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...gets a job at the Moulin Rouge, the infamous Paris Nightclub that is owned by the equally infamous and over the top Harold Zidler (Jim Broadbent). The musical is being financed by the villainous and quite stupid Duke (Richard Roxburgh), who is Christian's rival for the affections of Satine (Nicole Kidman). I refuse to divulge any more of the story just in case there is someone in the western world who has not seen the film! The Actors ======= ...
...I'll change that. I've admired most of his work (I can't stand any aspect of the assinine Star Wars Prequels). In this film he is remarkable. He conveys the inner struggle, the naiveté, the passion and the ambition. He really is good. Jim Broadbent - Well, he comes from Lincolnshire, so he has to be good. I feel that it has taken far too long for Jim Broadbent to receive the recognition he deserves. He is gloriously over the top in this movie, and ...

Nolly 12.01.2003 · Read full review
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This review of Moulin Rouge was written as a project for my music class at school, which I must admit I am very proud of because I got an A and I haven’t achieved one of those in ages. It was fun writing the project as in class my friend Jenny who loves the film kept on coming up to me while I was writing and saying ‘Aaah Moulin Rouge!’ every five minutes, which got a bit annoying. I hope you enjoy reading as much as I enjoyed writing and getting ...
...the featured star of the Moulin Rouge, Satine, the Sparkling Diamond. With the help of Loutrec’s actors, Satine and Christian create ‘Spectacular Spectacular’. A play that Satine hopes will make her a star. To finance the play Satine’s boss Zidler asks Duke, Duke agrees to finance the play, and a renovation of the Moulin Rouge in exchange for a contract that binds Satine to him. Christian and Satine keep their love secret for the show to continue ...

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...Grease did for the seventies, Moulin Rouge has done for the zeros and quite possibly beyond that. This grips you from start to finish with its brightness, flamboyance, musical conglomerations and simple beauty. It meshes music from the last century and carries you along on a rollercoaster of a playlist. I lost count of the number of tunes that I recognized, and that was after about twenty minutes. Ewan McGregor is Christian, a writer, a novice ...
...create a play for the Moulin Rouge - not just any play but a spectacular play, entitled 'Spectacular, Spectacular'. Nicole Kidman is Satine, the star of the Moulin Rouge, a courtesan. QUite frankly, she's a babe!! Jim Broadbent is the owner of said moulin Rouge, desperate to create such a 'Spectacular' but economically constrained. Richard Roxburgh (I think), plays the Duke, a foppish Englishman with the readies and the hotties for Satine. No problemo ...

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...any one word to describe Moulin Rouge, maybe ‘Superb’ and ‘Breathtaking’ or ‘Tragic’ and ‘Moving’. For the first ten to fifteen minutes of the film I felt nauseous. An array of split second cuts of film footage of girls dancing, flashes of underwear and mysterious laughing faces made me think of that hideous clown at Blackpool Pleasure Beach that laughs at you when you ply it with money! Looking back ...
...essence of the Moulin Rouge’, not that I’ve ever been of course! It was frantic, gregarious, furious, colourful and distorted and for the next two hours I was lead into the mysterious underworld. This is a story of Love and Tragedy, similar to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Baz Lureman captures it all within this film and if you enjoyed his version of Romeo and Juliet (and I did immensely) then you will love this! If you are a ...

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...Special Edition, er, I mean Moulin Rouge, the new movie from Baz Luhrmann. Comparisons to the aforementioned Shakespearean extravaganza are inevitable (the film even features a rhyming couplet or two), but this is very much a new kind of moviemaking. Taking his cue from musicals of the past and music of the present, Mr Luhrmann has created an intense mix of surreal visuals, heart breaking songs and surprising performances to make this one of the ...
...be performed at the infamous Moulin Rouge night club. Here, we encounter the ostentatious Zidler played by Jim Broadbent (The Borrowers, TV’s Only Fools And Horses) and more importantly, the star of the Moulin Rouge, Satine, played by Nicole Kidman (The Others, Far and Away). Following a very funny case of mistaken identity, Christian privately meets with Satine, and ends up falling in love, finding the inspiration he requires to write “Spectacular ...

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...Leutrec takes him to the Moulin Rouge to help them sell the idea to Satine. The Moulin Rouge is run by Zidler (Jim Broadbent) who refers to his Can-Can girls as the Diamond Dogs. The greatest jewel of them all is Satine "The Sparkling Diamond" (Nicol Kidman). Due to a case of mistaken identity Satine tries to seduce Christan, who she thinks is a Duke interested in financing the Moulin Rouge'ss renovation. When he wins her heart with Elton John's ...
...dos for her. She then discovers that Christian is not the wealthy Duke and shortly after gets caught in a compromising position with Christian. To get out of this mess Christian, Satine, Leutrec and friends tell the Duke that they are in fact working on a fantastic play called Spectacular Spectacular. This play is about an Indian Courtesan caught between a rich but cruel Maharaja and a poor musician. Satine although a star is very ill although unlike ...

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...and I went to see Moulin Rouge this past weekend. We knew it was supposed to be a musical of sorts, so with me being an old musical junkie and him, just being a fan of music, we decided to head to the cinema and see it. All we really knew about it was the music video played on MTV, featuring Mya, L'il Kim, Pink and Christina. I suppose this video gave us our first glimpse of what was ahead for us. From the very first moment of the opening credits, ...
...out of old Hollywood. Moulin Rouge was filmed completely in a studio, not filmed in various locations around the globe. This in itself was fulfilling to watch. The set showed the audiences the wizardry of art. The costumes were outstanding. The colours, the sights, and the sounds of this film were beyond compare. You didn't know where to watch first and your eyes were frozen to the screen, for fear of missing something exceptional. Initially, I thought ...

Lgair 09.10.2001 · Read full review
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...am speaking is, of course, Moulin Rouge. I shall give a very brief summary of the film in this paragraph. If you just want to know what I thought of it and don't want to know about the film itself then skip to the next paragraph. Don't worry you wont miss anything, this paragraph will be very boring. The film is set in Paris in 1899 and stars Nicole Kidman and Ewan Mcgreggor (probably spelt wrong, but you know who I mean). It is a musical about a ...
...a nightclub/bordello, who falls in love with a writer (Mcgreggor) while promising herself to a Duke and that's basically all there is to say about it, its not exactly a complex plot. Granted the story is not very original (mind you there are very few truly original stories), but that is not what makes this film such a treat or why it is such an enjoyable experience. This is visually and aurally a spectacular film. It has a frantic energy that makes ...

mgirg 27.05.2001 (28.05.2001) · Read full review
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...opinion? View comments Moulin Rouge has to be my favourite film of all time. I am not just saying that because I love to watch a romantic film but it is so classy, radiant and harmonious. I first heard of this film in the papers and it never really appealed to me at first because it seemed quite boring. I only thought this as in America it hadn't been much of a success, but now I think of it Americans don't share the British elegance in a film. ...
...The film being called Moulin Rouge (red mill) sounds very posh and it is indeed, this was where the rich and upperclass men went to get their thrills with young and very pretty courtesans. The Sparkling Diamond being the main courtesan the one bringing in the most money as at the start she drops from the sky then belts out 'Sparkling Diamonds' a song from the soundtrack. All these rich men waving their money in the air hoping to be picked. She already ...

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...and main courtesan of the Moulin Rouge and Christian (MacGregor) - a young penniless English poet. They meet by accident at the Moulin Rouge and fall hopelessly and helplessly in love. But, it is a love doomed to disaster. Satine has been used by Zidler, the owner of the Moulin Rouge, to secure funding for a new show from a Duke. He, in return, demands that Satine must be exclusively his. No other man may touch her apart from him. If he finds out ...
...she hates, to save the Moulin Rouge. The ending is clever and heartbreaking - for in the end EVERYONE loses. This movie will make you laugh…..It will make you gasp….and without a doubt, it will make you cry! Both Kidman and Macgregor turn in performances that I’m pretty sure will earn them nominations – at least – at the next Academy Awards. It is so good - so full of colour, passion, jealousy, pain, incredible music and dance scenes, that I promise ...

nipples 26.08.2001 (12.08.2002) · Read full review
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Moulin Rouge is a vibrant extravaganza that turns the classic musical on its head. It is an excellent production that is original, pacey, very well acted and directed and above all an emotional roller coaster of a ride. Ewan Mcgregor is on top form, but the star of the show is undoubtedly Nicole Kidman who has an excellent chance of getting ‘one up’ on her ex-husband Tom Cruise and walking off with a thoroughly deserved Oscar for this ...
...and specifically in the infamous Moulin Rouge Dance Hall a haven for the Parisian underworld of the time. Where the rich and powerful indulge their vices with young and beautiful courtesans. The film starts with Christian (Mcgregor) a talented but penniless poet/writer newly arrived from England quickly ingratiating himself with a bunch of wacky Bohemian performers. They soon hatch a plan to get their act onto the floor at the Moulin Rouge. The plan ...

roguetrader1uk 10.09.2001 · Read full review
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...to say anything pioneering about Moulin Rouge, but you’ve got to start somewhere. I saw this movie last week at my local multiplex. I’m not the world’s greatest devotee of the musical, but decided to give it a whirl anyway. Having read a few opinions on movies, I realise that a good way to make yourself very unpopular here at Ciao is to give a blow-by-blow account of the plot, so I won’t even attempt it! Suffice it to say ...
...the glittering star of the Moulin Rouge (Nicole Kidman). Unfortunately, she is also a star in other galaxies, i.e. the flesh market. Jealousy, and the adage “never fall in love with a whore” feature large in this movie, and it all ends in tears. Hopefully, I haven’t trivialised the plot, it’s just that I didn’t want to give it away. What really impressed me about this film is the way in which it bursts onto the screen, ...

Roodles 29.09.2001 · Read full review
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...corny. There was a Moulin Rouge dance hall. The period it is based in was during the Bohemian Revelution, which was a true era. But other than that, it is pure fiction. Now, I know that nothing I say in my op is going to make you change your mind if you already hate the film. And if you love it, I’m preaching to the choir. But this is for those of you who haven’t seen it yet and haven’t made up your mind one way or another. If this ...

Shadowtwinchaos 04.04.2003 · Read full review
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Moulin Rouge is my favourite film of the year, no doubt about it. I thought nothing could beat Bridget Jones, but Shrek came along, and then this. Iti s pehrpas one of my favourite films of all time, so much so that it is one of only 2 or 3 films I've been back to the cinema to see again. The reviews for this film were stunning and it really doens't disappoint if you are a human. The main idea of this film are the 'Bohemian morals' of truth, beauty, ...
...more bizarre introduction to the Moulin Rouge - something not to be missed, but if you don't enjoy it (Nirvana mixed with the Can Can), don't walk out. It calms down after that. It is a very romantic plot and without the fantastic acting, filming and music this wouldn't be possible. Both Nicole and Ewan excel - for both of them this is the best film role they have ever had. You couldn't believe how convincing they are. It's odd to think that the ...

schizochico 20.11.2001 · Read full review
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...that we’ll never forget. Moulin Rouge is unlike anything you’ve ever seen before. Its opening is a queer little man singing in introduction in the corner of the screen and a sweeping camera shot through the streets of Paris to a grimy looking hotel. From this dreary setting we move straight into a lively, vivid night out at the Moulin Rouge. It is the beginning of a visual masterpiece alive with colour, sumptuous set-pieces, pounding music, and ...
...to be performed at the Moulin Rouge. Consequently, he gets roped into writing it but first must convince the owner, Harold Zidler (Jim Broadbent – Bridget Jone’s Diary, The Borrowers). Toulouse (John Leguizamo – Romeo + Juliet, Die Hard 2) and his other new friends arrange a private meeting with the Moulin Rouge’s ‘Diamond’ showgirl Satine (Nicole Kidman – Eyes Wide Shut, The Others), to enchant her with his poetry. Unfortunately, the inevitable ...

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