Les Miserables [2 Discs] [Includes Digital Copy] [Blu-ray/DVD]

Director: Tom Hooper, Russell Crowe, Helena Bonham Carter, Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Sacha Baron Cohen, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne

Overview

Academy-award winning director Tom Hooper's adaptation of the beloved musical Les Miserables makes no major changes to the original's plot. The story follows former prisoner Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman), who, after being released from the watchful eye of police officer Javert (Russell Crowe), is unable to find work because of his status as an ex-convict. He eventually steals from a local church, but when apprehended, the priest claims that Valjean was given the valuables. This triggers a change in Valjean, and he constructs a new identity for himself as a pillar of society and a local businessman. Years later, he adopts a young girl named Cosette, whose mother Fantine (Anne Hathaway), a former employee of his, became a prostitute and died a horrible death in the gutters after being fired. As the years progress and the French Revolution begins to foment, a grown Cosette (Amanda Seyfried) falls for a passionate revolutionary named Marius (Eddie Redmayne), while Javert begins to close in again on Valjean's secret past.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/22/2013
UPC:	0025192171307
Original Release:	2012
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	UNIVERSAL STUDIOS
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:38:00
Sales rank:	6,741

Special Features

Blu-ray exclusives:; The west end connection; Les Mis?rables on location; Battle at the barricade; Les Mis?rables singing live; ; Bonus features:; The stars of Les Mis?rables; Creating the perfect Paris; The original masterwork: victor Hugo's Les Mis?rables; Feature commentary with director Tom Hooper

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Hugh Jackman	Jean Valjean
Russell Crowe	Javert
Anne Hathaway	Fantine
Amanda Seyfried	Cosette
Sacha Baron Cohen	Th?nardier
Helena Bonham Carter	Madame Thenardier
Eddie Redmayne	Marius
Aaron Tveit	Enjolras
Samantha Barks	?ponine
Daniel Huttlestone	Gavroche
Calvin Cornwall	Convict 1,Actor
Josef Altin	Convict 2
David Hawley	Convict 3
Adam Jones	Convict 4
John Barr	Convict 5
Tony Rohr	Overseer
Richard Dixon	Mairie Officer
Andy Beckwith	Innkeeper
Stephen Bent	Jailer
Georgie Glen	Madame Baptistine
Heather Chasen	Madame Magliore
Paul Thornley	Constable 1
Paul Howell	Constable 2
Stephen Tate	Fauchelevant
Michael Jibson	Foreman
Kate Fleetwood	Factory Woman 1
Hannah Waddington	Factory Woman 2
Clare Foster	Factory Woman 3
Kirsty Hoiles	Factory Woman 4
Jenna Boyd	Factory Woman 5
Alice Fearn	Factory Woman 6
Alison Tennant	Factory Woman 7
Marilyn Cutts	Factory Woman 8
Cathy Breeze	Factory Woman 9
John Albasiny	Factory Onlooker
Bertie Carvel	Bamatabois
Tim Downie	Brevet
Andrew Havill	Cochepaille
Dick Ward	Bamatabois' Valet
Nicola Sloane	Hair Crone
Daniel Evans	Pimp
David Stoller	Sailor 1
Ross McCormack	Sailor 2
Jaygann Ayeh	Sailor 3
Adrian Scarborough	Toothman
Frances Ruffelle	Whore 1
Lynne Wilmot	Whore 2
Charlotte Spencer	Whore 3
Julia Worsley	Head Whore
Keith Dunphy	Client
Ashley Artus	Pawn Broker
John Surman	Organ-Grinder
David Cann	Magistrate
James Simmons	Champmathieu
Polly Kemp	Nursing Sister
Ian Pirie	Babet
Adam Pearce	Brujon
Julian Bleach	Clacquesous
Mark Pickering	Montparnasse
Isabelle Allen	Young Cosette
Natalya Wallace	Young ?ponine
Phil Snowden	Customer 1
Hadrian Delacey	Customer 2
Lottie Steer	Baby
Sam Parks	Tall Customer,Caf? Barmaid
Mark Donovan	Portly Customer
Lewis Kirk	Handsome Soldier 1
Leighton Rafferty	Handsome Soldier 2
Peter Mair	Father Christmas 1
Jack Chissick	Father Christmas 2
Dianne Pilkington	Inn Whore 1
Robyn North	Inn Whore 2
Norma Atallah	Mother Whore
Patrick Godfrey	Gillenormand
Mark Roper	Citizen
Paul Leonard	Citizen
Miles Roughley	Gavroche's Urchin
Cameron Strefford	Gavrone's Urchin
Alfie Davis	Gavroche's Urchin
Joseph West	Gavroche's Urchin
Joel Phillimore	Beggar 1
Jacqueline Dankworth	Beggar 2
Amelia Jefford	Beggar 3
Richard Cordery	Duc de Raguse
Killian Donnelly	Combeferre
Fra Fee	Courtfeyrac
Gabriel Vick	Feuilly
George Blagden	Grantaire
Hugh Skinner	Joly
Stuart Neal	Lesgles
Alistair Brammer	Prouvaire
Katy Secombe	Madame Hucheloup
Hadley Fraser	Army Officer
Linzi Hateley	Turning Woman 1
Gemma Wardle	Turning Woman 2
Gina Beck	Turning Woman 3
Katie Hall	Turning Woman 4
Michael Sarne	Father Mabeuf
John Warnaby	Majordomo
Jeff Duncan	Turning Woman 7
Lisa Hull	Turning Woman 5
Andrew Deck	Turning Woman 6
Kerry Ingram	Turning Woman 8
Ellie Beaven	Mother
Colm Wilkinson	Bishop
Hannah Waddingham	Factory Woman 2
Drama	Actor
Chris Barnes	Beggar 4
Claude-Michel Sch?nberg	Composer
Claude-Michel Schoenberg	Composer

Technical Credits

William Nicholson

Alain Boublil

Herbert Kretzmer

Claude-Michel Sch?nberg

Jean-Marc Natel

Claude-Michel Schoenberg

Claude-Michel Schonberg

William Nicholson	Screenwriter
Alain Boublil	Screenwriter
Herbert Kretzmer	Screenwriter
Cameron Mackintosh	Producer
Debra Hayward	Producer
Eric Fellner	Producer
Tim Bevan	Producer
Angela Morrison	Executive Producer,Producer
Nicholas Allott	Executive Producer,Producer
F. Richard Pappas	Executive Producer,Producer
Liza Chasin	Executive Producer,Producer
Nina Gold	Casting
Paul Herbert	Stunts
Simon Hayes	Sound Mixer
Claude-Michel Sch?nberg	Screenwriter,Producer
Bernard Bellew	Producer
Rapha?l Benoliel	Producer
Mark Appleby	Sound Effects
Craig Berkey	Sound Effects
Paul Conway	Sound Effects
Duncan Craig	Sound Effects
Jean-Marc Natel	Screenwriter
Francesca Budd	Producer
Rachelle Beinart	Stunts
Claude-Michel Schoenberg	Screenwriter
Claude-Michel Schonberg	Screenwriter

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Les Misérables
1. Scene 1
2. Scene 2
3. Scene 3
4. Scene 4
5. Scene 5
6. Scene 6
7. Scene 7
8. Scene 8
9. Scene 9
10. Scene 10
11. Scene 11
12. Scene 12
13. Scene 13
14. Scene 14
15. Scene 15
16. Scene 16
17. Scene 17
18. Scene 18
19. Scene 19
20. Scene 20

Menu

Disc #1 -- Les Misérables
Play
Scenes
Bonus
The Stars of Les Misérables
Creating the Perfect Paris
The Original Masterwork: Victor Hugo's Les Misérables
Feature Commentary with Director Tom Hooper
Commentary: On
Commentary: Off
Setup
Spoken Language
English 5.1
DVS (Descriptive Video Service)
Feature Commentary with Director Tom Hooper
Subtitles
English SDH
Français
Español
Subtitles: Off

Editorial Reviews

With the exception of The Producers and The Book of Mormon, there probably hasn't been a modern, non-Andrew Lloyd Webber-related stage musical as beloved as Les Misérables. The adaptation of Victor Hugo's sprawling novel of redemption and revolution is the third-longest-running musical in Broadway history, and at the time this Tom Hooper-directed film version hit screens, the London production was still going strong after nearly 30 years in the West End. The story follows former prisoner Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman), who, after being released from the watchful eye of police officer Javert (Russell Crowe), is unable to find work because of his status as an ex-convict. He eventually steals from a local church, but when apprehended, the priest claims that Valjean was given the valuables. This triggers a change in Valjean, and he constructs a new identity for himself as a pillar of society and a local businessman. Years later, he adopts a young girl named Cosette, whose mother Fantine (Anne Hathaway), a former employee of his, became a prostitute and died a horrible death in the gutters after being fired. As the years progress and the French Revolution begins to foment, a grown Cosette (Amanda Seyfried) falls for a passionate revolutionary named Marius (Eddie Redmayne), while Javert begins to close in again on Valjean's secret past. For this movie version of the musical, Hooper made the creative decision to, whenever possible, have the performers sing their parts live (rather than lip-synch to prerecorded tracks) as they were filmed. From a practical standpoint, that means that there are tons of close-ups in this picture. They are so prevalent that Hooper's film tells this inherently grand and epic tale with an unusual intimacy. Such an approach makes the performances emotional in a way few movie musicals have ever been. Hathaway gets the show's big number, "I Dreamed a Dream,"" and because she's performing the song live, it works as a monologue as much as it does as a song. She's acting the song as well as singing it, and it's a powerful sequence; her commitment to the material is forceful. It's the kind of scene that wins actors awards, and it's also the moment that pays the most dividends for Hooper's unusual creative choice. However, such an in-your-face visual scheme will also repel viewers already predisposed to having little tolerance for the source material. It's a novel approach, but it's designed to accentuate the aspect of musicals many people dislike the most -- namely, the singing. The editing of the film is simplistic, which benefits the performances, but it will bore those who have checked out of the songs. While Hathaway deserves the most praise out of anyone in the cast, nobody is an embarrassment. Hugh Jackman is excellent in his early numbers; Samantha Barks is heartbreaking as Éponine, the other woman in love with Marius; and the duo of Sacha Baron Cohen and Helena Bonham Carter couldn't be more perfectly cast as an innkeeper and his wife, the only comic relief in this otherwise determinedly serious story. To be sure, this Les Misérables will not be to everyone's taste, but it's hard to deny the audacity of Hooper's emotionally intense approach, and impossible to forget Anne Hathaway delivering arguably the definitive version of a song that can easily be described as a modern musical-theater classic.