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Message: <blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 5929338" data-attributes="member: 22424">So, the film of the musical of the book? I am aghast.Seriously, though...Les Miserables is a great book. The section on the flight through the sewers, in particular, should be required reading for any player thinking of having their character take such a route.It's also a great musical, although really quite different in parts of the story and where the emphasis lies.I'm rather concerned that this may be an adaptation too far, though. It's a very long book, and a very long musical (relatively speaking), so I wonder if they won't have had to chop too much to work as a film. I guess we'll see.Also, an awful lot depends on the two leads. Both the actors for Valjean and Javert must be able to sing, and able to act, and look the part. Jackman can certainly cover the first and the third; Crowe the third (and, when he's on form, the second). But can they hit all three?And I'm also a little concerned about the high billing given to Anne Hathaway. Fantine is an absolutely key character... for about a third of the running time. If they've been tempted to expand the role for her, they've made a very big mistake. (Strictly speaking, she's also too old to play Fantine, but that's a nitpick.)So, we'll see. I'll no doubt be going to see this one, and it looks good enough...</blockquote>