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...Directed by Baz Luhrmann (Romeo + Juliet), Moulin Rouge is a postmodern, absinthe-fueled journey through the titular Parisian nightclub at the birth of the 20th century, set to mid- and late-20th century pop songs. Kidman stars as Satine, the doomed, ambitious courtesan torn between a penniless writer (Ewan McGregor) and a sugar-daddy duke (Richard Roxburgh). "She sings, she dances, she dies, she's funny," says Luhrmann. "You can't get more tested than that...
...Directed by Baz Luhrmann (Romeo + Juliet), Moulin Rouge is a postmodern, absinthe-fueled journey through the titular Parisian nightclub at the birth of the 20th century, set to mid- and late-20th century pop songs. Kidman stars as Satine, the doomed, ambitious courtesan torn between a penniless writer (Ewan McGregor) and a sugar-daddy duke (Richard Roxburgh). "She sings, she dances, she dies, she's funny," says Luhrmann. "You can't get more tested than that...
...film. Kidman recalls treating herself to absinthe at Luhrmann's dinner table and dancing with a snake at the director's millennial New Year's Eve party. But even the stars occasionally had a hard time envisioning the movie Luhrmann wanted to make. "There were times when Ewan and I doubted him," says Kidman. "We'd think, There's no way he's going to make this high comedy work with tragedy... But you do it because you want to be in something that's a risk...
...first moments (a skinhead in a tux conducts the Fox fanfare) cue you to Luhrmann's boldness. A Green Fairy sings The Sound of Music. In the nightclub, Nicole Kidman evokes Marilyn and Madonna as she swings above the crowd warbling Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend. Ewan McGregor, as the poor writer who falls for the courtesan, is a nouveau Gene Kelly--a hunky Joe with a radiant smile, haunting the Left Bank like An American in Paris, twirling an umbrella a la Singin' in the Rain. There's something else deja vu about this pair: they have...
...recent separation from former hubby Tom Cruise, the most interesting buzz surrounding Moulin Rouge has had nothing to do with the production at all. Set in 1890s Paris, Kidman plays the famous burlesque house's star performer, whose charms simultaneously catch the eye of a poor, impetuous poet (Ewan McGregor) and a wealthy, bombastic impresario (Jim Broadbent). With the former promising romance and the latter offering a chance at international stardom, the "hooker with a heart of gold" is torn between the two, and inevitable chaos ensues. Grand musical numbers and sumptuous period costumes give director Baz Luhrman an excuse...