See more ideas about les miserables, les miserables 2012 and les miserables movie. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing les miserables 2012 near you. Best performance in a feature film supporting young actress ten and under isabelle allen. The film les miserable does the musical proud les miserables is one of the most popular theatrical musicals, with 60 million tickets sold in. But jean valjean does seek to do the right thing and to. Film adaptation of the hit broadway musical finds the persecuted jean valjean hugh jackman constantly being hounded by the persistent javert russell crowe.
About the film after 19 years as a prisoner, jean valjean hugh jackman is freed by javert russell crowe, the officer in charge of the prison workforce. Les miserables 2012 hugh jackman, oscarwinner russell crowe and anne hathaway star in the critically acclaimed adaptation of the epic musical phenomenon that is a timeless testament to the human spirit. Les miserables cast lyrics 63 song lyrics sorted by album, including on my own, do you hear the people sing. Les miserables 2012 cast and crew cast photos and info. Between 2012 and 1978, id give the leg up to the latter. All the actors in this film, to varying degrees, are competent singers. Les miserables travels with prisoneronparole, 24601, jean valjean, as he runs from the ruthless inspector javert on a journey beyond the barricades, at the center of the june rebellion. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. This truly is tom hoopers youtube karaoke film of les miz. Les miserables stars anne hathaway and hugh jackman the.
In 19thcentury france, jean valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman javert after breaking parole, agrees to care for a factory workers daughter. However, several alternatives have been used, including the miserables. Les miserables 2012 official international trailer hd youtube. Release date december 14, 2012 les miserables is the motionpicture adaptation of the beloved global stage sensation seen by more than 60 million people in 42 countries and in 21 languages around. Do you see the people sing, singing of love and bread and wars. Watch les miserables 2012 full movie online free on. She devours the song, the scene, the movie, and turns her. There have been countless adaptations, even to the screen. There is no guillotine because that was a completely different french revolution. Les miserables is a 2012 epic historical period musical film directed by tom hooper and scripted by william nicholson, alain boublil, who wrote the original.
Les miserables 2012 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. She provided the voice of a macaw in the animated rio 2011 and its sequel, rio 2. Click the link for more information on the show, to buy tickets and much much more. I had the score musiclyrics memorized and tried to lip sync along, but at times, found myself, singing along. Jean valjean, known as prisoner 24601, is released from prison and breaks parole to create a new life for himself while evading the grip of the persistent inspector javert. With hugh jackman, russell crowe, anne hathaway, amanda seyfried. Les miserables 2012 jean valjean, known as prisoner 24601, is released from prison and breaks parole to create a new life for himself while evading the grip of the persistent inspector javert.
Set in postrevolutionary france, the story reaches resolution against the background of the june rebellion. The original said victor hugos novel was set during the. After seeing les miz at least three times on stage, i do not always expect the film to live up to by expectations, but this film was a wonderful surprise when i first saw it in the theater because i wanted the big screen. The screen version demanded some reconception, some vision to make sense of its existence. Les miserables held its world premiere at leicester square in london on 5 december 2012, and was released 25 december 2012 in the united states and 11 january 20 in the united kingdom.
Les miserable is leftist in that it depicts the poor rising up, but then the poor fail their own putative saviors, and allow them to be massacred, alone. This is actor is what marius in the novel should look like. The official 2012 movie trailer for les miserables the movie starring hugh jackman, russell crowe, anne hathaway, amanda seyfried, eddie. Meanwhile, the life of a working class girl with a child is at turning. While primarily based on the musical, the film also incorporates elements from the novel that were left out of the original production. Directed by tom hooper the kings speech, this is the musical that has already bagged a golden globe. Les miserables did not originate as an opera, it was a french musical which was translated into english and presented on the west end in 1985. Having seen the 2012 version on tv i immediately ordered the dvd and. The films brief glimpse of heaven is like some limousine liberals fantasy. The first thing to know about this les miserables is that this creation of claudemichel schonberg, alain boublil and jeanmarc natel, is, with momentary exceptions, entirely sung, more like.
And if this bothers you, please skip les mis and enjoy watching something like twilight or jack reacher. The official international trailer for les miserables starring. Singing in images so closeup you can count the peoples pores. Theres no real spoken dialogue the entire way through. After the musicals 25th anniversary concert in 2010, producer cameron mackintosh finally announced that the film resumed development. Excellent film adaptation of gritty, heartbreaking musical.
Les miserables is a less miserable film experience than expected. Cinetigre clearly has no idea what they are talking about. Set against the backdrop of 19thcentury france, les miserables tells an. In december 2012, the worlds longestrunning musical brings its power to the. Problem is that with this and other strengths in the first hour, the rest of the film has a lot to live up to and, mostly, it doesnt really manage it. Principal photography of the film commenced in march 2012, and took place in various locations in winchester, london and portsmouth in england, as well as. Fans of the original production, no doubt, will eat the movie up, and good luck to them.
Les miserables official movie trailer 2012 hd youtube. Instead, were left with a film that is conscientious in all its particulars and yet. Les miserables is two hours and forty minutes of song. Les miserables 2012 film in my life scene by balaczczn66. Les miserables 2012 film les miserables wiki fandom. Valjean promptly breaks parole but later uses money from stolen silver to reinvent himself as a mayor and factory owner. Academy awards, usa 20 oscar winner best performance by an actress in a supporting role anne hathaway. In december 2012, the worlds longestrunning musical brings its power to the big screen in tom hoopers sweeping and spectacular interpretation of victor hugos epic tale. Also, while id heard of it before and knew it was a musical, my first introduction to the story of les miserables was a film starring liam neeson and geoffrey rush which altered the original story and abandoned the musical aspect. The production design and costumes of les mis are impeccable, and many familiar set pieces from the awardwinning stage play are brought to life in such vivid new dimensions that its hard not to. Tom hooper made this film a gamechanger for the way a moviemusical is supposed to work.
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