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Baz Luhrmann - news / articles


  • Luhrmann used Jay-Z to boost Great Gatsby scenes - 23 April 2012
    -Director Baz Luhrmann blasted Jay-Z rap tracks onto the set of The Great Gatsby to boost his cast's energy during shooting.-The Moulin Rouge! moviemaker has put his creative twist on F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic tale for the new film, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Car


  • Luhrmann injured on Gatsby set - report - 25 December 2011
    t movie adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby reportedly shut down early for Christmas (11) after director Baz Luhrmann was injured on the set-Reports suggest he banged his head on a camera crane during a scene in a confined space.- Co-producer A


  • Bachchan refusing payment for Luhrmann film - 12 September 2011
    -Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan is refusing payment from director Baz Luhrmann for his role in upcoming film The Great Gatsby, insisting he's happy to shoot his scene as "a gesture".-The veteran Indian actor has signed up to star in the big screen adaptation of F. Sc

Baz Luhrmann - what members say


  • Strictly Ballroom
  • Strictly Ballroom review by from Lancs
    Rated - 4.0 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...   Read customer review
  • Romeo And Juliet
  • Romeo And Juliet review by from Cornwall
    Rated - 5.0 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 ...   Read customer review
  • La Boheme
  • La Boheme review by rcrdofjrdo from London
    Rated - 2.0 stars Jeans Opera 27 April 2009
    ...If you are expecting a vibrant Baz Luhrmann production, you're in for disappointment. This is just a 'modern' take on the famous opera, which ultimately means La Boheme in ...   Read customer review

Baz Luhrmann - filmography


  • The Great Gatsby (2012)
    Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio,  Tobey Maguire,  Joel Edgerton
    Director: Baz Luhrmann
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    The Great Gatsby follow Fitzgerald-like, would-be writer Nick Carraway (Maguire) as he leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922, an era of loosening morals, glittering jazz and bootleg kings. Chasing his own American Dream, Nick lands next door to a mysterious, party-..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 11 members
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  • Oh My God (2009)
    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 »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 5 members
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  • 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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 54,535 members
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  • Australia - Blu-ray (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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 8,663 members
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  • Moulin Rouge on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Kerry Walker,  Kylie Minogue,  David Wenham
    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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 31,084 members
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  • Moulin Rouge - Blu-ray (2001)
    Starring: Ewan McGregor,  Nicole Kidman,  Jim Broadbent
    Director: Baz Luhrmann
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 220 members
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  • Romeo And Juliet on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio,  Claire Danes,  Brian Dennehy
    Director: Baz Luhrmann
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    This ambitious undertaking, adapting William Shakespeare's classic tale of star-crossed lovers and setting the story in a glossy music-video style in 1990s Florida. Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes play the famous lovers kept apart by rival industrialist families. Bookended by newscastsers ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 24,645 members
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  • La Boheme on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Roger Lemke,  David Hobson,  David Lemke
    Director: Baz Luhrmann
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Recorded live at the Sydney Opera house this Australian Opera Production of Puccini's masterpiece was staged by the makers of the film 'Strictly Ballroom'. Music is under the direction of Julian Smith.
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 256 members
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  • Strictly Ballroom on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Paul Mercurio,  Tara Morice,  Bill Hunter
    Director: Baz Luhrmann
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This wildly off-beat comedy is about a male dancer (Paul Mercurio) who refuses to follow the accepted rules of ballroom dancing and creates his own style of choreography, which infuriates the ballroom dancing establishment. Before he's scheduled to compete in the Pan-Pacific ballroom championships, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 6,639 members
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  • Strictly Ballroom - Blu-ray (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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 562 members
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  • Romeo And Juliet - Blu-ray
    Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio,  Claire Danes,  Brian Dennehy
    Director: Baz Luhrmann
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    This ambitious undertaking, adapting William Shakespeare's classic tale of star-crossed lovers and setting the story in a glossy music-video style in 1990s Florida. Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes play the famous lovers kept apart by rival industrialist families. Bookended by newscastsers ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 187 members
    Not available for rental

Baz Luhrmann facts

5 most recent films

The Great Gatsby - 3.0 stars
Oh My God - 3.0 stars
Australia - 3.5 stars
Australia - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Moulin Rouge - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Moulin Rouge - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Romeo And Juliet - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Romeo And Juliet - 3.5 stars
Strictly Ballroom - 3.5 stars
Australia - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Oh My God - 3.0 stars
The Great Gatsby - 3.0 stars
Baz Luhrmann - Behind The Curtain - 3.0 stars
La Boheme - 3.0 stars
Strictly Ballroom - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

John Leguizamo - 9 times - show films
David Wenham - 7 times - show films
Nicole Kidman - 7 times - show films
Kylie Minogue - 5 times - show films
Kerry Walker - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Peter Rodger - 1 times - show films