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‘Les Misérables’ Trailer: First Look At Dominic West, David Oyelowo & Lily Collins [tr]
Deadline Hollywood ^
| December 2, 2018
| Denise Petski
Posted on 12/03/2018 7:37:20 AM PST by C19fan
PBS Masterpiece has released the first trailer for Les Misérables, the upcoming six-part event adaptation of Victor Hugos classic novel, set for premiere on Masterpiece in 2019. A co-production from Lookout Point and BBC Studios, the drama stars Dominic West as Jean Valjean, David Oyelowo as Javert, Lily Collins as Fantine and Adeel Akhtar and Olivia Colman as Monsieur and Madame Thénardier.
(Excerpt) Read more at deadline.com ...
TOPICS: Books/Literature; History; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: adeelakhtar; davidoyelowo; defundnpr; defundpbs; dominicwest; fantine; france; hugo; javert; jeanvaljean; lesmiserables; lilycollins; madamethenardier; monsieurthenardier; npr; oliviacolman; pbs; victorhugo
Is it ok to cheer for the Orléanists to kill off the Socialist and Jacobin scum when they man the barricades and raise the red banner? Thanks to Victor Hugo the failed June Uprising in 1832, something that would be relegated to a footnote, is glorified in popular culture.
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posted on
12/03/2018 7:37:20 AM PST
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
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posted on
12/03/2018 7:43:52 AM PST
by
bk1000
(I stand with Trump)
To: C19fan
How many versions of this do we need?
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posted on
12/03/2018 7:45:02 AM PST
by
EdnaMode
To: EdnaMode
“How many versions of this do we need?”
-
How many versions of Hamlet do we need?
Performers want to perform
.
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posted on
12/03/2018 7:48:17 AM PST
by
Mears
To: EdnaMode
PBS needs to get with the program and call this a “reboot.” That’s how you make something for the 20th time and still try to generate some buzz about it.
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posted on
12/03/2018 7:48:25 AM PST
by
Opinionated Blowhard
(When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
To: EdnaMode
How many versions of this do we need?Socialist tripe? I need Zilch!
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posted on
12/03/2018 7:48:40 AM PST
by
higgmeister
( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
To: EdnaMode
How many versions of this do we need?Judging by this new version's multi-racial PC cast, I'd say at least one version less.
I seem to remember reading that the Brits have mandated that all television productions must feature racially diverse casts, regardless of the lack of historicity.
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posted on
12/03/2018 7:48:42 AM PST
by
Sans-Culotte
(Time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!)
To: C19fan
a BLACK guy as the evil cop Javert..?
Wow.
I guess they wanted lots of shots of people deferring to him, honkies cowering and doing his black bidding, etc.
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posted on
12/03/2018 7:49:54 AM PST
by
gaijin
To: Mears
How many versions of this do we need?
At least this one sounds like a drama rather than a musical. Most film adaptations of Broadway musicals bore me to tears.
To: C19fan
How many more versions of Les Miserables are they going to make?
They already have several versions of the movie, a Broadway musical and another movie adaptation of the musical...
What we really need today is a modern Victor Hugo who can write novels like this one.
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posted on
12/03/2018 8:01:13 AM PST
by
SeekAndFind
(look at Michigan, it will)
To: gaijin
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posted on
12/03/2018 8:12:27 AM PST
by
V_TWIN
To: C19fan
The greatest novel ever written! Yes, I've read
War and Peace,
Pride and Prejudice,
Moby Dick, The Scarlet Letter, Washington Square, The Sound and the Fury, The Brothers Karamazov, et al.
I'm glad they resisted the urge to cast Robert Mueller as Inspector Javert.
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posted on
12/03/2018 8:25:30 AM PST
by
Savage Beast
(Trump is by far the intellectual, moral, and spiritual superior of those who seek to destroy him.)
To: EdnaMode
"How many versions of this do we need?"Only one. A good one. So far, except for the novel, one hasn't appeared.
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posted on
12/03/2018 8:26:50 AM PST
by
Savage Beast
(Trump is by far the intellectual, moral, and spiritual superior of those who seek to destroy him.)
To: Mears
How many versions of this do we need? -
How many versions of Hamlet do we need?
Well said.
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posted on
12/03/2018 8:27:45 AM PST
by
Savage Beast
(Trump is by far the intellectual, moral, and spiritual superior of those who seek to destroy him.)
To: V_TWIN
I liked the one on Animaniacs, les animals. Starring Rita and Runt
To: C19fan
Yes, but the greatest glory of Les Misérables is the saintly Bishop Charles-François-Bienvenu Myriel and his transformative power over the thug Jean Valjean.
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posted on
12/03/2018 8:31:31 AM PST
by
Savage Beast
(Trump is by far the intellectual, moral, and spiritual superior of those who seek to destroy him.)
To: Savage Beast
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posted on
12/03/2018 2:06:58 PM PST
by
Sans-Culotte
(Time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!)
To: Sans-Culotte
Thanks for the tip! I haven’t seen it. I didn’t even know it existed. I’ll check it out. I don’t see how anyone can do justice to Hugo’s masterpiece short of something like 20 hours at least.
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posted on
12/03/2018 3:57:23 PM PST
by
Savage Beast
(Trump is by far the intellectual, moral, and spiritual superior of those who seek to destroy him.)
To: Sans-Culotte
I wated to see it until I read the linked article.
The section on “Differences from the novel” turned me right off.
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posted on
12/04/2018 12:46:40 AM PST
by
ExGeeEye
(For dark is the suede that mows like a harvest.)
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