BAZ LUHRMANN’S CULTURE-SHIFTING MODERN CLASSICS
“MOULIN ROUGE!”
AND
“WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S ROMEO+JULIET”
REMASTERED IN HIGH DEFINITION AND AVAILABLE
ON BLU-RAY DISC FOR THE FIRST TIME
Acclaimed Groundbreaking Films Debut On Blu-ray Disc October 19,
Featuring New High-Definition Transfers From The Original Camera Negative Supervised By Director Baz Luhrmann, Brand New Content And Never-Before-Seen Material.
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Aug. 25, 2010) – Two of famed director Baz Luhrmann’s unconventional, poetic and mesmerizing films get the star treatment October 19, when Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment debuts William Shakespeare’s Romeo+Juliet and Moulin Rouge! on Blu-ray Disc.
Flaunting a new high-definition transfer and spectacular picture-in-picture experience, both Blu-ray discs of the award-winning films boast new uncut footage, BD-LIVE: Live Lookup™ Powered by IMDb®, as well as a host of other never-before-seen material produced by Luhrmann and his creative team at Bazmark. And for first time ever, Moulin Rouge! includes an alternate opening sequence featuring the Cat Stevens hit “Father & Son”.
William Shakespeare’s Romeo+Juliet and Moulin Rouge! Blu-ray Discs will each be available for the suggested retail price of $34.99 U.S. / $37.99 CAN. Pre-book is September 8.
Widely credited with reinventing the modern movie musical, Moulin Rouge! exploded onto screens when it debuted in 2001. Celebrating some of the best-loved popular music of the twentieth century, the film found audiences ready to enjoy the same break-into-song storytelling currently enjoying its latest reincarnation in the popular television series Glee.
Along with a multi-platinum selling soundtrack led by the single “Lady Marmalade,” the film went on to broadly influence fashion, music, design and popular culture, and was nominated for eight Academy Awards® including Best Picture, winning two for Catherine Martin’s production design and costume design.
Nicole Kidman (The Hours, Australia) sizzles in her Oscar®-nominated role as Satine, the seductive courtesan and star of a popular French nightclub that caters to society’s decadent elite. When she unwittingly draws Christian, a struggling writer played by Ewan McGregor (Amelia), into her spell, true love turns to tragedy. Moulin Rouge! offers a kaleidoscopic ride through a world of song, dance, romance and drama that celebrates truth, beauty, freedom and above all things, love.
Inventive, unconventional, controversial, Luhrmann’s Oscar-nominated adaption of William Shakespeare’s Romeo+Juliet finds the star-crossed lovers in the modern world of Verona Beach where Romeo drives a car and Juliet packs a gun. Set to a thumping soundtrack, amidst the threat of gunfire through and the delicate embrace of forbidden love, the audience is invited to drink from an intoxicating cinematic cocktail that takes them on a ride from Romeo and Juliet’s budding love, their first kiss, through to their separation and ultimate demise.
Considered a modern classic, this iconoclastic film adaptation that redefined the timeless tale for a new generation stars a pre-Titanic Leonardo DiCaprio (Shutter Island, Inception) and Claire Danes (The Family Stone, Shopgirl), as the youthful star-crossed lovers. The film went on to achieve box office success and widespread acclaim, a multi-platinum soundtrack album, and won four BAFTA Awards including the David Lean award for best direction and two Berlin Film Festival awards including the Silver Bear for Leonardo DiCaprio’s performance as Romeo.
Luhrmann says:
“As a fan, I’ve seen examples where the technology is so powerful, a much-loved film goes in for a Blu-ray treatment and, somewhat like a friend who has had too much surgery, you no longer recognize them.
“Mindful of the relationship evolved with many fans of these two films, the esteemed digital intermediate colorist Jan Yarbrough, who recently completed color restorations of North by Northwest and The Godfather films, and I sat together day in and day out seeking to maintain the color philosophy forged in the cauldron of shooting, while giving full reign to the power of high-definition technology to deliver a Moulin Rouge and an R+J that audiences will recognize but are nevertheless realized at the highest possible visual quality.
“As a filmmaker you never know whether you will ever have a chance to revisit movies again, and so we have gone about this with the attitude that this could be for the last time.”
- New High Definition Transfer supervised by Director Baz Luhrmann
- Spectacular, Spectacular Picture-in-Picture Mode* with Audio Commentary by Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Donald M. McAlpine and Craig Pearce and featuring Behind-the-Scenes Footage and Stills
- All-New Featurette A Creative Adventure and Introduction by Baz Luhrmann A Word from Baz
- Uncut Footage from the Bazmark Vault including:
- Father & Son – A Look at an Alternate Opening
- Nicole Kidman’s First Vocal Test
- Production Featurettes and Interviews: The Stars, The Writers, The Design, The Dance, The Music and The Cutting Room
- The Making of Moulin Rouge and More!
- BD-LIVE:** Live Lookup™ powered by IMDb®
William Shakespeare’s Romeo+Juliet Blu-ray Disc (Catalog# 2264219)
- New High Definition Transfer supervised by Director Baz Luhrmann
- Shaking Up Shakespeare Picture-in-Picture Mode with Audio Commentary by Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Donald M. McAlpine and Craig Pearce and featuring Behind-the-Scenes Footage and Stills
- Uncut Footage from the Bazmark Vault
- Romeo + Juliet: The Music Documentary
- Filmmaker and Interview Galleries
- BD-LIVE**: Live Lookup™ powered by IMDb®
The Moulin Rouge! and William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet Blu-ray Disc releases are just one aspect of Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment’s yearlong campaign to honor the studio’s 75th birthday. This year the division will debut several select fan-favorites on Blu-ray for the first time ever including The Sound Of Music 45th Anniversary Edition, The Rocky Horror Picture Show: 35th Anniversary, The Last of the Mohicans and the Alien Anthology.
About Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, LLC (TCFHE) is a recognized global industry leader and a subsidiary of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, a News Corporation company. Representing 75 years of innovative and award-winning filmmaking from Twentieth Century Fox, TCFHE is the worldwide marketing, sales and distribution company for all Fox film and television programming, acquisitions and original productions on DVD, Blu-ray Disc Digital Copy, Video On Demand and Digital Download. The company also releases all products globally for MGM Home Entertainment. Each year TCFHE introduces hundreds of new and newly enhanced products, which it services to retail outlets from mass merchants and warehouse clubs to specialty stores and e-commerce throughout the world.
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| MOULIN ROUGE! | |
| Street Date: | October 19, 2010 |
| Pre-book Date: | September 8 |
| Screen Format: | Widescreen |
| Audio: | English 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio, English 5.1 Descriptive Audio, Spanish and French 5.1 Dolby Digital, and Brazilian Portuguese 5.1 Dolby Digital |
| Subtitles: | English, French, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish |
| U.S. Rating: | PG-13 |
| Total Run Time: | 127:40 |
| Closed Closed | YES |
| WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE’S ROMEO+JULIET | |
| Street Date: | October 19, 2010 |
| Pre-book Date: | September 8 |
| Screen Format: | Widescreen |
| Audio: | English 7.1 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital, French 5.1 DTS Stereo and Brazilian Portuguese 5.1 Dolby Digital |
| Subtitles: | English, French, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish |
| U.S. Rating: | PG-13 |
| Total Run Time: | 120 minutes |
| Closed Closed | YES |
iNorth America only.
*1997: Best Art Direction/Set Direction
