It's time for part two of our three-part look at Victor Hugo's Les Misérables! Today, we're looking at six more French- and English-language screen adaptations, released from 1978 to 2018.
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In this episode we discuss:
- The 1978 American TV movie, directed by Glenn Jordan, written by John Gay, and starring Richard Jordan and Anthony Perkins
- The 1982 French movie, directed by Robert Hossein, written by Hossein and Alain Decaux, and starring Lino Ventura and Michel Bouquet
- The 1998 American movie, directed by Bille August, written by Rafael Yglesias, and starring Liam Neeson, Geoffrey Rush, Uma Thurman, and Claire Danes
- The 2000 French miniseries, directed by Josée Dayan, written by Didier Decoin, and starring Gérard Depardieu, John Malkovich, Christian Clavier, and Charlotte Gainsbourg
- Shōjo Cosette, the 2007 Japanese animated series, directed by Hiroaki Sakurai and written by Tomoko Motohashi
- The 2018 British miniseries, directed by Tom Shankland, written by Andrew Davies, and starring Dominic West, David Oyelowo, Lily Collins, and Olivia Colman
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