Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play THE KING&S SPEECH&s Tom Hooper directs this adaptation of Cameron Mackintosh&s successful musical version of Victor Hugo&s classic novel The drama surrounds a the obsessive quest of Inspector Javert (Russell Crowe) as he spends years in an effort to capture escaped convict Jean Valjean Hugh Jackman stars in the Universal Pictures production Anne Hathaway Amanda Seyfried & Sacha Baron Cohen co-star ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-Ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-Ray player in order to play LES MISERABLES has returned to the Barbican 25 years after it opened seen by 55 million people around the world it has become the longest running musical in history This memorable edition in concert at The O2 has enough pace & passion to give you shivers of excitement & overwhelmingly moving scenes Set against the background of the French Revolution & based on Victor Hugo&s classic novel this is the story of Jean Valjean who is sent to prison for stealing a loaf of bread & is released after nineteen years He meets & cares for a beautiful but poverty-stricken young girl named Fantine who has daughter Cosette After Fantine&s death Valjean brings Cosette up but he is haunted by Javert
- a policeman whose search for Valjean has become an obsession
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The Legendary Musical based on the novel by Victor Hugo Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer Original French Text by Alain Boublil & Jean-Marc Natel Les Miserables is undisputedly one of the world’s most popular musicals In celebration of 25 amazing years of this incredible show Les Miserables marked the momentous occasion with two magnificent sell-out performances at The O2 & live relays to cinemas around the world where audiences also stood clapped cried & cheered The live recording of this extraordinary event is an awe-inspiring spectacle with a phenomenal international star cast & a company of over 500 artists & musicians Produced by CAMERON MAC KINTOSHConducted by David Charles Abell Musical Supervisor Stephen BROOKEROrchestrated for Concert by Stephen Metcalfe ...

Please note this is a region B blu-ray & will require a region B or region free blu-ray player in order to play Please note the UV copy is only compatible in participating regions please visit the UV website for full details Les Miserables is the motion-picture adaptation of the beloved global stage sensation seen by more than 60 million people in 42 countries & in 21 languages around the globe & still breaking box-office records everywhere in its 27th year Helmed by The King’s Speech’s Academy Award-winning director Tom Hooper the Working Title Cameron Mackintosh production stars Hugh Jackman Oscar winner Russell Crowe Anne Hathaway & Eddie Redmayne Set against the backdrop of 19th century France Les Miserables tells an enthralling story of broken dreams & unrequited love passion sacrifice & redemption--a timeless testament to the survival of the human spirit Jackman plays ex-prisoner Jean Valjean 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 Bonus Features The Original Masterwork Victor Hugo&s Les Miserables Les Miserables A Revolutionary Approach (Inculdes & The Stars of Les Miserables& & The West End Connection& & Les Miserables on Location& & Creating the Perfect Paris& & Battle at the Barricade& & Les Miserables Singing Live) Feature Commentary with Director Tom Hooper ...

Now a major musical film from Oscar-winning director Tom Hooper (The King's Speech) starring Hugh Jackman Russell Crowe & Anne Hathaway & also featuring Amanda Seyfreid Helena Bonham-Carter & Sacha Baron-Cohen Victor Hugo's Les Miserables is one of the great works of western literature Now in a new translation from the French by Christine Donougher Les Miserables is at once a thrilling narrative
- part comedy mystery romance & tragedy
- & a social document of France's turbulent revolutionary history Victor Hugo's tale of injustice heroism & love follows the fortunes of Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) an escaped convict determined to put his criminal past behind him But his attempts to become a respected member of the community are constantly put under threat by his own conscience when owing to a case of mistaken identity another man is arrested in his place; & by the relentless investigations of the dogged Inspector Javert (Russell Crowe) It is not simply for himself that Valjean must stay free however for he has sworn to protect the baby daughter of Fantine (Anne Hathaway) driven to prostitution by poverty Victor Hugo (1802-85) wrote volumes of criticism Romantic costume dramas satirical verse & political journalism but is best remembered for his novels especially Notre-Dame de Paris (1831) also known as The Hunchback of Notre-Dame & Les Miserables (1862) which was adapted into one of the most successful musicals of all time ' All human life is here' Cameron Mackintosh producer of the musical Les Miserables' One of the half-dozen greatest novels of the world' Upton Sinclair'A great writer
- inventive witty sly innovatory' A S Byatt author of Possession


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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Jean Valjean a Frenchman imprisoned for stealing bread must flee a police officer named Javert The pursuit consumes both men&s lives & soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France ...

Victor Hugo's classic story of triumph of good over evil which is set in France in 1796 The immortal story of a minor thief who rises above his past only to be hounded by a dour chief inspector who believes the law & morality are one & the same & that all criminals must be wicked ...

With an Introduction & Notes by Roger Clark University of Kent at Canterbury Translation by Charles E Wilbour (1862) One of the great classics of western literature Les Miserables is a magisterial work which is rich in both character portrayal & meticulous historical description Characters such as the absurdly criminalised Valjean the street urchin Gavroche the rascal Thenardier the implacable detective Javert & the pitiful figure of the prostitute Fantine & her daughter Cosette have entered the pantheon of literary dramatis personae The reader is also treated to the unforgettable descriptions of the Battle of Waterloo & Valjean's flight through the Paris sewers Volume 1 of 2 ...

With an Introduction & Notes by Roger Clark University of Kent at Canterbury Translation by Charles E Wilbour (1862) One of the great Classics of Western Literature Les Miserables is a magisterial work which is rich in both character portrayal & meticulous historical description Characters such as the absurdly criminalised Valjean the street urchin Gavroche the rascal Thenardier the implacable detective Javert & the pitiful figure of the prostitute Fantine & her daughter Cosette have entered the pantheon of literary dramatis personae Volume 2 of 2 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Two-part mini-series adapted from the French classic by Victor Hugo starring Gerard Depardieu & John Malkovich Set against the turbulent background of the French Revolution the story centres on Jean Valjean (Gerard Depardieu) a former petty thief & convict who makes good after a bishop gives him a helping hand & becomes a businessman & leading civic figure But his past comes back to haunt him in the guise of Javert (John Malkovich) former prison guard at the jail where Valjean was incarcerated & now Chief of Police in the town where Valjean lives Javert&s determination to bring Valjean down consumes both men&s lives leading to a dramatic final confrontation on the revolution-torn streets of Paris ...