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Liam neeson takes us on a journey through his most iconic roles, including a man with a very particular set of skills, a jedi master, and his new role in cold pursuit. Les miserables starring liam neeson, geoffrey rush, uma thurman, and claire danes release date. It contains the moments of high drama, clearly outlines all the motivations, is easy to follow and lacks only passion. Les miserables is the epic story of jean valjean, an exconvict who was persecuted for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his starving family. Liam neeson stars as jean valjean, a heartless convict who is transformed by a single act of mercy. Les miserables stars liam neeson, geoffrey rush, claire danes, hans matheson, and uma thurman. The dvd release of les miserables hopefully wont confuse too many fans of the beloved musical. As written by victor hugo, the 19th century classic novel les miserables is a long, sprawling epic that encompasses everything from the political upheaval of postrevolutionary france to the intimate orchestrations of the heart. As directed by bille august with such sturdy, allpurpose erudition that hugo occasionally plays like dickens, it visits the familiar high points of a very famous story and bestows them with both classical and contemporary overtones. Uma thurman is fantine, the vulnerable prostitute who begs valjean to raise her only child, cosette claire danes.

It stars liam neeson, geoffrey rush, uma thurman, and claire danes as in the original novel, the storyline follows the adult life of jean valjean, an exconvict paroled following 19 years of hard labor, for stealing bread pursued by police inspector javert. After nine years, jean valjean is now a wealthy mayor who owns a factory. Victor hugos stirring novel of redemption and revolution is brought to life in this theatrical version. Jean valjean liam neeson, eventually befriends fantine uma thurman, a single motherturnedprostitute, after he rescues her when she. Les miserables liam neeson geoffrey rush uma thurman 1998 victor hugos jean valjean liam neeson steals bread for his family and becomes a fugitive, hounded for life by obsessed policeman javert geoffrey r. Here are my two cures for those suffering from absorption in les mis. Les miserables is like a perfectly respectable classics illustrated version of the victor hugo novel. In december 2012, the epic musical comes to the big screen. Based on les miserables by victor hugo performance by liam neeson and geoffrey rush music by basil poledouris cinematography by. His body is shown afterwards when paul geoffrey sees liam s horse run by with his body tied to it. Os miseraveis 1998 belissima cena com liam neeson dublado em portugues. According to aug 1951 conference notes contained in the twentieth centuryfox produced scripts collection, located at the ucla. A policeman, javert geoffrey rush, who was a prison guard when valjean was locked up, has a vendetta against him and tries to denounce him as a criminal despite a lack of evidence.

I couldnt stand chicago, but i loved dreamgirls and eventually bought it on dvd. Beautiful beast full movie shona kay, brad johnson, melanie gardner duration. Les miserables 2012 movie mistakes, goofs and bloopers. A story filled with outrage and idealism becomes somehow merely picturesque. The film is a nonmusical adaptation of victor hugos original novel. In the scene early in the film, where valjean is singing in the church after the police brought him back to the minister for stealing the silver, he has a wound on the right hand side of his head from being hit by the policemans sticktruncheon. The disc is worth checking out for fans of the story, nonetheless, as the 2. A friend watching with me just could not help but quote the i have skills line from taken when valjean is at the barricades. Over the years, millions of fans have come to admire jean valjean, the books protagonist, who proves that a man can change, and to adore cosette, the one girl who. Watch les miserables online stream full movie directv. A compelling and powerful human drama with terrific performances by liam neeson and geoffrey rush. It is undeniable that liam neeson has become one of the most bankable action movie stars of today here is a complete as possible filmography of his tv an. Although paul identifies the body as liam s character, the body we see is obviously an unconvincing stunt double. With liam neeson, geoffrey rush, uma thurman, christopher adamson.

Valjean, a former criminal, has atoned for his past and now. Released 1998, les miserables stars liam neeson, geoffrey rush, uma thurman, claire danes the pg movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 11 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. On 20 jul 1951, laex reported that jeff chandler would be starring as jean valjean and james mason would play javert. This 1998 film made me a fan of liam neeson, which i believe established him as the heroic father. Geoffrey rush is an ambitious policeman determined to return valjean to prison. He felt sorry for her after she was almost arrested by officer javert, a former guard of jean. Theres still hope for people who love les mis the new. Les miserables 1998 film starring liam neeson home. First worked with his future wife, actress natasha richardson, on the miniseries ellis island. Stay on top of the latest breaking film and tv news. Liam neeson is momentarily, at least hanging up his action gloves, joining rising star micheal richardson vox lux, big dogs, anchorman 2 for the comedy made in italy.

Les miserables stars liam neeson, geoffrey, uma thurman and. Liam neeson, geoffrey rush, uma thurman, claire danes, hans matheson director. 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. Les miserables 1998 stream and watch online moviefone. Based on the classic novel by victor hugo, this film follows petty criminal. Liam john neeson, obe, was born 7 june 1952 in ballymena, county antrim, northern ireland. The third american bigscreen rendition of victor hugos classic novel, bille augusts les miserables is without a doubt the most emotionally powerful and handsomely mounted production of the. Les miserables jean valjean liam nesson saves injured unconscious marius. He then befriended fantine, a prostitute who was fired from his factory. Depending on the camera angle, the size of the wound and its appearance alters sometimes it is quite small and flat, other.

After serving a lengthy prison sentence, jean valjean liam neeson turns his life around after an act of kindness opens his eyes, becoming a beloved mayor of a french town. Victor hugos great novel les miserables has been translated to screen at least five times before. Leave it to liam neeson to make a sixth seem indispensable. Twentieth centuryfox presents victor hugos les miserables. Liam neeson, micheal richardson team for comedy made in. Basil poledouris score for bille augusts starstudded adaptation of victor hugos les miserables starring oscar winner geoffery rush, oscar nominee liam neeson, oscar nominee uma thurman and claire danes is appropriately grandiose and melodramatic, capturing the romanaticism and adventure of this sweeping epic. Killed offscreen, presumably by robert addie or his men. Les miserables 1998 jean valjean, a frenchman imprisoned for stealing. The grumpiness of a few critics, including this one, wont stop tom hoopers screen version of the 1985 west end musical from cleaning up at the box office and earning oscar. Les miserables drama jean valjean is released from prison and breaks parole to create a new life for himself while evading the grip of the persistent inspector javert. Frenchman jean valjean liam neeson, imprisoned for stealing bread, is paroled after nearly two decades of hard labor. Directed by bille august, it stars liam neeson as jean valjean, geoffrey rush as inspector javert, uma thurman as fantine, and claire danes as cosette.