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Falsely Accused | Based On Novel Or Book
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Outstanding Directing in a Limited Series or a Special | 1979 | Glenn A.
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in SpecialsMovies for TVActuality | 1979 | Glenn A.
Lynne Frederick campaigned for the role of Cosette. When she auditioned, she also read for the part of Fantine, but was ultimately deemed too old to play Cosette and too young to play Fantine.
In the book, Monsieur Thenardier identifies himself as "Napoleon's Sergeant". Sir Ian Holm played Napoleon in several movies.
In the novel upon which this film is based, Jean Valjean was sentenced to 5 years for theft, a sentence extended by increments of 3 years for 4 escape attempts, plus 2 years for resisting on one of his captures, for a total of 19 years. Here, he is sentenced to 5 years for theft, then is given an additional 5 years for his first escape attempt and 10 years for his second, bringing his total sentence up to 20 years. A third escape attempt is successful, so he only serves 19 of his 20 years. A successful escape somewhat misses one of the points of the original story, that even former convicts who lawfully served their sentences and paid their debt to society were still not given the opportunity to become productive members of it.
Sir Ian Holm (Thenardier) and Anthony Perkins (Javert) appeared in Chillers (1990).
The action of the original novel begins with Valjean's arrival in Digne, an event which does not occur in this version until roughly a half an hour in. Depending on the edit, that means nearly a quarter of the story as presented here takes place prior to the events of the novel and was created for this film. Mostly it focuses on Valjean's trial, imprisonment, and escape attempts, events only mention, not depicted, in the novel.
"Javert: Why did you let me go? Jean Valjean: I had no choice. Javert: Choice? Jean Valjean: Once, many years ago, a remarkable man bought my soul. He removed from it all evil thoughts and gave it to God."
"Bishop Myriel: [to Valjean] And I promise you, there is more joy in heaven over the face of an repented sinner than the white silk robes of a hundred just men."
