Moulin Rouge!

Overview

Although a deluxe two-disc set is available, this one-disc edition of Moulin Rouge will do for those who want just the film. This DVD boasts a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original broadcast aspect ratio of 2.35:1. English soundtracks are rendered in both Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Digital Surround, and a French soundtrack has also been recorded in Dolby Digital Surround. Supplemental materials include a commentary track recorded by director Baz Luhrmann and co-screenwriter Craig Pearce, and a second commentary track recorded by Luhrmann, costume director Catherine Martin, and cinematographer Donald McAlpine. A behind-the-scenes featurette rounds out this strong release.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/14/2003
UPC:	0024543057659
Original Release:	2001
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, THX-Supervised Mastering, DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound, Dolby Digital Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:08:00

Special Features

Production commentary with Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, and Don McAlpine; writers' commentary with Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce; "Behind the Red Velvet Curtain" feature with historical, technical and artistic perspectives of Moulin Rouge.

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Nicole Kidman	Satine
Ewan McGregor	Christian
John Leguizamo	Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Jim Broadbent	Harold Zidler
Richard Roxburgh	Duke
Kylie Minogue	Green Fairy
Christine Anu	Arabia
Matthew Whittet	Satie
Kerry Walker	Marie
Caroline O'Connor	Nini
David Wenham	Audrey
Natalie Jackson Mendoza	China Doll,China Doll
Lara Mulcahy	Mome Fromage
Garry McDonald	The Doctor
Jacek Koman	The Unconscious Argentinian
Deobia Oparei	Le Chocolat
Linal Haft	Warner
Keith Robinson	Le Petomane,Stagehand
Peter Whitford	Stage Manager,Audience Member
Norman Kaye	Doctor
Arthur Dignam	The Father
Carole Skinner	Landlady
Jonathan Hardy	Man in the Moon
Kiruna Stamell	La Petite Princess
Laszlo Lukas	Conductor
Anthony Young	Orchestra Member
Wilson Alcorn	Audience Member
Kerry Casey	Audience Member
Peter Collingwood	Audience Member
Tim Eliott	Audience Member
Nicole Fantl	Audience Member
Judy Howard	Audience Member
Harold Kissin	Audience Member
Paul Maybury	Audience Member
Caroline Nahlous	Audience Member
Scott Peters	Audience Member
Judii Eldred	Female Patron
Ray Chambers	Fan Bearer
Darrell Dixon	Fan Bearer
Otto Luppo	Fan Bearer
Billy Pat	Fan Bearer
Adrian Sicari	Fan Bearer
Alexander Houle	Stagehand
Geoffrey Kiem	Stagehand
Peter Muirhead	Stagehand
Pat Evans	Seamstress
Tara Morice	Prostitute
Daniel Scott	Absinthe Drinker/Guitarist
Angus Martin	Pawnbroker,Paris Dance Team Member,Paris Dance Team Member
Byron Barriga	Musician
Waldo Garrido	Musician
Reginald Larner	Musician
Coralie Eichholtz	Moulin Rouge Girl No. 1
Jabe Bromhall	Moulin Rouge Girl No. 2
Robert Yearley	Coach
John Pagan	Old Crone
Patrick Harding-Irmer	Waiter
Albin Pahernik	Waiter
Aurel Verne	Waiter
Dee Donavan	Character Rake
Johnny Lockwood	Character Rake
Don Reid	Character Rake
Greg Poppleton	Nervous Nellie
Matt Wilson	Slave Trader,Montmartre Dance Team Member
Trent Harlow	Dancer
Troy Harrison	Dancer
Simon Kriszyk	Dancer
Chris Pickard	Dancer
Thern Reynolds	Dancer
David Scotchford	Dancer
Veronica Beattie	Montmartre Dance Team Member
Lisa Callingham	Montmartre Dance Team Member
Rosetta Cook	Montmartre Dance Team Member
Fleur Denny	Montmartre Dance Team Member
Kelly Grauer	Montmartre Dance Team Member
Jaclyn Hanson	Montmartre Dance Team Member
Michelle Hopper	Montmartre Dance Team Member
Fallon King	Montmartre Dance Team Member,Paris Dance Team Member
Wendy McMahon	Montmartre Dance Team Member
Tracie Morley	Montmartre Dance Team Member
Sue-Ellen Shook	Montmartre Dance Team Member
Luke Alleva	Montmartre Dance Team Member
Andrew Aroustian	Montmartre Dance Team Member
Stephen Colyer	Montmartre Dance Team Member
Steven Grace	Montmartre Dance Team Member
Mark Hodge	Montmartre Dance Team Member
Cameron Mitchell	Montmartre Dance Team Member
Deon Nuku	Montmartre Dance Team Member
Shaun Parker	Montmartre Dance Team Member
Troy Phillips	Montmartre Dance Team Member
Rodney Syaranamual	Montmartre Dance Team Member
Ashley Wallen	Montmartre Dance Team Member
Nathan Wright	Montmartre Dance Team Member
Susan Black	Paris Dance Team Member
Nicole Brooks	Paris Dance Team Member
Danielle Brown	Paris Dance Team Member
Anastacia Flewin	Paris Dance Team Member
Fiona Cage	Paris Dance Team Member
Alex Harrington	Paris Dance Team Member
Camilla Jakimowicz	Paris Dance Team Member
Rochelle Jones	Paris Dance Team Member
Caroline Kaspar	Paris Dance Team Member
Mandy Liddell	Paris Dance Team Member
Melanie Mackay	Paris Dance Team Member
Elise Mann	Paris Dance Team Member
Michelle Wriggles	Paris Dance Team Member
Michael Boyd	Paris Dance Team Member
Lorry D'Ercole	Paris Dance Team Member
Michael Edge	Paris Dance Team Member
Glyn Gray	Paris Dance Team Member
Craig Haines	Paris Dance Team Member
Stephen Holford	Paris Dance Team Member
Jamie Jewell	Paris Dance Team Member
Ryan Males	Paris Dance Team Member
Andrew Micallef	Paris Dance Team Member
Jonathan Schmolzer	Paris Dance Team Member
Bradley Spargo	Paris Dance Team Member
Kip Gamblin	Latin Dancer
Dennis Dowlut	Cocoliscious Brother,Cocoliscious Brother
Nandy McClean	Twin
Maya McLean	Twin
Pina Conti	La Ko Ka Chau
Joseph 'Pepe' Ashton	Tobasco Brother,Tobasco Brother
Marcos Falagan	Tobasco Brother,Tobasco Brother
Chris Mayhew	Tobasco Brother
Hamish McCann	Tobasco Brother
Adrien Janssen	Tobasco Brother
Shaun Holloway	Tobasco Brother
Scott Gregory	Stagehand
Brett Praed	Stagehand
Tony Lynch	Stagehand
Sotiri Sotiropoulos	Stagehand
Ian Lind	Stagehand
Nash Edgerton	Stagehand
Ozzy Osbourne	The Green Fairy
Plácido Domingo	Man In The Moon
Chris Elliott	Conductor
Craig Armstrong	Composer

Technical Credits

Baz Luhrmann

Craig Pearce

Baz Luhrmann	Director,Screenwriter,Producer
Craig Pearce	Screenwriter
Fred Baron	Producer
Martin Brown	Producer
Chris Godfrey	Special Effects
Chris King	Casting
Ronna Kress	Casting
Guy Norris	Stunts
Brian Cox	Special Effects
Catherine Knapman	Producer
Colin Alway	Special Effects
Michael Axinn	Sound Effects
John Bailey	Sound Effects
Chris Barrett	Sound Effects
Andy Bradfield	Sound Effects
Anna Behlmer	Sound Effects
Deborah Brennan	Stunts
Baz Lurhman	Director
Guntis Sics	Sound/Sound Designer

Scene Index

Side #1 --
1. Main Titles
2. There Was A Boy...
3. Meet the Bohemians
4. At the Moulin Rouge "You'll Have Fun"
5. The Can-Can (Bohos Evade Zidler)
6. Satine - The Sparkling Diamond
7. Satine Falls
8. A Poetry Reading
9. Your Song
10. Introducing the Duke
11. The Emergency Rehearsal
12. The Pitch
13. One Day I'll Fly Away
14. Elephant Love Medley
15. The Contract
16. On With the Show
17. The Duke's Demand
18. A Darker Force
19. Like A Virgin
20. Satine Is Dying.
21. Come What May
22. I Don't Like This Ending
23. Le Tango De Roxanne
24. We'll Leave Tonight
25. I'll Have the Boy Killed
26. Fool to Believe
27. The Show Must Go On
28. Satine's Sacrifice
29. The Storm Breaks
30. Hindi Said Diamonds
31. This Woman Is Yours Now
32. Come What May (Reprise)
33. Coup D'Etat
34. The Final Curtain
35. Above All Things...Love
36. End Credits

Menu

Side #1 --
   Play
   Language Selection
      English 5.1 DTS
      English 5.1 Dolby Digital
      Spanish Dolby Surround
      Audio For the Visually Impaired
      Subtitles
   Chapter Selection
   Special Features
      Commentary
         Director Baz Luhrmann/Production Designer Cathrine Martin/Cinematographer Donald M McAlpine
         Writers Baz Luhrmann & Craig Pearce
      Behind the Red Curtain
      THX
         Audio Tests
            Play Test
         Video Tests
            Play Test

Editorial Reviews

Director Baz Luhrmann’s latest extravaganza, an exuberant re-envisioning of the movie musical and an operatic salute to 20th-century pop culture, borrows from everywhere yet manages to be a cinematic experience unlike any other. Recalling Puccini’s La Bohème, Lurhmann sets his tale in the world’s original pop-pleasure dome, the Moulin Rouge of fin de siècle Paris. Ewan McGregor stars as Christian, an idealistic and impoverished young writer who, newly arrived in Montmartre, is haphazardly inducted into a circle of absinthe-swilling bohemians led by Toulouse-Lautrec (John Leguizamo). A comedy of mistaken identities ensues, quickly enmeshing the young poet in a Mephistophelean love triangle involving the unobtainable and consumptive Satine (Nicole Kidman), queen courtesan of the Moulin Rouge, and the foppish Duke of Roxbury (Richard Roxburgh), his villainous rival for her affections. Granted, you may find yourself reaching for an oxygen tank, thanks to the centrifugal force of Luhrmann’s MTV editing style, combined with some staggering musical cross-pollination (sources range from David Bowie’s version of the pop standard "Nature Boy" to Beck’s version of Bowie’s "Diamond Dogs"). But it’s worth it. Moulin Rouge is exhausting, but it's also energizing and inexplicably moving. Kidman dazzles in a series of original costumes, and the elaborately constructed sets are equally stupendous. Look for a superb performance from Topsy Turvey’s Jim Broadbent as Zidler, the Moulin Rouge’s soft and fuzzy Faust. He also heads up one of the film’s more hilarious song-and-dance sequences, stomped out to Madonna’s "Like a Virgin." The double-disc DVD of Moulin Rouge -- which includes excellent production commentary, interviews with the director and writer, and at least ten hidden Easter Egg trailers -- offers welcome insight into the method behind the madness of this thoroughly postmodern folly.

Barnes & Noble - Virginia McCollam

A bold artistic statement, Moulin Rouge is Baz Luhrmann's first masterpiece. Frantically edited, paced, and photographed, the film is not an easy undertaking; it forces the viewer to accept it on its terms. The sets, costumes, and sound are stylish in the extreme. The greatest risk the film takes is having the characters speak predominantly in song lyrics. The young writer Christian (Ewan McGregor) and the doomed performer Satine (Nicole Kidman) argue about whether they will fall in love while telling each other, "Love lifts us up where we belong" and "I will always love you." When they aren't speaking in song lyrics, they sing to each other, with McGregor doing a better than credible job with Elton John's "Your Song." The barrage of pop songs quickly transcends kitsch. Luhrmann uses the songs to cut across all barriers between audience members and the characters. He's not playing Name That Tune; he's commenting on the universal desire for love. The intention behind the frantic pacing is not to undercut the grand, melodramatic themes; it is not an ironic commentary on musicals or love. The passion that drips from every frame of the film is there to underscore the sweeping emotions the characters feel as they fall in love with each other. The film slows down just enough in its second half to prepare the audience for the emotionally wrenching finale, which transpires in near silent darkness. Where there was once passion, there is now nothing but the remembrance of passion. Luhrmann's film, structured in flashback, elaborates this theme. It remembers when grand passions instead of cool irony were the norm for the moviegoing public. Moulin Rouge is a joyous, elegiac shout to remember why we go to the movies. It may be too much for some people, but for a generation raised in irony, Luhrmann's film is a shocking wake-up call.

All Movie Guide - Perry Seibert

It slashes through the distance that so many of us feel toward musicals.

Entertainment Weekly - Owen Gleiberman

So cheeky, aggressive and bursting with vitality that it can't help being annoying and exhilarating at the same time. Edward Guthmann

San Francisco Chronicle