She has 1 take and she sang it live with no do overs according to an interview I watched. To sing so beautifully and cry at the same time is unbelievable talent in my opinion and then to act on top of that was incredible.
@@broadsword310 - I've heard Anne state on multiple occasions that she did it seven times and they used an early take. Perhaps you were misunderstanding. This scene was one take. But they shot it multiple times.
@@broadsword310 yeah i think what they were meaning is - they did not stop the camera at all during the scene, so it was one take - but it was not the one and only times they did it. They didn't 'splice' together multiple takes. Still so very very impressive!
One of the best movie performances I’ve ever seen, and easily one of the most deserved Oscar wins of all time. I cried 20 seconds into “I Dreamed a Dream” and sobbed through the rest of it. Beautiful and haunting at the same time. Love you Anne!
I've never ever seen pure anguish portrayed by any actor anytime so pure and so raw as this. And singing perfectly at the same time as crying and gasping for breath... anyone with a heart cannot watch this without crying too.
We can say what we do about actors being vain narcissists. And many are. Self-centered and just basking in public (and self) adulation. But every once in a while one comes along and demonstrates true talent, the true gift, and depth of acting in a character that jumps off the screen. A performance that makes us sit back in our seat and marvel at the true natural and developed talent that someone has. This is such a performance. If this performance did *not* earn the Academy Award then the Oscar means nothing. Well done Miss Hathaway.
My God, every time I watch this, I feel so sad with Anne Hathaway's despair almost like hands reaching out to me. And yet I keep watching it because I think I'd like to be at her side and comfort her. Anne deserved sweeping the awards for this incredible portrayal.
Anne has an uncanny ability, probably one of the greatest actresses in history, you can feel her characters pain, her empathy is supernaturally beautiful, you know she really really feels it and delivers it directly to your soul, visually and vocally, but with something else too, something beyond words. I hope she as person finds so much joy and happiness and love in her life, someone with such a beautiful soul, a beautiful heart, deserves this.
The thing about this song is that it's written towards love as if God is apart from it not as if He is the reason love exists.. you know John 3:16... Tim Tebow FLORIDA vs OKLAHOMA 2009 BCS national championship.... anyhow... Love lives With God... Agape love is what it is and there you have it... I'm not shaming the song at all... I'm a lover of le mis. It's a heartthrob of a play. Anne Hathaway did the character justice and I piggybacking off of the lyrics as a Christian like I should soon yeah...
I think she's the best one at doing this rendition, she sings it as it's meant to be, full of emotions and despair. She's such a talent, can act and sing like that. I wish she would actually have another musical opportunity.
This is such a magnificent performance- can’t you totally feel her pain and sense of betrayal and futility…I cried and cried watching this- her tears!! That made it seem SO real
I know Henshaw has the prize when it comes to vocal BUT I think this is the best PERFORMANCE of this song. It's a sad song filled with despair and Hathaway performance reflects EXACTLY THAT. Henshaw has a performance e where she actually smiles during. How can that be convincing? She has a superior voice BY FAR but Hathaway performed the song the way it should be depicted. Unpopular opinion.
@@ghettokage6104 Listen to it with your eyes closed, it's the worst performance of this song by a very wide margin. Here's a comparison: ua-cam.com/video/-p6OH7FoWoQ/v-deo.html If you can notice a difference, it's time to get a hearing aid.
@@iseeyou1312 the Oscars for Anne’s category is not anything about music or whatnot, it was an acting category (lol I never thought I had to explain this 😂)
Absolutely brilliant. I can not watch this without openly sobbing. She nailed every emotion meant to invoke here. Her love for her daughter. Her pain of betrayal by her lover. Abandonment. Undo shame. Fear. Disgust at what she must do because as a woman, she had no choice. My heart breaks every time…like it’s the first time I’ve heard/watched this. I first learned of Les Mis when my Mom wanted to see a production by a local youth group and I took her. All performers were 18 and under. They were beyond AMAZING. I’ll never forget it. I didn’t want it to end. My sister took my Mom to see Les Mis on Broadway. ❤️❤️❤️. My Mom is gone now 7 years. I love you Mom. You and I, and then your granddaughters too, shared some incredible memories. I’ll never forget this one…just you and me.
There was a time when men were kind When their voices were soft And their words inviting There was a time when love was blind And the world was a song And the song was exciting There was a time Then it all went wrong I dreamed a dream in times gone by When hope was high and life worth living I dreamed, that love would never die I dreamed that God would be forgiving Then I was young and unafraid And dreams were made and used and wasted There was no ransom to be paid No song unsung, no wine untasted But the tigers come at night With their voices soft as thunder As they tear your hope apart As they turn your dream to shame He slept a summer by my side He filled my days with endless wonder He took my childhood in his stride But he was gone when autumn came And still I dream he'll come to me That we will live the years together But there are dreams that cannot be And there are storms we cannot weather I had a dream my life would be So different from this hell I'm living So different now from what it seemed Now life has killed the dream I dreamed
"I dreamed a dream in time gone by", not "I dreamed a dream in times gone by". Same with the line "There are dreams..." I didn't hear the "But" being sung at all.
The show has always been my favorite musical of all time. I remember the soundtrack for the film came out when I lived in Paris. The first time I played Anne's version of the song, I was on the train. Her performance, even without the images, made me weep to such an extent I had to get off the train and listen to the song on repeat till I couldn't cry anymore. And when I saw it in theatres? Whooo boy. We all had to swim out afterwards.
i really like this song and so yesterday and today I have listened to a few different versions. This is by far the best, it isn't the most 'technical' it isn't the 'best vocal' but wow oh wow this has the most heart, the most feeling and the one that makes me feel the song and the context more than any other. Well done, well done!! This is my go-to spotify version! lol
If you compare this with the broadway/westend production, her performane in this scene is so emotive. the best version ive heard, the words are the same, but the delivery is so much more emotive - A*
Power, passion and pathos. Just an incredible performance. The anguish and raw pain of those words comes through with unvarnished authenticity. I was stunned.
I was recommended to that video by a friend and didn't expect that. What a marvellous rendition. Brilliant and heartbreaking by its naturalness and roughness but still so poetically and beautifully sung. All comes straight from the bottom of her heart. Last but not least the camera work and lightning is excellent too. Can't stop playing it.
Incredible just incredible very emotional!!! It always breaks my heart when i see Anna and hear like that!!! Always have tears in my eyes!!! Oscar well diserved !!!!
@@AegisNova - I love this performance. It’s a theatrical masterpiece. From a belcanto standpoint, she doesn’t stay on her air at times and her diction could be more clipped, but I think it works for her.
It’s like that scene in Home Alone 2 where Marv kicks the door open and says “Harry! I reached the top!” only to fall down to the basement. That’s Tom Hooper career from King’s Speech to Cats in a nutshell.
I think the problem with cats is that people see cats for the dancing and not story or the plot line and I don’t think it ever would’ve transferred well into an actual cinematic movie regardless of who the director is
@@two-face1041 exactly cats is an amazing stage production however it doesn’t have much of a story line. I think that the film wasn’t as terrible as critics said it was (like yes it was bad but not as bad as they made it out to be), however for someone who sees the film without having any past knowledge of the show they would hate it more since they know nothing about it and don’t get the fact that most of the amazing(ness) from the show is the costumes and choreography
A phenomenal performance and one thoroughly deserving of the award it led to. A real highlight of my day once again as I could never tire of seeing quality performances like this.
A friend of mine went to London for the Premiere of this Movie and she said when this scene came on everybody stood up and clapped at the end of it and at the end of the movie
Lol. Whenever she says she dreamed of a life so much better than the hell she’s living I lose it. Reminds me of my life. I’d say be constantly vigilant about making good decisions but it’s all a crapshoot. You can make the best decisions with the information you have at the time and still end up in the gutter. Preach on, Fantine.
Großes Lob! Eine ganz tolle Leistung dieser "Sängerin" und Darstellerin! GANZ GROSSE KLASSE!!! Ich musste wirklich mehr als einmal "heulen"! Beste Version, die ich je gehört habe! (Und SIE und dieses Lied hat "Spuren" in mir hinterlassen!)
I'm a living version of this song. When I was young, I had all these hopes, dreams, full of energy, full of life, health, eagerness to face anything etc but now, 20 years later, everything gone except my dreams which still here just to mock me 🙁
I remember going to see this on Christmas Day in Gettysburg PA when it first hit our town and when she sang this song I was just blown away. What a moving performance she gave. She is one amazing actress. It is my all time favorite movie/musical. I also saw it on Broadway several years before this version came out.
OMG that is EXACTLY what I thought after watching this!! I’ve heard the song before and literally earlier today I watched a clip from Britain’s Got Talent where Susan Boyle and an actress from the west end production sang this song and they were smiling and holding hands and I was like “what does this song even mean?!” Saw this clip and I immediately got it. Beautiful! I want to see the whole thing now!
I can't believe that out of any other video, my finger decided to misclick on unlike instead of like button on THIS one!! *headbang* One of the most glorious performances of a highly emotional song ever...
imagine being the director of this film and having anne hathaway acting like this in front of your camera. just chills
I know, she’s phenomenal
This was not pre-recorded, I believe . She sang as the camera rolled. Powerful .
She doesn’t sing this, she performs it. The audience doesn’t hear this, they feel it. Every single word of it. Incredible talent.
Then what?
@@msf8297 cats
She has 1 take and she sang it live with no do overs according to an interview I watched. To sing so beautifully and cry at the same time is unbelievable talent in my opinion and then to act on top of that was incredible.
nah, she said they did like 7 takes but ended up using one the early ones
@ No, she and the director both said she did it in one take.
@@broadsword310 - I've heard Anne state on multiple occasions that she did it seven times and they used an early take. Perhaps you were misunderstanding. This scene was one take. But they shot it multiple times.
@@broadsword310 yeah i think what they were meaning is - they did not stop the camera at all during the scene, so it was one take - but it was not the one and only times they did it. They didn't 'splice' together multiple takes. Still so very very impressive!
Les Miserables is one of the greatest stories ever written
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This is how this song is meant to be sung. It is a song of despair and sadness and facing harsh reality. Anne nailed it.
One of the best movie performances I’ve ever seen, and easily one of the most deserved Oscar wins of all time. I cried 20 seconds into “I Dreamed a Dream” and sobbed through the rest of it. Beautiful and haunting at the same time. Love you Anne!
I've never ever seen pure anguish portrayed by any actor anytime so pure and so raw as this. And singing perfectly at the same time as crying and gasping for breath... anyone with a heart cannot watch this without crying too.
We can say what we do about actors being vain narcissists. And many are. Self-centered and just basking in public (and self) adulation. But every once in a while one comes along and demonstrates true talent, the true gift, and depth of acting in a character that jumps off the screen. A performance that makes us sit back in our seat and marvel at the true natural and developed talent that someone has. This is such a performance. If this performance did *not* earn the Academy Award then the Oscar means nothing. Well done Miss Hathaway.
My God, every time I watch this, I feel so sad with Anne Hathaway's despair almost like hands reaching out to me. And yet I keep watching it because I think I'd like to be at her side and comfort her. Anne deserved sweeping the awards for this incredible portrayal.
Anne has an uncanny ability, probably one of the greatest actresses in history, you can feel her characters pain, her empathy is supernaturally beautiful, you know she really really feels it and delivers it directly to your soul, visually and vocally, but with something else too, something beyond words. I hope she as person finds so much joy and happiness and love in her life, someone with such a beautiful soul, a beautiful heart, deserves this.
Yes, she's a brilliant actress.
Then Cats happened
The thing about this song is that it's written towards love as if God is apart from it not as if He is the reason love exists.. you know John 3:16... Tim Tebow FLORIDA vs OKLAHOMA 2009 BCS national championship.... anyhow... Love lives With God... Agape love is what it is and there you have it... I'm not shaming the song at all... I'm a lover of le mis. It's a heartthrob of a play. Anne Hathaway did the character justice and I piggybacking off of the lyrics as a Christian like I should soon yeah...
@@scottthompson2889 I didn't understand much but go off sisz 💅🏻✨
@@MrBored-zm9ww do you mean Catwoman cuz I'm pretty sure she wasn't in cats
This is Anne Hathaway's most vulnerable role.
well deserved Oscar. This is acting. I get chills listening to her & even cry. She nailed it !
When her voice cracks.. my God. The emotion.
I listen on Spotify occasionally..I forgot how much more powerful it was to watch. I may need to watch the entire film again soon
Agreed
Agreed
This song always makes me cry
I was bawling by the end of this song when I saw this in the theatre 💔💔😭😭
Me too 😢
Me too
Same to me..so touching..😢
More her performance than the song itself
Best acting ever in Les Miserables. She should have been awarded as Best Actress, not just a Supporting Actress.
Supporting actress award is not an insult. It's just the classification.
her character in the film clearly is a supporting but she exhale great amongs the nominees that year
It's definitely a supporting role, Fantine dies in the first act!
@@theira0 exactly a support is just as huge as the lead category.
I come back to listen to this once a month. Keeps me humble
I think she's the best one at doing this rendition, she sings it as it's meant to be, full of emotions and despair. She's such a talent, can act and sing like that. I wish she would actually have another musical opportunity.
Anne Hathaway was brilliant in this masterpiece.
This is such a magnificent performance- can’t you totally feel her pain and sense of betrayal and futility…I cried and cried watching this- her tears!! That made it seem SO real
I know Henshaw has the prize when it comes to vocal BUT I think this is the best PERFORMANCE of this song. It's a sad song filled with despair and Hathaway performance reflects EXACTLY THAT. Henshaw has a performance e where she actually smiles during. How can that be convincing? She has a superior voice BY FAR but Hathaway performed the song the way it should be depicted. Unpopular opinion.
I keep forgetting this was live. This is just an utter masterpiece. Beyond transcendence.
Excellent scene...she deserved that Oscar...one of the best songs ever written for a musical...this film is still my favorite theater experience ever
OMG, she made me cry! Wow the most moving song sung by the most wonderful actor. Ridiculously thought provoking. I am still in shock.
And that is how you win an Oscar
By singing dreadfully?
By singing beautifully
@@ghettokage6104 Listen to it with your eyes closed, it's the worst performance of this song by a very wide margin. Here's a comparison: ua-cam.com/video/-p6OH7FoWoQ/v-deo.html
If you can notice a difference, it's time to get a hearing aid.
I don't think you understand exactly the concept of ''bad singing" and the concept of " good singing".
@@iseeyou1312 the Oscars for Anne’s category is not anything about music or whatnot, it was an acting category (lol I never thought I had to explain this 😂)
Absolutely brilliant. I can not watch this without openly sobbing. She nailed every emotion meant to invoke here. Her love for her daughter. Her pain of betrayal by her lover. Abandonment. Undo shame. Fear. Disgust at what she must do because as a woman, she had no choice. My heart breaks every time…like it’s the first time I’ve heard/watched this. I first learned of Les Mis when my Mom wanted to see a production by a local youth group and I took her. All performers were 18 and under. They were beyond AMAZING. I’ll never forget it. I didn’t want it to end. My sister took my Mom to see Les Mis on Broadway.
❤️❤️❤️. My Mom is gone now 7 years. I love you Mom. You and I, and then your granddaughters too, shared some incredible memories. I’ll never forget this one…just you and me.
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There was a time when men were kind
When their voices were soft
And their words inviting
There was a time when love was blind
And the world was a song
And the song was exciting
There was a time
Then it all went wrong
I dreamed a dream in times gone by
When hope was high and life worth living
I dreamed, that love would never die
I dreamed that God would be forgiving
Then I was young and unafraid
And dreams were made and used and wasted
There was no ransom to be paid
No song unsung, no wine untasted
But the tigers come at night
With their voices soft as thunder
As they tear your hope apart
As they turn your dream to shame
He slept a summer by my side
He filled my days with endless wonder
He took my childhood in his stride
But he was gone when autumn came
And still I dream he'll come to me
That we will live the years together
But there are dreams that cannot be
And there are storms we cannot weather
I had a dream my life would be
So different from this hell I'm living
So different now from what it seemed
Now life has killed the dream
I dreamed
"I dreamed a dream in time gone by", not "I dreamed a dream in times gone by". Same with the line "There are dreams..." I didn't hear the "But" being sung at all.
The scene that won Anne Hathaway the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress!
When I watched this scene during the Malaysian premiere, I flooded the cinema hall because the staffs were cutting too much onions!
That’s weird, I was in Mexico, they were cutting onions too!! 😅
This much genuine emotion is almost scary
something to behold, Im not into acting, but shes fantastic in this
never heard this son with such raw emotion, perfect
This scene utterly rips my heart out in the best possible way.
how interesting. I literally just re-watched this work of art yesterday! I still love it. Thank you
Same...
I've rewatched five times already
Simply sublime. One of the best performances ever captured on film. Brilliant. ❤
The show has always been my favorite musical of all time. I remember the soundtrack for the film came out when I lived in Paris. The first time I played Anne's version of the song, I was on the train. Her performance, even without the images, made me weep to such an extent I had to get off the train and listen to the song on repeat till I couldn't cry anymore.
And when I saw it in theatres? Whooo boy. We all had to swim out afterwards.
I know I was swimming too!! 😢😢😢 She’s BRILLIANT!
i really like this song and so yesterday and today I have listened to a few different versions. This is by far the best, it isn't the most 'technical' it isn't the 'best vocal' but wow oh wow this has the most heart, the most feeling and the one that makes me feel the song and the context more than any other. Well done, well done!! This is my go-to spotify version! lol
This is one of the most tragically beautiful moments I’ve seen on film.
And this was live ! I cannot cope! She’s perfection
If you compare this with the broadway/westend production, her performane in this scene is so emotive. the best version ive heard, the words are the same, but the delivery is so much more emotive - A*
Power, passion and pathos. Just an incredible performance. The anguish and raw pain of those words comes through with unvarnished authenticity. I was stunned.
I was recommended to that video by a friend and didn't expect that. What a marvellous rendition. Brilliant and heartbreaking by its naturalness and roughness but still so poetically and beautifully sung. All comes straight from the bottom of her heart. Last but not least the camera work and lightning is excellent too. Can't stop playing it.
If you can ignore the subtitles and just take in the sublime performance of Anne Hathaway then this is a perfect moment.
Most Oscarworthy performance of all time
She is AMAZING!!
A raw and authentic performance. It brought tears to my eyes. Wow!!!!
10 years past, but Anne's performance is still awesome...!
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There are so many great versions of this song, but none more real, more touching...
The makeup artist did a amazing job
What a cult scene!
I love this song!
A brilliant masterpiece!
Incredible just incredible very emotional!!! It always breaks my heart when i see Anna and hear like that!!! Always have tears in my eyes!!! Oscar well diserved !!!!
Technically flawed perhaps, but this is the one version of this song I can’t keep the tears back when I see and hear it. Brava.
Technically flawed, how?
@@AegisNova - I love this performance. It’s a theatrical masterpiece. From a belcanto standpoint, she doesn’t stay on her air at times and her diction could be more clipped, but I think it works for her.
Imagine going from this to Cats...
It’s like that scene in Home Alone 2 where Marv kicks the door open and says “Harry! I reached the top!” only to fall down to the basement. That’s Tom Hooper career from King’s Speech to Cats in a nutshell.
I think the problem with cats is that people see cats for the dancing and not story or the plot line and I don’t think it ever would’ve transferred well into an actual cinematic movie regardless of who the director is
@@two-face1041 exactly cats is an amazing stage production however it doesn’t have much of a story line. I think that the film wasn’t as terrible as critics said it was (like yes it was bad but not as bad as they made it out to be), however for someone who sees the film without having any past knowledge of the show they would hate it more since they know nothing about it and don’t get the fact that most of the amazing(ness) from the show is the costumes and choreography
Hey this is Les Miserables don’t get started with Cats.
😂😂
A phenomenal performance and one thoroughly deserving of the award it led to. A real highlight of my day once again as I could never tire of seeing quality performances like this.
Yes, why Oscars were invented, for talent like this
Sheer POWER! Moving and raw yet will move one to tears.
This always hits me so hard in the feels.. Such a natural scene with real emotions. Tears me up every time I see and hear this masterpiece
anne hathaway is one of if not my favorite actress, shes an icon
A friend of mine went to London for the Premiere of this Movie and she said when this scene came on everybody stood up and clapped at the end of it and at the end of the movie
I wish I could have been there!
I saw it in Mexico actually. No one stood up, but at the end everyone applauded.
My God....a Masterpiece.... My God!
Lol. Whenever she says she dreamed of a life so much better than the hell she’s living I lose it. Reminds me of my life. I’d say be constantly vigilant about making good decisions but it’s all a crapshoot. You can make the best decisions with the information you have at the time and still end up in the gutter. Preach on, Fantine.
True, THANK GOD I have had help...prayers for you
Best part of this film, she was phenomenal.
Erschütternd. Eine unglaubliche Leistung dies so zu spielen und zu singen.
ja, das trifft es. Genau so ging es mir auch.
Großes Lob! Eine ganz tolle Leistung dieser "Sängerin" und Darstellerin! GANZ GROSSE KLASSE!!! Ich musste wirklich mehr als einmal "heulen"! Beste Version, die ich je gehört habe!
(Und SIE und dieses Lied hat "Spuren" in mir hinterlassen!)
Everytime she kills me again and again and again ......gorgeous
I'm a living version of this song. When I was young, I had all these hopes, dreams, full of energy, full of life, health, eagerness to face anything etc but now, 20 years later, everything gone except my dreams which still here just to mock me 🙁
oh yeah... I envy young people who didnt realize how much life sucks yet.
precisely
Subprime mortgage crisis was too hard for the youngest. And till now it has been a long road.
I think it's never too late. Just don't give up.
Lifes unfair yada yada yada.
may not be the best vocally but the best acting of fantine I've ever seen
Lads, that's how you get an oscar in 4 minutes
I remember going to see this on Christmas Day in Gettysburg PA when it first hit our town and when she sang this song I was just blown away. What a moving performance she gave. She is one amazing actress. It is my all time favorite movie/musical. I also saw it on Broadway several years before this version came out.
What a great actress❤ i didn’t notice tears are dropping 😢
*Listens to the song*
*Song ends*
I need a second, fellas.
*leaves the room and starts weeping*
@3:58 ... that trauma shake is entirely too relatable. ifyky
I listened to so many different versions of this song. But I never understood what it meant until I watched this
I totally relate to that!
OMG that is EXACTLY what I thought after watching this!! I’ve heard the song before and literally earlier today I watched a clip from Britain’s Got Talent where Susan Boyle and an actress from the west end production sang this song and they were smiling and holding hands and I was like “what does this song even mean?!”
Saw this clip and I immediately got it. Beautiful! I want to see the whole thing now!
Still get goosebumps watching 448m of this scene
Anne Hathaway ! Incredible ♥️♥️♥️
Few minutes worth an Oscar
21-12-2024
I LOVE THIS SONG AND THIS MOVIE!!!
❤❤❤❤❤❤BRASIL 🥰 😍 🥰 😍 🥰 😍
One f’kin take! Just one… incredible.
I can't believe that out of any other video, my finger decided to misclick on unlike instead of like button on THIS one!! *headbang* One of the most glorious performances of a highly emotional song ever...
No one can take this away from her.
Brought tears to my eyes…
I sobbed in the theater like a Baby!!!!!!!
Best werewolf and Vampire design I've probably ever seen.😁😁😁
"i had a dream my life would be, so different from this hell i'm living"
it's cos Anne is AWESOME I love her.
*crying* esp for all the women ever abandoned by a man
I may disagree with her politics but her acting is excellent and this performance is moving.
Her acting is out of this universe ♥️
Im love your movies
Breathtaking!
Beautiful!
going to see Les Miserables tonight at Playhouse Square in Cleveland. 💙❤️
That was stunning, really...
My favourite movie. Happy 2021
Wow!!! How fabulous!
how to win an oscar in 4:48
Just stunning!😢❤️❤️❤️
Jesus what have I just watched. Came for the song, left virtually vomiting through sheer emotion. This hit me like a baseball bat to the face
She is living my life. Only difference is ima kms if things don't change soon ☺️
People actually lived/ live like this
Beautiful❤