Moulin Rouge Movie Review 2001

Luhrmann resurrects the famed Parisian/Montmartre nightclub decadence in his surreal quasi 1899-set movie musical that stars Kidman as the club's star singer/dancer/courtesan Satine, who entrances McGregor's naive poet, Christian. Naturally, their love is doomed--in part because she has this nasty cough. Leguizamo shows up as artist Toulouse Lautrec. Luhrmann likes to shake up staid genres (witness "Strictly Ballroom" and "Romeo + Juliet") and in this case he married pop music (uneasily) with extraordinary elaborate visuals. This doesn't always work but the director deserves points for sheer chutzpah and Kidman has never looked more stunning.

Distribution

Fox Home Entertainment, PO Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213, Phone: (310)369-3900, Toll-free: 888-223-4FOX, Fax: (310)369-5811, URL: http://www.foxmovies.com/index1.html, Remarks: Also known as Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 126 minutes.
Originally from Australian, United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Nightclubs, Paris, Musical Fantasy, Terminal Illness, Showbiz Musicals, Period Piece: 19th Century, Writers, Oldest Profession

Screenplay

Baz Luhrmann, Craig Pearce

Cast

Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo, Jim Broadbent, Garry McDonald, Kylie Minogue, Richard Roxburgh, David Wenham, Natalie Mendoza

Cinematography

Donald McAlpine

Director

Baz Luhrmann

Music

Craig Armstrong

Other

Guntis Sics, Anton Monsted, Jill Bilcock, Ann Marie Beauchamp, Catherine Martin, Angus Strathie, Catherine Martin

Producer

Baz Luhrmann, Martin Brown, Fred Baron, Bazmark, 20th Century-Fox

Awards

Oscars 2001: Art Dir./Set Dec., Costume Des.; Australian Film Inst. 2001: Cinematog., Costume Des., Film Editing, Sound; British Acad. 2001: Sound, Support. Actor (Broadbent), Score; Golden Globes 2002: Actor--Mus./Comedy, Actress--Mus./Comedy (Kidman), Score; L.A. Film Critics 2001: Support. Actor (Broadbent); Natl. Bd. of Review 2001: Film, Support. Actor (Broadbent).