Les
Miserables
(1998)
Starring: Liam Neeson, Geoffrey
Rush, Uma Thurman, Claire
Danes
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Director:
Bille August
Rated:
PG-13
Edition
Details:
NTSC format
(VHS, for use in U.S. and Canada only);
Color;
Number of tapes: 1
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ASIN: 6304847386
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Synopsis:
Frenchman Jean Valjean (Liam Neeson),
imprisoned for stealing bread, is paroled
after nearly two decades of hard labor. A
gift of silver candlesticks from a kindly
priest helps him begin anew. Forging a
decent and profitable existence, he finds
success as a businessman and as the mayor
of a small town. He even takes in a
pregnant young woman (Uma Thurman) and
raises her daughter as his own. When a
former prison guard (Geoffrey Rush) -- now
a cop -- recognizes Valjean, his past
catches up to him. The relentless Javert
gives hot pursuit, intent on putting
Valjean back in prison.
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"Director
Bille August culls mesmerizing
performances from his cast. Location
filming in Paris (and Prague) is another
asset."
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Les
Misérables
Starring:
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Michel
Boujenah, Allesandra Martines,
Annie Girardot, Clementine
Celarie, Philippe Leotard, Rufus,
Ticky Holgado, Philippe Khorsand,
Nicole Croisille.
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Director:
Claude Lelouch
Movie released: 1995
Rated:
R
for violence; brief sex & language. (
Not for sale to persons under age 18.)
Runtime:
175 minutes (2 cassettes)
Description:
Color;
Hi-Fi; in French with white English
subtitles
Format: NTSC - VHS
Manufacturer:
WARNER BROS.; COLUMBIA/TRISTAR STUDIOS
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Synopsis:
It comes like lightning. The Nazis overrun
France and for its proud people, it begins
the most miserable of times. Yet it's not
so miserable that the goodness of one man
cannot triumph.
In
Les
Misérables,
two-time Academy Award®
winner Claude Lelouch fashions a
magnificent achievement that won the
Golden Globe Award as 1995's Best Foreign
Language Film. Legendary Jean-Paul
Belmondo stars as Henri Fortin, a true and
simple man whose life parallels that of
Jean Valjean, the hero of Victor Hugo's
great novel. But those parallels do not
mean a simple updating of Hugo's tale.
Instead, Lelouch uses them to frame a
towering cascade of events, traits and
emotions: nobility, suffering,
persistence, joy, hate, longing, love,
greed, betrayal, war, peace and
life-affirming hope. "After 34 films, I am
dedicated to filming hope," Lelouch
states. Here he does it with exquisite
power and grace.
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