I realised there aren't any videos of Philip Quast's version on youtube, so... I own nothing. This is a clip from the 10th anniversary concert.
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@emmikay73873 жыл бұрын
A note: At this time, suicide was a crime in France. Javert's last act was to break the law.
@mparagames3 жыл бұрын
a crime... where you can't take a sentence?
@emmikay73873 жыл бұрын
@@mparagames I mean... it was probably more in the vein of you'd be punished if you survived the attempt, but then again, I don't try to comprehend the insanity of old legal codes
@boooster1013 жыл бұрын
@@mparagames you may go to jail when you fail to kill yourself. and in some countries the family actually had to pay a fine if one of them committed suicide. It was quite a deterrent since killing yourself would actually punish your children. Oh and there were some more spiritualistic consequences. You know, not getting into heaven, being denied a Christian burial, etc. The fear for your soul was a huge deal back then, much more than today
@mparagames3 жыл бұрын
@@boooster101 > You know, not getting into heaven that still exists, but it's more a religious thing rather than the law
@supersmashbro5963 жыл бұрын
that... goddamn. he'd rather die breaking the law he was so religiously sworn to upholding, than allow himself to co-exist with the man he hunted for years, in a stubborn belief that he can't be changed. taking this into account kind of makes his death ironic.
@EleventhFloorBelfry9 жыл бұрын
How he makes that last word sound like he's falling is beyond me.
@CasimusxPrime9 жыл бұрын
Daemoshiin Belmont It's called "throwing your voice". It basically means you make your voice come from somewhere else or change the pitch of it to make it sound like it's moving.
@EleventhFloorBelfry8 жыл бұрын
PotatoKing Gaming I'm glad you saw the complete and utter missing of the point there, too.
@EleventhFloorBelfry8 жыл бұрын
See, when I first started this, I said "How" and not "Why" The first reply I got was a good enough answer, though it was mostly rhetorical as I can't imagine how I'd go from singing to sounding like I'm genuinely falling, as it requires a massive amount of talent.
@mcdcurtis8 жыл бұрын
+Daemoshiin Belmont Probably just moves from the mic or changes his angle on it while he holds the note
@Glace12218 жыл бұрын
+Daemoshiin Belmont *smack*
@alley-oopnoel5044 жыл бұрын
valjean: give me three days 8 years later valjean: one more hour Jean Valjean, capturing the procrastinator in us all.
@davidholmgren81564 жыл бұрын
Alfredo Gang Underrated comment
@katherine42364 жыл бұрын
I will never yield until til we come face to face.... but then I'll let you go
@marcelinon.18974 жыл бұрын
Me bargaining with my teacher on passing my homework in the due date.
@oliverdelica22894 жыл бұрын
@@marcelinon.1897 of course. I sing the Confrontation with my teacher every time I procrastinate
@lukehensonmusic71413 жыл бұрын
Valjean: Three days are all I need Valjean, literally two minutes later: Your child will live within my care
@oblongreceptionist84866 жыл бұрын
One thing to remember is this "Philip Quast has really awful stage fright and always has done, yet he makes the best perfomance of Javert ever here"
@tomchristie31993 жыл бұрын
He has stage fright but manages it through extensive preparation and study of the text. He's quite an industry leader when it comes to the study of acting and how we structure performance in order to make it authentic and compelling.
@tomchristie31993 жыл бұрын
I've seen him bring up the same point a couple of times that really who wouldn't have stage fright in an industry like musical theatre. It's not like acting in a play where there's a bit more push and pull and you can cover your mistakes. If you mess up the big note then that's what's remembered
@juliasoto6793 Жыл бұрын
Phenomenal.
@JezielProdigalSon Жыл бұрын
Just saw the movie with Hugh Jackman and Russel Crowe, on tv last night. It reminded me how great Philip Quast is.
@artdanks4846 Жыл бұрын
@@JezielProdigalSon Quast and Wilkinson were both so phenomenal! I was so disappointed with the movie, especially with the casting of both Jackman and Crowe! Both such good actors, but they really couldn't sing these roles at all well.
@bekfasttime70015 жыл бұрын
I really wish this song was called “Javert’s Soliloquy”, both to reflect it being parallel to “Valjean’s Soliloquy” and to get rid of the blatant spoiler. Amazing job by Quast though.
@syd45993 жыл бұрын
In the playbill I have from when I saw Les Mis, it was called Soliloquy, but most people refer to it as Javert’s Suicide
@thedndtavern53663 жыл бұрын
I believe it was originally Javert's Suicide but its called Javert's soliloquy in newer performances. I may be wrong though
@britneyhochman52043 жыл бұрын
I've literally never seen the stage performance in full, and yet this is still so fascinating to me lol
@BroomPusher20243 жыл бұрын
I Agree
@MsJubjubbird3 жыл бұрын
I've seen it called "Soliloquy- Javert's Suicide"
@ServiceInstaller4 жыл бұрын
0:42 - He missed the word "look". That's the mark of a professional - he didn't hesitate to leave it out in order to follow the orchestra and then meet the beat on the next line. This happens in an instant.
@applescotchpie30034 жыл бұрын
I didn't even notice, which says a LOT
@werewolffamguy85973 жыл бұрын
You can hardly catch it, too. Wilkinson is a god of the stage
@user-kh1vi1ns1k3 жыл бұрын
holy christ I've never noticed it for 10 yrs since I've known this version of musical
@theecologist103 жыл бұрын
Wow
@cheetoschrist56853 жыл бұрын
I noticed immediately, the "Look down!" parallel that's made there is one of my favourite lines in the musical, but of course I can forgive Wilkinson, that man IS Valjean
@phillipreynolds43059 жыл бұрын
What a masterclass in acting and singing. This man was born to play Javert. The complicated emotions are expressed so well.
@siraeslava25625 жыл бұрын
Agreed, partly, I do love quast and the way he sings this, but roger allam did amazing as well. Quast did amazing, making his suicide the result of chaos in his mind. Everything about law he has been taught he is questioning now, just the way he sings it with a tinge of almost madness as he throws himself into the void. He did wonderful, but allam, he sang out with complete calmness in his heart, but when it came down to his choices, suicide or life in debt, he sang with a tinge of fear, before finally accepting his "fate" and committing suicide, I love them both, if you get the time, find roger allams version, and let me know your opinion.
@amandae84375 жыл бұрын
Victor Hugo would be proud
@lillianward28105 жыл бұрын
There actually is a masterclass on KZbin that Phillip Quast did on this song. I’ve heard this song a thousand times but that made me notice things about the piece that I’d never heard before. It’s well worth watching.
@sarahlamotte79205 жыл бұрын
@@lillianward2810 Yes, I love that video! It really illuminates just how deeply Philip Quast understands the character, and the detailed thought process behind this brilliant performance
@whenyougodown2283 жыл бұрын
Yeah, he did amazing. And I know I'm going to be criticized for saying this, but I think Russel Crowe also did quite well.
@pigeon59353 жыл бұрын
I just realised Javert goes through the stages of grief. Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance
@mrtuwnbr3 жыл бұрын
I don’t believe be goes into the last one, he’s unavailable to accept what happened: :,(
@pigeon59353 жыл бұрын
@@mrtuwnbr I think he does, he comes to the conclusion that he cannot live in a world where his previous views are false.
@mrtuwnbr3 жыл бұрын
@@pigeon5935 Maybe, but I think acceptance would be if he accepted that the world and people are a lot more complex than he believes and continuated with his life. Like Valjean, he didn’t believe in people and saw most of the as evil or at least hypocrite, but, when he realized he’s wrong (by the bishop forgiving him) he _accepts_ that he was mistaken and decides to change. Javert comes to a similar conclusion, but he cannot accept it and choose to take his own life.
@darrenweng37123 жыл бұрын
@@mrtuwnbr Agree 100%. His inability to accept the conclusion is what leads to his downfall.
@kalirosewood63212 жыл бұрын
But yet... He still kills himself. It's quite interesting. If you've read "The Fault in Our Stars"... It says specifically. The 5 stages of grief are not for losing someone. Everyone grieves differently. The 5 stages are for grief for your own dying.
@Goldiney3 жыл бұрын
The priest was to Valjean as Valjean was to Javert. They both showed that through compassion, your outlook on life can change fundamentally. It doesn't have to be about revenge. Love can win. Though, for Javert, it was too much to bear. He spent his entire life on, what he thought, was duty and justice. When he realized that he spent 20 years on a fruitless endeavor, he couldn't bear it. That same trial changed Valjean into a saintly figure. You can almost say the same of Javert, as he sacrificed his life rather than complete his duty and turn in Valjean. They both sacrificed themselves.
@IvelLlehctim2 жыл бұрын
I don't think that Javert every considered his work fruitless. it's just that Valjean made him realize that the word wasn't black and white, and that there could be people who commit crimes out of desperation and not greed, and that not all criminals are bloodthirsty monsters that he always assumed they were. This realization, that Valjean was a good person who had found god and repented for his past sins was at odds with his sense of duty, The only way Javert could fulfill his duties would be to arrest Valjean, and arresting Valjean would be destroying a good man. In the end, Javert knew he could never refuse to do his duty, but couldn't bring himself to go after Valjean anymore, and chose to end his own life, both to ensure that Valjean would be free, and because he couldn't reconcile the man he was with the new worldview that had been opened to him.
@tobybartels8426Ай бұрын
The contrast between the two shows two ways your life can go when your worldview is shattered. Keep in mind that when writing the book, Victor Hugo based the characters of both Valjean and Javert on the same person. (Eugène François Vidocq, an interesting character in his own right.)
@joshsauer47252 жыл бұрын
Can we talk about 3:27? Cause this man took a literal pause to look down at the river and make his decision before continuing. Absolute genius.
@ComedyLoverGirl6 жыл бұрын
"Look down, Javert, he's standing in his grave." Such powerful lines. I think the words "look down" is used to symbolise all of the suffering and desperation of the lower classes ("wretched of the earth") that people of the day didn't see.
@PinkSkunkSleepy4 жыл бұрын
I understand that your comment is a bit old, so sorry for responding so late. But the "Look down" is more likely a parallel to the first song in the show, where prisoners(among them Jean Valjean) are forced to look down away from the law(among them Javert) in prison until they die. Javert's justice looks down to punish, Valjean's justice looks down to rehabilitate.
@ellatraynor2524 жыл бұрын
Ava Aelius yeah. That’s what I thought, it was like a reference to look down from the very beginning
@job82854 жыл бұрын
@@PinkSkunkSleepy I'm a little late as well but I'm pretty sure you're both right. "Look down" comes back 3 times. Once in the beginning with the prisoners, once in the beginning of act two where it's the beggars who sing it and once in the last part, like in this video. It's indeed a way to grab back onto the start and the middle of the story but also a way to symbolize the upper classes looking down on the less fortunate, be it the prisoners, the poor or the young people who wanted change. In fact the themes throughout the entire musical are the unequalities in society and the "what is justice"/conservative ways vs. progressive ways theme that plays between Javert and Valjean as well as the conservative French Society led by a king and the revolutionists. So yes, the "look down" is meant to symbolize the upper class looking down on the poor class in the opressing society of France. It is also a way of creating a clear starting, middle and end fase in the musical.
@supersmashbro5964 жыл бұрын
javert: "MOVE OVER. ILL JUMP IN THE GRAVE FIRST."
@JoEl-zi5yv2 жыл бұрын
Oh, and the privileged and powerful see their plight so much more clearly today?
@OGGangstaT8 жыл бұрын
I can't believe Philip Quast is only 38 in this concert
@lyl92556 жыл бұрын
2 years younger than the actors who played Enjolras and Grantaire, in fact!
@oliverdelica22894 жыл бұрын
@@lyl9255 really? That's amazing!
@unefleurdelalune87673 жыл бұрын
@@lyl9255 How?!
@maxaustin33773 жыл бұрын
Huh??
@mrcoldmiser3 жыл бұрын
Oh my gosh. I had no idea!
@NicolaiBolas Жыл бұрын
I always get chills when Quast sings, "Vengeance was his and he gave me back my life." The music is just stunning at that moment!
@ItCameFromTheSkyBeLo Жыл бұрын
"Damned if I'll live int he debt of a thief!"
@Bellebelucci6 жыл бұрын
fantastic. Javert is one of the most interesting characters of the story. He is an extremist. That's his problem. He only sees black and white and all the grey between these 2 colors don't exist to him. I really feel sorry for a person like this. And nowadays, there are so many!
@Abigail-hu5wf4 жыл бұрын
Without doubt, the most interesting character in the play. He's fascinating, and Quast's portrayal is absolutely second to none.
@jonathandoelander61304 жыл бұрын
Compromise between doing what's right and doing what's wrong! That's what we need.
@ingwerschorle_3 жыл бұрын
he's unfortunately not an extremist, his worldview exactly mirrors that of political conservatives
@jordyjohn22752 жыл бұрын
@@ingwerschorle_ Thats not true at all. You’re thinking of social conservatives. Putting complete faith in the government/ the law and then experiencing cognitive dissonance when it is proven wrong is definitely not something a conservative would do
@NeverZitrone2 жыл бұрын
how is he an extremist or a conservative? he watched hundreds of people die and somehow him and jeanvaljean survived despite being them both being quite crazy. survivor guilt is great in javert, not sure if he needs to have any particular political view to be like that
@hamchung77757 жыл бұрын
Even my phone doesn't want him to die. The app crashed right before the "onnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn"
@IvelLlehctim6 жыл бұрын
He was suprisingly good at throwing his voice. The sound effects helped, but it was mostly him.
@obiwankenobi91413 жыл бұрын
Underrated comment.
@skepticalbaby69127 жыл бұрын
If you haven't seen the video of Philip Quast talking about singing this song, look it up. The man is as brilliant as his sublime voice.
@noahhuguenin7 жыл бұрын
Could you link it?
@viktorwillyam7 жыл бұрын
Sam Raffield it shows you how to be perfect
@identidem6 жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2epZoSdeL2HasU Here it is
@Clairembify5 жыл бұрын
This video is incredible, thank you for the link.
@niamhporter44854 жыл бұрын
I think Russell Crowe is better
@N.I.R.A.T.I.A.S.7 жыл бұрын
"The man of mercy comes again, and talks of justice!" Oh, Mr Quast, please. You cannot be this good.
@CWG-4 жыл бұрын
He really speaks with feeling.
@jozxyqk44072 жыл бұрын
I always loved how Quast yells certain words - another amazing part is during The Confrontation when he sings “I was born with SCUM LIKE YOU!”
@silentXtitus Жыл бұрын
Woot!!
@katerynadysa4828 Жыл бұрын
@@jozxyqk4407 And in Fantine's Arrest "THAT'S the way to please the Lord!"
@Drdoof9733 жыл бұрын
Javert: One More Step You Die... Valjean: *Takes Another Step* Javert: I Guess I'll Die.
@lillianward2810 Жыл бұрын
I feel like Javert is basically a human metronome throughout the show. He’s very premise and exacting. Even his leitmotif is very rhythmic and almost vertical, but here he falls apart. A master class. Philip Quast is a treasure.
@crowneproductions99084 ай бұрын
Shut up nerd.
@Mikeyc1717 Жыл бұрын
Nobody plays this role better than Philip Quast. Javert is one of the greatest roles one could play on Broadway and Quast is a master at capturing the voice of this tragic character. I believe this perfect musical will continue to live on but I don't know if we will ever see someone play the role of Javert as perfectly as Philip Quast.
@m1dn1ght5un2 жыл бұрын
Philip Quast was not messing around. Give him two square feet of stage and he'll deliver a performance so powerful it will echo down through the ages.
@ellie96356 жыл бұрын
And the stars and black and cold/as I stare into the void. This lyric is so powerful: throughout the play the stars have been Javerts reminder of what he must do and what he thinks is right. He swears on the stars that he will find Valjean but as he does, he lets him go, and they are gone. It's like his purpose has been fulfilled and it has consumed him for so long, there is no hope, no inspiration left for Javerts life to hold meaning anymore. The stars that were once bright and had lifted him no are black, rejecting him. The stars could also refer to God, as he is thought to also lie above and give light into darkness. Now that the stars are gone, his devotion to God has been lost and heaven has gone out of reach whereas Valjean has become closer and is able to reach the kingdom. And yet, ironically, it is because Valjean was a good man that Javert suffered. But he is left without belief facing a situation where his faith can no longer help him and all that is left is the void, and the inevitable fate that waits for him in the waters of the river.
@AtheistPirate2 жыл бұрын
Whether literally or metaphorically, we have always sought guidance in the stars. For Javert, as you astutely noted, they serve as embodiments of faith--in secular and divine law, in his mandate as officer--and as evidence that his cause (and by extension, himself) is righteous. And--building on the religious symbolism you pointed out--they're essentially "the way, the truth, and the light" in his eyes. He also (I think) sees himself as a candle in the dark, a civilizing ward against evil and savagery. When that light--perhaps a false one, as Lucifer (before the fall) was called the morning star--is snuffed out, he is completely and utterly lost. Rather than rise anew, he surrenders to the void.
@lisamurphy70282 жыл бұрын
The stars are sometimes seen as a reminder of God's presence and sovereignty. A reminder of the order and justice of the universe. If the stars are Gone for Javert he might thing God has closed him off, abandoned him. Or that he just doesn't have the Stars to steer by anymore. The devastation of realizing the 'lost' person he wanted to save was ultimately close to God than he ever was. The world itself had gone 'cold' for him?
@josephst.george78416 жыл бұрын
this is the best version of the suicide ever. Philip quast's voice makes him sound like a madman. hes trying to hold onto what little he has left in life, but finds himself questioning his own beliefs and morals. the orchestration is beautiful and the best. i dont like when he says " ill escape now from that world..." when they add the out of key section in the movie, this is the best. there is a video on you tube where Philip quast sings and Russel crowe acts it out, and that is probably my favorite video because even though Philip quast is amazing, Russel crowe does a pretty good job at the acting aspect.
@queerqueen098 Жыл бұрын
Where is this video?
@ae3qe27u33 ай бұрын
Quast does a very passionate rendition, which is very impressive, musically speaking. For Crowe, though... it feels more human, more intimately connected. Less like I'm peering into the backdrop panic of the mind and more like I'm seeing it unfold in front of me. Crowe does a more vulnerable Javert, I think, in this song. Quast's Javert doesn't decide to jump until the end. Up until that moment, he's still deciding... which fits with the rest of Quast's portrayal of a vibrant, firey man. Even at 1:35, he's still deciding, still looking for a way out. Crowe's Javert knew that something was wrong from the start. He begins the song already shaken and panicking. He already knows there's no way out, and so there's a stronger sense of broken desperation through the whole song. Both are good, just different. I do love me some angst, though, and the quiet vulnerability of Crowe's Javert is my favorite because of that... but Quast's Javert is just *fun*
@Havarti_Samebito3 жыл бұрын
I feel bad saying it, but it's extremely funny to me that Javert had such a ridiculously rigid worldview, that a guy NOT killing him was enough to destroy his entire perception of reality and cause him to immediately kill himself.
@Fedorchik15363 жыл бұрын
I think it's all a bit deeper than that. It's not the fact that he wasn't killed that braked him, it's because his worldview shattered. For Javert the world is full of bad selfish and generally evil people. This is literally how he sees it, and the Law is the only thing that keeps the world from ending. And he lives to protect the law and the world by proxy. When he suddenly meets compassion from a man who was the worst lawbreaker in his eyes he simply cannot understand that. He tries to rationalize this, but he cannot. And so his world is broken and his life has no meaning anymore. And unlike Valjean he's unable to find a new meaning. So he quits.
@crystalDM963 жыл бұрын
@@Fedorchik1536 Very true - also Javert probably started to question every single decision he made in the past. He would also have to live with all his past actions and the fact that he may have inadvertently harmed a lot of people
@robinquijano6323 жыл бұрын
I think its a little deeper than that. Imagine enforcing all your life and someone comes around and dismantles ur whole belief system. Not only that it dismantles ur beliefs, but your whole existence.
@robinquijano6323 жыл бұрын
The actual definition of life is anything you do that prevents you from killing yourself. Javert obviously question the very thing that holds him together, commiting suicide at that point becomes the true problem whether Javert's action was justifiable.
@jannegrey5933 жыл бұрын
@@Fedorchik1536 Also good to know that in "original" Valjean is not as "innocent" as in musical.
@Viljami328 жыл бұрын
The man of mercy comes again and talks of justice!
@lukeherron49098 жыл бұрын
Come time is running short
@someonewashere63868 жыл бұрын
Look down Javert,he's standing in his grave.
@Viljami328 жыл бұрын
+Someone Was here Give way, Javert
@lukeherron49098 жыл бұрын
+viljami k take him val Jean before I change my mind I will be waiting 24601
@timothycarter58718 жыл бұрын
Come, time is running short. LOOK DOWN, JAVERT, HE'S STANDING IN HIS GRAVE!
@leedscab1239 жыл бұрын
Reprieveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed, just gives me goosebumps, he just has an amazingly powerful voice.
@joeallen67018 жыл бұрын
Reading that just as I got to it!
@MsJubjubbird8 жыл бұрын
Him singing the second syllable of that word is my all time favorite singing sound, out of all the performances, songs and singers I have heard. It actually makes me want to take up singing again because he not only is so invested in the role, but his voice is to die for and, most of all but he enjoys delivering such a gorgeous sound with his one in a million, high caliber and and finely-tuned instrument. It just gives you shivers.
@marashaus5 жыл бұрын
when he ‘throws himself from the bridge’ I am speechless, this is the pinnacle of Phillip Quast’s role as Javert, the execution was phenomenal
@Angus_Gibson3 жыл бұрын
The beauty of his voice holding that note on "reprieved." It's sublime and freezes me in my tracks. There's no better Javert than Philip Quast, and I'm a huge fan of Roger Allam.
@crystalDM968 жыл бұрын
I had a huge crush on him after this scene when I first watched it as a kid
@ComedyLoverGirl6 жыл бұрын
You were a kid in 2012. You are still a kid... xD
@shawnpavlik12936 жыл бұрын
He did this scene long before 2012.
@kaycosette5 жыл бұрын
@@ComedyLoverGirl Yeah, this is the 10th anniversary recording. This came out in the 90s!
@erintilley52445 жыл бұрын
Me too but after he sung Stars got me damn he's still hot even today.Saw him in Mary Poppins the musical in Sydney a couple of years ago he's still got some set of pipes
@r1c4l325 жыл бұрын
He's like 50
@giulia25036 жыл бұрын
It feels like Javert has so much pain inside. I'm crying... beautiful
@olivierdastein2604 Жыл бұрын
As he mentions, he came from the gutter, like Fantine or Valjean. His early life probably wasn't better than theirs, and he probably has seen all the evils of this world, then and as a police officer. I think that his unshakable faith in the law was the only thing that held him together, allowing him to believe that justice could exist, that suffering was deserved, that life could have a meaning in this terrible world.
@marianthi20033 жыл бұрын
That “Take him Valjean” hits me so hard, I think it's because I assume that the moment Javert said that he knew that he wouldn't be able to live with that desicion so he sees what's going to happen (that's the moment that he admits in his own way that he has been wrong his entire life and feels that the weight of having to reconsider is too much for him to bear) and also I find that “I will be waiting 24601” very emotional because it's as if Javert is struggling to hold it together for some seconds more to maintain his authority image while knowing that, in fact, he won't be waiting!🥺 Something like the parents that tell their children that they're gonna punish them without actually planning to do so, just for the sake of keeping control! Sorry for ranting, I'm just ridiculously obsessed with this song and especially this version! 😅
@holypaladin4657 Жыл бұрын
I like “I will be waiting” because it can be taken to mean that he will either be waiting for Valjean there, or in the other side.
@paulleannefischer1148 Жыл бұрын
I know exactly what you mean about this song. I find myself listening to it over and over. That and "Who Am I". Such powerful songs.
@yidingliu86634 жыл бұрын
I just love how the music goes back to Stars in the end, building a link between Javert's personality and his decision to die. He was so very sure that he is following the right path, now he would rather die than admit that he has been living the wrong way--Just wonderful, impossibly good, masterly performed and will be always remembered.
@olivierdastein2604 Жыл бұрын
He admits it. That's why he dies. He realizes that he dedicated every instant of his life to a fruitless endeavor, and that he has nothing left to live for.
@apossiblyhereticalalphaleg35959 ай бұрын
I interpret the entrance of Stars at the end as Javert finally regaining control of the situation. From the moment Valjean left, Javert sang to his tune (after all, the entire song is a parallel to Valjean's Soliloquy), and it is only when Javert no longer feels bound to detaining and turning in Valjean, a good man, that his sense of justice and his guide, the Stars, shine one last time upon him as the Seine consumes his body.
@theradmadlad7681 Жыл бұрын
I was obsessed with "Stars" for so long before I listened to Javert's Suicide. The part where he says the stars are black and cold gives me chills everytime
@ineedyoutohelpmeplease2 жыл бұрын
I love the way Quast says "AND TALKS OF JUSTICE!" It sounds like he's mocking Valjean
@benszekely4336 Жыл бұрын
I love the mirroring of the soliloquy. Plus the the voice crack in "cannot hold", uh it's just so perfect.
@aaronfreeman57687 жыл бұрын
You know what this needs? An extremely loud cartoon-like crunching sound to indicate he hit the ground when he fell.
@Oops-All-Ghosts7 жыл бұрын
And the Goofy sound effect after he finishes "onnnnnnnnnnnnn"ing.
@naranara16906 жыл бұрын
Abysmal. That was... absolutely cringeworthy.
@bodilhov97224 жыл бұрын
Except he walks into the Seine and drowns himself, he doesn't hit the ground...
@kimquinn77283 жыл бұрын
Childish remarks to the extreme.
@Ringleader3791 Жыл бұрын
That's why I love Nestle crunch
@jayceejames6576 Жыл бұрын
The benchmark and the finest performance of Javert, I have seen many play the role over the years and yet Philip Quast is head and shoulders above all. The entire cast of the 10th-anniversary performance is pure magic to listen to and in my honest opinion the finest stage performance of the production past and present.
@calebleach7988 Жыл бұрын
I personally think Terrance Mann has a better voice, but my god, the *emotion* in this version is incredible.
@jackdullboy872310 жыл бұрын
Philip quast still gives me goosebumps
@angelikussnape6 жыл бұрын
Ugh... Philip Quast’s tone, pronunciation, intonation, enunciation, and acting in this song is soooo on point that it makes my spine tingle. He’s so perfect as Javert! 😍😍😍❤️❤️❤️
@kafem576 жыл бұрын
Phillip Quast - no one ever better as Javert! The very best ever!
@vanessabowers79757 жыл бұрын
In my opinion, this is the best version of Les mis. I love it so much! And Phillip quast's voice is fantastic.
@741rick7418 жыл бұрын
I am the LAWR and the LAWR is not mocked! FTFY
@user-dt6vp2gh6g4 жыл бұрын
I never understood why they didn't say LAW instead of LAWR
@caligal10904 жыл бұрын
@@user-dt6vp2gh6g its called an accent lol
@naufalzaid75004 жыл бұрын
@@TheRitzierComic That's not the intrusive r. The intrusive r is when you add the r sound to the beginning of the word that comes after some specific words. Now what Philip was saying was: "I am the law(R) and the law is not mocked!" The intrusive r would've been like: "I am the law (R)and the law (R)is not mocked!" (Notice how there is also an r sound at "is"?)
@jenniferchough4 жыл бұрын
@@user-dt6vp2gh6g it's an accent. just like how in the US, some say "wash" and some others saw "warsh." Regional/dialect thing.
@jenniferchough4 жыл бұрын
@@naufalzaid7500 - Marcin is correct. I'm not sure what distinction you're referencing but both the "linking R" and the "intrusive R" are put at the /END/ of a word that ends in a vowel sound when the next word also begins with a vowel. There are no Rs that get put in front of the next word. The difference is, to put it simplistically, that the linking R is put between a word ending in a vowel but only when the next word also starts with a vowel (ex. "I am the LAWR and the LAWR is not mocked"). But an "ntrusive R" happens even if it's the last word in a sentence or regardless of whether or not the next word starts with a vowel (ex. "That's a bad ideaR, but Iike it."
@kitsune630 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely my favourite performance of this song, on point singer/actor, on point orchestra. That vocal fry he puts on his voice during the last note will never not give me chills.
@nancyJ9762 жыл бұрын
I can hear this a thousand times without getting tired. 2022
@elizap45646 жыл бұрын
One of my all time favorite characters. Quast truly does him justice. What a voice! And he is so achingly beautiful here, I can't help but be a tiny bit in love with him
@kimquinn7728 Жыл бұрын
"... no way to go ooooooooonnnnnn.....". The arm thrown grasping. I am wrecked. Perfection, sheer perfection.
@dahger72 жыл бұрын
Every once in a while something comes along and really changes your life for the better. This concert was one of those moments.
@bacon-wrappedrainbows75657 жыл бұрын
@ 2:00 Better let my hair down before I kms
@cdc88755 жыл бұрын
Lol in other words ish about to get real
@GrainneMhaol5 жыл бұрын
I'm going through my Garden of Gethsemane moment, I'm going to die, everything I've ever believed has come to naught - I'm gonna look sexy.
@meggypeggy91425 жыл бұрын
This is perfect, stellar, absolutely flawless. Phillip Quast IS javert. My ears are blessed
@contohasmr587610 жыл бұрын
The first time I saw this live I literally about cried.
@bellerain38120 күн бұрын
Goosebumps every time!!!!
@RainbowEssence-c3w10 жыл бұрын
I can't get those lines out of my head now, I love them. "Look down, Javert! He's standing in his grave! Give way, Javert!" "I will be waiting, 2460-Oneeeeeeeeeee!"
@mvstow Жыл бұрын
From Play School to the best Javert. Legend.
@nurdannaip440510 жыл бұрын
he is acting amazingly and his eyes are like caribbean blue :)
@gspiderman18044 жыл бұрын
That "oooooooooooonnnn" made this scene stick out for me as one of the best. I just love how for the first time, Javert seems to feel pain.
@smashley5687 Жыл бұрын
“And shall I now begin to doubt? Who never doubted all these years?” This line really spoke to me. This past year has been very trying for my core values and beliefs. I think our beliefs will continue to be tried throughout our lives, but if we learn how to grow, adapt, and have faith when we are young, it is easier to change as we get older. Javert never had a doubt or question in his mind until this moment. He simply could not comprehend a world that didn’t fall into his core values and didn’t know how to cope. Not to this extent, but the same thing happened to me when my world view was challenged. But I’m glad I was able to learn to grow and expand my view and it’s been easier as more challenges arise. But I really felt that line in this song now more than ever.
@SeasonedCurry3 жыл бұрын
man how did he sing like he is crying I can seemingly hear all the struggle in his heart, damn it
@mimimula943410 жыл бұрын
I LOVE HIS EYES..
@rileywodka5116 жыл бұрын
When I saw Les Misérables live and this song came on, everyone was on the edge of their seats waiting and watching to see what would happen next. It was all the chills and overall was amazing
@Kezzeract8 жыл бұрын
By far, the best performance of this song, from the best Javert.
@fizzydasoda18247 жыл бұрын
I agree!
@Amelia-uw3bu6 жыл бұрын
I disagree, I liked Crowe better
@shawnpavlik12936 жыл бұрын
Um...WHAT?? Crowe could not musically carry this part, not even close. I am an amateur and I had dozens upon dozens in my small community theatre tell me that I was "so much better than Russell Crowe".
@Amelia-uw3bu6 жыл бұрын
Shawn Pavlik pfft, please, like the talent matters. What a useless skill. I don’t care how hard it is to make those sounds, if it doesn’t sound good, I don’t like it. I’m in it for the sound, not the talent. I liked Crowe’s sound better.
@shawnpavlik12936 жыл бұрын
"Like the talent matters"?? LOL Wow...YES, the talent matters. Absolutely. The talent IS the sound. This was a movie musical and as such, they should have found singers who could act (Quast) vs. actors who can kind of sing (Crowe, Seyfried....though Seyfried is MUCH worse than Crowe).
@alygodsquad4 жыл бұрын
just beyond words . Philip is a genius actor and singer, cannot be matched
@zacnierman89778 жыл бұрын
There is no way to go ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnn SPLAT
@marnistone61537 жыл бұрын
What a way to kill him off with dignity ;)
@justink40606 жыл бұрын
*SPLASH
@ironstorm16906 жыл бұрын
People complain about the sound but I doubt that any of those people have been present when someone jumped off a bridge into the Chena river. The sound is pretty much accurate and I have no idea how people find it funny.
@justoneguy24875 жыл бұрын
Iron Storm we're used to hearing them in Bugs Bunny cartoons and associated it with slapstick. We never knew the cartoon sound editors opted for realism too
@mrcrabskachow33734 жыл бұрын
*Epic trumpets intensify*
@Loree359 жыл бұрын
Oh those eyes....Melting
@lily.2186 жыл бұрын
Just magical. Never fails to remind me why I love musical theatre so much ❤️
@FlashyTieBar3 жыл бұрын
When faced with the fact that Valjean was not an evil man rather than accept that Javert’s interpretation of a vengeful, judgmental and unmerciful God was wrong and that a God would grant mercy and change someone’s heart, Javert chose to take his own life.
@thatperformer3879 Жыл бұрын
It isn't just that, it's that his entire perception of how he lived his whole long life was shattered, he realizes he was wrong. He cannot understand how he allowed himself to be so brainwashed and basically realized he wasted his entire life over nothing. Thus he says "Does he know that granting me my life today, this man has killed me even so?" It is both a literal and figurative lyric, the Javert he thought he knew, has just been murdered by Valjean. You gotta think, he's an old man, his best days are behind him. He saw no other alternative than death.
@nekocindy5513 жыл бұрын
Is anyone else in love with Phillip Quast just because of this show?
@justinurbinati85428 жыл бұрын
I have listened to this version well over 1000 times over the last 8 years , and it never loses its conviction! Incredible!
@just_mike928 ай бұрын
we watched this when i was in high school and here I am like 15 years later still listening to this masterpiece
@threshislife26367 жыл бұрын
"It is either Valjean or Javert ! " "The world was wide enough,for both Hamilton and me..."
@tomassampaio26055 жыл бұрын
ThreshIsLife 😜
@user-bo7ey3do6q5 жыл бұрын
The fandom never disappoints
@estromberg51535 жыл бұрын
"Neither can live while the other survives"
@teqhniqal33275 жыл бұрын
ThreshIsLife omg i cried at both of those songs
@r1c4l325 жыл бұрын
Vat?
@holidaysinsweden9 жыл бұрын
It's truly like Quast was born to play this part. To me, his performance as Valjean will never be matched, neither vocally nor acting-wise.
@Ajlbebbo9 жыл бұрын
He played Javert, it was Colm Wilkinson who played Valjean in the 10th anniversary
@holidaysinsweden9 жыл бұрын
I know, I meant Javert. Damn Hugo for writing a story with two main characters with names starting with the same letter.
@MsJubjubbird9 жыл бұрын
He nearly didn't audition. He was embarrassed that he couldn't sightread music and walked out of the theatre before it was his turn to audition- for the chorus.
@holidaysinsweden9 жыл бұрын
MsJubjubbird True story? That's amazing!
@MsJubjubbird9 жыл бұрын
Yup. Thank god for the director who called him back in.
@lyl92556 жыл бұрын
I am the lawr and the lawr is NOT MOCKED!
@lycoanlaywer19203 жыл бұрын
It is genius that this song has the same tune as Valjean's song like this, it shows the difference in the characters and their choices in life. Truly amazing.
@AColonDashSix Жыл бұрын
A man who cannot forgive another cannot forgive himself.
@crowneproductions99084 ай бұрын
Suck yourself off why don't you...drama geek.
@posthedonist26958 жыл бұрын
Quast's performance is hands down the best rendition of Javert I have ever seen.
@GuilhermeLopes17 жыл бұрын
WHO THE FUCK HAS THE GUTS TO UNLIKE THIS?!?!
@the_great_rasputin90226 жыл бұрын
Assholes, that's who.
@kafem576 жыл бұрын
I think I fall a little e bit more in love with poor Javert every time I see this clip with al,his frailties. Poor man was driven to chase and was thwarted. Love Phillip Quast's poignant portrayal.
@jeffallen553 жыл бұрын
Philip Quast is Javert as much as Colm Wilkinson is Valjean.
@kimquinn77283 жыл бұрын
10th Anniversary cast is superb. None other compares and is ever satisfying. Simply how it is.
@brandondavis85843 жыл бұрын
No other Cast will ever compare
@mikeor-3 жыл бұрын
Russell Crowe and Hugh Jackman should be ashamed at how they did in the movie when compared with this one.
@severussnape10978 жыл бұрын
Philip Quast would make a great Phantom of the Opera!
@johnpotter87938 жыл бұрын
I can see that...
@pcgaming49448 жыл бұрын
Not anymore
@juliusren7 жыл бұрын
+PCGaming why not ?
@pcgaming49447 жыл бұрын
juliusren jlius I mean.. he might be able to do a good job - but he's getting older so there could be better options out there
@julianbushelli13317 жыл бұрын
Remember, the Phantom is supposed to be a tenor....
@beathecat66045 жыл бұрын
3:31 Just...wow. That emotional change kills me. This song, when we performed Les Mis, was the turning point for me in the show, mainly because it was when the open weeping began (Thank gods I was in Turning and had the excuse to cry). Just...Javert was my favorite character from the start, and I'm friends with the student at my school who played him, and so it made the scene all the more emotional. I love this song, I love Quast's singing, and it'll always hold a special place in my heart.
@HardTimesFamilyPride8 ай бұрын
God every time I watch a Les Miz video and Quast comes in there's so much power in his voice I have to stop for a second and collect myself
@ZidaneWarner3 жыл бұрын
2:50 best thing about this version. He just glides through that like it was nothing
@lili47468 жыл бұрын
nothing beats this..nothing
@writegirl42210 жыл бұрын
Favorite Javert... By far
@quaimaboylan51757 жыл бұрын
writegirl42 do you still write?
@jcunnie6 жыл бұрын
Philip Quast is a miracle. Who else could sing this with any kind of conviction at all. We are all certainly blest to be able to hear this magnificent performance. And now a thousand years from now, nations will be privileged to hear and exult. Jim Cunnie
@FreddieFirth4 жыл бұрын
Maaan the music sounds like he's coming back to life when it goes "And must I now begin to doubt", and then "I am reaching but I fall, and the stars are dark and cold" give me chills and make me wanna cry every time.
@RainbowEssence-c3w10 жыл бұрын
XD Like if you were like me and tried to sing along. Me: "Shall his crimes be REPRIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-" *faints*
@andrewposton36146 жыл бұрын
I hammer that note!!!!
@voidify35 жыл бұрын
to get long notes, you have to sing from your diaphragm and use as little air as possible. With this trick I can even do the 10 second note in Stars
@dankhnw85 жыл бұрын
I mouth along, I can't sing lol
@huhwhatasht3 жыл бұрын
That's one of the easier notes. Most people struggle with the lower notes.
@03juni19629 жыл бұрын
I just want to say one thing to the ones who compare Quast to Crowe. This version of Quast was live in a theater and unique, the one of Crowe was a scene in a film, that means that it was the best version chosen among many attempts and not unique and live.
@susansargent76549 жыл бұрын
Socrates Exactly.....and there's a massive difference between a theatrical singer, and an actor who sings a bit!
@Vinnini8 жыл бұрын
+Socrates I think both actors were fantastic in their own respects.
@shawnpavlik12936 жыл бұрын
And it was not good.
@twoshu89403 жыл бұрын
Salisbury crowe was bad man
@tink18593 жыл бұрын
apparently nearly everything was working against the them in the movie, so I don’t blame them for how their performances turned out
@derpmanTV5 жыл бұрын
"It is either Valjean or Javert!" Goosebumps.
@summerstargrrrl5 жыл бұрын
When he takes his hair out of his ponytail and looks all disheveled: my favorite Javert thing
@karencarroll326 жыл бұрын
This man is utterly magical!
@ethanvardy907410 жыл бұрын
In my school production of les mis which still has a month left I play javert and these videos help so much so hopefully I can keep giving great performances and apparently on the last night in a month we have a surprise for me and john valjean
@RainbowEssence-c3w10 жыл бұрын
Congratz! Good luck to you! :) Inspector Javert.
@DuelAcademyX10 жыл бұрын
How did it go?
@hibhsstudents9 жыл бұрын
Good Job! Btw, it's Jean Valjean.
@christopherocallaghan97749 жыл бұрын
Wow im in one too. Im not Javert though. Just a freshman
@michaelleebeckwith9769 жыл бұрын
Ethan Vardy My first role was Javert in the dramatic version. Still my favorite role I have ever played, I channeled all of my teenage anger through that character, it was a blast. If you do it right you'll get the biggest applause, everyone loves Javert
@N.I.R.A.T.I.A.S.4 жыл бұрын
After eight years: "It's you, Javert! I knew you wouldn't wait too long!"
@50daysago144 жыл бұрын
If i remember well, valjean let javert live before the battle and this is few hours after said battle
@N.I.R.A.T.I.A.S.4 жыл бұрын
Yes, Javert was outed as a spy planted among the revolutionaries and Valjean was given permission to deal with him, as repayment for Valjean fighting with the revolutionaries the first time the French army attacked (which wasn't really an attack at all, the soldiers were just testing the revolutionaries' resolve). So, yes, it's only been about 12 hours I think since Valjean let Javert go, but it's funnier to me to think of Valjean as being annoyed that Javert only waited for eight years.
@Jen-Yueh_Hu6 жыл бұрын
4:12 onwards is a reallly good summary of Javert's life. It starts out so glorious and ends in such dissonance. (And of course it is also a twisted theme of Stars.)
@davidholmgren81564 жыл бұрын
Jen-Yueh Hu Starts gloriously? Are you kidding me?
@lucasflorencio60763 жыл бұрын
For me the most incredible moment is "...and he gave me back my liiiife" How he tremblous to say that, is an out of this world perfomance
@Shadowknightneo3 ай бұрын
Its such a great performance. notice how Colm is highly aware of the beat and feel of the music and either he missed his cue or the orchestra sped up and he immediately cut out the word "Look" to shorten it to down. a true professional. Also the way Phillip sings the man of mercy comes again and talks of justice! chefs kisses all around!
@ndwhxsc6 жыл бұрын
one of the few performances that gives me literal chills
@Spike-Prime8 жыл бұрын
Y'know the only thing that could make this better? A cartoon "splat" sound effect XD
@MrDarthXD8 жыл бұрын
+Spike Prime heh referring to the movie?
@Spike-Prime8 жыл бұрын
MrDarthXD Indeed :P
@adambrien8968 жыл бұрын
And a hilarious rag doll flop into a ricer where he turns into a bunch of clothes like Obi Wan Kenobi
@Jay-qh6uv8 жыл бұрын
+Spike Prime I think it was the pretty realistic sound of bones breaking. Realistically if he fell into that hole, he wouldn't just...disappear into nothing. He'd hit something and his bones with break. That makes a loud ass sound. It made it more gritty and realistic to me.
@Spike-Prime8 жыл бұрын
Jaylie Piatt Well, if that's what you hear, that's fine. Pretty much everyone else burst into laughter at the sound effect because it seemed a poor choice of sound.
@DarthHao2 жыл бұрын
“I am reaching, but I fall, and the stars and black and cold. As I stare into the void of a world that cannot hold.” Before 2020, Javert’s choice to commit suicide seemed so sudden and unreasonable to me, but now I understand. When the world you knew crumbles around you, death becomes the only logical choice.
@shoeling2 жыл бұрын
r u ok??
@DarthHao2 жыл бұрын
@@shoeling Pretty damn far from ok, but still here at least. Thanks for asking!
@isabellp.5730 Жыл бұрын
Perhaps not the only logical choice, but certainly a tempting one. While the world feels like its against you and you can do nothing but watch as your life's work crumbles to dust in front of you, can we blame Javert in good conscience? Like you, the pandemic has given me a lot more understanding of his choices. I've also gained a healthy appreciation for well-written tragedy and the catharsis it affords us. Also, I hope you are doing better, times are hard right now.
@JWagsWasHere10 жыл бұрын
Simply amazing I was in a production of Les Miserables I played Javert and this was my inspiration Still gives me chills
@shawnpavlik12936 жыл бұрын
I played Javert as well. I agree completely.
@RiNNYPINO967 жыл бұрын
to be honest I really enjoyed both interpretations of Javert, Phillip Quast and Russel Crowe, the show different sides of the same character, I mean you can touch the anger almost madness throught the screen when you listen this one and with Crowe you see a more reflective and calm Javert. I cant deny that Quast has an amazing and superior voice, hes part of the dream cast for a reason, but please stop giving shit to Russel
@Cuddlestrike7 жыл бұрын
i agree. considering that none of the actors in the movie has been or was professional singers in any way, i think they pulled off an amazing interpretation and performance in the movie. i waited years to watch the movie, because i feared the harsh critics of it, thinking that they might have destroyed such a good story like Les Miserables in that movie, but all my fears was unfounded after i recently actually watched it!
@treyowen92137 жыл бұрын
Ar Pr I agree. I thought that Russel did a nice job too.
@Cuddlestrike7 жыл бұрын
yeah, but one thing is to be trained in something in your youth or whatever, another thing is to be a professional worker, doing musical shows 2-3 nights a week for years at end. and yeah, you are probably right. a lot of it came down to direction as well. and, like they have stated in the behind-the-scenes footage, the actors were allowed the freedom to improvise and make a performance that was less like a musical-show and acting out the character more through the blending of the acting and music combined.
@treyowen92137 жыл бұрын
***** I didn't know Russell was a Broadway singer
@Cuddlestrike7 жыл бұрын
***** yeah, i agree! for me it was the other way around first. watched it live the first time when i was young, then later read the book, then watched a non-musical movie, and now, recently, watched the musical movie we are talking about.