Release Date: December 25th, 2012
DVD Release Date: March 22nd, 2013
PG-13|2 hr 38 min
Plot Summary
After 19 years as a prisoner, Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) is freed by Javert (Russell Crowe), the officer in charge of the prison workforce. Valjean promptly breaks parole but later uses money from stolen silver to reinvent himself as a mayor and factory owner. Javert vows to bring Valjean back to prison. Eight years later, Valjean becomes the guardian of a child named Cosette after her mother's (Anne Hathaway) death, but Javert's relentless pursuit means that peace will be a long time coming.
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen, Samantha Barks
Director: Tom Hooper
Genres: Historical drama, Musical
Production Co: Working Title Films, Cameron Mackintosh
Distributors: Universal Pictures
Keywords: Pursuit, Touching, Spirited, Underdog, Love, Prison, Love interest, France
