Movies Based on Musicals

Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Sacha Baron Cohen, Amanda Seyfried, and Helena Bonham Carter make up the ensemble of Tom Hooper's adaptation of Claude-Michel Schönberg's haunting musical Les Misérables. The show itself is based on the 1892 novel by Victor Hugo and ran on Broadway from 1987 to 2003, racking up eight Tony wins. We'll see if Hooper's version can do the show justice when it opens on Dec. 14.

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