Moulin Rouge! : Wikis (The Full Wiki) The Full Wiki More info on Moulin Rouge! Wikis Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . Related top topics More interesting facts on Moulin Rouge! Include this on your site/blog: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about the 2001 motion picture. For other uses, see Moulin Rouge (disambiguation) . Moulin Rouge! /muːˈlɑːn ˈruːʒ/, from French: [mulɛ̃ ʁuʒ]) is a 2001 romantic musical film by Baz Luhrmann . Following the Red Curtain Cinema principles, the film is based on the Orphean myth and on Giuseppe Verdi's opera La Traviata . It tells the story of a young, English poet / writer , Christian ( Ewan McGregor ), who falls in love with the star of the Moulin Rouge , cabaret actress and courtesan Satine ( Nicole Kidman ).

It uses the musical setting of the Montmartre Quarter of Paris , France . The film was nominated for eight Oscars , including Best Picture , and won two: for art direction and costume design. It was the first musical nominated for best picture in 22 years. It was filmed at Fox Studios in Sydney , Australia . Contents Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor as Satine and Christian. Beginning in 1900, the story introduces the protagonist, an English writer named Christian ( Ewan McGregor ), depressed and surrounded by bottles of alcohol . He then gets up and heads over to his typewriter , and begins telling the story. A year before, in 1899, Christian moves to the Montmartre district of Paris with few possessions to follow the Bohemian revolution. By luck, he encounters a musical troupe led by Toulouse-Lautrec ( John Leguizamo ) that is attempting to present a new play for Harold Zidler ( Jim Broadbent ), the owner of the cabaret , the Moulin Rouge .

Christian's writing helps to finalize the show, entitled "Spectacular Spectacular", and the troupe take Christian to the cabaret to present the work itself to its star courtesan , Satine ( Nicole Kidman ), in private to win her favour. However, Zidler has arranged for Satine to spend the night with the wealthy Duke of Monroth ( Richard Roxburgh ) who is looking to invest in the cabaret. Through miscommunication, Satine mistakes Christian for the Duke, and the two depart to her private chambers. She begins to seduce him despite his insistence he is only there to present his poetry , but the two slowly realize they have fallen in love with each other. The Duke then enters while Satine is trying to hide Christian. Satine pulls the Duke onto the bed and quietly urges Christian to leave without the Duke noticing. After Christian refuses, she tells the Duke that they should "wait until opening night" and pushes him out of the door. Once he is out of the room, Satine faints. Christian carries her over to the bed and falls on top of her. The Duke returns, and discovers Christian and Satine in a compromising position.

Satine quickly states that Christian is only there to rehearse the play. With the help of the troupe, Satine, and Zidler, Christian quickly improvises a new plot to "Spectacular Spectacular" as a thinly-covered veil of their current situation, with an evil maharajah attempting to woo the love of an Indian courtesan who is actually in love with a poor sitar player. The Duke, unable to see through the show's meaning, agrees to finance the show, but on the condition that he is the only one allowed to see Satine. Unfortunately for the Duke, Satine and Christian continuously make up excuses as to why he can't see her. Over the next several weeks, the entire Moulin Rouge troupe prepares for the show as the cabaret is turned into a theater. On a day that the Duke has invited Satine to his place for the evening, Satine insists that she must practice her lines with Christian, and they depart. The Duke then goes to Zidler, complaining that Satine is spending too much time with Christian (although he is still clueless about what is going on) and Zidler tells him that Satine will be there to have supper with him.

Zidler then spies the two lovers and tells Satine to end it. Zidler walks away and Satine then faints again, but this time, she is unable to get out of bed until the next morning. The Duke is enraged when Satine does not show up to dinner, but Zidler quickly tells him that she is at a confession because she wants to be cleaned and looks upon that night as her wedding night. The Duke agrees to stay the patron of the Moulin Rouge, but the next morning, Satine tells Christian that they must end their relationship. Christian convinces her that they should stay together by writing a secret song ( Come What May ) that he will put in the show, and that when ever either of them hear it that they will remember their love for each other. Later Nini Legs-In-The-Air ( Caroline O'Connor ), a jealous courtesan, points out to the Duke that the play is obviously a metaphor for Christian, Satine, and the Duke. The Duke tells Zidler to change the ending so that the courtesan ends up with the maharajah. Satine quickly insists that they spend the night together to discuss the ending.

That night, Satine backs down and refuses the Duke's advances; the enraged Duke attempts to rape Satine. She is then saved by another dancer, Chocolat, and then flees to Christian. The two plan to run away together. The Duke reports this to Zidler, and states that unless Satine is his, he will have Christian killed. Zidler enters her dressing room to find her getting ready to leave. He tells her that the Duke will kill Christian, but Satine still continues. Zidler then tells her that she is dying of consumption and she gives up. Zidler tells her to make Christian believe that she doesn't love him and she reluctantly agrees. The next day, Satine sadly makes her way back to Christian's loft and claims that she is staying with the Duke. Heartbroken, Christian follows Satine back to the Moulin Rouge and calls for her, only to be beaten by two men and refused entry. On the opening night of "Spectacular Spectacular", Toulouse-Lautrec tries to convince Christian that Satine still loves him, and he decides to go to the Moulin Rouge to make sure.

As the show starts, Christian approaches Satine, trying to pay her for the sex that she had freely given to him with her heart, but Satine tries to send him away, fearing that the Duke's bodyguard will kill him. Suddenly, the two find themselves in the spotlight on stage, momentarily confusing the performers and audience. Zidler quickly improvises, stating that Christian is the sitar player in disguise. Christian tells the Duke that Satine is his now, throws money at her and tells her that she means nothing to him and walks offstage. As he leaves the theater, Toulouse-Lautrec shouts from the rafters "The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." Satine sings their "secret song", showing Christian that she still truly loves him. Christian joins her in singing the song and walks back onstage, angering the Duke. The Duke's bodyguard attempts to kill Christian, but the courtesans and Bohemians stop him; the Duke then tries to finish the job himself, only to be stopped by Zidler, who knocks the Duke to the ground, sending the gun out of reach.

The lovers finish their song to a standing ovation and the Duke storms out of the Moulin Rouge. As the performers get ready to take a bow, Satine finally succumbs to her illness, and dies in Christian's arms after convincing him to tell their story. Background When asked about his inspiration for Moulin Rouge, Luhrmann remarked: “ Catherine Martin (production designer and Luhrmann's wife) and I went to India to work on Midsummer Night's Dream . We went out one night and there was a big poster up for a Bollywood movie. I said, "Let's go see that." We did — 2,000 audience members, high comedy, high tragedy, brother kills brother, [they] break out in some musical numbers, all jumbled up together in 4 hours of Hindi . We thought that was amazing. So our question was, 'Could we create a cinematic form like that? Could a musical work?' A musical must be able to work in western culture again, and could it be comic-tragic? So then began this commitment of moving toward 'Moulin Rouge.' I decided I'd do Romeo + Juliet and then a musical film.

[3] ” There was also a play within the film , "Spectacular Spectacular". which itself may have been based on an ancient Sanskrit play , The Little Clay Cart . In addition to the Indian influence, Luhrmann has revealed in the DVD 's voice-over commentary that he drew from the Greek tragedy of Orpheus and Eurydice . Orpheus was a musical genius far surpassing anyone in his world; the filmmakers chose to replicate this by using songs from the mid-to-late 20th century, many decades after the film's 1899 setting. In this way, Christian would appear to the other characters to be a brilliant musician and writer. Production Kate Winslet , Charlize Theron , Renée Zellweger , Sophie Ellis-Bextor , Uma Thurman , Sharleen Spiteri , Courtney Love , Winona Ryder , Patricia Arquette , Naomi Watts , Gwyneth Paltrow , Claire Danes , Kate Beckinsale , Madonna and Catherine Zeta-Jones were all contenders for the part of Satine; Nicole Kidman received the role.

Heath Ledger , Hugh Jackman , Jake Gyllenhaal , Leonardo DiCaprio , Sam Worthington , Christian Bale , Justin Timberlake , Robbie Williams , Joseph Gordon-Levitt , Scott Speedman , and Russell Crowe were all considered for the part of Christian; Ewan McGregor was chosen for the role. Production on the film began in November 1999 and was completed in May 2000, with a budget of $52.5 million. [1] Filming generally went smoothly, with the only major problem occurring when Kidman injured her ribs while filming one of the more complicated dance sequences. The production also overran in its shooting schedule and had to be out of the Fox Studios in Sydney to make way for Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (in which McGregor also starred). This necessitated some pick-up shots being filmed in Madrid .

In the liner notes to the film's Special Edition DVD , Luhrmann writes that "[the] whole stylistic premise has been to decode what the Moulin Rouge was to the audiences of 1899 and express that same thrill and excitement in a way to which contemporary movie-goers can relate." With that in mind, the film takes well-known popular music , mostly drawn from the MTV Generation , and anachronizes it into a tale set in a turn-of-the-century Paris cabaret . The movie also features editing that several critics compared to a music video, involving swirling camera motion, loud music, dancing, and frenetic cutting.

Some of the songs sampled include "Chamma Chamma" from the Hindi movie China Gate , Queen 's " The Show Must Go On " (arranged in operatic format), David Bowie 's rendition of Nat King Cole 's " Nature Boy ," " Lady Marmalade " by Patti LaBelle (the Christina Aguilera / P!nk / Mýa / Lil’ Kim cover commissioned for the film), Madonna 's " Like a Virgin " and " Material Girl ," Elton John 's " Your Song ," the titular number of " The Sound of Music ," " Roxanne " by The Police (in a tango format, composed by Mariano Mores ), and " Smells Like Teen Spirit " by Nirvana , a song rarely used in films. The film uses so much popular music that it took Luhrmann almost two years to secure all the rights to the songs. Cast Kiruna Stamell as La Petite Princesse Release and reception Originally set for release on Christmas 2000 as a high profile Oscar contender, 20th Century Fox eventually moved the release to the following spring so director Baz Luhrmann would have more time during post production.

The film premiered at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival [5] on May 9 — making it the festival's opening title. A limited release on May 18, 2001 in the United States followed, and the film was released to theaters across the United States on June 1, 2001. The film was an instant success in limited release , grossing $185,095 in only two theaters on opening weekend. Representatives from the studio said that many audiences even burst into applause during the screenings. The numbers continued to increase over the Memorial Day weekend, with the film making $254,098. When it expanded into over 2500 theaters, it made $14.2 million in its first weekend of wide release. The film eventually grossed over $57 million in the United States. It had a brief re-release in October 2001 for Oscar consideration, with Luhrmann stating that his intent was to get Kidman and McGregor nominated. The movie was even more successful internationally.

It broke box office records in Australia where it was given a rare theatrical re-release at the end of 2001, and found a stable audience in almost every country. It eventually made over $120 million internationally, resulting in over $177 million worldwide. Awards and honors (Craig Armstrong) 3. Best Sound The film was selected by the National Board of Review as the best film of 2001. Entertainment Weekly put it on its end-of-the-decade, "best-of" list, saying, "Baz Luhrmann's trippy pop culture pastiche from 2001 was an aesthetically arresting ode to poetry, passion, and Elton John. It was so good, we'll forgive him for Australia." [6] After that, it picked up six Golden Globe nominations including Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy (for Nicole Kidman), Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy (for Ewan McGregor), Best Original Score (for Craig Armstrong), Best Director (for Baz Luhrmann) and Best Song ("Come What May"). It won three including the coveted Best Picture trophy.

A few weeks later, it received 13 nominations at the BAFTA Awards, making it the most nominated film of the year for that ceremony. It took home three, including Best Supporting Actor for Jim Broadbent . When Oscar nominations were announced, the film received eight nominations including Best Actress in a Leading Role ( Nicole Kidman ) and Best Picture. The film was not nominated for Best Director ( Baz Luhrmann ); commenting on this during the Oscar ceremony, host Whoopi Goldberg remarked, "I guess Moulin Rouge! just directed itself." It took home two Oscars when the winners were announced for Best Costume Design and Best Art Direction; subsequently many proponents of the film claimed that it had been unjustly snubbed at the Academy Awards. "Come What May" (the only original song in the film) was disqualified from nomination for an Oscar because it was originally written (but unused) for Luhrmann's previous film William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet and not written expressly for Moulin Rouge! [7] Two soundtrack albums were released, with the second coming after the first one's massive success. The first volume featured the smash hit single " Lady Marmalade ", performed by Christina Aguilera , Lil’ Kim , Mýa and Pink .

The first soundtrack, Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film , was released in May 2001, with the second Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film, Vol. 2 following in 2002. Stage adaptation For a while in 2002/2003, there was vast speculation on the possibility of a stage musical based on Moulin Rouge!, possibly in Las Vegas , but there have been no public talks in the years since. [8] Some sources claimed in 2006 that the director, Baz Luhrmann , had approached the leads of the film ( Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor ) to star in the potential stage version. [9] References 11 External links Christian The Moulin Rouge. A night club, a dance hall, and a bordello. Ruled over by Harold Zidler. A kingdom of night time pleasures, where the rich and powerful came to play with the young and beautiful creatures of the underworld. The most beautiful of all these was the woman I loved. Satine. A courtesan, she sold her love to men.

They called her the 'Sparkling Diamond', and she was the star of the Moulin Rouge. The woman I loved is…dead. This woman is yours now. I've paid my whore. I owe you nothing. And you are nothing to me. [crying slightly] Thank you for c-curing me of my r-ridiculous obsession with love! Can't fall in love? But a life without love, that-that-that's terrible! Above all things I believe in love. Love is like oxygen- love is a many splendored thing- love lifts us up where we belong! All you need is love! I had come to write about truth, beauty, freedom, and that which I believed in above all things: love. There was only one problem. I'd never been in love! Luckily, right at that moment an unconscious Argentinean fell through my roof. [singing] Come what may... come what may. I will love you, until my dying day! It's a little bit funny this feeling inside, I'm not one of those who can easily hide... The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return. Days turned into weeks, weeks turned into months.

And then, one not-so-very special day, I went to my typewriter, I sat down, and I wrote our story. A story about a time, a story about a place, a story about the people. But above all things, a story about love. A love that will live forever. The End. Satine Please tell me you're not one of Toulouse's oh-so-talented, charmingly bohemian, tragically impoverished protégés! I don't need you anymore! All my life you made believe I was only worth what someone would pay for me! But Christian loves me! He loves me, Harold. He loves me and that is worth everything! We're going away from you, away from the Duke, away from the Moulin Rouge! Good-bye Harold. Tell our story, Christian. Promise me. Yes. That way I'll... I'll always be with you. [Before kissing Christian] You're going to be bad for business, I can tell. The difference between you and I is that you can leave anytime you choose. But this is my home. The Moulin Rouge is my home. Christian, I'm a courtesan.

I'm paid to make men believe what they want to believe. [singing] Love is just a game. I couldn't. I saw you there and I felt differently and the Duke he saw... Christian I love you. I don't want to pretend anymore. I didn't want to lie and he knows, he knows. Duke! Don’t you toy with my emotions! [fake sobs] You must know the effect you have on women. [singing] If I should die... this very moment.. I wouldn't fear. I've never known completeness like being here, wrapped in the warmth of you, loving every breath of you... Harold Zidler Everything's going so well! The Duke holds the deeds to the Moulin Rouge. He's spending a fortune on you. He's giving you a beautiful new dressing room. He wants to make you a star, and you are dallying with the writer! The show must go on. She says it feels so good, inside, when you hold her, and touch her; it makes her feel like a ... virgin. We're creatures of the underworld. We can't afford to love. Hurt him. Hurt him to save him.

A magnificent, opulent, tremendous, stupendous, gargantuan bedazzlement, a sensual ravishment. It will be: Spectacular Spectacular. The words another nacular, that can describe this big event. You'll be dumb wonderment. Fees are fixed a 10%. You must admit that's excellent. My little sparrow is dying. She musn't know Marie. Welcome, to the Moulin Rouge! The Duke Why would the courtesan choose the penniless sitar player over the maharajah, who is offering a lifetime of security? That's real love. Once the sitar player has satisfied his lust, he will leave the courtesan with nothing. I forgot my hat. [seeing Satine passed out with Christian on the bed] Foul play?! You expect me to believe that scantily clad, in the arms of another man, in the middle of the night, inside an elephant you were rehearsing? I don't care about your ridiculous dogma! It's not that I'm a jealous man, I just don't like other people touching my things! She is mine. And in the end should someone die? Generally I like it. You made me believe that you loved me.

It's the boy, he has bewitched with her the words. Tell her that the show will end my way and she will come to me when the curtain falls...or I'll have the boy killed. Look, my dear! A little frog! Let Zidler keep his fairy tale ending. It's a little bit funny—this feeling inside. I don't like this ending. Toulouse-Lautrec How do you do? My name is Henri Marie Raymond Toulouse-Lautrec Monfa. The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return. Killed. Killed? Killed! I must warn him! Clean yourself off you bourgeois pig! [snorts] He's got a huge talent! [looking at Satine and Christian through the window] The Narcoleptic Argentinean The hills are alive with the sound of music! I love it! Aw! The boy has talent! I like him. [touches Christian's crotch] Nothing funny [takes hand off, and laughs nervously], I just like talent. Never fall in love with a woman who sells herself. It always ends BAD! We have a dance in the brothels of Buenos Aires.

It tells the story of a prostitute and a man who falls in love with her. First, there is desire. Then passion...! Then, suspicion. Jealousy! Anger! Betrayal! When love is for the highest bidder, there can be no trust. Without trust, there is no love. Jealousy! Yes, jealousy...will drive you, mad!!! All right! No problems! Go back to work! The hills are incarnate with symphonic melodies! [falls back asleep] [to a dancer] You are a beautiful woman. [whispers] I love sex. Other The Bohemians: Stand your ground for freedom, beauty, truth & love. Nini: This ending's silly. Why would the courtesan fall for the penniless writer- [spitefully] Oops! I meant sitar player!

Dialogue "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - Nirvana "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" - Carol Channing (later, and notably by Marilyn Monroe ) "Diamond Dogs (song)|Diamond Dogs" - David Bowie (and later by Beck ) "Galop Infernal (Can-can)" - Jacques Offenbach (tune for Spectacular, Spectacular) "One Day I'll Fly Away" - The Crusaders, later Randy Crawford among others "Children of the Revolution" - T.

Rex (Covered by Bono , Gavin Friday and Maurice Seezer) "Gorecki" - Lamb "Come What May" - Ewan McGregor & Nicole Kidman (written by David Baerwald) "Roxanne" - The Police (Title in movie: "El Tango de Roxanne") "Tanguera" - Mariano Mores "The Show Must Go On" - Queen "Like a Virgin" - Madonna Academy Award for Best Actress (Nicole Kidman) Academy Award for Best Cinematography ( Donald McAlpine ) Academy Award for Film Editing ( Jill Bilcock ) Academy Award for Makeup (Maurizio Silvi & Aldo Signoretti) Academy Award for Sound (Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Roger Savage, Guntis Sics) Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture (Baz Luhrmann) Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]] (Ewan McGregor) Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song - Motion Picture (David Baerwald - song "Come What May") Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return — Great Movies [not Sci

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Everyone who loves science is here! Great Movies [not Sci-Fi] Science Advisor Gold Member Movies that are great or noteworthy. Please provide a little information about the movie - a name alone has little meaning to someone who has never seen the movie. God's Little Acre (1958) UR This rollicking look inside the rural Deep South brings to life the primitive, ribald rustics of Erskine Caldwell's steamy bestselling novel. Both humorous and heartrending, this critically-acclaimed film reveals the hidden passions and violent impulses heating up beneath the hot Southern sun, as well as the warmth and humor of everyday life. - netflix turbo Gold Member Charly is kind of a sci-fi film (speculative medical/biological plot device), but it is also a touching personal story, love story, and tragedy. It's about a mentally retarded man who is given a treatment that enhances his intelligence. It is based on the short story "Flowers for Algernon". Cliff Robertson was perfect for the lead role.

Bikur Ha-Tizmoret (The Band's Visit) (2007 Israel/France/USA, golden tomato for best foreign film of 2008) The Alexandria Ceremonial Police Orchestra, consisting of eight men, arrives in Israel from Egypt. They have been booked by an Arab cultural center in Petah Tiqva, but through a miscommunication, the band takes a bus to Bet Hatikva, a fictional town in the middle of the Negev Desert. There is no transportation out of the city that day, and there are no hotels for them to spend the night in. The band members dine at a small restaurant where the owner, Dina invites them to stay the night at her apartment, at her friends' apartment, and in the restaurant. That night challenges all of the characters. TheStatutoryApe Pan's Labyrinth is a great spanish film. It is set after the spanish civil war and follows a little girl who attempts to find herself a fantasy world to escape the madness surrounding her. It may seem somewhat like a children's movie at first glance but it is not. It is also a very pretty movie.

Mirrormask is a childrens/young adults film written by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean. It follows a young girl into a dark surreal Oz like world where she attempts to escape the pain of losing her mother. I'll see if I can think of more.... Science Advisor Gold Member I've been reviewing the old classics available at netflix. Probably one of my top picks for drama would be Fail-Safe. Play Preview Director Sidney Lumet transforms the doomsday scenario played for laughs in Dr. Strangelove into a taut thriller. When a computer glitch sends a bomber crew on a suicide mission to Moscow, the U.S. president (Henry Fonda) agonizes over how to stop it. Will Fonda tell the Russians to shoot down the plane? Global thermonuclear war may hinge on his decision. - netflix Danger Gold Member Believe it or not, I'm actually very fond of a couple of musicals. 'Paint Your Wagon' deals with a polygamous family (Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood, and Jean Seberg) in prospecting days. It's a lot more complicated than that, but funny as hell and the music is really good. I also love 'Singing in the Rain'.

It's basically about some very talented, and one totally untalented, actors/singers/dancers during the transition period from silent films to talkies. Gold Member Danger said: ↑ Believe it or not, I'm actually very fond of a couple of musicals. 'Paint Your Wagon' deals with a polygamous family (Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood, and Jean Seberg) in prospecting days. It's a lot more complicated than that, but funny as hell and the music is really good. I also love 'Singing in the Rain'. It's basically about some very talented, and one totally untalented, actors/singers/dancers during the transition period from silent films to talkies. Not much of one for musicals, but I loved the stage play of Phantom of the Opera [saw the opening in Los Angeles], which is a movie now, and I also thought Moulin Rouge! (2001) was excellent! Moulin Rouge! is a 2001 Australian/American/British musical-romantic dramedy film by Baz Luhrmann.

Following the Red Curtain Cinema principles, the film is based on the Orphean myth and on the Giuseppe Verdi's opera La Traviata. It tells the story of a young British poet/writer, Christian (Ewan McGregor), who falls in love with the star of the Moulin Rouge, cabaret actress and courtesan Satine (Nicole Kidman). It uses the musical setting of the Montmartre Quarter of Paris, France. The film was nominated for eight Oscars, including Best Picture, and won two: for art direction and costume design. It was the first musical nominated for best picture in 22 years. It was shot at Fox Studios in Sydney, Australia. -wiki The Sound of Music was huge when I was a kid [being that I was a German Catholic], so that movie will always be a bit special to me. I'm not sure what I would think of it were I to see it for the first time now. Based on a true story, a nun who may not be cut out for convent life, Maria, is assigned as a governess for the now motherless children of the von Trapp family, in Austria, as Nazi Germany comes to power.

It is based on the memoir of Maria von Trapp, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers. Details of the history of the von Trapp family were altered for the musical. Georg Ludwig von Trapp lived with his family in a villa in Aigen, a suburb of Salzburg. The real Maria von Trapp was sent to be a tutor to one of the children, not a governess to all of them. The Captain's oldest child was a boy, not a girl, and the names of the children were changed (at least partly to avoid confusion: the Captain's second eldest daughter, the third of the seven, was also called Maria). The von Trapps spent some years in Austria after Maria and the Captain married – they did not have to flee right away – and they fled to Italy, not Switzerland. Maria von Trapp is said to have been unhappy with the movie's portrayal of her husband as having been cold and stern prior to her arrival, which she and their children strongly dispute.[2] During the Cold War, the BBC planned to broadcast The Sound of Music on radio in the event of a nuclear strike on the United Kingdom.

The broadcast would be part of an emergency timetable of programs designed to "reassure" the public in the aftermath of the attack.[3] - wiki TheStatutoryApe The Hoax with Richard Gere is a pretty good one. It is the story of how the infamous Clifford Irving tricked his publisher into believing that he had gotten an exclusive deal to do Howard Hughes' biography. Definitely good if you are interested inn that sort of thing. I'm not sure but I think it is a bit over dramatized and perhaps a bit slanted since it is based on the book written by Irving himself I believe. And with that F for Fake is a good documentary (after a fashion) by Orsen Welles on the infamous forger Elmyr de Hory. Clifford Irving was a friend and biographer for de Hory by the way. De Hory has to be one of the most infamous conmen of the last century. Focus Dead Poets Society: In my view one of the best and most inspiring films ever made. Its about an English teacher (played by John Williams) who gets hired at a very tight school. He tried to free the kids imaginations instead of just teaching them poetry.

He tried to make them feel poetry rather than just memorise. V for Vendetta: The movie takes place in England where a religious dictator has taken power after an some terrorist attacks. It is a bit like 1984 by Orwell. A guy wearing a Guy Fawkes mask is trying to liberate people. Its a very inspiring film about ideologies and freedom. Jungle Book: I guess I will never grow up. I just love this animation. Brilliant music and humour. Beware the Wiki spoilers [if you follow the link] if you might want to watch. The Ninth Configuration The Ninth Configuration, (also known as Twinkle, Twinkle, "Killer" Kane) is an American-made film, released in 1980, directed by William Peter Blatty (most famous as the author of The Exorcist). It is often considered a cult film and it won the Best Screenplay award at the 1981 Golden Globes. The film is based on Blatty's novel, The Ninth Configuration (1978) which was itself a reworking of an earlier version of the novel, first published in 1966 as Twinkle, Twinkle, "Killer" Kane!.

The initial 1966 publication of the novel featured an exclamation mark at the end of the title, while all subsequent publications saw it removed. The first half of the film has the predominant tone and style of a comic farce. In the second half, the film becomes darker as it delves deeper into its central issues of human suffering, sacrifice and faith. The film also frequently blurs the line between the sane and the insane. Colonel Kane (Stacy Keach), a Marine psychiatrist suffering from nightmares, arrives at a castle in the American Pacific Northwest where shell-shocked and insane soldiers from the Vietnam war are being treated. The castle's staff has been unable to control the patients, many of whom are suspected of faking their illness to get out of combat. The permissive Kane opens himself up to listen to anything the soldiers have to say to him in an effort to heal them, while at the same time suffering from his own demons. Jacobs Ladder Jacob's Ladder is a 1990 psychological thriller / horror film directed by Adrian Lyne, based on a screenplay by Bruce Joel Rubin. It stars Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Peña, Danny Aiello, and Jason Alexander.

Actor Macaulay Culkin appears briefly in an uncredited performance. Jacob Singer (Tim Robbins) is a U.S. soldier in the Mekong Delta during the Vietnam War. When the story begins, helicopters are passing overhead, carrying supplies for what seems to be preparations for a big Viet Cong offensive. Without any warning, Jacob's unit comes under fire. The soldiers try to take cover but begin to exhibit strange behavior for no apparent reason. Jacob attempts to escape the unexplained insanity, only to be bayonetted by an unseen enemy. The film then shifts back and forth from Vietnam to Jacob's memories (and hallucinations) of his son Gabe (Macaulay Culkin, uncredited) and former wife Sarah (Patricia Kalember), and to his present (set in 1975) relationship with a woman named Jezebel (Elizabeth Peña) in New York City. During this latter period, Jacob faces several threats to his life and has severe hallucinatory experiences... As the hallucinations become increasingly bizarre, Jacob learns about chemical experiments performed on U.S. soldiers in Vietnam. One of his old army buddies is killed in a car ignition explosion.

At the funeral, his surviving platoon-mates confess to Jacob they too have been seeing horrible hallucinations. Jacob is then approached by a man named Michael Newman (Matt Craven), who claims to have been a chemist working with the Army's chemical warfare division in Saigon where he worked on creating a drug that would increase aggression in soldiers... rootX A Japanese movie: Kisaragi Funny, funny, funny movie! "Kisaragi" is a hilarious comedy about a 1-year anniversary memorial party for a D-list idol Kisaragi, attended by five men from an online chat room. The idol is said to have commit suicide, but one of the attendee suspect someone in this group is the murderer, and finger pointing begins! The entire movie is arguments between these five men in the same room, with couple of imaginary reenactments scenes. It almost feels like watching a stage play. I don't want to spoil, but this movie has one twist followed by another, and the ending is pretty deep, though there was an Otaku-dance that was really stupid. What surprises me most though, is that the scriptwriter actually came up with a story as unique as this one.

The setting for this movie is so crazy, and so are the characters, yet completely feasible in real life and their arguments are constructive. The characters' gradual developments were really entertaining for me, and their love toward this D-list idol was beautiful. All five actors played their parts very well. This is an unique movie that really delivered. This film explores the power of the human imagination, ambitions, and desires. The story was so well-organized and gives us a conclusion that makes perfect sense with the information given. I hope to see another surprising movie like this in the future. All the movie is about 5 men talking about the dead girl in a dark rented room in a time span of less than one day. It was quite unique and interesting. Danger Gold Member 'Charly', as Turbo pointed out, is an incredible movie. I've mentioned it before a couple of times in different threads. There are two things that make it unique. One is that translations from one form to another usually result in disappointment. I first read the short story 'Flowers for Algernon' (written by Daniel Keyes) back in the mid-late 60's and absolutely loved it.

The publishers asked him to expand it into a full novel, and it was just as good (although he removed a couple of scenes from the original). It was something that I considered unfilmable, but be damned if they didn't manage it and the movie was just as good as the written forms. It was also the only SF movie in history to win a Best Actor award. Cliff Robertson was awesome in it. Although 'Charly' is just about tied with it, my absolute favourite movie is 'Birds of Prey'. It was a CBS made-for-TV film in '72. It stars David Jensen (the Fugitive) as a helicopter traffic reporter, and former Korean War fighter pilot, who encounters a bank robbery in which the baddies make their escape in a Westland Gazelle chopper. The ensuing cat-and-mouse sequences, especially the aerial ones, are stunning. I suspect that not many PF'rs other than Fred, Turbo, Cyrus, and other aviation nuts will love it as much as I do. I'm sure that Hypatia has probably seen it, since it used to play on channel 2 in Detroit at least a couple of times a year back in the 70's.

I finally found a copy on line and bought it. The only thing that's wrong with it is that they ruined one of my favourite aspects. The hero kept singing 'Three Little Fishies' along to the radio, and the DJ played it especially for him during his adventure. In the DVD that I received, they changed it to some form of classical music. It totally changed the show for me. I can only assume that there was some copyright issue with using the original music. Whoa! 'Muppets from Space' just started, and I've never seen it before. Don't anybody bother me for the next couple of hours. junglebeast The Ninth Gate - Mystery / psychological thriller starring Johnny Dep for anyone who enjoys the allure of old books. Straw Dogs - Showcases a very interesting interplay between newly wed couple (Dustin Hoffman, a mathematical physicist) and his hot wife, which steadily builds up to a gripping climax the Weather Man - An interesting look inside the midlife crisis of a weather man who has nothing left to lose. Very well played by Nicolas Cage - not just an action star. Quest for Fire - A movie from the perspective of Cave Men that does a surprisingly good job of not seeming too fake or ridiculous.

It shows the human side of things in a whole new light.

Question: Which 2001 musical film based on the Orphean myth and on Giuseppe Verdi's opera "La Traviata" stars Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman?
Answer: Moulin Rouge!