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Title: Moulin Rouge! (2001)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Nicole Kidman | ... | Satine | |
| Ewan McGregor | ... | Christian | |
| John Leguizamo | ... | Toulouse-Lautrec | |
| Jim Broadbent | ... | Harold Zidler | |
| Richard Roxburgh | ... | The Duke | |
| Garry McDonald | ... | The Doctor | |
| Jacek Koman | ... | The Unconscious Argentinean | |
| Matthew Whittet | ... | Satie | |
| Kerry Walker | ... | Marie | |
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Caroline O'Connor | ... | Nini Legs In The Air |
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Christine Anu | ... | Arabia |
| Natalie Mendoza | ... | China Doll | |
| Lara Mulcahy | ... | Môme Fromage | |
| David Wenham | ... | Audrey | |
| Kylie Minogue | ... | The Green Fairy | |
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.
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I have not ever felt for a movie the way I do about "Moulin Rouge." It is not just a movie...it is a cinematic experience the likes of which I have never before seen. The story, the music, the acting, the visual imagery strikes emotion in me I never before thought possible from a film. It is without a doubt the most brilliant piece of cinematic art I have ever seen. It is dizzy, maddening, beautiful, and heartbreaking! The music is rapturous, and Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman's voices compliment each other and the story perfectly. This movie takes its story to a mythic level and surrounds these two star-crossed lovers with music and imagery that simply will take your breath away. The story is grand, huge, and operatic, as is the music. The brilliant score skillfully weaves many modern, popular songs, and rescores them as the libretto to this grand opera. There are some images in this film unlike anything you have ever seen. And the performances are absolutely incredible, particularly Nicole Kidman's. I truly felt for these two people, and truly felt that they were in love. My heart broke into a million pieces for them every time I saw this movie, and I've seen it 8 times. It's an absolutely breathtaking, visionary, masterpiece that did not get the credit it deserved by American critics, who seem to complain that every movie is the same. Yet when an original, daring, shocking film like this comes along, they don't know what to do with it. But then again, this really is not just a film. No mere film could strike me the way this one has, in a way that reaches to the very fibres of my being in a way only "The Wizard of Oz" ever has before. Yes, the story is sad, but what a journey it takes you on! A journey I will be sure to repeat over and over and over again.