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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Baz Luhrmann
Writers (WGA):
Baz Luhrmann (written by) &
Craig Pearce (written by)
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Release Date:
1 June 2001 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Musical | Romance more
Tagline:
No Laws. No Limits. One Rule. Never Fall In Love. more
Plot:
A poet falls for a beautiful courtesan whom a jealous duke covets in this stylish musical, with music drawn from familiar 20th century sources. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won 2 Oscars. Another 66 wins & 82 nominations more
User Comments:
Stunning Bag Of Wind more (2252 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Nicole Kidman ... Satine

Ewan McGregor ... Christian

John Leguizamo ... Toulouse-Lautrec

Jim Broadbent ... Harold Zidler

Richard Roxburgh ... The Duke
Garry McDonald ... The Doctor

Jacek Koman ... The Unconscious Argentinean
Matthew Whittet ... Satie
Kerry Walker ... Marie
Caroline O'Connor ... Nini Legs In The Air
Christine Anu ... Arabia
Natalie Jackson Mendoza ... China Doll (as Natalie Mendoza)
Lara Mulcahy ... Môme Fromage

David Wenham ... Audrey

Kylie Minogue ... The Green Fairy
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Moulin Rouge (USA) (alternative spelling)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for sexual content.
Runtime:
127 min
Country:
Australia | USA
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Company:
Angel Studios more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The "placeholder" name of the Duke (Richard Roxburgh) during the writing of the script was Count Von Groovy. more
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: A steadicam operator and another crewman is visible during the Can-Can dance. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Toulouse-Lautrec: [singing] There was a boy, a very strange enchanted boy...
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Movie Connections:
References Aladdin (1992) more
Soundtrack:
LOVE IS LIKE OXYGEN more

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96 out of 153 people found the following comment useful.
Stunning Bag Of Wind, 23 May 2005
7/10
Author: ptmcq05 from United States

I wonder if that line from the Duke "I don't care about your ridiculous dogma" was directed to Lars Von Triar. It could be, the film is full of knowing lines "He could make you a star and you're dallying with the writer!" or "They dressed me with the Argentinean's best clothes and passed me for a famous English writer" There is something of Ken Russell's second period in "Moulin Rouge" Everything is emphasized, underlined and repeated at least three times for safety. Excess seem a rather feeble term to describe it and yet, it works. The film, for the most part, is a delight. Nicole Kidman, ravishing and spectacular, spectacular. Ewan McGregor, superb, and so charismatic that no one would blame me if I confess I had a had crush on him as soon as he broke into "The Hills are alive with the sound of music..." Kidman and McGregor, this film proves it, are the closest thing we've had in years to the big stars of yesteryear. They could make anything shine and they have. Another detail that shouldn't go amiss, "Moulin Rouge" opened the door again for musicals and that's always a good thing even if we're bound to be bombarded by some terrible stuff. I say it doesn't matter as long as it allows glorious film talents of the caliber of Kidman and McGregor to give us the pleasures they have even in a bag of wind such as "Moulin Rouge"

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