Les misérables

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Label

Les misérables

Statement of responsibility

Camack International ; directed by Tom Hooper ; produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh ; screenplay by William Nicholson, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer ; executive producers, Angela Morrison, Liza Chasin, Nicholas Allott, F. Richard Pappas ; a Universal Pictures presentation ; in association with Relativity Media ; a Working Title Films/Cameron Mackintosh production ; a film by Tom Hooper

Contributor

• Entertainment One (Firm : India)
• Universal Pictures (Firm)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Allen, Isabelle, 2002-
• Allott, Nicholas
• Barks, Samantha
• Baron Cohen, Sacha, 1971-
• Bevan, Tim
• Bonham Carter, Helena, 1966-
• Boublil, Alain, 1947-
• Chasin, Liza
• Crowe, Russell, 1964-
• Fellner, Eric
• Hathaway, Anne, 1982-
• Hayward, Debra
• Hooper, Tom, 1972-
• Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885
• Huttlestone, Daniel, 1999-
• Jackman, Hugh
• Kretzmer, Herbert
• Mackintosh, Cameron
• Morrison, Angela
• Nicholson, William
• Pappas, F. Richard
• Redmayne, Eddie, 1982-
• Schönberg, Claude-Michel
• Seyfried, Amanda
• Tveit, Aaron

Subject

• Dramatic films
• Ex-convicts -- Fiction
• Feature films
• Film adaptations
• Francia -- Vida social y costumbres -- Siglo XIX -- Teatro
• Historical films
• Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885 -- Film adaptations
• Melodramas (Motion pictures)
• Musical films
• Orphans -- Fiction
• Paris (France) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
• París (Francia) -- Vida social y costumbres -- Siglo XIX -- Teatro
• Romance films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Genre

• Dramatic films
• Feature films
• Fiction
• Film adaptations
• Historical films
• Melodramas (Motion pictures)
• Musical films
• Romance films
• Teatro
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

In early 19th century France the paroled prisoner Jean Valjean seeks redemption, regains his social standing, and rises to the rank of mayor. He encounters a beautiful but desperately ill woman named Fantine and cares for her daughter, Cosette, after her death. All the while he is obsessively pursued by the policeman Javert, who vows to make him pay for the crimes of his past

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Danny Cohen ; editors, Melanie Ann Oliver and Chris Dickens ; music supervisor, Becky Bentham

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

Rating: PG-13. Suggestive and sexual material, violence and thematic elements ; Canadian home video rating: PG

Language note

English dialogue; French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing

LC call number

PN1997.2

LC item number

.L47 2013

PerformerNote

Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Aaron Tveit, Samantha Barks, Isabelle Allen, Daniel Huttlestone, Colm Wilkinson, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen

Runtime

158

Technique

live action