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Pseudgirl 
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(4/10/01 5:06:09 am)
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[Article] Moulin musical gets thumbs up
From Melbourne's "The Age" newspaper
Moulin musical gets thumbs up
AAP
Tuesday 10 April 2001, 02:22 PM
Nicole Kidman's Moulin Rouge is getting the thumbs up from test audiences that are cheering the film's star-studded soundtrack and easing studio concerns about whether the modern day musical can work at the box office.
Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor star in the $US52 million ($A106.38-million) love story set in 1890s Paris but shot at the Fox studios in Sydney.
The film features music from diverse artists including Madonna, Beck, Lil' Kim and Placido Domingo.
In New York finishing work on the sound track, director Baz Luhrmann said the reaction to the music of Moulin Rouge from test audiences surprised studio executives at Fox.
"Their big fear is that audiences will be turned off by the music," Luhrmann told the US entertainment channel, E.
"But the big surprise is the music is what test audiences have been responding to. We screened it on video for Cannes, and they asked to enter it into competition because, obviously, it's a solid film, too."
Moulin Rouge will open the Cannes Film Festival on May 9 and will be launched in Australia on May 31.
Luhrmann said audiences should be prepared to see a courageous and funny Nicole Kidman.
"You will see Nicole like never before. She's funnier than ever, and Ewan's going to be a bit like Elvis. And not only that, they both sing. They're blowing people away," Luhrmann said.
(Just a P.S. about that date - according to both the Fox website and the Australian front page to the MR website, it opens here on May 24)
"Ewan McGregor is a slam-dunk rock star." - Baz Luhrmann |
Noahs Dove 
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(4/10/01 5:13:35 am)
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Re: [Article] Moulin musical gets thumbs up
Cool Psuedgirl! Can't wait to hear what they say after that screening in New York next week, this will be very interesting! What we've heard of the music so far (from the site, the trailer, etc) is so good, I am so looking forward to this soundtrack 
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