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Baz Luhrmann - news / articles


  • Luhrmann eyes Knowles/Jackman movie musical - 26 March 2009
    -Filmmaker Baz Luhrmann is desperate to team Beyonce Knowles and Hugh Jackman for a new movie musical after directing the stars for a medley of showtunes at the Oscars.- -Knowles and Jackman whizzed through renditions of Lady Marmalade, All That Jazz and Somewhere Ove


  • Australia: Baz Luhrmann, Hugh Jackman and Catherine Martin interview - 19 December 2008
    - -Baz Luhrmann doesn’t do thing by halves. His latest film, Australia, is an epic, romantic, historical, action comedy drama starring the cream of Australian talent past and present including- People -magazine’s Sexiest Man of 2008, Hugh Jackman. We ca


  • Fox keeps Luhrmann waiting - 31 March 2006
    The glittering Australian triumvirate of Baz Luhrmann, Nicole Kidman (The Hours, Moulin Rouge, Eyes Wide Shut) and Russell Crowe (Gladiator, Cinderella Man, The Insider) are waiting on the green light from studio executives at 20th Century Fox before they can get on

Baz Luhrmann - what members say


  • Strictly Ballroom
  • Strictly Ballroom review by from Lancs
    Rated - 4 stars not just your average chick flick 10 February 2004
    ... it, rewind it, gush again, rewind it... Well, you get the picture. Directed by Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge) you can expect the movie to be full of vibrant colour, superb da...  
  • Romeo And Juliet
  • Romeo And Juliet review by from Cornwall
    Rated - 5 stars Thumbs way up 15 September 2003
    ...ghting each other for position and respect. We all know how this one ends, but Baz Luhrmann does such an uncomparable job with the setting, cast and direction to make you ...  
  • Australia
  • Australia review by A customer from Antrim
    Rated - 5 stars Absolutely stunning 6 January 2009
    ...If you have never seen a Baz Luhrmann film, this would be a good one to start with, as it doesn't go overboard on the weird camera angles like some of his other films. Thi...  

Baz Luhrmann - filmography


  • Australia on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Nicole Kidman,  Hugh Jackman,  David Wenham
    Director: Baz Luhrmann
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    MOULIN ROUGE's Baz Luhrman and Nicole Kidman reteam for this epic that pays homage to their homeland. In AUSTRALIA, Lady Sarah Ashley (Kidman) is a prim and proper Englishwoman who journeys to Australia in the years before World War II reached the country's shores. She is determined to have her ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 24,971 members
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  • Moulin Rouge on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Ewan McGregor,  Nicole Kidman,  Jim Broadbent
    Director: Baz Luhrmann
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Cross LA BOHEME with CABARET, throw in a little bit of RENT, and you might almost begin to describe Baz Luhrmann's visually opulent, fast-paced, funny, heartrending MOULIN ROUGE. The film, which premiered as the opener to the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, is a musical set in 1899 Paris at the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 27,864 members
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  • Strictly Ballroom on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Paul Mercurio,  Tara Morice,  Bill Hunter
    Director: Baz Luhrmann
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A top ballroom dancer pairs with a plain, left-footed local girl when his maverick style earns him the disdain of his more conventionally-minded colleagues. Together, the team gives it their all and makes dreams of the National Championship title come true. Directed in a delicious high-key style by ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 5,834 members
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  • Oh My God
    Starring: Hugh Jackman,  Seal,  Ringo Starr
    Director: Peter Rodger
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    In every corner of the world, there's one question that can never be definitively answered, yet stirs up equal parts passion, curiosity, self-reflection and often wild imagination: "What is God?" Filmmaker Peter Rodger explores this profound, age-old query in the provocative non-fiction feature "..read more »
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Baz Luhrmann facts

5 most recent films

Australia - 3.5 stars
Australia - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Baz Luhrmann - Behind The Curtain - 3.0 stars
Moulin Rouge - 3.5 stars
Romeo And Juliet - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Australia - 3.5 stars
Romeo And Juliet - 3.5 stars
Australia - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Strictly Ballroom - 3.5 stars
Moulin Rouge - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Oh My God - 3 stars
Baz Luhrmann - Behind The Curtain - 3.0 stars
La Boheme - 3.0 stars
Strictly Ballroom - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Moulin Rouge - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

John Leguizamo - 7 times - show films
David Wenham - 6 times - show films
Nicole Kidman - 6 times - show films
Garry McDonald - 4 times - show films
Kerry Walker - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Peter Rodger - 1 times - show films