Les Miserables

Les Miserables

Les Miserables

An epic drama about two French families who struggle, hope, suffer and ultimately find love and friendship in the face of nearly insurmountable odds.
Les Miserables
I still remember when I watched this movie for the first time so long ago, I remember I had good expectations for it but never thought those expectations would be so highly exceeded, normally is the other way around, is easier for a movie not to be as good as I'd like, but in this one you're transported to a different form of filmaking, storytelling, and it all falls into place so flawlessly you may end up believing that kind of harmony is easily achieved, but I haven't seen it very often, maybe its me but I think this movie is one of a kind.

Les Miserables

There are other great reviews here so I don't have much to add but my own opinion, the other thing is I WOULD LOVE to get the DVD for this one, I have it on VHS but my VCR has died and I don't want to buy one just for this movie, I haven't found it online either so if anyone has a hint where to find it please let me know. I really want the DVD, Blu-ray or Digital service that could rent it or buy it.

Thanks
Les Miserables
Update: I'VE GOT THE DVD !!!!!
Even though its in french and I don't speak any, I still love watching this film, I may be on my way to learning the language. I don't get why people complain in the review area about it not having subtitles or alternate languages, the reviews should be about the movie and it states in the description all along that the movie is Region 2 with no extras or subtitles.
Les Miserables

Les Miserables Hugh Jackman (Actor), Anne Hathaway (Actor)

Les Miserables  Hugh Jackman (Actor), Anne Hathaway (Actor)

Les Miserables  Hugh Jackman (Actor), Anne Hathaway (Actor)

Hugh Jackman, Academy Award winner Russell Crowe and Anne Hathaway star in this critically-acclaimed adaptation of the epic musical phenomenon. Set against the backdrop of 19th-century France, Les Misérables tells the story of ex-prisoner Jean Valjean (Jackman), hunted for decades by the ruthless policeman Javert (Crowe), after he breaks parole. When Valjean agrees to care for factory worker Fantine's (Hathaway) young daughter, Cosette, their lives change forever. This enthralling story is a timeless testament to the survival of the human spirit and "an unforgettable experience" (Richard Roeper, RichardRoeper.com).

DVD - Region 1; Blu-ray- Region Free.

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Les Miserables  Hugh Jackman (Actor), Anne Hathaway (Actor)

Les Miserables Les Miserables in Concert - 25th Anniversary

Les Miserables Les Miserables in Concert - 25th Anniversary

Les Miserables Les Miserables in Concert - 25th Anniversary

Fifteen years after the historic 10th anniversary concert, the international musical sensation Les Misérables returned for a 25th anniversary concert at London's O2 Arena in October 2010. Like the previous concert, it presents an all-star cast, this time taken from two different 2010 London productions as well as the original 1985 cast. The singers stand at microphones wearing costumes, backed by a huge chorus and three video screens showing some action that can't be represented on stage, though the stage is transformed into a set for some key scenes, such as in the Thénardiers' bar and at the barricade. And as it has for 25 years, Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg's score vividly captures the passion of Victor Hugo's epic tale of post-Revolutionary France, combining tear-jerking ballads ("I Dreamed a Dream," "Bring Him Home") and rousing anthems ("Do You Hear the People Sing").


The cast is nearly all excellent, including Alfie Boe as Jean Valjean, Norm Lewis as Javert, Matt Lucas as Thénardier, Jenny Galloway as Madame Thénardier (reprising her role from 1995), and Katie Hall as Cosette. Teen pop star Nick Jonas (of the Jonas Brothers) seems to have been cast as Marius for box-office appeal, however. Though he has the right look and hits the right notes, his voice is weak compared to the rest of the cast and throughout the show he seems to wear the same look of earnest worry, eyes fixed on the horizon as if reading a teleprompter. After playing Eponine in the 1995 concert, Lea Salonga is now Fantine, and while she sings well, the part really calls for more vocal power. Comparing the 1995 concert and 2010, the newer one has superior audio and video, but the earlier one has the stronger cast top to bottom, anchored by many of the legendary performers who helped make Les Mis the sensation it still is today. In acknowledgment of that, after the final scene of the 2010 concert ends, many of the original cast members enter the stage for a thrilling encore. "Bring Him Home" unites original Valjean Colm Wilkinson with John Owen-Jones, Simon Bowman, and Alfi Boe, then Michael Ball, Frances Ruffelle, Alun Armstrong, and others join the cast for "One Day More." (It's hard not to be moved when Ball looks around the stage and sings his line, "My place is here, I fight with you.") Producer Cameron Mackintosh and authors Boublil, Schönberg, and Herbert Kretzmer all address the crowd before a throng of student performers (appropriate, no?) comes on stage to close the nearly three-hour evening. --David Horiuchi
 
Les Miserables Les Miserables in Concert - 25th Anniversary