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Moulin Rouge Details

Release Date: May 16, 2001
Rated: Sexual Content
Runtime: 2 hr. 6 min.
Genres: Drama, Music/Performing Arts
Director:Baz Luhrmann
Cast:Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo, Jim Broadbent, Richard Roxburgh.

FULL SYNOPSIS

The third film from pop-music-obsessed director Baz Luhrmann tweaks the conventions of the musical genre by mixing a period romance with anachronistic dialogue and songs in the style of his previous Romeo+Juliet (1996). Ewan McGregor stars as Christian, who leaves behind his bourgeois father during the French belle époque of the late 1890s to seek his fortunes in the bohemian underworld of Montmartre, Paris. Christian meets the absinthe- and alcohol-addicted artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (John Leguizamo), who introduces him to a world of sex, drugs, music, theater, and the scandalous dance known as the cancan, all at the Moulin Rouge, a decadent dance hall, brothel, and theater that's the brainchild of Harold Zidler (Jim Broadbent). Christian also meets and falls into a tragically doomed romance with the courtesan Satine (Nicole Kidman), who becomes the star of the play he's writing, which parallels the couple's romance and utilizes rock music from a century later, including songs by Nirvana, Madonna, the Beatles, and Queen, among others. Loosely based on the opera Orpheus in the Underworld, Moulin Rouge was shown in competition at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi

Release date:May 16, 2001

Awards

Awarded by	Nominee	Category	Year	Status
American Film Institute	Jill Bilcock	Best Editing	2001	Winner
British Academy of Film and Television Arts	Jill Bilcock	Best Editing	2001	Nominee
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences	Jill Bilcock	Best Editing	2001	Nominee
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences	Angus Strathie	Best Costume Design	2001	Winner
British Academy of Film and Television Arts	Angus Strathie	Best Costume Design	2001	Nominee
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences	Anna Behlmer	Best Sound	2001	Nominee
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences	Maurizio Silvi	Best Makeup	2001	Nominee
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences	Roger Savage	Best Sound	2001	Nominee
Broadcast Film Critics Association	Baz Luhrmann	Best Director	2001	Winner
American Film Institute	Baz Luhrmann	Best Picture	2001	Nominee
British Academy of Film and Television Arts	Baz Luhrmann	Best Original Screenplay	2001	Nominee
British Academy of Film and Television Arts	Baz Luhrmann	Best Director	2001	Nominee
British Academy of Film and Television Arts	Baz Luhrmann	Best Picture	2001	Nominee
Hollywood Foreign Press Association	Baz Luhrmann	Best Director	2001	Nominee
Writers Guild of America	Baz Luhrmann	Best Original Screenplay	2001	Nominee
Directors Guild of America	Baz Luhrmann	Best Director	2001	Nominee
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences	Baz Luhrmann	Best Picture	2001	Nominee
Hollywood Foreign Press Association	Ewan McGregor	Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy	2001	Nominee
British Academy of Film and Television Arts	Jim Broadbent	Best Supporting Actor	2001	Winner
Los Angeles Film Critics Association	Jim Broadbent	Best Supporting Actor	2001	Winner
National Board of Review	Jim Broadbent	Best Supporting Actor	2001	Winner
Hollywood Foreign Press Association	Nicole Kidman	Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy	2001	Winner
Broadcast Film Critics Association	Nicole Kidman	Best Actress	2001	Nominee
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences	Nicole Kidman	Best Actress	2001	Nominee
British Academy of Film and Television Arts	Donald M. McAlpine	Best Cinematography	2001	Nominee
American Society of Cinematographers	Donald M. McAlpine	Best Cinematography	2001	Nominee
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences	Donald M. McAlpine	Best Cinematography	2001	Nominee
American Film Institute	Martin Brown	Best Picture	2001	Nominee
British Academy of Film and Television Arts	Martin Brown	Best Picture	2001	Nominee
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences	Martin Brown	Best Picture	2001	Nominee
Los Angeles Film Critics Association	Catherine Martin	Best Production Design	2001	Winner
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences	Catherine Martin	Best Costume Design	2001	Winner
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences	Catherine Martin	Best Art Direction	2001	Winner
British Academy of Film and Television Arts	Catherine Martin	Best Production Design	2001	Nominee
British Academy of Film and Television Arts	Catherine Martin	Best Costume Design	2001	Nominee
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences	Andy Nelson	Best Sound	2001	Nominee
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences	Brigitte Broch	Best Art Direction	2001	Winner
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences	Aldo Signoretti	Best Makeup	2001	Nominee
British Academy of Film and Television Arts	Craig Pearce	Best Original Screenplay	2001	Nominee
Writers Guild of America	Craig Pearce	Best Original Screenplay	2001	Nominee
Hollywood Foreign Press Association	David Baerwald	Best Original Song	2001	Nominee
American Film Institute	Fred Baron	Best Picture	2001	Nominee
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences	Fred Baron	Best Picture	2001	Nominee
British Academy of Film and Television Arts	Fred Barron	Best Picture	2001	Nominee
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences	Guntis Sics	Best Sound	2001	Nominee