| | |  | PUNK ROCK VIDEOS | Home » » » Les Miserables: The 10th Anniversary Dream Cast in Concert at London's Royal Albert Hall | | | | | | | Description: | | Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 02/19/2008 Run time: 147 minutes Rating: Nr | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Colm Wilkinson, Michael Ball, Lea Salonga, Judy Kuhn, Michael Maguire | | Format:
| Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Subtitle:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 2 | | Studio:
| BBC Worldwide | | Run Time:
| 148 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| February 19, 2008 | | Average Customer Rating:
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221 of 227 found the following review helpful:
 Great in some ways, but disspointng in others...Feb 24, 2008
By mvaljean
This new edition of the Les Miserables 10th Anniversary Concert (taped in 1995 at the Royal Albert Hall in London) is a welcome new edition for any person who found the original concert enjoyable and thrilling. The 2-DVD set comes in a good quality hard case with new artwork. The performances continue to be mostly excellent and one really does not miss the staging too much. There are several new positive additions to this edition. First is the wide-screen presentation of the concert. It was painfully obvious at certain points during the original release (especially the bigger numbers) that you were missing some of the singers on the sides. The new wide-screen presentation opens up the experience so you can watch the concert as it was originally taped. The second positive aspect of this issue is that the whole concert is on one side of one disk, which makes it much more convenient to watch. The third is the inclusion of the "Stage By Stage" Documentary from the late 80s tracking the recording of the Complete Symphonic Recording as a supplement on the second disk. Finally, for those who want to, you can follow along with new (optional) on-screen lyrics.
However, this edition is not without its disappointments. The first and by far the biggest disappointment is how it's only presented in stereo and not Dolby Digital 5.1 or better. Not having a digital audio option in 2008 is ridiculous and I would have greatly put up with changing disks if it meant having a better quality performance. The second disappointment is the deletion of parts of the concert previously available, which include part of "Little People" and the speeches by the creative talent behind the show at the end of the concert before the encore. Even if space was limited on the first disk, these deletions could have easily been put on the second disk as supplementary material.
So, while the concert itself continues to be quite enjoyable and there are some new additions that makes it a must have for any Les Miserable fan, there are some basic disappointments that keep this edition from being perfect.
145 of 155 found the following review helpful:
 a disapointmentFeb 21, 2008
By Paul R. Jones
Wow, I have waited forever for this concert to be released on DVD, I have worn out two VHS tapes, and I can't express my disapointment. It arrived today and my wife and I disconected the phones and prepared to watch on our new 1080p with a Blu-Ray player. The DVD is very grainy a lot of the time, like looking through a screen, much of the time there are ghosts around the actors. It appears to be simply a copy of the VHS with no enhancement. It has been edited, for instance Gavroche's song exposing Javert to the students has been shortened, the entire part between the end of the concert and the entrance of the international Jean Valjeans has been cut. (It may be on the second disc, but if it is then the "additional material" is misleading) In this day of digital enhancement there is no excuse for this poor quality, my old VHS is superior. The sound track is not enhanced at all. I will only hope someone will eventually offer a real quality DVD of this great, great event.
Post Script to my original review: I just rented the 1996 version DVD from netflix and it is superb, all of the criticisms I made of the 2008 DVD are much better on this version. I heartily suggest you get on the inter-net and locate this 1996 DVD. This is DEFINITELY the dream cast!!
76 of 79 found the following review helpful:
There is no exuse for the poor quality of this release.May 27, 2008
By O-Town
While it is nice to have this on DVD, with a widescreen picture, it isn't enough to make up for the poor quality of everything else that comes along with this release. In fact, the video quality isn't better in any way to the original VHS release.
Les Mis is one of my favourite musicals and I listen to the concert CD soundtrack all the time. I was looking forward to getting this on DVD so that I could watch it with DVD quality audio, which would be a vast improvement over the original VHS release. Boy, was I ever wrong with that assumption.
The audio is embarassingly terrible, with actual distortion in the mix. The original 2CD soundtrack to the concert sounds infinitely better, so there is no excuse for a new DVD release to actually sound worse. Somehow, they managed it with this.
And the commemorative booklet that comes inside is a joke! Grainy screenshots and the same old regurgitated text does not a commemorative booklet make. Once again the packaging doesn't live up to the CD packaging, which came with a marvelous booklet that was truly special.
And then there is the issue of footage being cut out which is, quite simply, a blunder of the highest order. Skip this, send the message that this travesty of a release should not be tolerated.
86 of 91 found the following review helpful:
Small but annoying mistake!Feb 20, 2008
By Zowar
I absolutely love this concert! It has some wonderful music, and the very best singers around. I own the original DVD and am very happy with it. The reason I bought this copy was because it was in widescreen format, and I hoped it would offer a better viewing experience - to make you feel more like you were there. It accomplishes this nicely! Unfortunately, there is an error in the video transfer and a small section of singing is omitted. In the section where Gavroche (the little boy) exposes Javert as a spy, and sing's "Little People" - the part of the song where he sings, "Good evening Inspector, lovely evening my dear...his name's Inspector Javert" this whole section has been left out - and it is quite obvious! I thought maybe it was a defect on my copy but I have seen another copy and this same error is present. Maybe I'm too picky, but I expect perfection when it comes to my DVD's, and this is just too careless a mistake on the publisher's part.
19 of 19 found the following review helpful:
 Breath TakingMay 30, 2009
By H. Pyle
"CashU's Rest"
I am a Texas country boy who likes good old country music. My review will not be from a life long experience listening to musicals and going to plays. This story touched my soul like nothing I have ever experienced before. The words of the songs give me hope that there is more to eternity than just what we have here and now. I have watched this performance so many times in the past 2 months that I will probably have to go buy another copy. The most remarkable change in me is I want to go to New York and see some plays and experience this missing part of my life. Ruthie Henshall's I dreamed a dream is so much of what life has been for 62 years now. I wish I were a good reader and could tackle the book by Hugo. It would take me a year. How poignant Les Miserables is even today 2009. If I ever get a chance and the play comes to our country,,, no matter where, I will be there. God bless all these wonderfully talented people.
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