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Toni Collette's Voice

posted 22 years ago by tizzi22
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Was anyone else amazed by Toni's singing? When she's standing alone singing and is discovered by Lewis, I felt chills in my spine that I only get when I hear honestly emotional, beautiful voices singing. The fact that she did such a wonderful cover of "Don't Dream It's Over" was just the frosting on my cake. I have been a Toni Collette fan since I saw Muriel's Wedding (one of my favorite all-time movies), but hearing her sing made me realize just how talented of an actor she is.

[–] jermdown 21 years ago

So was I.

Who was Doug in the movie? (I don't remember names).

It was played by David Wenham, who plays Farimir on Lord of the Rings.

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[–] konami-2 20 years ago

Doug was the arsonist guy.

[–] faramirfan1 20 years ago

Yep Doug was the arsonist! And very funny too! Another wonderful Wenham performance!

And yes I was also amazed by Toni Collette`s voice!

[–] illusion_01 19 years ago

The first time I saw Toni Collette was in 1990 at the Sydney Opera House where she was appearing as Petra the maid in a production of Stephen Sondheim's "A Little Night Music".In That show she did a fabulous song called "The Miller's Son" and I was knocked out by her fabulous voice.It was not till the release of "Cosi" that I heard her sing again and was absolutely amazed by her rendition of the Crowded House song 'Don't Dream It's Over'.
I would have loved to have seen her in the Broadway musical "The Wild Party" and now she has again shown what a great voice she has with all the songs she performs in "Connie And Carla".

PLEASE PRODUCERS AND DIRECTORS LET THE WORLD HAVE MORE OF TONI COLLETTE SHOWING US WHAT A WONDERFUL VOICE SHE HAS!!!!!!!

[–] fagtastic1980 19 years ago

They did release the soundtrack to "The Wild Party" you have to get it she does an amazing preformance. Eartha Kitt is wonderfull in it too. A must have!!!!!

[–] murpur 19 years ago

It's odd that most of you didn't know Toni Collette had such an awesome voice before you saw Cosi, I knew she was a fabulous singer before then, and didn't even know a movie existed of the play I had to study for year 12 english in 2000 until half an hour ago when a Swedish friend mentioned it to me.

[–] bellatrix79 18 years ago

toni rocks.

[–] eunce 18 years ago

Doug was the one who burnt the cats....

[–] zibman 19 years ago

I saw COSI when it first came out and immediatly recognized Toni Collette's voice as being superb. That was the best rendition of "Don't Dream It's Over" that I ever heard. I have hoped to find a soundtrack, but no luck Then I tried to find any cd that she might of made, no luck. I know I can find her on the "Wild Party", but I was hoping to find something more...contemporary. Does any one know if she ever made a cd of just her singing?

[–] flyman-2 18 years ago

Soundtrack now on e-bay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/COSI-Orig-Stephen-Endelman-Soundtrack-CD-Toni-Collette_W0QQitemZ4824041192QQcategoryZ307QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[–] katedodonnell 18 years ago

don't dream it's over? i'm certain she sang hunters and collectors throw your arms around me... didn't she?

[–] ozambersand 17 years ago

She did both - unaccompanied........

[–] greeneyedsoul 10 years ago

Yes, it's "Throw Your Arms Around Me" when Lewis comes across her in the rehearsal room and he tells her she has a lovely voice.

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[–] willjohn 9 years ago

"Throw your arms around me" is regarded as one of the hardest songs to sing.

[–] firedragon375 16 years ago

believe it or not, toni collette has a CD... her band is called Toni Collette and the finish and the cd is called Beautiful Awkward Pictures...it's amazing! you can find it on her website www.tonicolletteandthefinish.com or you can download it from itunes...it's AMAZING!!!

TONI ROCKS!!!

[–] loitering_with_intent 14 years ago

She does "Throw Your Arms Around Me" by The Hunters and Collecters in the church and "Stand By Me" in the theatre at the end. I'm pretty certain she doesn't sing any Crowded House although that would've been fantastic!

[–] aussiebears 13 years ago

You can hear her sing Don't Dream It's Over in the closing credits of the movie.

[–] velocirrober 9 years ago

A little late for a response, but yeah... I just saw this movie for the first time two days ago. I already loved Toni Collette (because of one of my favorite all-time movies, as well... Muriel's Wedding), but was pretty amazed with her voice. I like her even more now.

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