Moulin Rouge - Single Disc Edition

Starring: Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman Director: Baz Luhrmann Original UK Premiere: 2001 Dvd Release: 13th October, 2003 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: PAL, Region 2 Encoding

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Moulin Rouge! is a 2001 musical film directed by Baz Luhrmann, which tells the story of a young British poet, Christian, who falls in love with the star of the Moulin Rouge cabaret, Satine. It uses the colourful musical setting of Montmartre, a district in Paris, France. Some plot details, specifically the poor artist & his dying lover, bear relation to the opera La Bohème, including references to the Bohemian subculture. The plot was also inspired by the Greek myth of Orpheus in the Underworld. The screenplay was written by Baz Luhrmann & Craig Pearce. exuberant music, colourful visuals, elaborate sets & costumes, simple story line with a simple conflict, heroine with melodramatic disease, two-dimensional characters & the songs themselves, adopted from contemporary musicians. It includes a popular Hindi movie song near the end. Other songs it samples include Nature Boy by Nat King Cole, Lady Marmalade by LaBelle, Madonnas Material Girl, the titular song of The Sound of Music & Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana--all within the films first twenty minutes. Posters Of Moulin Rouge

You either love it or you hate it. Im one of those people who love it. The camera work may be overdone in the opening minutes but as the film progresses it slows down to a more enjoyable speed which allows you to take in the full splendor of the lush sets & costumes. The music is wonderfully reworked into a dramtic style & is surprisingly well delivered by the cast. The two leads both have good voices but the actor who surpised me the most was Jim Broadbent, who will make you laugh out loud in Like a Virgin but who is actually quite touching in The Show Must Go On. The plot, though admitably paper-thin, is relitivly involving & I found myself caring for the fate of these doomed, if somewhat shallow, lovers. The reason for losing a star is partly because the villian of the piece who, dispite the hammy nature of the whole film, is over the top & totally unbelievable but mostly because there are far better versions of this DVD available. If you enjoyed this film I suggest you buy the two-disk DVD or better still, a package of all three of Baz Luhrmans films, which are as good as, if not better than this one.

Ewan Gordon McGregor is a Scottish film actor who has had significant success in both mainstream & art house movies. // McGregor attended Kirkaldy College 1988/1989 to study drama appearing in several roles there & appearing in the Tron Theatre, Glasgow at the end of term. McGregor came to prominence through his role as the heroin addict Mark Renton in the film version of Irvine Welsh s Trainspotting. This role immediately followed his movie debut performance in Danny Boyle s 1994 film Shallow Grave. McGregor has also been featured as the male romantic lead in Hollywood films such as Moulin Rouge! & Down With Love & in the British film Little Voice. He received excellent reviews for his performance as an amoral drifter mixed up in murder in the rather bleak indie British film Young Adam, which co-starred the acclaimed British actress Tilda Swinton. He took on the role of a younger Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy, originally made famous by Alec Guinness in the original Star Wars films. Posters Of Ewan McGregor

Editors Choice: Star Wars, Moulin Rouge, Robots, The Island, Attack Of The Clones, Down With Love, Revenge Of The Sith, Stay, View DVDology

Nicole Kidman is an Australian actress & singer. Kidman is the daughter of Dr Antony David Kidman & his wife Janelle Ann. Her father was a cancer research specialist in Washington, D,C ; because of which Nicole was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. The family returned to Australia when Nicole four years old. when Tony Kidman took on a lectureship at the University of Technology, Sydney. Nicole’s studied first at the North Sydney High School. She had started taking ballet lessons when she was three & this led to studies at St. Martins Youth Theatre in Melbourne, the Australian Theatre for Young People in Sydney & then to the Philip Street Theatre, where she majored in voice production & theatre history. She had dropped out of North Sydney Girls High School at the time her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer & Kidman concentrated on her family responsibilities until her mothers recovery. Her first appearance on film came in 1983 when, as a 15 year-old, she appeared in the Pat Wilson music video for the song Bop Girl. Posters Of Nicole Kidman

Editors Choice: Bewitched, Moulin Rouge, The Interpreter, Birth, Cold Mountain, Dogville, The Human Stain, The Stepford Wives, View DVDology

Baz Luhrmann is an Australian film director. His films are distinguished by their flamboyant & colourful theatricality. Strictly Ballroom, starring Paul Mercurio & Tara Morice. Romeo & Juliet, starring Leonardo DiCaprio & Claire Danes. Moulin Rouge!, starring Nicole Kidman & Ewan McGregor. He has also directed the opera La Bohème. Luhrmann was working on a biographical film about Alexander the Great, tentatively starring DiCaprio & Kidman, but the release of Oliver Stone s film on the same subject in 2004 eventually persuaded him to shelve the project. His current project is in development, but its subject matter remains unknown. Baz Luhrmann has listed Bollywood films as a major influence on his work, especially on Moulin Rouge! Luhrmann is also credited with a 1999 UK number one single entitled Everybodys Free. Luhrmann married Catherine Martin, the production designer on all of his films, on 26 January 1997. They have one child, Lillian Amanda Luhrmann. Posters Of Moulin Rouge

Editors Choice: Moulin Rouge, Romeo And Juliet, Strictly Ballroom, La Boheme, Titanic, View DVDology

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