This movie was directed by Anthony Minghella, which starred Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, and Renée Zellweger. The opening scene did a great job depicting the Civil War; it really gave me a true sense of the blood and guts spilled during the war, ... (Jude Law) gets injured, although I thought he should have been dead after getting shot in the jugular. Anyways, after Inman recovers he decides to run like a girl back to Ada (Nicole Kidman) who in the mean time is living with a woman named Ruby (Renee Zellweger) on a farm in the Town of Cold Mountain. While Ada is preoccupied with constantly writi...

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Moulin Rouge. Dir Baz Luhrman. Perf. Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman, Jim Broadbent, John Leguiziamo. Paramount. 2000. Fun at the Moulin Rouge Baz Luhrman's Moulin Rouge is the tale of Christian (played remarkably by Ewan McGregor), a penniless Brit who moves ... Rouge (a fin de sieclé Studio 54) as an outlet for their production. Thus begins the set up for a case of mistaken identity in which the courtesan Satine (the elegant Nicole Kidman), mistakes Christian for the Duke whom Moulin Rouge owner Harold Zigler (Jim Broadbent), is attempting to secure sponsorship from by promising him Satine i...

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... yet entirely predictable crisis. Ostensibly and appropriately representative of today's society, it articulates nothing of true love, despite that being the film's motto. Better than the enchanting camera-chemistry between Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor, the sharing of time together "leading to maturation of true love between Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrington's characters in My Fair Lady "gives us ... subjects its viewers to a sensory overload with gaudy, gloriously over-produced musical numbers that pay homage to the "greats of the past- while simultaneously outdoing them. When Ewan M...

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... intense scenes. In "Moulin Rouge" the scene starts with the main character (Ewan McGregor) explaining why he has moved to Paris and he tells us about his love for Satine (Nicole Kidman), this is broken up by bohemians falling through the ceiling accompanied with sound effects symbolising thoughts and ideas, Mixed with rapid and rough camera work it lightens up the ... . The majority of "Moulin Rouge" was shot and created in Luhrmann's homeland. In his next film, an epic biopic of "Alexander the Great", Luhrmann is once again casting fellow Australian Nicole Kidman, along with Leonardo Di...

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Director Baz Luhrmann Writer Baz Luhrmann, Craig Pearce Stars Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo, Jim Broadbent, Richard Roxburgh, Garry McDonald, Jacek Koman Running time 122 minutes Year 2001 Country Australia "The greatest thing you"ll ever know is just ... as a musical. Smash hits from the movie, such as "Lady Marmalade" and "Your song", Moulin Rouge had an enormous amount of marketing, let alone the "cameo appearance" of Kylie Monouge. Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor, the main charachters combined their singing and acting talents. They performed some outstanding duets, which c...

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... the doors to allow more women to take lead action roles and compete with their male colleagues. I think that the door has also been open by other women such as Nicole Kidman who can generate large audiences without the help of a male actor playing the lead role. Her writing suggests that she did most of it over a tape machine. The piece ... ...

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... rouge. From the very beginning the lead male is portrayed as a sweet innocent young man whom the audience grow to love straight away, however the lead female (Satine, played by Nicole Kidman in the film) is very different. From the outset she is portrayed as a courtesan, or a prostitute. This provokes some dislike within the audiences feelings toward her, she also denies ... ...

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... , besides baring some posterior flesh, to draw the audience in. The movie centers on Jude Law as W.P. Inman, "Inman" to his friends, and his recently acquired love interest Ada Monroe (Nicole Kidman). The two's newly developed, and by newly I mean within a dozen or so words, love interest is torn apart as the South declares Recession, and recently enlisted Inman is off ... ...

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... the Moulin Rouge, the infamous Parisian nightclub of can-can fame. Before you can say, big red windmill, he has met up with Toulouse-Lautrec, who introduces him to Satine (Nicole Kidman), a famous courtesan whose only desire is to become "a real actress-. Zidler (Jim Broadbent), part nightclub ringmaster and equal part pimp, has bigger things in mind for his young whore ... ...

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... when we want. Society has made us believe that to be beautiful and wanted, we have to be thin. The most popular models and actresses such as Tyra Banks and Nicole Kidman are thin. How many big, bold, and beautiful women are popular in television in our society? Not many. In my opinion, society had pushed this way of thinking to ... ...

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