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  • Les Misérables - Empty Chairs at Empty Tables: Marius (Eddie Redmayne) mourns his fallen comrades.
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    FILM DESCRIPTION:
    After 19 years as a prisoner, Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) is freed by Javert (Russell Crowe), the officer in charge of the prison workforce. Valjean promptly breaks parole but later uses money from stolen silver to reinvent himself as a mayor and factory owner. Javert vows to bring Valjean back to prison. Eight years later, Valjean becomes the guardian of a child named Cosette after her mother's (Anne Hathaway) death, but Javert's relentless pursuit means that peace will be a long time coming.
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    Cast: Eddie Redmayne
    Screenwriter: Alain Boublil, Herbert Kretzmer, William Nicholson
    Director: Tom Hooper
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  • @jamesgeorge7579
    @jamesgeorge7579 Před 4 lety +7089

    I love how there is nothing elaborate about this scene, no epic cinematography, just a man sitting in a room, alone.

    • @susushisushi
      @susushisushi Před 3 lety +99

      technically the blonde girl was standing by the staircase😂 because she waits for him there when he’s done singing

    • @darkos1430
      @darkos1430 Před 3 lety +20

      i think that if this film has a Cesar it isn’t just for a man sitting in a room alone

    • @aurorameyer159
      @aurorameyer159 Před 3 lety +146

      But that establishing shot is just gorgeous. It's so, so beautiful. Marius is sitting there, alone. None of the triangular compositions that are used to establish power dynamics within a scene. He's small, and the camera is angled down. He's also along the line of the room into the vanishing point, disappearing both visually and into grief for his friends. It's absolutely gorgeous cinema and composition.

    • @najelam
      @najelam Před 3 lety +8

      That’s the point of the song though. You not a thespian 🎭 I see.

    • @malloryfallon6394
      @malloryfallon6394 Před 3 lety +23

      This whole scene is just heartbreaking!!

  • @amazingspiderlad
    @amazingspiderlad Před 3 lety +3392

    Enjolras yelling at him from heaven: There wouldn't be so many empty chairs at empty tables IF YOU HAD PUT THEM ON THE BARRICADE LIKE I ASKED!!

    • @H_APPY.P
      @H_APPY.P Před 3 lety +30

      xD

    • @savikelly5023
      @savikelly5023 Před 3 lety +222

      Enjolras and Marius, the greatest love and hate bromance of all time.

    • @daisybtoes
      @daisybtoes Před 3 lety +30

      How could he? He was shot down, remember? Still, it's a funny thought.

    • @amazingspiderlad
      @amazingspiderlad Před 3 lety +60

      He really did just gather a meeting of all the people that care about his lonely soul

    • @acameron513
      @acameron513 Před 3 lety +65

      That's some of the best dark humor I've ever seen.

  • @froggiebcg
    @froggiebcg Před 4 lety +5390

    *When you're the only one who studied for the final exams*

    • @froggiebcg
      @froggiebcg Před 4 lety +101

      CZcams Channel i’m 100% sure they died on the inside

    • @luciaramirez-leszko4215
      @luciaramirez-leszko4215 Před 4 lety +102

      Wow you really had to make me laugh at 2:30 at literally the most emotional part. But that was funny.

    • @_mel_9953
      @_mel_9953 Před 4 lety +36

      And then all your friends ask you to help them cheat but you can’t, so everyone fails except for you :,((

    • @phoebesmart5192
      @phoebesmart5192 Před 4 lety +10

      I love this comment 😂😂😂😂

    • @priyankakaviraj9801
      @priyankakaviraj9801 Před 3 lety +28

      Well, You destroyed the emotion of the song..... But It was funny

  • @annaxurbina
    @annaxurbina Před 4 lety +4478

    this scene is so powerful, i cry every time. eddie redmayne killed it.

    • @jacquelynnjones1372
      @jacquelynnjones1372 Před 4 lety +55

      r e g i n a I still cannot believe how many awards went to other films that year...

    • @danieloleszek8081
      @danieloleszek8081 Před 4 lety +6

      @@jacquelynnjones1372 Agreed

    • @lifethroughcoraslenses36
      @lifethroughcoraslenses36 Před 4 lety +4

      I know!

    • @malloryfallon6394
      @malloryfallon6394 Před 3 lety +12

      gina same!! He killed it!!! This scene never fails to make me cry

    • @daisybtoes
      @daisybtoes Před 3 lety +19

      Eddie is a miracle, no matter what role he plays. In this case, he breaks my heart and makes me weep.

  • @kefinkamed
    @kefinkamed Před 4 lety +4535

    These 3 minutes are a perfect example of what an Oscar-worthy performance looks like. I am in absolute awe of Eddie Redmayne, it´s beyond me how he could convey such believable raw emotions and still hold the notes... Makes me cry every time.

    • @peyton1254
      @peyton1254 Před 4 lety +4

      kefinkamed they prerecorded the voice

    • @kefinkamed
      @kefinkamed Před 4 lety +281

      @@peyton1254 Actually, they didn´t. This version is famous for recording the vocals live on set and adding the orchestra in post-production. That´s why they all sound somewhat flawed at some point, but ultimately, it adds to the overall effect.

    • @LaundryFaerie
      @LaundryFaerie Před 4 lety +79

      It took many, many takes before he felt he had it right. At least part of his weariness in this scene is real.

    • @malloryfallon6394
      @malloryfallon6394 Před 3 lety +29

      YESSSS HE ABSOLUTELY BLOWS ME AWAY

    • @malloryfallon6394
      @malloryfallon6394 Před 3 lety +5

      Sawyer no they didn’t

  • @ausomeaspie
    @ausomeaspie Před 4 lety +3500

    In the stage play all the dead friends come in and when he sings the "Oh my friends, my friends, don't ask me, what your sacrifice was for!" They all walk off again as if they are disappointed in him for saying that they died in vain. Powerful stuff.

    • @jilliancoleman9670
      @jilliancoleman9670 Před 4 lety +173

      Wow. I can't even imagine how amazing that would be to see.

    • @this-is-alliecat
      @this-is-alliecat Před 3 lety +126

      And I love how he sings it almost like a quiet yell.
      It's just so powerful.

    • @JF-sh2sm
      @JF-sh2sm Před 3 lety +45

      Why didn’t they do this in the movie version too??

    • @ausomeaspie
      @ausomeaspie Před 3 lety +9

      J F I wish I knew!

    • @ekieklund274
      @ekieklund274 Před 3 lety +58

      @@JF-sh2sm realism

  • @theresidentevilafter
    @theresidentevilafter Před 3 lety +636

    "Oh my friends, MY FRIENDS!" he screams, only to have the only full shot of the empty room he stands in is so subtle yet so haunting.

    • @leannaconda5859
      @leannaconda5859 Před 2 lety +19

      Good point. I never noticed that and got double chills

  • @tw_nick
    @tw_nick Před 4 lety +945

    Imagine, be with your best friends on a fight, ready to die by their side, then you wake up and find out they're all dead and you were the only one who survived

    • @_Axolottie_
      @_Axolottie_ Před 4 lety +17

      Haru that would be HORRIBLE

    • @malloryfallon6394
      @malloryfallon6394 Před 4 lety +5

      Lottie Chan that’s what he’s going through!!

    • @malloryfallon6394
      @malloryfallon6394 Před 3 lety +51

      SURVIVORS GUILT

    • @randompinoyboi.-.1652
      @randompinoyboi.-.1652 Před 3 lety +11

      And all of them died in vain.
      Truly must be heartbreaking for Marius.

    • @daisybtoes
      @daisybtoes Před 3 lety +23

      @@randompinoyboi.-.1652 I don't know that much about the Second French Revolution, except that wasn't a total failure. Louis XVIII was a fat, tired old man who didn't really want to be on a throne, so he threw up his hands and left Paris. I don't know where he went, but both the Bourbon Dynasty and Napoleon Bonaparte had worn out their welcome, and the French were ready for Democracy like their American allies. It was a royal mess. But Marius' friends, in the long run, didn't die in vain.

  • @alexandrazisk7091
    @alexandrazisk7091 Před 3 lety +1028

    In my opinion, this was the best singing performance in this movie. He managed not only to sing well, but portray a lot of emotion while he did so. Some of the other performances had some good emotion, but that emotion affected their singing in negative ways.

    • @lucyt6971
      @lucyt6971 Před 3 lety +49

      Anne Hathaway tho'. I think Eddie Redmayne and AH totally blew the critics away. We already knew Wolverine had the chops, but these two blindsided.. talent...amazing.

    • @proserpina4448
      @proserpina4448 Před 2 lety +14

      His performance goes directly under the skin. So powerful, so full of emotions.

    • @gilljames5013
      @gilljames5013 Před 2 lety +3

      Great acting but i dont like the decision they made for the song. Dont know if it was to tailor it to redmaynes ability or not but i dislike not holding out the orignal notes and also not belting the first half F and G

    • @rintv3675
      @rintv3675 Před rokem +10

      @@gilljames5013
      It was probably direction. There were so many bad decisions made behind the scenes ( like telling Hugh Jackman to not drink water for his earlier songs so he looks haggard )
      It's honestly a miracle that this number was even good given the conditions they were working with ( kudos to that at least )

    • @lynseyadams6584
      @lynseyadams6584 Před 6 měsíci

      @@rintv3675 Hugh Jackman purposely lost weight and looked haggard for the first scenes. I don't think they served doughnuts and pizza in French prisons in those days. He was playing it for real. In fact I think the whole cast gave it their all - that's why it was such a fabulous and memorable movie.

  • @husseinmajid4887
    @husseinmajid4887 Před 4 lety +734

    I love the way he says "my friends , my friends" like a very old man at 1:41

  • @San64
    @San64 Před 3 lety +803

    Why he didn't get an Oscar for this, I'll never know.

    • @priyachoudhary9896
      @priyachoudhary9896 Před 3 lety +49

      Well they made up for it in theory of everything

    • @pamelagratton789
      @pamelagratton789 Před 2 lety +5

      Agreed 👍

    • @ezelfrancisco1349
      @ezelfrancisco1349 Před 2 lety +18

      Because the Oscars rewards “realism” and musicals are the last kind of movies they would reward

    • @joejosa8985
      @joejosa8985 Před 2 lety +16

      @@ezelfrancisco1349 guess that crying isn’t realistic.

    • @wabisabi7755
      @wabisabi7755 Před 2 lety +12

      He wasn't "too famous" back then. Oscar wins rely mostly on buzz.

  • @LaundryFaerie
    @LaundryFaerie Před 4 lety +1748

    From 0:57 to 1:41 is my favorite section of this performance. So many other singers build and build in this section until they're singing with full-throated voices "AND I CAN HEEEEEEAR THEM NOW" -- no, you can't, you're too busy singing. Here, the restraint of Eddie Redmayne's voice in that section suggests exactly what the lyrics say -- that he's listening for the ghostly voices of the friends he'll never see again. It's a far more effective treatment, one that makes the song land exactly where and how it's meant to.

    • @nickjvideos
      @nickjvideos Před 3 lety +23

      That part is my favorite too.

    • @albatross4023
      @albatross4023 Před 3 lety +41

      Just because it's an emotional performance, doesn't mean it's the right performance. Although I respect your opinion, I feel that it's supposed to be a singing performance. It's in a musical, not a play. Emotion can be portrayed through singing just as good as acting.

    • @LaundryFaerie
      @LaundryFaerie Před 3 lety +50

      @@albatross4023 Your preference is your own.

    • @albatross4023
      @albatross4023 Před 3 lety +7

      @@LaundryFaerie Yeah I know, I just wanted to say that.

    • @sunny70299
      @sunny70299 Před 3 lety +16

      Depressed Ravioli “emotion can be portrayed through singing just as good as acting” thank you! Unfortunately no one told Tom Hooper this.

  • @PhillipeStLeger
    @PhillipeStLeger Před rokem +457

    This song really caught me off guard in the best way possible the first time I saw it. At this point in the musical it’s near the end and there’s already been so many big numbers, then in comes this one that hits you like a brick with all its emotion.

    • @CoachRudi1
      @CoachRudi1 Před rokem +3

      Truth!! I’m not even sure I’d heard this song before….I’m currently working the live show of the Broadway tour (backstage with costumes) anyway, I heard it for the first time Tuesday night and it had me riveted… The feeling of survivors guilt and the way he sings it it’s just powerful beyond powerful 🦋

    • @OhHeBustin
      @OhHeBustin Před rokem

      @@CoachRudi1 that's so cool dude hope you like it, my gf is working to do what you're doing with the costumes

  • @robertreynolds442
    @robertreynolds442 Před 2 lety +594

    The first time I saw this movie, this scene hit me like a ton of bricks. I broke down and started sobbing as he continued to sing. It shocked my wife because it was the first time she had seen me cry. You see, I am a retired US Army Infantryman. I have deployed to Iraq for three tours. Some of the empty chairs were the direct result of those deployments. Some of my other brothers met their end in Afghanistan after they moved on to different units. The even most heart-breaking losses were when we came home, and they took their own lives. It really is a problem, I have lost more brothers to suicide than to the enemy. What makes all of those empty chairs & tables so painful to think about is that they ultimately died for nothing. It took me a long time to come to the conclusion that all of the blood, pain, and horror we endured, the awful things we saw & did. The horror of knowing that innocent people died because of your actions, and the awful knowledge that you would do it again because it meant you & your brothers get to come home. All war, death, sacrifice, and soul crushing sorrow, was ultimately in vain.

    • @cynthiastisi6452
      @cynthiastisi6452 Před 2 lety +27

      I am in your shoes. I cannot watch this without crying, and my fiancee gets so confused, because I refuse to cry in front of anybody. But this song hours me, and I can't help it

    • @dianasayson2846
      @dianasayson2846 Před 2 lety +17

      I am so sorry for your loss. Each death took a bit of you. I hope you are letting love of your family rebuild your spirit and make whole your soul.

    • @Con_blue
      @Con_blue Před rokem +16

      I always cry in this scene and now your comment made it even worse! I am so sorry for what you've been through, you are very strong.

    • @skwoods7986
      @skwoods7986 Před rokem +4

      Thank you.

    • @itsruffian1730
      @itsruffian1730 Před rokem +2

      you went from "this scene made me cry" to "so anyway lets talk about me and my tour in iraq that ultimately happened for no reason and then ended anyway"

  • @LGPanthers1
    @LGPanthers1 Před 4 lety +724

    I've lost a lot of friends; through cancer, car crashes, warfare, suicide and addiction have I lost a lot of friends. The emptiness remains but they are not forgotten.

    • @lifethroughcoraslenses36
      @lifethroughcoraslenses36 Před 4 lety +14

      Awwww! So sorry! Hope you have a great day.

    • @suzansaleh3031
      @suzansaleh3031 Před 4 lety +8

      BOT Chad sorry for that I can imagine what you feel

    • @aussiehyune
      @aussiehyune Před 4 lety +8

      BOT Chad I feel so sorry for you. I can’t even imagine how much pain you have experienced.

    • @shahadshd5165
      @shahadshd5165 Před 4 lety +5

      I'm so sorry you had to go through that 😓

    • @malloryfallon6394
      @malloryfallon6394 Před 3 lety +2

      Awwwww! I’m so sorry for your loss ❤️❤️

  • @Dale-ct5ru
    @Dale-ct5ru Před 3 lety +485

    I really love how he starts the song in falsetto (head voice) rather than chest voice like basically every other Marius. I listened to the movie soundtrack before any of the other ones so I may be biased, but I feel like starting with an even, low voice like most Mariuses do is contrived - too pretty, not very expressive. The way Eddie Redmayne goes from falsetto to eventual chest voice when the song and emotions build up to the crescendo has the same effect the technique has in "Bring Him Home" - it's really wonderful.

    • @britishnerd3919
      @britishnerd3919 Před 3 lety +4

      Have u heard Jonathan Antoine's version. Its pretty good and he also starts off quiet.

    • @ChicoTunda
      @ChicoTunda Před 2 lety +1

      Isn’t falsetto different from head voice?

    • @Dale-ct5ru
      @Dale-ct5ru Před 2 lety +1

      @@ChicoTunda Yep :)) Head voice is the one I should have used. I'm not gonna bother fixing it though because this comment is quite old.

    • @Carsoncutie3
      @Carsoncutie3 Před 2 lety

      @@Dale-ct5ru I am interested in the difference as a non musical person :O lol

    • @mr.government985
      @mr.government985 Před 2 lety +3

      this is more of a falsetto, as it’s more closely resembling a chest voice. the difference between falsetto and head voice is mostly biological.

  • @janberkemeier7406
    @janberkemeier7406 Před 2 lety +386

    "Oh my friends, my friends, forgive me that I live and you are gone."
    There's so many people in the world who can relate to this and it brings tears to my eyes everytime I hear it.

    • @rafestewart283
      @rafestewart283 Před rokem +7

      It is truly one of the most ugly feelings. I would give up anything to have my mates back. The survivor guilt is awful.

    • @deathraven7314
      @deathraven7314 Před rokem +9

      Survivor's guilt is so brutal. I hate it.

    • @MGGG-mu8lr
      @MGGG-mu8lr Před 5 měsíci +2

      Lost my 26 year old brother to cancer a year ago. Battled it for 7 years. It’s so true

  • @Tirantekk
    @Tirantekk Před 4 lety +754

    This is one of the most well performed scenes in the movie adaptation of this show. I love it so much

    • @Tirantekk
      @Tirantekk Před 4 lety +32

      It would have been so easy for this character to fall behind the scenes with all the other amazing performances. Eddie made that impossible

  • @DarkStormProduction5
    @DarkStormProduction5 Před 3 lety +301

    2:12 from here on is so powerful, especially when he says "Oh my friends! My friends! Don't ask me what you're sacrifice was for."

    • @theaselby6064
      @theaselby6064 Před 3 lety +28

      His face there was what made me feel it so much

  • @inoxiafilms7230
    @inoxiafilms7230 Před 4 lety +1203

    Eddie Redmayne killed this scene.

  • @Mariamunro95
    @Mariamunro95 Před 9 měsíci +47

    One of the best portrayals of survivor's guilt in the history of cinema. The guilt and anguish in his voice when he all but screams "Don't ask me what your sacrifice was for" is almost tangible, sinking like a double-edged knife straight into the soul. There really are no words powerful enough to capture the depth of this kind of agony. Every scene in this movie is an individual masterpiece.

  • @theater_nerd400
    @theater_nerd400 Před 11 měsíci +13

    Eponine literally took a bullet for him and died in his arms. Gavroche was a child, probably no more than ten, who still willingly sacrificed himself for the revolution. Enjolras gone. All his friends gone. You feel that pain, listening to this.

  • @carari4125
    @carari4125 Před 3 lety +576

    There's a grief that can't be spoken,
    There's a pain goes on and on.
    Empty chairs at empty tables,
    Now my friends are dead and gone.
    Here they talked of revolution,
    Here it was they lit the flame,
    Here they sang about tomorrow and tomorrow never came.
    From the table in the corner,
    They could see a world reborn,
    And they rose with voices ringing,
    And I can hear them now
    The very words that they have sung
    Became their last communion
    On this lonely barricade, at dawn.
    Oh my friends, my friends forgive me
    That I live and you are gone
    There's a grief that can't be spoken,
    And there's a pain goes on and on
    Phantom faces at the window,
    Phantom shadows on the floor,
    Empty chairs at empty tables where my friends will meet no more.
    Oh my friends, my friends don't ask me
    What your sacrifice was for
    Empty chairs at empty tables
    Where my friend will sing no more.

    • @daisybtoes
      @daisybtoes Před 3 lety +16

      Wow...How powerful. Eddie sang it perfectly, too.

  • @choirkitty
    @choirkitty Před 4 lety +707

    This song hits you like a knife to the heart. The emotions are just that powerful. And when you feel like that, the song has been performed perfectly

  • @whereiskat2478
    @whereiskat2478 Před 4 lety +119

    Oh my friends my friends forgive me... that I live and you are gone. That broke my heart

  • @gustavobessoni8301
    @gustavobessoni8301 Před 4 lety +527

    I've watched other people singing this song in musicals but this is the most emotional performance I've ever seen. Such raw emotion. Beautiful. It hurts everytime I hear: my friends forgive me, that I live and you are gone.
    The guilt and the pain.

    • @TheKaity1965
      @TheKaity1965 Před rokem +2

      most of the time on stage they dont have any emotion they just sing it and too fast there is no reality that he just lost his friends

    • @debbievidal9536
      @debbievidal9536 Před rokem +1

      M.ichael Ball gives a wonderful interpretation

  • @shiningfaceofluzon5594
    @shiningfaceofluzon5594 Před 3 lety +95

    The raspiness of his voice saying "my friends, my friends". You can already imagine him as an elderly man with a cane longing for his friends😢

  • @aebbantayan9849
    @aebbantayan9849 Před 3 lety +47

    “There’s a grief that can’t be spoken there’s a pain goes on and on...” uggghh😭

  • @GorggW
    @GorggW Před měsícem +4

    Just remember... This whole movie is based on historical events.. people really went through this.. brings a whole new weight to his words

  • @fordfan3179
    @fordfan3179 Před 4 lety +517

    If you're a veteran of any conflict and this song doesn't cut you deep then you've never known a true friend ever. Truly great performance.

    • @fordfan3179
      @fordfan3179 Před 4 lety +8

      @*Intellectual Ruskii , how am I "gatekeeping"

    • @Bleax
      @Bleax Před 3 lety +7

      Ford Fan by saying if people don’t feel similarly as you then they must not have friends. The fact that you don’t see that is even worse.

    • @rhiannonm6022
      @rhiannonm6022 Před 3 lety +5

      @@Bleax exactly, people respond differently and are impacted by different things. They shouldn't invalidate how someone repsonds/feels

    • @daisybtoes
      @daisybtoes Před 3 lety +9

      @@Bleax Aww...that's not what he meant.

    • @jessicadoban2564
      @jessicadoban2564 Před 3 lety +3

      This is not as heroic but also true in the community that pulls through addiction. A list of people you outlived.

  • @joyajohnson2216
    @joyajohnson2216 Před 3 lety +108

    “Phantom faces at the window. Phantom shadows on the floor.” This is my favorite part. A gut punch.

  • @chris68w1
    @chris68w1 Před 3 měsíci +4

    I saw this in theaters roughly about a month after my tour in Afghanistan. I had zero idea what I was getting myself into, this scene absolutely crushed me. The way he so accurately portrays his survivor guilt is one of the most beautiful and moving things I’ve ever come across. I’ve never not found comfort in this piece over the years, it also helped me discover my voice. Such an incredible work of art.

  • @ToolGirl616
    @ToolGirl616 Před 4 lety +117

    This was the first movie I saw Eddie Redmayne, I thought this song was so powerful. His acting was superb here

    • @susantherestorer
      @susantherestorer Před 4 lety +2

      Me too.

    • @daisybtoes
      @daisybtoes Před 3 lety +8

      My first Eddie Redmayne movie was "Fantastic Beasts", and I fell in love with him at once. That's why I found as many of his movies as I could, and Les Miserables is one of my favorites, too.

    • @riversong4997
      @riversong4997 Před 2 lety +1

      I don't remember the first movie I saw him in, but certainly the most powerful was The Danish Girl. He was absolutely amazing in that movie.

  • @StickyMcBudNugget
    @StickyMcBudNugget Před 4 lety +160

    I'm not a musical person, but I may have to watch Les Miserables. Even without full context, this transforms you into feeling what hes feeling

    • @Nooralhudahamad
      @Nooralhudahamad Před 4 lety +13

      You should!! One of the most amazing tales ever..so sad and miserable but so real

    • @stephaniebender3481
      @stephaniebender3481 Před 4 lety +4

      Definitely recommended.

    • @susantherestorer
      @susantherestorer Před 4 lety +3

      Yes! Yes! Do it!

    • @daisybtoes
      @daisybtoes Před 3 lety +6

      @@Nooralhudahamad That's probably why the title translates roughly to mean "Miserable People".

    • @daisybtoes
      @daisybtoes Před 3 lety +5

      You don't have to be into musicals. A lot of people are not. But this one is different and it is really in the realm of Opera, along with Sweeney Todd and Phantom of the Opera. To call any of these simply musicals is in error.

  • @dianebamford410
    @dianebamford410 Před 2 lety +47

    This man who was waiting on his teenage daughter to come out of the restroom, says to me that his daughter, when she first saw Eddie Redmayne on screen said, he's a funny looking fellow, and at the end of Empty Tables, she was crying saying that he was the most beautiful man she'd ever seen.

  • @nairbas392
    @nairbas392 Před 3 lety +48

    My dear friend Benny Harvey used to sing at the pub on a regular basis. Rest in peace. Miss ya big man.

  • @BenMoranFilms
    @BenMoranFilms Před 3 lety +55

    1:31 The way he delivers "On this lonely barricade..." is truly heartbreaking.

  • @kamuymamushi5877
    @kamuymamushi5877 Před 2 lety +25

    Eddie Redmayme will always be the best Marius to me
    My God that VOICE and EMOTION

  • @babyybear
    @babyybear Před 3 lety +100

    I genuinely think that this is one of the most powerful scenes in Les Mis overall. The raw emotion just resonates with me so much.

  • @colldollm51
    @colldollm51 Před 3 měsíci +2

    I have the profoundest respect for Eddie Redmayne. He makes us all see what we must see.

  • @adairaowens3153
    @adairaowens3153 Před 4 lety +86

    truly heartbreaking. He's seriously the most underrated in this movie

  • @audreyyu07
    @audreyyu07 Před 4 lety +61

    My friends my friends forgive, that I live and you are gone. That gives me chills everytime

    • @wildelove13
      @wildelove13 Před 4 lety +3

      Survivors guilt. Breaks my heart.

  • @jamesmatthew01
    @jamesmatthew01 Před 9 měsíci +1

    I cry everytime I watch this year after year

  • @shannonb3192
    @shannonb3192 Před měsícem +3

    It happens so often in an epic tale that the main character is the only one who survives a battle, and I always thought it was strange how quickly the story always just moves on. I know it’s because to the audience those minor characters were expendable, but that wouldn’t be true from the perspective of that surviving main character. I love that they took the time to let the hero mourn his friends here, the way he would in real life.

  • @TheHManShow
    @TheHManShow Před 6 měsíci +17

    Eddie Redmayne really is an underrated actor. Say what you want about his singing, which I think is quite beautiful, but he is an incredibly talented actor and you can’t help but feel for him as he mourns his friends all dying at the barricade.

  • @LordSkelleton13
    @LordSkelleton13 Před rokem +3

    I came here because my grandma just passed away. I know the song isn't about that. She didn't even like musicals or had any connection with this movie/play. But looking at her empty room, the chair she sat on, I just can't stop thinking about this song. Empty chairs at empty tables... Her room just feels so empty without her. Now I will just burst into tears wherever I hear this song remembering her.

  • @jacobjamersony
    @jacobjamersony Před 2 lety +3

    I've never seen any actor or actress portray grief and loss so honestly.

  • @shadowhunterartemis
    @shadowhunterartemis Před 3 lety +23

    So many of the things we have.... anti-discrimination laws, minimum wage, the eight hour workday, are because people like Marius fought and sometimes died for a better future... One that we enjoy and they will never see. Next week will be Labor Day. Remember this song, and remember that the fight is not over.

  • @cFatoss
    @cFatoss Před 4 lety +30

    2:28 soo powerful. "oh my friends, my friends don't ask me"😪😪 goosebumps every time.

  • @edgydreamy681
    @edgydreamy681 Před 4 lety +86

    PHANTOM FACES AT THE WINDOW!!!!
    PHANTOM SHADOWS ON THE FLOOR

    • @Xatarino
      @Xatarino Před 4 lety +2

      Por favor no diga idiotez

    • @edgydreamy681
      @edgydreamy681 Před 4 lety +2

      FRANC Co: what?

    • @Xatarino
      @Xatarino Před 4 lety +1

      @@edgydreamy681 por favor no

    • @Elijahsik
      @Elijahsik Před 3 lety +2

      Saw Les Mis at the queens theatre in london and this very lyric gives me chills because of the ghostly shadows they cast on the floor as he sang it. so powerful

    • @sanctacaecilia11
      @sanctacaecilia11 Před 3 lety +2

      *Erik's face is pressed against the window*

  • @johnanderson3700
    @johnanderson3700 Před 3 měsíci +2

    He is so talented & to portray such emotion in song is just another example of his skill.

  • @randomhuman5535
    @randomhuman5535 Před 2 lety +5

    the Muppets style one

  • @alinareybey3263
    @alinareybey3263 Před 4 lety +175

    How is he still freaking adorable when he’s crying and singing? 😂😑😭😭

  • @Fot113
    @Fot113 Před 3 lety +41

    I heard he did this scene 28 times or so and he himself was only satisfied in releasing the last take

  • @wayward.philosopher
    @wayward.philosopher Před 2 lety +20

    I have avoided this cinematic version for almost 10 years because Les Mis is literally my favorite musical and the 10th anniversarydream cast is the definitive version, IMHO. But Eddie Redmayne actually did a great job here! Sorry I waited so long!

  • @FantasticBeasts2024
    @FantasticBeasts2024 Před rokem +2

    He should’ve been Oscar nominated for this film. Him & Eponine.

  • @BangkokVoiceCoach
    @BangkokVoiceCoach Před 8 měsíci +3

    THIS! is acting with the voice. Shockingly brilliant.

  • @nina1522
    @nina1522 Před 2 lety +7

    "My friends, forgive me that I live and you are gone." I can't even begin to imagine what the torture of survivor's guilt must be like.

  • @mykahjoseph
    @mykahjoseph Před 9 dny +2

    he was PERFECT! Ive alway loved the fact that they recorded live on the set while filming.

  • @kathyha9819
    @kathyha9819 Před 2 lety +18

    For me, it was just the most miserable scene from Les miserables, Eddie Redmayne had sang and expressed his feelings wonderfully, and painfully!

  • @angelenapulis9083
    @angelenapulis9083 Před rokem +20

    When I saw this movie for the first time and had no idea what the story was about... this scene wrecked me. Eddie Redmayne became one of my favorite actors in a handful of minutes. Absolutely heart-wrenching.

  • @davidpietarila699
    @davidpietarila699 Před 3 lety +16

    There was a lot of criticism of this movie when comparing it to the play. I honestly don’t think you can get this kind of authentic emotion from an actor when he has to project his voice to the back row of the theater. I think for it to feel real it has to be done quietly and alone with the ghosts.

    • @sunny70299
      @sunny70299 Před 3 lety

      David Pietarila The authentic emotion is in the voice and the music. You shouldn’t need to hear a wobbly affected crying voice or tears running down someone’s face to see or hear the emotion. Tom Hooper doesn’t understand this.

    • @daisybtoes
      @daisybtoes Před 3 lety

      There is a difference between staged opera and movies.

    • @francespreece3192
      @francespreece3192 Před 2 lety

      I agree. Although I love the play more for it's fantastic atmosphere, on film the individual emotions are a revelation and a triumph.

  • @amuppet8855
    @amuppet8855 Před 9 měsíci +2

    I've only just watched Les Mis for the first time today. This is probably the best part.

  • @UpToDateMeme
    @UpToDateMeme Před 3 lety +38

    The Eddie does this shows such raw, genuine emotion. He shows grief show heavy perfectly in this and it hurts my soul to see that kind of sadness

  • @voiddollnero7677
    @voiddollnero7677 Před 4 lety +484

    Me when I drop out of school and my friends keep studying
    Edit: Guess im not the only one

    • @K-MasterGirl
      @K-MasterGirl Před 3 lety +2

      Tbh I read this the the opposite way first but it’s still funny.

  • @dr-qi4yx
    @dr-qi4yx Před 4 lety +16

    *here they sang about tomorrow but tomorrow never came* :((

  • @merle1929
    @merle1929 Před 2 lety +13

    Keep in mind he is primarily an actor but this is a great voice with incredible range

  • @christinatrahin2103
    @christinatrahin2103 Před rokem +2

    Heartache, guilt, and the agony after losing your friends..

  • @jadecurtis2791
    @jadecurtis2791 Před rokem +27

    I’ve come here to cry….. simply breathtakingly beautiful

  • @EmBeye21
    @EmBeye21 Před 10 měsíci +10

    I've seen this scene performed by multiple actors/singers over the past 30 years, and this guy is the only one I've ever seen who begins to show the true anguish that the character would have been experiencing in that tragic situation.
    He simply nailed it. I don't know if he won any awards for his performance, but he absolutely deserves one.

  • @orhanunlu6307
    @orhanunlu6307 Před 3 lety +10

    Yer father wid be proud

  • @gailjones8697
    @gailjones8697 Před 2 lety +32

    Eddie Redmayne has so much emotion in his presentation that it truly stays with you a while. It is not easy to make the change from very soft vocalizing to very strong, but he nails it. Unforgettable.

  • @emmygorbet3250
    @emmygorbet3250 Před 3 lety +5

    Imagine how emotionally draining this song is to sing

  • @jussilahtinen1361
    @jussilahtinen1361 Před 2 lety +17

    One of the best version of this song.Redmayne really shows his skills to be a leading actor in21st century, and his voice on this song is so REAL.Fantastic version

  • @daphnear1
    @daphnear1 Před 2 lety +16

    As a Veteran, to see this scene (perhaps the best protrayl filmed) and hear this rendition is haunting, moving, and heartbreaking.

  • @youngsimmer7767
    @youngsimmer7767 Před 4 lety +125

    Me here watching all of the interpretations of this to learn how to perform it on my schools les mis

    • @fordfan3179
      @fordfan3179 Před 4 lety +23

      Fern, imagine you're in the military. With a hundred guys you don't know. Imagine you've undergone the hardest training in the world and leaned on each other for weeks to get through it. Next, imagine shipping out to some far off hostile land and you and these "friends" endure the worst the enemy has to throw at you. In fact imagine you all came out of it unscathed and victorious! You are so pumped, these guys are now your brothers. That metal has been tested and you don't even hesitate when a new more powerful foe arises. Now one by one, these friends, brothers are getting torn from your life, one or two at a time and you're helpless to do anything about it. You have to just watch it happen. When the smoke clears, they're all gone. It's just you. Not even a shoulder to cry on. .........
      Now sing the song!
      Let me know how it goes.
      Sgt CM Cotter
      2/58infantry
      US Army

    • @aignatiusamo4257
      @aignatiusamo4257 Před 4 lety +8

      @@fordfan3179 that was really harsh sgt.. but yes, its that exact feeling..

    • @fordfan3179
      @fordfan3179 Před 4 lety +10

      There's nothing as harsh as losing a person close to you to the gore of battle. The images are hopelessly indelible.
      "There's a grief that can't be spoken.
      There's a pain goes on and on"
      Like those words.

    • @bendrankin2290
      @bendrankin2290 Před 4 lety +2

      Ford Fan Amen brother.

    • @paulmarcdagatan7124
      @paulmarcdagatan7124 Před 4 lety

      @JaxonFinn same My name is Marius Pontmercy. Are your presentation in Les Mesirables done because we're going to perform ours on March 10 2020 so I have to practice being Marius Pontmercy very hard.

  • @josephyang4997
    @josephyang4997 Před 3 lety +3

    PTSD in a song. Even the winners don't win in war.

  • @tashy260291
    @tashy260291 Před 3 lety +12

    Best version of this song. Hands down.

  • @rachristensen
    @rachristensen Před rokem +5

    Eddie Redmayne’s version of this song is perfection.

  • @WALTDISNEYWORMDOG
    @WALTDISNEYWORMDOG Před rokem +3

    NOTHING CAN TOP THE RAW EMOTION IN THIS.

  • @bhagavatidasi2373
    @bhagavatidasi2373 Před 3 lety +9

    For me this is the most beautiful and the most powerful song of the whole movie.

  • @carlycrays2831
    @carlycrays2831 Před 3 lety +16

    Whatever you do, do not watch this immediately after watching The Clone Wars season 7.

  • @dakotagradyx
    @dakotagradyx Před rokem +3

    when he sings "oh my friends, my friends dont ask me what your sacrifice was for" is so powefull my god he done so well

  • @christinemeyer7163
    @christinemeyer7163 Před 7 měsíci +2

    what a performance and conveying of such sorrow

  • @OmegaGamer707
    @OmegaGamer707 Před 4 lety +56

    When I saw this for the first time I was little and didn’t understand stand this scream now I’m in high school and now I get his reaction. All of his friends are dead and he is the only one left

  • @sarahnash276
    @sarahnash276 Před 3 lety +30

    I love Les Mis...I'd heard this song so many times before I saw the film rendition and knew what was coming. Yet to this day I have never been as moved by a scene as I was by Eddie's performance. I still cry like a baby every time I hear it, Eddie Redmayne conveys the agony of grief in this song like I've never experienced before.

  • @garethlawton5278
    @garethlawton5278 Před 2 lety +3

    This hits a lot harder in these past few weeks.

  • @terrylewis_
    @terrylewis_ Před 2 lety +7

    I can't contain my tears "Oh my friends, my FRIIIIIEEEEENDS" gets me every time. I just instantly tear up and have fullbody goosebumps.

  • @sho279
    @sho279 Před 4 lety +116

    Me when I'm the last one left on my team in dodgeball and lose

  • @sarina76667
    @sarina76667 Před 9 měsíci +3

    I seriously want to know how he held a note while crying. Tears normally Gum up your vocal cords. What’s the secret? Seriously, my father has already informed me that I’ll be singing his funeral mass and he would like the Soprano version of Schubert’s Ave Maria. Mom’s funeral was easy because I was angry, but I’ve had extensive therapy now and I cry a lot more freely than I used to. I’m not the ice princess anymore or hard hearted Hannah. And Dad’s church has no choir loft, so I’ll be right up front. I know I’ve still got a few years left, but I can still train!

  • @pobz3832
    @pobz3832 Před 2 lety +3

    I was taught by Samantha Pauly (the Broadway actress) how to sing with emotion. She said to dig down into what you can relate with this song, so I did. And now, everytime I hear or sing this song, I break down in tears while I think about my friends that I have lost. It truly breaks my heart.

  • @waipanyu7038
    @waipanyu7038 Před 3 lety +13

    I’m a hker. Many of my friends had been thrown to jails. And I hear this song, I feel guiltiness has burnt my heart

  • @diannespalding6542
    @diannespalding6542 Před 8 měsíci +5

    The fact that all the musical numbers were done in one take in the movie added an extra measure of emotion that can’t happen when they are lip syncing.

  • @thomasfulmele1470
    @thomasfulmele1470 Před rokem +3

    When I saw this in the movie, I thought is was not up to par with the Broadway show but now I watch it and see how fabulous a job Eddie did with this.

  • @camillemckenzie3235
    @camillemckenzie3235 Před rokem +2

    This is good, but I have to say it's more effective in the play and the concert versions, where the ghosts of his friends surround him.

  • @Inamichan
    @Inamichan Před 2 lety +1

    This is the the best song in this movie. He rocked it.

  • @2CalaLilly
    @2CalaLilly Před 2 lety +8

    This is one of the most powerful performances I've ever seen on film, and I've seen countless movies in my 75 years of age. This is right up there with the greatest performances of all time. Stunning in its purity and simplicity while showing what real grief looks like.

  • @jeanettesmith765
    @jeanettesmith765 Před 3 lety +12

    I'm so glad he won a later Oscar for The Theory of Everything. He is so talented.

    • @daisybtoes
      @daisybtoes Před 3 lety +2

      He has a long, impressive list of awards to his name, including an OBE from the Queen. Go look him up on Wikipedia, and prepare to be truly impressed.

  • @synjinkai2411
    @synjinkai2411 Před 2 lety +2

    His grief is more powerful than his voice. Great job eddie

  • @sangeuna0616
    @sangeuna0616 Před 4 lety +17

    Here they sang about tomorrow, but tomorrow never came... Im crying