However, Zidler plans to have a wealthy and powerful Duke sleep with Satine in exchange for the financing to convert the club into a theater. After Christian helps them complete the play, they go to the Moulin Rouge where they hope Christian’s talents will impress Satine, the star performer and courtesan, and that she will in turn convince Harold Zidler, the proprietor of the Moulin Rouge, to let Christian write the show. He suddenly meets Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and his troupe of performers who are writing a play called Spectacular Spectacular. In 1900 in Paris, Christian, a young writer in mourning for his deceased love, begins writing their story.Ī year earlier, he arrives in Paris to join the Bohemian movement. In BBC's 2016 poll of the 21st century's 100 greatest films, Moulin Rouge! ranked 53rd. At the 74th Academy Awards, the film received eight nominations, including Best Picture, and won two ( Best Production Design and Best Costume Design). It was also a commercial success, grossing $179.2 million on a $50 million budget. The film was praised for Luhrmann's direction, the performances of the cast, its soundtrack, costume design, and production values. Moulin Rouge! premiered at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival and was released in theaters on in North America and on in Australia. John Leguizamo, Jim Broadbent, and Richard Roxburgh feature in supporting roles. A co-production of Australia and the United States, it stars Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor. The film uses the musical setting of the Montmartre Quarter of Paris and is the final part of Luhrmann's " Red Curtain Trilogy," following Strictly Ballroom (1992) and Romeo + Juliet (1996). It follows a young English poet, Christian, who falls in love with the star of the Moulin Rouge, cabaret actress and courtesan Satine. Moulin Rouge! ( / ˌ m uː l æ̃ ˈ r uː ʒ/, French: ) is a 2001 jukebox musical romantic drama film directed, co-produced, and co-written by Baz Luhrmann.
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