JADE-EPISODE024

Its back to 19th century France on this edition of Jeff and Aaron's DVD Extravaganza as Jeff reviews the Baz Luhrman musical from 2001 "Moulin Rouge". This film stars Nicole Kidman as the beautiful Satine, a headliner and lady of the evening at the "Moulin Rouge" a dance hall and bordello. Ewan McGregor plays an inspiring playwright named Christian who gets caught up in the artisans revolution in 1899 Paris and eventually falls in love with Satine. The story of the "Moulin Rouge" centers on the love affair between Satine and Christian as they try to get financing for a play Christian is writing from the Duke played by Richard Roxburgh. The Duke also has his eyes on the beautiful Satine and is only providing the money for Christian's play in order to gain control of Satine for his very own. "Moulin Rouge" won 2 Academy Awards for Acheivement in Art Direction and Acheivement in Costume Design during the 2002 Academy Awards. As always if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions please email us at [e-mail]. You can also pick up your copy of " Moulin Rouge" or any other DVD mentioned during this podcast by going to our website at www.jadedvd360.com and clicking on the link to Amazon.com. Thanks for listening.