Moulin Rouge
- Release Date: June 1, 2001
- Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
- Director: Baz Luhrmann
- Producer(s): Fred Baron, Martin Brown
- Writer(s): Baz Lurhmann, Craig Pearce
- Studio: 20th Century Fox
- Length: 2h 06m | Classification: G
- Official Site: www.moulinrougemovie.com
Synopsis
In 1899 France, a young writer named Christian (McGregor) defies his bourgeois father, leaves his family home and moves to the seedy, bohemian underworld of Montmartre, Paris. He is taken in by Toulouse-Lautrec (Leguizamo) and his entourage, and is drafted to write a nightclub spectacular. Through his relationship with Toulouse, Christian meets Satine (Kidman), the most beautiful courtesan in Paris and star of the Moulin Rouge nightclub. He and Satine enter into a passionate but doomed love affair.This musical features original songs by David Bowie, Craig Armstrong, Marius De Vries and Steve Hitchcock.