Romeo and Juliet/Moulin Rouge/Australia [videorecording]
2009
Videos and DVDs
Three romantic epics directed by Baz Luhrmann. In 'Romeo and Juliet' (1996), Shakespeare's play is transferred to the futuristic urban backdrop of Verona Beach, California. The Montague and Capulet families are embroiled in a long-running feud. When Romeo (Leonardo DiCaprio), a Montague, attends a Capulet ball in disguise, he falls in love with the beautiful Juliet (Claire Danes). Although already engaged to Dave Paris, whom she does not love, Juliet vows to marry Romeo. They ask the kindly Father Laurence to perform the ceremony in secret, but bloodshed and tragedy threaten the couple's future together. In 'Moulin Rouge' (2001), Christian (Ewan McGregor) is an aspiring bohemian writer, eking out a living in late 19th century Paris. An unlikely series of events result in him impersonating a Duke at the Moulin Rouge, Paris' most decadent club, and he falls tragically in love with its biggest star, Satine (Nicole Kidman). Events conspire against the young couple as the film speeds energetically towards its fateful conclusion. Finally, in 'Australia' (2008), Kidman stars as Lady Sarah Ashley, an English aristocrat who inherits a vast cattle ranch in the unforgiving Australian outback. When her land comes under threat from a takeover plot by English cattle barons, Sarah reluctantly teams up with a rough-edged drover (Hugh Jackman) to drive her 2,000 head of cattle hundreds of miles over some of the world's most desolate landscape. The pair then arrive in Darwin just in time to face the Japanese bombings that come only months after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
Main title:
Romeo and Juliet/Moulin Rouge/Australia [videorecording] / producer, Gabriella Martinelli; producer, Baz Luhrmann; producer, G. Mac Brown; producer, Catherine Knapman.
Author:
Luhrmann, Baz, directorHooper, Nellee, composer (expression)De Vries, Marius, composer (expression)Fatboy Slim, 1963-, composer (expression)DiCaprio, Leonardo, actorDanes, Claire, 1979-, actorDennehy, Brian, actorHunter, Bill, 1940-2011
Imprint:
[United Kingdom] : 20th Century Studios, 2009.
Collation:
3 DVDs (396 min.) : colour.
Notes:
Region 2, 3 disc(s), Interactive menus, Scene access, Ratio (1:2.35 CinemaScope), Other Ratio 1:1.78 (16:9) widescreen, Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), Commentary ('William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet' contains audio commentary), Bonus tracks (Exclusive music sampler audio CD), 'Australia' and 'Moulin Rouge' both contain English Audio Description option in Dolby 2.0 ('Moulin Rouge') and Dolby 5.1 ('Australia').Made in 2008.Based on the play by William Shakespeare.DVDCD.
Credits:
Credits: director, Baz Luhrmann; writer, Craig Pearce; writer, Baz Luhrmann; writer, Stuart Beattie; writer, Ronald Harwood; writer, Richard Flanagan; music, Nellee Hooper; music, Marius De Vries; music, Fatboy Slim; music, David Hirschfelder.
Performers:
Cast: Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, Brian Dennehy, John Leguizamo, Pete Postlethwaite, Paul Sorvino, Diane Venora, Harold Perrineau Jr, Paul Rudd, Jesse Bradford, Dash Mihok, Miriam Margolyes, Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman, Jim Broadbent, Kylie Minogue, Richard Roxburgh, Jacek Koman, Matthew Whittet, Kerry Walker, Natalie Mendoza, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, Brandon Walters, Bryan Brown, Bruce Spence, Jack Thompson, Ben Mendelsohn, John Jarratt, Bill Hunter.
Audience:
BBFC code: 12.
System details:
DVD.
Dewey class:
791.437
Language:
English
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Subject:
BRN:
928315
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