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Moulin Rouge

Synopsis:

The third film from pop-music-obsessed director Baz Luhrmann tweaks the conventions of the musical genre by mixing a period romance with anachronistic dialogue and songs in the style of his previous Romeo+Juliet (1996). Ewan McGregor stars as Christian, who leaves behind his bourgeois father during the French belle époque of the late 1890s to seek his fortunes in the bohemian underworld of Montmartre, Paris. Christian meets the absinthe- and alcohol-addicted artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (John Leguizamo), who introduces him to a world of sex, drugs, music, theater, and the scandalous dance known as the cancan, all at the Moulin Rouge, a decadent dance hall, brothel, and theater that's the brainchild of Harold Zidler (Jim Broadbent).


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Movie Details:

  • Director: Baz Luhrmann
  • Studio: Bazmark
  • Year: 2001
  • Run Time: 126 minutes
  • Country: Australia, USA
  • Language: English
  • Set in: Montmarte, Paris, France
  • MPAA Rating: PG13 (for sexual content)
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Musical, Romance
  • Filmed in: Color
  • Release: 2001 11 21 (USA - Limited Rerelease), 2001 06 01 (USA), 2001 05 18 (USA - Limited)

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