Directed by Baz Luhrmann, the three films Strictly Ballroom (1992), William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1996) and Moulin Rouge! are called as what type of trilogy referring to their theatrical motifs?
"Red Curtain Trilogy The Red Curtain Trilogy is the title given to the first three films directed by Baz Luhrmann: These three films were included in the ""Red Curtain Trilogy"" DVD box set released in 2002. The films do not form a trilogy in the traditional sense, as there is no relationship between the plot of each film. Instead, the Red Curtain Trilogy has been described by Luhrmann as following a specific filmmaking technique. Each film contains a theatre motif that reappears throughout the film. Dance is used in the first film, poetry and language in the second and song"
"romantic comedy film ""Strictly Ballroom"" (1992), the romantic tragedy ""William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet"" (1996), and ""Moulin Rouge!"" (2001). Following the trilogy, projects included ""Australia"" (2008), ""The Great Gatsby"" (2013), and his television period drama ""The Get Down"" for Netflix. Additional projects include stage productions of Giacomo Puccini's ""La bohème"" for both the Australian Opera and Broadway and ""Strictly Ballroom the Musical"". Luhrmann is equally known for his Grammy-nominated soundtracks for ""Moulin Rouge!"" and , as well as his record label House of Iona, a co-venture with RCA Records. Serving as producer on all of his musical soundtracks, he also"
"in the revival of the American musical film genre. Baz Luhrmann stated that his musical film ""Moulin Rouge!"" (2001) was directly inspired by Bollywood musicals. The film incorporated an Indian-themed play based on the ancient Sanskrit drama ""Mṛcchakatika"" and a Bollywood-style dance sequence with a song from the film ""China Gate"" (1998). The critical and financial success of ""Moulin Rouge!"" renewed interest in the then-moribund Western musical genre, and subsequently films such as ""Chicago"", ""The Producers"", ""Rent"", ""Dreamgirls"", ""Hairspray"", """", ""Across the Universe"", ""The Phantom of the Opera"", ""Enchanted"" and ""Mamma Mia!"" were produced, fuelling a renaissance of the genre."
"Moulin Rouge! Moulin Rouge! (, from ) is a 2001 Australian-American jukebox musical romantic comedy film directed, co-produced, and co-written by Baz Luhrmann. 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. At the 74th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for eight Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actress for Nicole Kidman, winning two: for Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design. It was the first"
"successful careers since the late 1980s, and have dominated the Indian box office since the 1990s, across three decades. In the 2000s, Bollywood musicals played an instrumental role in the revival of the musical film genre in the Western world. Baz Luhrmann stated that his successful musical film ""Moulin Rouge!"" (2001) was directly inspired by Bollywood musicals. The film thus pays homage to India, incorporating an Indian-themed play based on the ancient Sanskrit drama ""The Little Clay Cart"" and a Bollywood-style dance sequence with a song from the film ""China Gate"". The critical and financial success of ""Moulin Rouge!"" renewed"
"Romeo + Juliet William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (often shortened to Romeo + Juliet) is a 1996 American romantic crime film directed, co-produced, and co-written by Baz Luhrmann, co-produced by Gabriella Martinelli, and co-written by Craig Pearce. It is an adaptation and modernization of William Shakespeare's tragedy ""Romeo and Juliet"". The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes in the leading roles of Romeo and Juliet, who instantly fall in love when Romeo crashes a party and meets her, despite being members of feuding families. Brian Dennehy, John Leguizamo, Pete Postlethwaite, Paul Sorvino, and Diane Venora star in supporting roles."
"direction by Alex Timbers. ""Moulin Rouge: The Musical"" premiered on July 10, 2018 at the Colonial Theatre in Boston, MA. The book is written by John Logan with direction by Alex Timbers. It is starring Aaron Tveit as Christian and Karen Olivo as Satine. The Boston production is expected to transfer to Broadway in 2019. Moulin Rouge! Moulin Rouge! (, from ) is a 2001 Australian-American jukebox musical romantic comedy film directed, co-produced, and co-written by Baz Luhrmann. It tells the story of a young English poet/writer, Christian (Ewan McGregor), who falls in love with the star of the Moulin"
"also received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing. She has been nominated four times for the BAFTA Award for Best Editing. Three of these nominations were for the first three films directed by Baz Luhrmann: ""Strictly Ballroom"" (1992), ""Romeo + Juliet"" (1996), and ""Moulin Rouge!"" (2002). The fourth BAFTA nomination was for ""Elizabeth"" (1998), directed by Shekhar Kapur. The documentaries ""Jill Billcock: The Art Of Film Editing"" for ABC TV and the cinema-released ""Jill Bilcock: Dancing the Invisible"", both in 2017, explore her life and work. Jill Bilcock Jill Elizabeth Bilcock (born 1948) is an Australian"
"depictions include performances of ""Romeo and Juliet"", by William Shakespeare; the 1996 film ""William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet"", directed by Baz Luhrmann; and the Academy Award winning movies ""Traffic"" and ""American Beauty"". ""If these films, or hundreds of others of lesser note that explore those subjects, contain a single graphic depiction of sexual activity within the statutory definition, the possessor of the film would be subject to severe punishment without inquiry into the work's redeeming value. This is inconsistent with an essential First Amendment rule: The artistic merit of a work does not depend on the presence of a single"
"Craig Armstrong (composer) Craig Armstrong, (born 29 April 1959) is a Scottish composer of modern orchestral music, electronica and film scores. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in 1981, and has since written music for the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the London Sinfonietta. Armstrong's score for William Shakespeare's ""Romeo + Juliet"" earned him a BAFTA for Achievement in Film Music and an Ivor Novello. His composition for Baz Luhrmann's musical ""Moulin Rouge!"" earned him the 2001 American Film Institute's composer of the Year award, a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score and"
"Romeo and Juliet on screen William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet may be one of the most-screened plays of all time. The most notable theatrical releases were George Cukor's multi-Oscar-nominated 1936 production ""Romeo and Juliet"", Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 film ""Romeo and Juliet"", and Baz Luhrmann's 1996 MTV-inspired ""Romeo + Juliet"". The latter two were both, at the time, the highest-grossing Shakespeare films. Cukor featured the mature actors Norma Shearer and Leslie Howard as the teenage lovers while Zeffirelli populated his film with beautiful young people, and Baz Luhrmann produced a heavily cut fast-paced version aimed at teenage audiences. Several reworkings of"
"Watson as Ken Railings and Charlotte Gooch as Tina Sparkle. On 31 July 2018, Matt Cardle took over the role of Wally Strand. Strictly Ballroom (musical) Strictly Ballroom the Musical is a musical theatre adaptation of the 1992 film ""Strictly Ballroom"". It is credited as being created by Baz Luhrmann with book by Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce adapted by Terry Johnson. The show currently consists of a score of existing music and songs. Previous productions featured new musical numbers by David Foster, Sia Furler, Isaac Hasson, Bernie Herms, Baz Luhrmann, MoZella, Neff-U, Craig Pearce, Eddie Perfect, Linda Thompson and"
"act 2, scene 2, line 33. A zero instead of a scene number refers to the prologue to either of the first two acts. Romeo and Juliet on screen William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet may be one of the most-screened plays of all time. The most notable theatrical releases were George Cukor's multi-Oscar-nominated 1936 production ""Romeo and Juliet"", Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 film ""Romeo and Juliet"", and Baz Luhrmann's 1996 MTV-inspired ""Romeo + Juliet"". The latter two were both, at the time, the highest-grossing Shakespeare films. Cukor featured the mature actors Norma Shearer and Leslie Howard as the teenage lovers while"
"Sonia Todd, Catherine McClements and Justin Monjo. On 26 January 1997, he married Catherine Martin, a production designer; the couple have two children. Luhrmann supports the Melbourne Demons in the Australian Football League. After theatrical successes, including the original stage version of ""Strictly Ballroom"", Luhrmann moved into film and has directed five so far: The modern film interpretation ""Romeo + Juliet"", starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes, defeated ""Titanic"" at the BAFTAs for best direction, music and screenplay. The film was celebrated at the Berlin Film Festival, where it was recognised with the Gold Bear award for direction and Silver"
"2002. In 2002–2003, there was speculation about 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. Some sources claimed in 2006 that the director, Baz Luhrmann, had approached the leads of the film, Kidman and McGregor, to star in the potential stage version. In 2008, a stage adaptation, ""La Belle Bizarre du Moulin Rouge"" (The Bizarre Beauty of the Moulin Rouge) toured Germany and produced a cast recording. In 2016, it was announced that a stage musical was being developed by Global Creatures, with"
"on the songs of Queen). Live-action film musicals were nearly dead in the 1980s and early 1990s, with exceptions of ""Victor/Victoria"", ""Little Shop of Horrors"" and the 1996 film of ""Evita"". In the new century, Baz Luhrmann began a revival of the film musical with ""Moulin Rouge!"" (2001). This was followed by ""Chicago"" (2002); ""Phantom of the Opera"" (2004); ""Dreamgirls"" (2006); ""Hairspray"", ""Enchanted"" and """" (all in 2007); ""Mamma Mia!"" (2008); ""Nine"" (2009); ""Les Misérables"" and ""Pitch Perfect"" (both in 2012), ""Into The Woods"" (2014) and ""La La Land"" (2016), among others. Dr. Seuss's ""How the Grinch Stole Christmas!"" (2000)"
"Birmingham in April of that year ""bewildered"" critics, leading to what Jackson happily called ""a national and worldwide controversy"". Modern dress Modern dress is a term used in theatre and film to refer to productions of plays from the past in which the setting is updated to the present day (or at least to a more recent time period), but the text is left relatively unchanged. For example, Baz Luhrmann's film ""Romeo + Juliet"" uses a relatively unaltered text of Shakespeare's play but updates the setting to contemporary America. The first performances of Shakespeare in modern dress were produced by"
"undermining the play's original ending and its lesson concerning the price of peace. Todd McCarthy, in Variety, summed up: ""as irritating and glib as some of it may be, there is indisputably a strong vision here that has been worked out in considerable detail."" As Zeffirelli's version had done before it, Baz Luhrmann's film broke the record for the highest-grossing Shakespeare film of all time, taking $144m worldwide. Film scholar Douglas Brode claims that ""Romeo and Juliet"" is the most-filmed play of all time. In the silent era it was filmed by Georges Méliès, which inspired a burlesque by Thomas"
"for Clio Gould. Rosebud was released from a new co written and co produced project of Craig Armstrong and Scott Fraser – Winona. September 2009: ""Without You (Deal Soul Brothers Remix)"" – Format: 12"" Vinyl single His score to William Shakespeare's ""Romeo + Juliet"" (with Baz Luhrmann) earned him a BAFTA for Achievement in Film Music and an Ivor Novello. Armstrong's score for Baz Luhrmann's groundbreaking musical ""Moulin Rouge!"" earned him AFI's Composer of the Year award, a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score of the Year and a BAFTA for Achievement in Film Music. His score for Phillip"
"Strictly Ballroom (musical) Strictly Ballroom the Musical is a musical theatre adaptation of the 1992 film ""Strictly Ballroom"". It is credited as being created by Baz Luhrmann with book by Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce adapted by Terry Johnson. The show currently consists of a score of existing music and songs. Previous productions featured new musical numbers by David Foster, Sia Furler, Isaac Hasson, Bernie Herms, Baz Luhrmann, MoZella, Neff-U, Craig Pearce, Eddie Perfect, Linda Thompson and Elliot Wheeler. In May 2011, it was announced that ""Strictly Ballroom"" would be adapted into a stage musical. The musical premiered at the"
"others such as Akira Kurosawa praising his work. The ""youthful coming-of-age dramas that have flooded art houses since the mid-fifties owe a tremendous debt to the Apu trilogy"". Since the 1980s, overlooked Indian filmmakers such as Ghatak and Dutt posthumously gained international acclaim. Baz Luhrmann stated that his successful musical film ""Moulin Rouge!"" (2001) was directly inspired by Bollywood musicals. That film's success renewed interest in the then-moribund Western musical genre, subsequently fuelling a renaissance. Danny Boyle's Oscar-winning film ""Slumdog Millionaire"" (2008) was directly inspired by Indian films, and is considered to be an ""homage to Hindi commercial cinema"". Indian"
"Come What May (2001 song) ""Come What May"" is a song composed by David Baerwald and Kevin Gilbert, originally intended for the film ""William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet"". However, it was first heard publicly, and is best known as the romantic love theme from Baz Luhrmann's 2001 film ""Moulin Rouge!"", where it is sung by Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman in their respective roles as Christian and Satine. The song takes its title from a phrase that originates from Shakespeare's ""Macbeth"". The song plays an important role in the film. When the forbidden strong and close romantic relationship between Christian"
"by far the wider known version, and especially so following its appearance in the 1990 film ""Ghost"". ""House of the Rising Sun"" has hundreds of versions and in many genres such as folk, blues rock and punk as well as dance and dubstep. Director Baz Luhrmann has contemporized and stylized older songs for use in his films. New or cover versions such as John Paul Young's ""Love Is in the Air"" occur in ""Strictly Ballroom"", Candi Staton's ""Young Hearts Run Free"" appear in ""Romeo + Juliet"", and adaptations of artists such as Nat King Cole, Nirvana, Kiss, Elton John, Thelma"
"Moulin Rouge! (musical) Moulin Rouge! is a jukebox musical with a book by John Logan. The musical is based on the 2001 film of the same name directed by Baz Luhrmann and written by Luhrmann and Craig Pearce. The musical premiered on July 10, 2018 at the Emerson Colonial Theatre in Boston. On November 19, 2018, it was announced that ""Moulin Rouge!"" would open on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, beginning on June 28, 2019 with an opening night set for July 25. In 2002–2003, there was speculation about the possibility of a stage musical based on ""Moulin Rouge!"","
"(Reprise)""). The storyline of ""Moulin Rouge"" can be traced back to Alexandre Dumas, ""fils""' ""The Lady of the Camellias"", although Luhrmann, as an opera director, was probably more directly influenced by Verdi's adaptation, ""La traviata"". When asked about his inspiration for ""Moulin Rouge!"", Luhrmann remarked: Luhrmann revealed that he drew from the Greek tragedy of Orpheus and Eurydice in the DVD's audio commentary. The legend of Orpheus says he 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."
"Angus Strathie Angus Strathie is an Australian costume designer. Angus Strathie has had a long professional career in costume design. A friend and longtime colleague of Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin, one of his earliest projects was the cult favourite ""Strictly Ballroom"", a romantic comedy produced in 1992. Strathie went on to design the costumes for a TV production of the famous Puccini opera La Boheme before his work on the famous ""Moulin Rouge"" an achievement that won him an Academy Award in 2001 for Best Costume Design. The catsuit, in Catwoman 2004, was designed by Academy Award-winning costume designer"
"2019. On November 19, 2018, it was announced that ""Moulin Rouge!"" would open on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, beginning on June 28, 2019 with an opening night set for July 25. † Featured in the 2001 film. <nowiki>*</nowiki>Official musical number titles not released. Scenes and/or plot points provided. Moulin Rouge! (musical) Moulin Rouge! is a jukebox musical with a book by John Logan. The musical is based on the 2001 film of the same name directed by Baz Luhrmann and written by Luhrmann and Craig Pearce. The musical premiered on July 10, 2018 at the Emerson Colonial Theatre"
"non-Shakespearean story. ""Hamlet"" and ""Romeo and Juliet"" are the two plays which have most often been used in this way. Usually, Shakespeare's story has some parallel or resonance with the main plot. Films featuring characters performing scenes from ""Romeo and Juliet"" include the 1912 and 1982 film versions of Charles Dickens' ""Nicholas Nickleby"", ""Cured Hams"" (1927), ""Drama De Luxe"" (1927), ""Broadway Fever"" (1928), ""Les amants de Vérone"" (1949), ""Marjorie Morningstar"" (1958), ""Carry on Teacher"" (1959) ""Shakespeare Wallah"" (1965) and, significantly, ""Shakespeare in Love"" (1998). The 1941 film Playmates features bandleader Kay Kyser and Shakespearean actor John Barrymore playing themselves in"
"the story have also been filmed, most notably ""West Side Story"", Prokofiev's ballet ""Romeo and Juliet"" and ""Romanoff and Juliet"". Several theatrical films, such as ""Shakespeare in Love"" and ""Romeo Must Die"", consciously use elements of Shakespeare's plot. Producer Irving Thalberg pushed MGM for five years to make a ""Romeo and Juliet"", in the face of the studio's opposition: which stemmed from Louis B. Mayer's belief that the masses considered the Bard over their heads, and from the austerity forced on the studios by the depression. It was only when Jack L. Warner announced his intention to film Max Reinhardt's"
"or even a comedy. The Golmaal movies, a series of Hindi-language Indian films, have been described as a screwball comedy franchise. In his 2008 production of the classic Beaumarchais comedy ""The Marriage of Figaro"", author William James Royce trimmed the five-act play down to three acts and labeled it a ""classic screwball comedy."" The playwright made Suzanne the central character, endowing her with all the feisty comedic strengths of her classic film counterparts. In his adaptation, entitled ""One Mad Day!"" (a play on Beaumarchais' original French title) Royce underscored all of the elements of the classic screwball comedy, suggesting that"
"2019 with Romeo and Juliet. This award-winning repertoire has inspired and thrilled over 6 million people worldwide. Perhaps best-known for its now legendary Swan Lake with its corps de ballet of menacing male swans, New Adventures’ intriguing twists on the ballet classics also include Nutcracker!, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, The Car Man based on the opera Carmen and Highland Fling based on La Sylphide set in contemporary Glasgow. Bourne has also been inspired by film and literature in his innovative productions of Edward Scissorhands, Dorian Gray, Play Without Words and Lord of the Flies, which united professional dancers and young men"
"Zeffirelli has been particularly praised, for his presentation of the duel scene as bravado getting out-of-control. The film courted controversy by including a nude wedding-night scene while Olivia Hussey was only fifteen. Baz Luhrmann's 1996 ""Romeo + Juliet"" and its accompanying soundtrack successfully targeted the ""MTV Generation"": a young audience of similar age to the story's characters. Far darker than Zeffirelli's version, the film is set in the ""crass, violent and superficial society"" of Verona Beach and Sycamore Grove. Leonardo DiCaprio was Romeo and Claire Danes was Juliet. The play has been widely adapted for TV and film. In 1960,"
"songwriter and instrumental score composer in film and television, including the Golden Globe-nominated song from the Baz Luhrmann musical ""Moulin Rouge!"" called ""Come What May"", for which he also won the International Film Music Award, and which has been covered by a wide variety of international artists. He is also a skilled multi-instrumentalist, with a primary focus on stringed instruments. Recent projects include the ABC shows, ""Life Unexpected"" and ""October Road"", and the Showtime series' ""Sexual Healing"" and ""Pleasure For Sale"". In 2009 he completed work on the Howard Zinn/Matt Damon/Chris Moore film ""The People Speak"", for which he also"