Les Miserables: Five New Clips

Universal Pictures has released five new clips from the upcoming movie musical Les Miserables, which opens in theaters on December 25th.  I've put them in sequence order below, with some setup for those unfamiliar with the story:

Clip #1:  "Javert Releases Prisoner 24601 on Parole"

This is where Les Mis starts, with Jean Valjean, aka Prisoner 24601, being released on parole after spending 19 years on a chain gang for stealing a loaf of bread.  The police Inspector Javert is giving him his release papers (and fans of the musical will notice some lyric changes here), that Valjean must show wherever he goes, forever marking him as a convict, despite having served his time in prison:

Clip #2:  "At the End of the Day"

After breaking parole, Valjean changes his identity to Monsieur Madeleine, and becomes a successful and respected factory owner and mayor.  When Fantine, one of his factory workers, is discovered to have an illegitimate daughter, she is cruelly fired from her job and thrown out into the street, begging Madeleine/Valjean for help:

Clip #3:  "Who Am I?"

Javert and Valjean cross paths again, after Valjean rescues a man pinned by a runaway cart.  Javert remarks that the remarkable strength of "Monsieur Madeleine" reminds him of a parole breaker, Jean Valjean, who had recently been re-arrested and was about to appear in court.  Knowing that Javert has the wrong man, Valjean contemplates what to do next:

Clip #4:  "A Heart Full of Love"

Cosette, the daughter of Fantine who's been raised by Jean Valjean, is now grown up and has fallen in love with Marius, a young student revolutionary.  The two meet in secret, while Eponine, who is also madly in love with Marius, looks on with envy:

Clip #5:  "On My Own"

Knowing that Marius loves Cosette and not her, a broken-hearted Eponine takes small comfort in still imagining them as a couple, even though she knows that it will never happen:

Wow.  And we really haven't seen any of the barricade stuff yet.  Looks amazing.