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is this the one?

posted 19 years ago by ronin1138
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Is this the version where the detective throws himself into the river at the end of the film?

I saw a version of the film in 1988 and I can only remember certain plot details and this was one.

[–] sleapinbeauty 19 years ago

if you are talking about javier then yes!!!!!

nearly all of the versions have him commiting suicide!!!!!

thats part of the plot!!!!!!

have you ever seen a bird walk down a roof? : ) ???? !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[–] psycho_hobbit 18 years ago

Javier?!!!! HOW DARE YOU GET HIS NAME WRONG!!! Its Javert!!!!! hahaha.. i'm just messin with ya! hahaha.. don't mind me...

real men wear kilts!!

[–] sleapinbeauty 18 years ago

sowwi!!! bad spellin!!! oooooops i knew it was javert !!! silly moo
(me not u!)

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[–] lesmisloony 17 years ago

Okay, is this the one that basically ends with Valjean giving Marius and Cosette the candlesticks? And Javert has a buzzcut? And it's black and white?

I'm considering buying this on eBay, and I can't remember whether or not I've seen it before...

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[–] KingElessar 17 years ago

The one you're asking about is the '35 version, which was just released on DVD by Fox, packaged with the '52 version. The '35 version is definitely worth a purchase.

'To hope's end I rode and to heart's breaking: Now for wrath, now for ruin and a red nightfall!'

[–] mbphilly 16 years ago

Well, not all end exactly when Javier commits suicide. Sometimes they end a little later, some end when Valjean is dying at the end, years later. The 1935 and 1998 versions end just about when Javier kills himself.

"That's not crazy; that's Irish."
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[–] pninson 16 years ago

Javert kills himself in the 1935 version, but they don't show it. Perhaps the Legion of Decency was breathing down their necks.

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[–] j-tachev 11 years ago

The Legion of Decency is breathing even heavier when people remake the Notre-Dame de Paris (The Hunchback of Notre-Dame) Why isn't there a director brave enough to make a movie based on this novel, where Frolo is actually the archbishop of Notre- Dame? That's how the story goes, that's why the plot is outstanding- the dual nature of Frolo's... nature. But I digress. This version of Hugo's novel is great. Even though I imagine Geoffrey Rush every time I see the name "Javert", I really like Anthony Perkins' stile. Good movie, worth a watch.

[–] neil-476 11 years ago

This one ends with Valjean not dying.

Yeah, right.