Moulin Rouge! | |
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Directed by | Baz Luhrmann |
Written by | Baz Luhrmann Craig Pearce |
Produced by | Baz Luhrmann Fred Baron |
Starring | Ewan McGregor Nicole Kidman Jim Broadbent John Leguizamo Richard Roxburgh |
Cinematography | Donald McAlpine |
Edited by | Jill Bilcock |
Music by | Craig Armstrong |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date | May 16, 2001 |
Running time | 127 minutes |
Countries | Australia United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $52.5 million |
Box office | $177,000,000 |
Moulin Rouge! is a 2001 Academy Award-winning Australian-American romantic drama musical movie directed by Baz Luhrmann. It stars Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor. The movie is set in Paris, France in 1900. It tells the story of a young British writer called Christian, who falls in love with an actress called Satine, the leading lady of the famous nightclub, the Moulin Rouge.
Moulin Rouge! was mostly filmed at Fox Studios in Sydney, Australia. It was nominated for eight Oscars. It won two; for art direction and costume design. In 2006 it was ranked #25 on the American Film Institute's list of best musicals.