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Im scott pelley, and welcome to 60 minutes presents. Tonight, a night at the movies with three of the most fascinating screen performers that weve met in a long time. Weve assembled an International Cast for this cinema celebration, and well begin with hugh jackman. Les miserables, among the greatest novels of the 19th century, became one of the most successful Broadway Musicals of the 20th century. And last december, when we first broadcast this story, hollywood was gambling that this epic tale had the power to revive the musical form on the screen. They were right. The movie was a Box Office Hit and won eight oscar nominations, including best picture and best actor for hugh jackman. No actor combines the talents of a broadway songanddance man with the film presence of an action hero the way that jackman does. And when we first met him in his native australia, the 44year old actor told us that everything he has done in a wideranging career has led him to this one moment. In les miserables, jackman plays one of the most heroic characters in literature, jean valjean, imprisoned for stealing bread for his sisters starving family, an angry brute of a man whose sentence extends to 19 years because of his hunger to escape. His nemesis is inspector javert, played by russell crowe. Look down, look down dont look him in the eye look down, look down youre here until you die. Hugh jackman any movie musical is like mount everest. I think its the most difficult form ever to pull off in film. When it works, its spectacular; when it doesnt, it stinks to high heaven. Pelley this film is either going to be a hit or its going to be a massive bust. Jackman yup. Pelley why did you take the risk on it . Jackman jean valjean is the holy grail for me. Its. I know that it demands everything from me, as a singer, as an actor to pull it off. Its the role of a lifetime. Pelley the story, written by victor hugo in 1862, follows valjeans redemption against the backdrop of a failed revolt against the monarchy. Jackman he is young, hes afraid. Pelley the film is unique in the way that the actors sang their roles. Usually in musicals, they record songs in a sound studio and then lip sync when the camera rolls. But in les miz, they sang in the moment. Jackman bring him home, bring him home, bring him home. We would wear a little ear piece where someone off the set there was playing music. And we would hear the live piano and we would just sing. Pelley what do you get from that . Jackman you get an emotional truth. For example, theres one song, and its, literally, written like this. What have i done, sweet jesus . What have i done . Become a thief in the night, become a dog on the run. Have i fallen so far and is the hour so late that nothing remains but the cry of my hate . Thats how its written. Now, i could, what have i done, sweet jesus . What have i done . Become a thief in the night. Become a dog on the run. Have i fallen so far and is the hour so late that nothing remains but the cry of my hate. I could mix it up, i could take a pause. If i was emotional, i could be emotional. I am reaching, but i fall and the night is closing in as i stare into the void to the whirlpool of my sin ill escape now from that world from the world of jean valjean. Jean valjean is nothing now another story must begin pelley the story of hugh jackman must begin in australia. His parents sailed from england into sydney harbor in the 1960s. Hugh was the youngest of five, born to an accountant and a housewife. They were all together until one morning when he was eight, and his mom did something that would shape his life. Jackman i can remember the morning she left. Its weird the things you pick up. I remember her being in. A towel around her head and saying goodbye. Must have been the way she said goodbye as i went off to school. When i came back, there was no one there in the house. And the next day was a telegram from england. Mum was there, and then that was it. Pelley she had left the family . Jackman yeah. I dont think she thought for a second it would be forever when she went. I think she thought it was, i just need to get away and ill come back. Dad used to pray every night that mum would come back. Pelley did you ever worry that the family would just come apart, that your dad would go, too . Jackman never, in a million years could i imagine. My father is a rock. My father is my rock. Its where i learned everything about loyalty, dependability, about being there dayin, day out, no matter what. Pelley jackman would see his mother about once a year. Alone, Chris Jackman raised three boys and two girls. He scraped together private school tuition. And the boys went to knox grammar school, the conservative alma mater of australian c. E. O. S and prime ministers. Hugh wanted us to see the place that set him on his course. Jackman this is the headmaster. Or was the headmasters office. This is the no cursing area, just so you know. Pelley you didnt spend any time in the headmasters office, did you . Jackman ill tell you a story i was the captain of the school. I dont know if you have that kind of title, so. Pelley its like class president. Jackman right, so the headmaster brought me in. I want you to be class president. And i was like, wow, fantastic, great. And i went back to class, was mucking around in class. And the teacher said, go straight to the headmasters office. I was like, this is going to be really awkward, because. Pelley i just came from there. Jackman literally, an hour before, he just made me class president. So i knocked on the door and he says, hugh . And i said, yes, headmaster, ive just been thinking a little bit about next year. And we had a bit of a chat, it was perfect. Pelley you didnt tell him why youd been sent back. Jackman no, no, i. I thought he might rescind the offer. Pelley that bit of acting got him out of a jam, but it was in here that he first felt a stage beneath his feet and applause in the air. Jackman up here was probably the highlight of my childhood. Pelley up on the stage . Jackman yeah. Oh, my gosh. Pelley look at you. Is that you . Jackman that is me. Pelley do you remember this night . Jackman i absolutely remember every bit of it. Pelley look at this. I mean, youre. Youre into it. Youre loving this. Jackman i was so happy and felt so at home. And i just loved it. Pelley it was a love that drew him off the traditional path. With 3,500 he inherited from his grandmother, he went to acting school and was hired in his first audition after graduation. Jackman my very first job. It was a tv series called correlli, and it was lust between the bars. Pelley lust for leading lady deborra lee furness, to whom he proposed four months into the job. Jackman i just had an absolute certainty that she was the person i was going to be with for the rest of my life. Even when deb tried to break up with me, which she did, i said, dont worry, i get it. Im your worst nightmare, a young actor in his first job. But dont worry, were going to be together. This is it. Pelley and it was. Jackman were going on a date night tonight. Pelley married 17 years, theyve adopted a boy and a girl who are now 13 and seven. One of the things that he says is happy wife, happy life. Deborra lee furness see how smart he is . Good looking and smart. Hes very good at making me a happy wife. Pelley and the key to happiness . Jackman turns down the jobs that would separate them. Furness we never have more than two weeks apart. Pelley is that a family rule, two weeks is the max . A lot of families these days are separated by much more than that. Furness we choose not to. We dont like it. And then you make the choice, why are you doing the job . If youre away from your family, whats the point . Jackman yes, my man. Pelley but he was away for that role of a lifetime in les miz. His family lives in new york, but he was shooting in britain. And the memory of that absence was fresh when we asked him about his fathers experience. What advice does he give you today . Jackman its always about the family. Ah. Ah. Its all. Sorry, mate. Its always, hows deb . Its not about work. And i think thats him living with, probably, some of his regrets and feelings of maybe he. You know, at the wrong time, put too much into his career. And he doesnt want me to make that mistake. And so, in his gentle way, he always reminds me this is the most important thing. Pelley beautiful house, but not your house. Jackman no. Furness were always living in someone elses house. Pelley jackman wasnt making the same mistake again when we met him in sydney. He was spending six months here shooting an action film, so he moved the family, too. He was returning, for the fifth time, to the character wolverine from the xmen comic books. Jackman told us that the only time he didnt listen to his wife was when she urged him to refuse the role. These films made him wealthy, and he emerged an international star. Its a physical part for which jackman sculpts both beard and body, and he invited us to his twoaday workouts. Jackman that didnt feel easy this morning. Pelley impressive. Impressive. Jackman i always say, when i lift something heavy, i remember that is wolverine. The little bit to where youre going to want to drop it and then you go, no way, that little bit is wolverine. Pelley you change bodies the way other actors change costumes. Jackman well, this is your tool as much as your voice, as much as your emotions, and so ive always taken that very seriously. And i love playing wolverine. Its a great character, but i want it to be better than the last time. I want to be physically in better shape. Otherwise, theres no point doing it. Pelley but, look, youre a successful guy. You dont have anything to prove to anyone. You have this little voice in your head telling you to do more, do better . Jackman if i didnt have that, i wouldnt be sitting here opposite you. At the same time, for the sake of people around me, itd be nice to be able to, whew, you know, put it down for a while. Pelley it might also be nice for the sake of people around him if he didnt take the risks that he seems to relish. Jackman whoa, whoa. When my baby. Pelley he won one of the first of his two tonys on broadway playing peter allen, the gay australian songwriter. Did you think for a minute, man, this could be career limiting . I dont know if i want to take this chance . Jackman never thought it for a second. What sexuality you are is not the most interesting thing about you; its the kind of person you are. And that role just had. First of all, it was naughty. cheers and applause how are we doing downstairs . cheers and applause theres a few nervous people in the front row, all of a sudden. I would never give myself permission to do the things i did as peter allen. And his sexuality, for me, is another costume. Its a personality trait, its not who you really are. However, when i was doing peter allen, theres a scene where i kiss my boyfriend, whos dying of aids. And i go in for the kiss, and i heard this dont do it, wolverine. laughter pelley from the audience . Jackman from the audience. Obviously, some. Some kids going, yeah, lets go and see wolverine in that show, mum. Lets go and see it. Hes like, what . As i come out with my maracas and pineapple shirt, you know . Who am i . Im jean valjean. Pelley jean valjean is another surprise for an audience that can never be sure what it will see when the camera rolls or the curtain rises on the characters of hugh jackman. 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The film is filled with things about our 16th president that we, who arent lincoln scholars, didnt know, as lesley stahl found out when we first broadcast this story in february. Daniel daylewis, who won the oscar for best actor, brings the great man to life. Daniel daylewis as lincoln i cant listen to this anymore. I cant accomplish a goddamn thing of any human meaning or worth until we cure ourselves of slavery and end this pestilential war. Daylewis i never, ever felt that depth of love for another human being that i never met. And thats i think probably the effect that lincoln has on most people that take the time to discover him. Stahl after agreeing to take the part, daniel daylewis spent a year reading and doing research into Abraham Lincoln the man. Daylewis he does feel as if hes carved in stone when you first approach him, because of the way he was as a man. As you begin to discover him, its almost as if he welcomes you in. Lincoln tell us the news from the hill. Ah, well the news. Lincoln why, for instance, is this thus, and what is the reason for this thusness . Stahl so much about