One of the defining moments in Tom Hooper‘s Les Misérables is when the cast sings the iconic song that ends the first act of the musical, One Day More. It brings all characters of the musical together into one unit on stage and does so and then some when it is performed in the movie.
After seeing the film a little while back, my immediate thought was that Universal really missed some opportunities with their marketing. Sure you have to get to people not that familiar with the musical to get on board and invest the 2.5 hours the movie runs, however if you want to get the diehards (and there are a ton of them around the world), just put the major numbers out there for the internet to swallow up and pass around.
They teased it very successfully with Anne Hathaway in the first trailer, however now somewhere in Spain, someone decided it would be a good idea to release the sequence for One Day More.
Brilliant.
Check it out below and while it is pretty damn great, I can’t stress to you enough how much better it plays on the big screen within the flow of the movie.
Still it is pretty fun to watch an icon be redefined.
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About the Film
Set against the backdrop of 19th-century France, Les Misérables tells an enthralling story of broken dreams and unrequited love, passion, sacrifice and redemption–a timeless testament to the survival of the human spirit. Jackman plays ex-prisoner Jean Valjean, hunted for decades by the ruthless policeman Javert after he breaks parole. When Valjean agrees to care for factory worker Fantine’s young daughter, Cosette, their lives change forever.
Les Misérables, the musical epic stars Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Aaron Tveit, Samantha Barks, Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen.
Les Misérables opens December 25th all over the place.