The year is 1899, and Christian, a young English writer, has come to Paris to follow the Bohemian revolution taking hold of the city's drug and prostitute infested underworld. And nowhere is the thrill of the underworld more alive than at the Moulin Rouge, a night club where the rich and poor men alike come to be entertained by the dancers, but things take a wicked turn for Christian as he starts a deadly love affair with the star courtesan of the club, Satine. But her affections are also coveted by the club's patron: the Duke. A dangerous love triangle ensues as Satine and Christian attempt to fight all odds to stay together but a force that not even love can conquer is taking its toll on Satine...
Written by O.G.
The Paris landscape was digitally produced and the two longest visual effects shots to date that appear in this film.
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Goofs
Continuity:
When Christian is first explaining his thoughts on love in the beginning, the Argentinian's cross necklace goes from outside his shirt to tucked inside his shirt.
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Quotes
[first lines]
Toulouse-Lautrec:
[singing]
There was a boy, a very strange enchanted boy... See more »
Crazy Credits
At the end of the film the following title cards are displayed:
This story is about / TRUTH / BEAUTY / FREEDOM / But above all / LOVE.
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