Los Angeles, CA—Les Miserables is a book written by the late
Victor Hugo. This classic novel was published during our own Civil War. It’s about 19 years of events and a political
climate that ended in an insurrection in in France in 1832. The story unfolds
around, a man Jean Valjean who burglarized a bakery for a loaf of bread.
Times were tough for this man who was arrested and imprisoned at hard labor. His five-year sentence was lengthened considerably after numerous failed escape attempts. Valjean is finally released and briefly returns to crime breaking parole.
Soon Valjean sees the error of his ways and established a new identity and undergoes a dramatic change for the better managing to become a wealthy manufacturer and benevolent town mayor.
Times were tough for this man who was arrested and imprisoned at hard labor. His five-year sentence was lengthened considerably after numerous failed escape attempts. Valjean is finally released and briefly returns to crime breaking parole.
Soon Valjean sees the error of his ways and established a new identity and undergoes a dramatic change for the better managing to become a wealthy manufacturer and benevolent town mayor.
Along the way Valjean winds up with a victimized and orphaned
little girl, Cozette to care for and to raise as his own. In the middle of this mess a revolution is
going on and all Hell breaks loose.
All the while, the dedicated policeman, Javert, is
relentlessly hunting down Valjean like a rat. Valjean is discovered after an accident.
There is a cast of rich characters with their own tragic
tales that all unfold in this sad story. It is a literary masterpiece that has been
retold many times in film and in the theater.
In 1985, producer Cameron Mackintosh along with director
Trevor Nunn and John Caird adapted the story into a terrific and wildly
successful musical. Claude-Michel
Schönberg composed the music, and Alain Boublil wrote the libretto.
Now this musical has been adapted for the silver
screen. Okay, they now managed to have
me spellbound and waiting with major excitement to see the film that is set for
release this Christmas. Needless to say
they have an all-star cast. Now, if I can only manage to get invited to
the premier of the film…
The cast:
Les Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean
Russell Crowe as Inspector Javert
Anne Hathaway as Fantine
Amanda Seyfried as Cosette
Eddie Medmayne as Marius Pontmercy
Samantha Banks as Eponine
Sacha Baron Cohen and Helena Bonham Carter, as Monsieur and
Madame Thendardier!
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