With only one week till the December fifth World Premiere of the hugely-anticipated movie Les Misérables, Oscar-winning director Tom Hooper is embarking on a whistle-stop world tour of press screenings.
In only one week, the filmmaker has travelled from New York, the place Hitfix.com reviews the very first displaying of his work triggered a number of rounds of applause and tears within the viewers, to Los Angeles and Japan for additional screenings. He’ll return to his dwelling metropolis of London for subsequent Wednesday’s World Premiere in Leicester Sq..
Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean
The 2012 film manufacturing of the much-loved musical is widely-tipped for fulfillment at subsequent yr’s Oscars, with many critics claiming it’s already the frontrunner for the ‘Greatest Image’ award and that Hooper might obtain the ‘Greatest Director’ award for a second time, following his success with The King’s Speech in 2011.
His A-list forged, too, has been linked with nominations; MTV reviews that Hugh Jackman is “thought of prone to safe his first-ever Oscar nomination for taking part in the “Les Mis” main man, ex-con Jean Valjean” and that “It is broadly agreed that Anne Hathaway is a lock for a Greatest Supporting Actress nomination for her position as tragic manufacturing facility employee Fantine.”
Les Misérable’s plot centres round ex-prisoner Jean Valjean (Jackman), who’s hunted for many years by the ruthless policeman Javert (Russell Crowe) after he breaks parole. When Valjean agrees to take care of manufacturing facility employee Fantine’s (Hathaway) younger daughter, Cosette, their lives change endlessly.
The nominations for the 2013 Academy Awards will likely be unveiled on January tenth, with Hooper wrapping up promotion between at times.
Les Misérables hits US cinemas on December twenty fifth 2012 and British screens on January eleventh 2013.
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NOTES TO EDITORS
About Tom Hooper:
TOM HOOPER received the Academy Award for steering for “The King’s Speech”. The movie was nominated for twelve Oscars, greater than some other movie that yr, and received Greatest Image, Greatest Director, Greatest Actor, and Greatest Authentic Screenplay. “The King’s Speech” received seven BAFTA awards, together with Greatest Movie and Excellent British Movie. Hooper received the Administrators Guild of America Award for Greatest Director. “The King’s Speech” received the Individuals’s Alternative Award at Toronto Movie Competition and Greatest British Impartial Movie on the British Impartial Movie Awards.
Tom Hooper additionally directed “The Damned United” starring Michael Sheen from a screenplay by Peter Morgan. The movie was nominated for Greatest British movie on the South Financial institution Present Awards following a premiere on the Toronto Movie Competition. Earlier to that Tom Hooper had an unprecedented run of success on the Golden Globes along with his work for HBO, profitable the Golden Globe for greatest film or mini-series made for tv three years in a row. His starring actors and actresses received Golden Globes for his or her performances three years working.
A post-screening interview with the LA Instances may be seen right here: Tom Hooper reveals his tune and dance with ‘Les Miserables’
Tom Hooper on Hugh Jackman may be seen right here: Tom Hooper: ‘There Would Have Been No Les Miserables With out Hugh Jackman’
The movie’s trailer may be seen right here: Tom Hooper’s Les Misérables movie trailer
Latest press on Tom Hooper right here: Tom Hooper press
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