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MauritiusToday.com - Shopping Mall - Les Miserables - The 10th Anniversary Dream Cast in Concert at London's Royal Albert Hall
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List Price: $34.98
Our Price: $25.99
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Manufacturer: BBC Warner
Starring: Colm Wilkinson, Michael Ball, Lea Salonga, Judy Kuhn, Michael Maguire
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0883929005949
Format: Closed-captioned
Label: BBC Warner
Manufacturer: BBC Warner
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: BBC Warner
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-02-19
Running Time: 148
Studio: BBC Warner
Theatrical Release Date: 1995
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Editorial Reviews:
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A performance of Les Miserables by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall, for a 10th Anniversary Concert celebration.
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Summary: The best birthday present ever!
Comment: I've always loved Les Miserables as the music has been so invigorating and the storyline so challenging! If you loved the original musical when it came out in 1985 then you've got buy this as it has many of the original actors singing those roles again such as Colm Wilkinson as Valjean, Alun Armstrong as Thenadier and my favorite, the gorgeous Michael Ball once again as Marius!
Not meaning to leave out any of the women being Ruthie Henshall, Jenny Galloway, Judy Kuhn, Hannah Chick and the beautiful Lea Salonga all sung their roles with great power and beauty.
The prised part would have to be when Cameron Macintosh and Co got together 17 men who sang Jean Valjean around the world and it's great fun listening to 'Do you hear the people sing' being sung in their native voices.
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Summary: Les Miserables-10th anniversary DVD
Comment: It's a wonderful performance with a superb cast. All of the "extras" like the interviews and the international finale make it even more interesting and entertaining. I highly recommend it.
Sal
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Summary: More of the same reviews
Comment: I didn't want to reiterate what are basically accurate reviews already here, but I just got off the phone with Warner Home video.
I'm on my second DVD after having contacted Warner (referred to them by BBC America) about the missing bits on the DVD as mentioned by others. Let's be clear: the omission is obvious. We're not talking a decision to take a distinct section out, it's a segment from the middle of a song that's missing. I had contacted them earlier this year and, after months of back and forth, received a replacement that I was assured fixed the problem.
It did not.
After finally being able to watch the DVD, I saw that the exact same errors were present (Gavroche and "Little People," etc.). In addition. I found another problem I didn't see in my quick glance through the reviews here.
The original release of the concert was on a double-sided, double layer DVD, with Act 1 on one side, Act 2 on the second. This DVD is on a single-sided DVD. How did they do this? By atrociously high video compression. There are a lot of blacks in the concert as a result of it being performed on a stage with a darkened background. The posterization effect that results from the high compression (where the shading changes are abrupt rather than gradual) are quite glaring and distracting.
Anyway, I've contacted Warner again; their initial response was "that's how it is," which is just silly.
It's a shame; I love Les Miserables, and this is truly a great version--the only way it could have been better would have been if it had been a complete version of the play.
But I'd loaned out my original DVD (the previous release) to someone who made off with it; I think it's better enough (compared to this one) that I'm going to order a replacement, despite the quite high cost.
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Summary: Les Miserables
Comment: This is an inpiring and wonderful dream cast edition of the musical play. The finale is phenomional with stars from many different nations singing in their native language! Don't miss it!
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Summary: Les Miserables - The 10th Anniversary Dream Cast in Concert at London's Royal Albert Hall
Comment: There is a few glitches in the DVD but I am not going to pay to send it back when it should have come to me in perfect, new condition. I was not very happy about it.
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