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 enlarge | Directors: Gavin Taylor, John Caird, Paul Kafno
Actors: Colm Wilkinson, Philip Quast, Ruthie Henshall, Jenny Galloway, Alun Armstrong
Studio: VCI/Tristsar
Category: DVD
Buy Used: $49.95
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Rating:  285 reviews
Sales Rank: 21340
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 160 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5 x 0.6
ISBN: 0767812131
UPC: 043396887091
EAN: 9780767812139
ASIN: 0767812131
Theatrical Release Date: May 1, 1998
Release Date: November 17, 1998
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: NIP. CDs / DVDs may have light surface scratches. VHS boxes and jewel case condition will vary, unless noted NIP (New In Package). May or may not include liner notes. All returns must be authorized in advance.
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 Bombasic and cheesy July 13, 2007
Thor (Chicago, IL United States)
1 out of 15 found this review helpful
I guess I am one of the few who has seen this show and of course this "theatrical event" and find the music and the story to be so over the top that it is embarassing. The score is repetitive and totally derivitive. The show just never seems to end it drags on and on. Hopefully history will show that people who enjoy this garbage will not be treated to a 75th anniversary production. This tripe along with Phantom of the Opera, Martin Guerre and Miss Saigon are "of an era" and hopefully will be consigned to the trashcan of history. Better you go see the Forbidden Broadway version! I certainly hope that the world has grown up a bit.
To quote another source. All strum and drang bombast and noise and signifing NOTHING
 The best of the best - - June 10, 2007
Sudsie Dann (Silver Spring, MD)
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
I have this show in the VHS format and am more thrilled each time I see it. It is very touching and goose-bump-raising. Would love to have it with English sub-titles, which means on DVD, which means $118.00 or more, which my budget won't allow. But if anyone out there can hack it, it would be well worth the investment. Just let me warn you, however, the more often you see it, the more you will love it. Be sure to see it to the bitter end of the tape/disk, where there is an unexpected treat: The main (or one of the main) songs is shared by maybe 12 different artists, each from a different country, each from a different production of the world-wide show, each singing one phrase following the previous one of the song. Thrilling! The music is haunting throughout the show, and there is not an inferior voice in the whole cast. All send goose-bumps, and the projection of emotion is superb. Don't miss it, in whichever format!!
A Moving Musical April 23, 2007
Thomas Krider (Poultney, Vermont USA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Unbelievable! I bought both the CD soundtrack, and the DVD of this inconcievably brilliant musical collaboration and automatically was hooked.
I've never seen any other Les Miserables performances on stage. I do admit I watched the movie starring Liam Neeson. But when I watched this concert, I was immediately biased.
Colm Wilkinson has such a heartwarming yet awe inspiring way of bringing Jean Valjean to life. And the fact that at his age he could still hit those higher notes was just a testament to him being on the dream cast.
Ruthie Henshall. Fantine the mother of little Cosette played by Hannah Chick. Never before have I seen a more perfect merging of character and performer. When she sang I Dreamed A Dream, you could feel and see every emotion coming forth. You could believe what she was going through, and she deserved her spot on the dream cast.
Judy Kuhn. Older Cosette. Before Pocahontas, Judy Kuhn made Cosette her own. She made it quite seen that she enjoyed her role and that she was feeling the love for Marius who was played by Michael Ball. Micheal Ball being the brilliant vocalist he was, was another testament to his role and spot on the cast.
Phillip Quast as Javere. A character I felt so many emotions for. Hatred, understanding, pity, respect. He was definately a character for the ages. And Quast was so tear jerking as Javere, especially when his character commits suicide. I did truly feel sorry for Quast's character, and I also respected his determination once he performed the song Stars.
Lea Salonga as Eponine. Another Disney veteran(Aladdin), her performance of On My Own deserved the outstanding ovation she recieved. She was tender, she was honorable, she made it quite easy for the audience to be sympathetic to her cause and strife.
Other very honorable mentions include Adam Searles who played Gavroche, Michael Maguire who portrayed Enjorlas, Alun Armstrong who played the innkeeper and of course Hannah Chick whom I mentioned earlier portrayed the younger Cosette.
The best performances in my opinion were the ensemble performing the song One Day More during the end of Act 1, Michael Maguire's performance of Do You Hear The People Sing, the epilogue of the performance at the end of Act 2, and one performance I didn't expect to mention, Michael Ball's performance of the song Empty Chairs At Empty Tables.
Keep an eye on the DVD for the gathering of every Valjean from the performances around the world performing with Colm Wilkinson a multi lingual version of Do You Hear The People Sing, and then belting out with the rest of the ensemble a powerful encore of the chorus from One Day More.
Do you hear the people sing? Well if you buy this DVD of Les Miserables, I garauntee you will and more.
A Spectacular Masterpiece April 6, 2007
Sibedh (nz)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Les Miserables is always wonderful, but the Dream Cast Concert surely deserves a special mention. I have seen the DVD five times, and still am held spellbound by the exquisite music and amazing performances.
It is truly the Dream Cast. Colm Wilkinson delivers his songs with a beautifully perfected panache. He manages to portray Valjean with both the veiled threat of the ex-convict and the softened repentance of the philanthropistic mayor. Phillip Quast is the epitomy of Javert, managing to create an Inspector who is both law-bound and human at once.
Alun Armstrong performs the most hilarious Thernadier I have ever seen, expertly backed by Jenny Galloway.
Michael Maguire is a passionately fierce Enjolras, and Michael Ball performs Marius with just the right touch of good humour. Ruthie Henshaw's Fantine is suitably poignant, while Lea Salonga's clear voice and superb acting skills make certain that her Eponine will never be forgotten.
While I found the singing and acting fantastic, after a few viewings of the DVD, the discerning watcher becomes more intrigued by what the performers are doing while sitting down. The interaction between Javert and Valjean is especially intriguing. It's satisfying, too, for all those who wished that the two redoubtable characters could have been friends.
Also worth a mention is the heart-stopping rendition of Do You Hear The People Sing at the end of the concert performed by 17 Valjean's from some of the World's productions.
I highly reccomend this production.
Just amazing April 3, 2007
Sartori Laura (Milan, Italy)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
What to say...it is just amazing...I just can't stop watching this opera once a time. The opera and actors are sublime, you are like surrounded in this opera and you can't do anything except watching and listening.
Marvellous.
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