Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Eleven men & women born between the wars Seemingly they have nothing in common except their homosexuality & growing up in a less open more intolerant society Now in their 60s & 70s they tell their personal stories either shared or alone These lives are often revealing & pioneering as they recall their personal experiences Sebastien Lifshitz director of Presque Rien & Wild Side offers us intimate portraits of gay & lesbian life from an older generation who often remain ignored & unheard in a youth-obsessed society Winner of the Cesar Award for Best Documentary & nominated for the BFI London Film Festival Grierson Award LES INVISIBLES is an affectionate but frank account that is in turn touching & amusing reflecting our own concerns about growing old Director Sebastien Lifshitz Certificate Exempt from Classification Year 2012 Screen Widescreen 1661 Anamorphic Languages French
- Dolby Digital (20) Stereo Subtitles English
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Tracklist Beale Street Blues House In Harlem For Sale Jazz Me Blues Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None Of My Jelly Roll Mississipi Mud In A Mist A Monday Date Louisiana Footsteps In The Sand Spain Gee Ain't Good To You It's Tight (Like That) Reefer Drag Gatemouth At The Jazz Band Ball ...

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 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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One of the most widely read novels of all time Les Miserables was the crowning literary achievement of Victor Hugo's career An enormous melodrama set against the background of political upheaval in France following the rule of Napoleon I the novel tells the story of the peasant Jean Valjean
- unjustly imprisoned & hounded by his nemesis the magnificently realized police detective Javert A monumental classic dedicated to the oppressed Les Miserables captures the entirety of life in 19th-century France
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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 Filmed at the Royal Albert Hall as part of the tenth anniversary celebrations of the musical & Les Miserables& this theatrical extravaganza features over 250 performers including many of the most popular actors ever to have appeared in the & Les Miserables& company The cast

Includes:: Colm Wilkinson Ruthie Henshall Alun Armstrong Michael Ball & Judy Kuhn Actors Michael Ball Colm Wilkinson Philip Quast Ruthie Henshall Jenny Galloway Directors Gavin Taylor Language English Number of discs 2

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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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