UNIVERSAL PICTURES’ LES MISERABLES TO OPEN IN SELECT IMAX® THEATRES BEGINNING DECEMBER 25

FILM’S LIMITED DOMESTIC IMAX RUN IN NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES, TORONTO AND MONTREAL BEGINS ON CHRISTMAS DAY; INTERNATIONAL RELEASE IN SELECT TERRITORIES STARTS JAN. 10, 2013

IMAX CORPORATION and UNIVERSAL PICTURES today announced that LES MISERABLES, the motion-picture adaptation of the beloved global stage sensation, will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX format and released in select IMAX(®) digital theatres worldwide.  The film will begin its limited domestic IMAX run in New York, Los Angeles, Toronto and Montreal day-and-date with its domestic release on December 25. Internationally, the film will begin its IMAX run on January 10 in the Netherlands, followed by Russia, U.K., Mexico, Croatia, Israel, Poland, Italy, France and Brazil.

A very ill Fantine (Anna Hathaway) is held by Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) in Les Miserables. Photo Credit: Laurie Sparham. Copyright: © 2012 Universal Studios. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED)

 

In December 2012, the world’s longest-running musical brings its power to the big screen in Tom Hooper’s sweeping and spectacular interpretation of VICTOR HUGO‘s epic tale.  With international superstars and beloved songs–including “I Dreamed a Dream,” “Bring Him Home,” “One Day More” and “On My Own“–LES MISERABLES, the show of shows, is now reborn as the cinematic musical experience of a lifetime.