Les misérables

Resource Information

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Label

Les misérables

Statement of responsibility

Columbia ; Mandalay Entertainment presents ; a Sarah Radclyffe production ; a James Gorman production ; a film by Bille August ; co-producer Caroline Hewitt ; produced by Sarah Radclyffe, James Gorman ; screenplay by Rafael Yglesias ; directed by Bille August

Title variation

• Les misérables
• Les mis
• Les miz

Contributor

• Hewitt, Caroline
• Columbia Pictures
• Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885
• Matheson, Hans, 1975-
• Radclyffe, Sarah, 1950-
• Rush, Geoffrey, 1951-
• Thurman, Uma
• August, Bille, 1948-
• Mandalay Entertainment (Firm)
• Brynolfsson, Reine, 1953-
• Yglesias, Rafael, 1954-
• Vaughan, Peter, 1923-
• Danes, Claire, 1979-
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm)
• Gorman, James, 1961-

Actor

• Rush, Geoffrey, 1951-
• Brynolfsson, Reine, 1953-
• Danes, Claire, 1979-
• Matheson, Hans, 1975-
• Thurman, Uma
• Vaughan, Peter, 1923-

Screenwriter

• Yglesias, Rafael, 1954-

Film director

• August, Bille, 1948-

Film producer

• Gorman, James, 1961-
• August, Bille, 1948-
• Hewitt, Caroline
• Radclyffe, Sarah, 1950-

Production company

• Columbia Pictures

Subject

• France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Drama
• French fiction -- Translations into English
• French language materials
• Historical fiction
• Historical films
• Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885 -- Film adaptations
• Orphans -- Fiction
• Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Drama
• Redemption -- Drama
• Social justice -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Javert, Inspector (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
• Adopted children -- Drama
• Ex-convicts -- Fiction
• Ex-convicts -- France | Paris -- Drama
• Film adaptations

Genre

• Drama
• Film adaptations
• Fiction

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng
• fre
• eng

Summary

The story of Valjean, the ex-convict who rises against all odds from galley slave to mayor, and the fanatical police inspector who dedicates his life to recapturing Valjean

Member of

• Misérables (Motion picture : 1998)
• Misérables (Motion picture : 1998)

Cataloging source

MDK

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Music, Basil Poledouris ; editor, Janus Billeskov-Jansen ; director of photography, Jörgen Persson ; costumes, Gabriella Pescucci

Dewey number

• 791.4372
• 843.7

Intended audience

MPAA rating: Rated PG-13

Language note

Includes English and dubbed French versions with optional subtitles in English or French; closed-captioned

LC call number

• PQ2286.A2
• PQ2287.M5
• PQ2287.M5

LC item number

• A94 2006
• E5 1998
• E5 2006

PerformerNote

Liam Neeson, Geoffrey Rush, Uma Thurman, Claire Danes, Hans Matheson, Reine Brynolfsson, Peter Vaughan

Runtime

134

Technique

live action