Les mis book vs movie

Fantine sorrow and pain are much deeper in the novel she sells her front. Sure, its unusual to open up with valjean stealing the bread and then follow him the entire time hes in prison, which means they dont even get to paris until the last. Specifically, lets turn right to the last page to discover how the les mis book ends. Overall the movie was good, there were a few places where the accents were off, sounded more like oliver or nicholas nickleby, an english accent more than french. My eight year old daughter wanted to read les miserables after listening to the musical for several years. Samantha, being a broadway star herself, is not shy to the world of les mis. A new sixpart tv adaptation, debuting sunday on pbs, hews much more closely to victor hugos often tragic novel than to the famous musical version. So although ill talk about the changes the movie made from the book or the movie s songs, i do know those changes were made first for the stage show and not just for this movie. I just thought i would point out some of the differences between the movie and the book, not to criticize the movie, but to give a clearer picture of the story to those who havent read the book. Most importantly of all, to quote the west side story essay, a movie screen is filled out differently than a live stage is. The fate of hugos protagonist jean valjean in tim hoopers 2012 film adaptation is quite a bit different. The strange power of les mis, the book victor hugos hardnosed melodrama. Les miserabless movie was little different from the book.

I liked the film of les miserables better on second viewing, and also was able to see just how much they brought in from the novel. Les miserables bbc drama how is it different to the musical. Hugo want just a novelist, he was amore ive read the norman denny translation and to me he truly grasped the poetry and drama of victor hugos writing. With liam neeson, geoffrey rush, uma thurman, christopher adamson. Les miserables official movie trailer 2012 hd youtube.

The book itself is about 150 pages in something like 15 chapters. In this post, ill compare book with the recent hugh jackman movie, because it is the only version of les mis that i have seen. Jean valjean, after spending nineteen years in jail and in the galleys for stealing a loaf of bread and for several attempts to escape, is finally released, but his past keeps haunting him. The convict jean valjean is released from a french prison after serving nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread and for subsequent attempts to escape from prison. Les miserables is the latest musical adaptation to hit the theaters, but it is hardly the first. Marius character he is a far better character in the movie and musical than he is in the book. The film version is much the same as the stage version complete with such les mis classics as on my own, empty chairs at empty tables and bring him home although expands a. The novel was published in 1862 in an era of european radical retreat after the eruption of the revolutions. How does les miserables the musical differ from the book.

Bbcs les miserables has just come to an end, adding to a long line of adaptations of victor hugos book, from musicals to an oscarwinning movie. At the novels climax, hugo describes how marius began to have an. It was broadcast in the uk between 30 december 2018 and 3 february 2019. When valjean arrives at the town of digne, no one is willing to give him shelter because he is an exconvict. However, immediately after coming out of the movie theater, i knew that i was going to have to read the book, which i do every few years. Movie i am proud of my naming abilities, and ill be examining books and. I had previously seen the play and quite enjoyed it. Well, i reached my goal and finished reading les miserables so i could see the new musical movie which i. In the book, javert had seen jean valjean first when jean valjean was a. Religion and faith are central themes in the novel. Melody ive read the norman denny translation and to me he truly grasped the poetry and drama of victor hugos writing. When hes done with that, he gives a long discussion of paris as though the city were a sort of person with a specific personality. The stage version of les mis is usually performed on an abstract unit set and the libretto is full of what i like to call theatrical suspension of disbelief, or tsod.

Javerts presence is enough to shake valjean, and you can argue that fantine wouldnt. Overall the movie was good, there were a few places where the accents were off, sounded more like oliver or. I am, of course, speaking of les miserables, victor hugos masterwork. The most sympathetic characters in the novel valjean, cosette, even enjolras and marius have some sort of religious. Adapted by andrew davies and directed by tom shankland, it stars dominic west, david oyelowo, and lily collins bbc studios handles the distribution for the series. An adventure story for children, the adventures of tom sawyer is a funfilled book that shows life along the mississippi river in the 1840s. Valjean, a former criminal, has atoned for his past and now. The musical captures the scope and scale of the book better, but the nonmusical focuses in more on valjean and javert and is all the better for it. Revisiting the movie after rereading les miserables hyperborea. My reaction was overwhelmingly positive, and i felt i had to read the book. One of my favourite musical films is the 1956 the king and i, with the late yul brynner and late deborah kerr in the lead roles. These are the three major versions of les mis though countless other movies have been made, and spinoff books written, and theyll be what i.

What are the differences between les miserables the musical and the new. So although ill talk about the changes the movie made from the book or the movies songs, i do know those changes were made first for the stage. Whats the difference between the movie and the book version of les miserables. In particular i love the movies addition of javert in the office looking down. Only the saintly bishop, monseigneur myriel, welcomes him. I saw the musical for the first time on new years day 20, by way of its film adaptation. But this book is also about the metaphysical struggle between good and evil in the soul of every man and every community. Hugo want just a novelist, he was a poet and a playwright and denny communicates that in his translation very well. However, this was samanthas first movie, which is a bit of a different environment. When i first saw les mis almost exactly a decade ago on broadway i was 11, and didnt really grasp the story but loved the music. Coloured by hugos distinctive philosophy, it is a plea for social justice, political enlightenment and personal charity which continues to speak with the undiminished authority more than a century after its first appearance. There was a several difference between the movie and the book. Tom hoopers film is a colossal effort after 158 minutes, you really have experienced something. Whats the difference between the movie and the book.

Written by mark twain, the book shows masterfullydone sati more. I think the biggest difference is that the novel gives a much more indepth backstory to all the characters, especially javert who is godfearing in the play, atheist in the book, and i dont think its mentioned in the movie, but also notably the pontmercy family, the thenardier family including eponine who is not in the movie, and her brothers and sisters who are not in the play, the. An examination of the differences between les miserables. Hugo often references god as the goal of all progress, and it is bishop myriel and the nuns of the petitpicpus convent who inspire valjean to continue his moral journey.

She would read along with the songs in the cd insert and had a pretty good grasp of the story line before beginning to read the book. Read a plot overview of the entire book or a chapter by chapter summary and analysis. The movie follows the book plot more, so i would believe that the musical changed the story, not the film. Among them, i considered a relationship of jean valjean and javert most important difference. The official 2012 movie trailer for les miserables the movie starring hugh jackman, russell crowe, anne hathaway, amanda seyfried, eddie redmayne, aaron tveit, samantha barks, with helena bonham. She has played eponine numerous times in a production of the play in london as well as in the 25 th anniversary concert. Gavroche is the thenardiers son in the novel they have five children. The 2012 movie rekindled my interest, and i reread it the norman denny translation with an entirely new perspective, writing commentary as i went in 2018, i came back to it again, reading the christine donougher translation. In the book marius finds out about valjeans past and ostracizes him from cosette. At digne, he is repeatedly refused shelter for the night. The strange power of les mis, the book the new republic. While the movie is based primarily on the musical adaptation, some elements were changed or added to reflect events that occurred in the book but not in the stage version. A possibly apocryphal tale tells that shortly after the heavily hyped publication of les mis, hugo, in exile from louis napoleons. Originally written in book form by victor hugo, les mis shortened by many people was adapted into a musical and later into numerous films, the latest being produced in december 2012.