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2001

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Starring	Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman, Jim Broadbent, John Leguizamo
Director	Baz Luhrmann
Genres	Audio Descriptive, Music/Musical, Romance

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Moulin Rouge

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 notorious Montmartre cabaret club, the Moulin Rouge. Directed by Baz Luhrmann (WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO AND JULIET, STRICTLY BALLROOM), the movie stars Nicole Kidman as the high-kicking courtesan, Satine; Ewan McGregor as the sensitive poet, Christian; and John Leguizamo as the flamboyant artist and matchmaker, Toulouse-Lautrec. Luhrmann's use of eclectic lighting and saturated color, the fast zooms and quick cuts of his camera, and his magnificent costumes and sets perfectly capture the excess and freneticism for which the Moulin Rouge was famous. Beautifully led by McGregor and Kidman, the flawless supporting cast brings to life the culture of belle epoque Paris with magical realism. Above all, the anachronistic, energetic contemporary soundtrack is what drives MOULIN ROUGE, with popular songs by L'il Kim, Christina Aguilera, David Bowie, and Beck--as well as Kidman and McGregor adding their own superb vocals.

Starring	Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman, Jim Broadbent, John Leguizamo, Richard Roxburgh, Garry McDonald, Kerry Walker, Kylie Minogue, David Wenham
Director	Baz Luhrmann
Studio	20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time	DVD: 2 hrs 2 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs 2 mins
Certificate
Collections	Multi-coloured Movie Collection
Genres	Audio Descriptive, Music/Musical, Romance
Language	DVD: English, English Audio Description Blu-ray: English
Hearing-impaired	English
Subtitles	DVD: Croatian, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish, Dutch
Released	Production year: 2001 To Rent: DVD: 04 Mar 2002 Blu-ray: Unavailable for rental Blu-ray: 11 Jan 2010

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- Hyperkinetic, attention-seeking pop variation on La Bohème and La Traviata that is so over the top it parodies itself; its modern songs cannot carry the weight of emotion piled upon them, though it might have helped to have had a few singers in the cast.
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- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
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  TRUTHFULLY - THE WORST FILM I EVER ONLY SAW 15 MINUTES OF
  
  Boring trash. Nothing more to say, I believed the hype about this film and could stand no more than 15 minutes before switching off in disgust...this was 3 ... read more »
  
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  - Carl Hunt
  - Isle of Wight
  - 16 Sep 2005 at 23:56
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  Baz Entertains Us.
  
  An audio visual feast that is empty at the core. Moulin Rouge has all the excess that we expect from Baz Luhrmann. The costumes are amazing, the sound track is ... read more »
  
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  Great songs and costumes!
  
  I saw this when it first came out - so ten years ago, which is really scary! But having seen it once and not being too fussed about it I didn't bother to ... read more »
  
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  - 09 Sep 2011 at 00:04
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  Honk if you hate cinema
  
  A film for people who hate film or at least rarely watch film, but want to appear as if they know something about it. Overwrought, over-acted, the potentially ... read more »
  
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Jones was up for Moulin Rouge role
- 18 Mar 2011
Quincy Jones' actress daughter Rashida Jones has revealed she was in the running to play the lead in Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge! - until Nicole Kidman expressed interest in the musical role. The TV star admits she auditioned for the role of Satine before producers decided to go for a bigger name. And she wowed movie executives with a routine she worked out with her super-producer dad. Jones tells Eonline.com, "You had to sing a song and I decided I wanted to sing and play a song. I wanted to... Read more
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  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 ...

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  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 ...