Les misérables
DVD - 2013
In post-revolutionary France, Jean Valjean is paroled after serving 19 years in prison for stealing bread. Unable to find work as an ex-convict, he steals silver from a church. When he is caught and brought back, the bishop forgives him, instructing Valjean to use the silver to begin a new life. After breaking parole to do so, nine years later Valjean is a wealthy industrialist and mayor. This success comes at high price-- he is hunted by ruthless policeman Javert, his former prison guard. When Valjean comes across a woman being arrested by his old nemesis Javert, Valjean intervenes, risking discovery. When Valjean learns that the woman, Fantine, turned to prostitution after losing her position at his factory because she has a child, h...e befriends Fantine, even agreeing to care for her daughter, Cosette. The decision changes their lives forever.
- Subjects
- Genres
- Feature films
Film adaptations
Romance films
Musical films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities - Published
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Universal City, California :
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
[2013]
- Language
- English
French
Spanish - Other Authors
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- Edition
- Widescreen
- Item Description
- Based on Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg's 1985 stage musical adapted from the 1862 novel by Victor Hugo. Produced on the stage by Cameron Mackintosh.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2012.
Special features: The stars of Les misérables ; Creating the perfect Paris ; The original masterwork : Victor Hugo's Les misérables ; feature commentary with director Tom Hooper. - Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (158 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- Format
- DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1), Dolby Digital 5.1 or 2.0 sound.
- Audience
- MPAA Rating: PG-13, for suggestive and sexual material, violence, and thematic elements.
- Awards
- Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Sound Mixing (2013).
Golden Globe for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy) - Production Credits
- Director of photography, Danny Cohen ; musical director, Stephen Brooker ; music by Claude-Michel Schönberg ; lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer ; costume designer, Paco Delgado ; editors, Melanie Ann Oliver, Chris Dickens.