Description
Double Black Vinyl cut at 45 rpm!
Background:
Television adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic novel which follows Jean Valjean as he evades capture by the unyielding Inspector Javert. Set against a backdrop of post-Napoleonic France as unrest beings to grip the city of Paris once more. This 6 episode, tv mini series is a drama, with a score, not a musical.
Drivers:
* Incredible Score by John Murphy (Sunshine, 28 Weeks Later, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Kick-Ass)
* Cast Includes Academy Award Winning Best Actress Olivia Coleman (The Favourite), Dominic West, Lilly Collins, Johnny Flynn and David Oyelowo
* Directed by Tom Shankland (The Missing, House of Cards, Luke Cage, The Punisher, Wicked City)
* Adapted by Andrew Davies (Bleak House, Pride and Prejudice, Vanity Fair, War and Peace)
* Critically acclaimed BBC Mini-Series debuted on PBS / Masterpiece in America on April 14, 2019
Links/Press:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isQGHwWyJ6k <- BBC TV Trailer
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0614373/ John Murphy IMDb
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/watch-trailer-pbs-les-miserables-1197487
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5900600/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06t5zcw
https://www.popdisciple.com/podcasts/john-murphy
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/shows/les-miserables/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables_(2018_miniseries)
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/les_mis_rables/s01 <- 96% FRESH
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/les-miserables-review-1198140
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-dominic-west-les-miserables-20190405-story.html
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/feb/03/les-miserables-finale-recap-beautiful-if-interminable
http://ventsmagazine.com/2019/03/19/28-days-later-composer-john-murphy-returns-to-the-scoring-world-with-an-unexpected-project-les-miserables-on-pbs/
https://hiddenremote.com/2019/04/18/interview-john-murphy-for-les-miserables/
https://www.thedailybeast.com/pbs-les-miserables-a-grand-romantic-alternative-to-game-of-thrones
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/12/entertainment/les-miserables-review/index.html
https://www.indiewire.com/2019/04/les-miserables-lily-collins-fantine-teeth-pbs-1202126632/
http://collider.com/les-miserables-review-pbs/
https://www.indiewire.com/2019/04/les-miserables-review-not-musical-lily-collins-david-oyelowo-pbs-1202058502/
https://www.wsj.com/articles/les-miserables-review-no-one-hears-the-people-sing-11555011851
http://time.com/5566032/les-miserables-2019-pbs-review/
https://variety.com/2019/tv/reviews/tv-review-les-miserables-with-david-oyelowo-and-dominic-west-1203183396/
Quotes:
" timely and poignant as ever" dailybeast.com
"solid and respectful take on Les Miserables" hollywoodreporter.com
"The bleakness and brutality of Hugo's vision is vividly depicted" latimes.com
"Davies's sprawling adaptation satisfies our desire for spectacle and romantic tragedy with socially relevant purpose" tvguide.com
" this impeccably produced edition of PBS