Tom Hooper & Eddie Redmayne at 24th PSIFF

photo by Michael Buckner

LES MISÉRABLES (2012)

On Sunday January 6th at the 24th Palm Springs International Film Festival, the festival's 'Talking Pictures' program featured director Tom Hooper & actor Eddie Redmayne - Les Misérables (2012)- where they spoke about their journey adapting the epic musical to film.

English director Tom Hooper is best known for 'The Damned United' (2009), and his Oscar® winning film for The King's Speech (2010).

Actor Eddie Redmayne, known for his recent success in 'My Week With Marilyn' (2011), plays the role of the French revolutionary Marius.

Redmayne and Hooper attended the PSIFF awards gala the night before where Hooper was awarded the Sonny Bono Visionary Award.

Les Misérables (2012)

DIRECTOR: Tom Hooper Producer: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh Editor: Chris Dickens, Melanie Oliver Screenwriter: William Nicholson, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schônberg, Herbert Kretzmer Cinematographer: Danny Cohen Music: CLAUDE Michel SCHO¨NBERG Principal Cast: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Sacha Baron Cohen, Helena Bonham Carter, Eddie Redmayne US Distributor: Universal Pictures