From Victor Hugo`s classic French novel of the nineteenth century to Tom Hooper`s award winning blockbuster, Les Misérables has undergone one of the most successful transitions from book to stage to screen. In this new documentary, the scintillating journey of Hugo`s universal story is traced from book to stage to screen with contributions from those who have starred in and helped to create the entertainment phenomenon which has captured a place in everyone`s hearts. Helmed by entertainment and celebrity journalist Neil Sean, this insightful documentary traces the events of the Paris insurrection in 1832 and features excerpts from the restored 1978 Les Misérables lm starring Anthony Perkins alongside interviews with Frances Ruffelle, Hugh Jackman, Nick Jonas, Tom Hooper, Alfie Boe, Amanda Seyfried, Sir Cameron Mackintosh and Anne Hathaway.
Production
Rare 1978 Anthony Perkins footage that time forgot.
Acting
Anne Hathaway's raw interview about 'I Dreamed a Dream'.
Direction
Tom Hooper explaining his controversial live-singing gamble.
Director
Alan Byron
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lea Salonga appears only in archive footage because she was filming 'Allegiance' — she originated Éponine in London but was deemed too old for the 2012 film's Cosette.
Nick Jonas's presence as a talking head represents the 'Disney Channel to Broadway' pipeline that kept Les Mis culturally relevant to younger audiences through the 2000s.
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