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DVDfever.co.uk – Moulin Rouge and Romeo & Juliet on Blu-ray
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Posted: October 22nd, 2010.
Moulin Rouge: 
Romeo & Juliet:
Blu-ray Triple-bill:
BAZ LUHRMANNS CULTURE-SHIFTING MODERN CLASSICS MOULIN ROUGE!
AND WILLIAM SHAKESPEARES ROMEO+JULIET
REMASTERED IN HIGH DEFINITION AND AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY DISC FOR THE FIRST TIME
Acclaimed Groundbreaking Films Debut On Blu-ray Disc 1 November 2010, Featuring New High-Definition Transfers From The Original Camera Negative Supervised By Director Baz Luhrmann, Brand New Content And Never-Before-Seen Material.
Two of famed director Baz Luhrmanns unconventional, poetic and mesmerizing films get the star treatment 1 November 2010 when Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment debuts William Shakespeares 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 Lookupä Powered by IMDbÒ, 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.
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 Awardsâ including Best Picture, winning two for Catherine Martins production design and costume design.
Nicole Kidman (The Hours, Australia) sizzles in her Oscarâ-nominated role as Satine, the seductive courtesan and star of a popular French nightclub that caters to societys 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, Luhrmanns Oscar-nominated adaption of William Shakespeares 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 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 Juliets 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 DiCaprios performance as Romeo.
Luhrmann says: As a fan, Ive 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.
The Moulin Rouge! and William Shakespeares Romeo + Juliet Blu-ray Disc releases are just one aspect of Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainments yearlong campaign to honor the studios 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, and the Alien Anthology.
Moulin Rouge! Blu-ray Disc Special Features:
- 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 Kidmans 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®
- Plus additional content previously released
William Shakespeares Romeo+Juliet Blu-ray Specail Features:
- 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®
- Plus additional content previously released
Moulin Rouge and Romeo & Juliet on Blu-ray are released on November 1st and sells on Amazon for £13.99 each (RRP £19.99),with a Blu-ray Boxset including both films, as well as Australia, on Amazon for £29.99 (RRP £39.99).
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