Moulin Rouge!


11:00 pm - 01:00 am, Friday, February 13 on BBC Two England (2)

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About this Broadcast

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Idealistic young writer Christian is drawn to the decadent backstreets of Paris, determined to play a part in the bohemian revolution. He falls for Satine, a courtesan from the famous Moulin Rouge, but a scheming duke also covets her affections, setting the scene for tragedy. Baz Luhrmann's romantic musical, with Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman, Jim Broadbent, Richard Roxburgh and John Leguizamo. Featuring reworkings of pop songs by Nirvana, David Bowie, Elton John and others. Moulin Rouge! won two of the eight Oscars it was nomated for, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, and Best Costume Design. Bafta also handed out a couple of plaudits - Jim Broadbent for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, and Craig Armstrong and Marius De Vries also landed the Anthony Asquith Best Film Music award at the 2002 ceremony. Trivia fans may note that at the time, this was the most lucrative musical since Grease in 1978


2001 HD subtitles 16x9
Historical/Period Drama Movie/Drama Music/Ballet/Dance Musical Romance

Cast & Crew

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Ewan McGregor (Actor) .. Christian
Nicole Kidman (Actor) .. Satine
Jim Broadbent (Actor) .. Harold Zidler
John Leguizamo (Actor) .. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Richard Roxburgh (Actor) .. The Duke
Kylie Minogue (Actor) .. Green Fairy
Garry McDonald (Actor) .. Doctor
Jacek Koman (Actor) .. The Narcoleptic Argentinean
Caroline O'Connor (Actor) .. Nini Legs-in-the-Air
Baz Luhrmann (Director)

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Ewan McGregor (Actor) .. Christian
Born: March 31, 1971 in Crieff, near Perth, Scotland
Best Known For: Trainspotting and Star Wars.
Early-life: Ewan Gordon McGregor was born on March 31, 1971, in Perth, Scotland, and was raised in nearby Crieff. He's the son of two teachers and the nephew of actor Denis Lawson. His brother is a former RAF pilot. His parents encouraged him to leave school at 16 to do whatever made him happy. Inspired by his uncle, he studied drama for a year at Kirkcaldy in Fife, before joining London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Shortly before graduating, he landed a role in Dennis Potter's 1993 series Lipstick on Your Collar.
Career: Shallow Grave kick-started McGregor's film career in 1994, then Trainspotting made his name on both sides of the Atlantic two years later. He went on to make Brassed Off, A Life Less Ordinary, Little Voice and the three Star Wars prequels. He formed production company Natural Nylon with friends Jonny Lee Miller, Sean Pertwee, Jude Law and Sadie Frost, but that has since disbanded. Other movies include Moulin Rouge!, Black Hawk Down, Young Adam, Big Fish, Deception, Angels & Demons, The Ghost and Mortdecai. The prolific actor always has a number of films in the pipeline, and occasionally tackles theatre work.
Quote: "Film-making is like a series of problems that need to be solved. And the excitement, the adrenaline that you get from making a small film is that you all have to pull together. I love that."
Trivia: Away from movies, he is active in several charities, including UNICEF, and has travelled the globe alongside pal Charley Boorman in the Long Way series.
Nicole Kidman (Actor) .. Satine
Born: June 20, 1967 in Honolulu, Hawaii
Best Known For: A string of Hollywood movies.
Early-life: Nicole Mary Kidman was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on June 20, 1967, but spent three years in Washington DC before her parents moved to their native Sydney, Australia. Her father was a biochemist and clinical psychologist, her mother a nursing instructor. Her younger sister, Antonia, is a TV presenter in Australia. Nicole took ballet lessons, but eventually turned to acting, and received a letter of praise and encouragement from Jane Campion, who saw her in a play and later directed her in The Portrait of a Lady in 1996.
Career: At 16, Kidman made her TV and film debuts in Young Talent Time and BMX Bandits respectively. Roles in Bush Christmas and A Country Practice followed. In 1989, Dead Calm and miniseries Bangkok Hilton brought her international acclaim, and launched her career in America. Future husband Tom Cruise cast her in Days of Thunder, while To Die For proved she was more than just a pretty face. Since then, she's appeared in a number of Hollywood movies, including Eyes Wide Shut, Moulin Rouge!, The Others and The Hours (for which she won an Oscar). More recent films include Rabbit Hole, The Paperboy, The Railway Man, Grace of Monaco, Before I Go to Sleep and Paddington.
Quote: "I believe that as much as you take, you have to give back. It's important not to focus on yourself too much."
Trivia: In 1994, Kidman was appointed a goodwill ambassador for Unicef.
Jim Broadbent (Actor) .. Harold Zidler
Born: May 24, 1949 in Lincoln
Best Known For: Iris, Moulin Rouge! and Bridget Jones's Diary.
Early-life: Born May 24, 1949, in Lincoln, the youngest of three children. Father Roy was a furniture maker, who also renovated a Methodist chapel, turning it into a theatre, which was renamed the Broadbent Theatre after his death in 1971. Mother Dee was a sculptress and a keen amateur thespian. Jim attended a Quaker boarding school in Reading and, after passing his A-levels, attended art college. His heart lay in acting and he later transferred to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
Career: Broadbent caught the eye of casting directors following Illuminatus in 1976, a 12-hour sci-fi production. He worked with the National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company and as the National Theatre of Brent, a two-man comedy troupe he co-founded with Patrick Barlow. Despite originally turning down the role of Del Boy, he played bent copper Roy Slater in Only Fools and Horses. Bigger parts came in the 1990s, in such projects as Life Is Sweet, Bullets Over Broadway, Richard III and Topsy-Turvy. He also starred in Bridget Jones's Diary, Moulin Rouge!, Iris (for which he won an Oscar), Gangs of New York, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and two Harry Potter movies. His recent work includes The Iron Lady, Cloud Atlas, Le Week-End, The Harry Hill Movie, Paddington and Get Santa.
Quote: "As an actor, I'm quite prepared to look silly. I don't mind looking like a complete berk."
Trivia: He reportedly declined an OBE in 2002.
John Leguizamo (Actor) .. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Born: July 22, 1964 in Bogota, Colombia
Best Known For: Playing Tybalt in Baz Luhrman's Romeo + Juliet.
Early-life: Jonathan Alberto Leguizamo was born in Bogota, Colombia, on July 22, 1964. He emigrated with his family at the age of four to the US and was raised in Queens, New York City. A schoolteacher suggested he go into performing after pointing out he was wasting his considerable talents on merely disrupting lessons. In his late teens he studied drama at New York University, as well appearing numerous times on the comedy club circuit as a stand-up.
Career: One of Leguizamo's early acting roles was a small part in Casualties of War (1989). More movies followed, including Die Hard 2 (1990), Super Mario Bros (1993), Carlito's Way (1993), To Wong Foo (1995), Romeo + Juliet (1996), Summer of Sam (1999) and Moulin Rouge (2001). More recently, he has starred in The Lincoln Lawyer (2011), Kick-Ass 2 (2013), The Counselor (2013), Ride Along (2014) and Chef (2014).
Quote: "In entertainment we need more Latin people in the decision making process, and I want to see a Latin president with a cigar fetish."
Trivia: He voices Sid the ground sloth in the Ice Age movies.
Richard Roxburgh (Actor) .. The Duke
Kylie Minogue (Actor) .. Green Fairy
Born: May 28, 1968 in Melbourne, Australia
Best Known For: Neighbours and years of chart hits
Early-life: Born Kylie Ann Minogue on May 28, 1968, in Melbourne, Australia. Her parents are from Maesteg, Wales. The eldest of three children, her sister Dannii is also an actress and singer, while brother Brendan is a cameraman. She wanted a career in showbusiness from an early age. At 10, she had a role in Australian wartime soap The Sullivans and played Jason Donovan's sister in Skyways. She hasn't looked back since.
Career: Playing tomboy Charlene in Neighbours turned her into a star in 1986. Two years later, after becoming one of the show's biggest stars, she left. Minogue settled in the UK and began a successful music career, topping the charts with I Should Be So Lucky. Big-screen offering The Delinquents also boosted her profile. In 2001 she enjoyed her most successful era for years with No 1 album Fever and No 1 single Can't Get You Out Of My Head. She also sang at the Sydney Olympics and provided a voice for the Magic Roundabout movie in 2005. She's successfully battled breast cancer and continues to tour and release albums.
Quote: "If someone feels they have to live up to a certain image, then I can kind of understand that pressure because I'm considered to be one of those images, and I know how unreal they are."
Trivia: She has worked as a coach on The Voice UK and The Voice Australia.
Garry McDonald (Actor) .. Doctor
Jacek Koman (Actor) .. The Narcoleptic Argentinean
Caroline O'Connor (Actor) .. Nini Legs-in-the-Air
Baz Luhrmann (Director)

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