inspector Javert (Crowe), an obsessive policeman determined to bring Valjean ‘to justice’ no matter what. Hathaway plays a struggling factory worker named Fantine, whose daughter Cosette (Isabelle Allen as a child, Seyfried as an adult) eventually comes under the care of Valjean – having previously been forced to work as a servant by the Thénardiers, who were entrusted to care for her by Fantine and treat her like their own daughter Éponine (Barks).

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'Les Miserables' international trailer shows almost every cast member singing

The 'Les Miserables' new international trailer features vocals by stars Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Eddie Redmayne, Amanda Seyfried, and Samantha Barks.