Moulin Rouge! (2001)

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Wikidata Q193573, film, IMDb tt0203009, TMDB 824: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Baz Luhrmann as director (‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics); 2 more episodes agree.

What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.

Who talked about it

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Blank Check — Patreon

The Big Picture

The Rewatchables

Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

Cinderella: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. unmapped (imitation): Moulin Rouge! ⇒ Cinderella (the host's read). The Amazon Cinderella tries the Moulin Rouge jukebox-musical thing and fails; Moulin Rouge is a lot harder to pull off.
    “It's trying to do the Moulin Rouge thing of like, oh, it's like a jukebox musical where we just like picked songs we like”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 0:50:36 · Griffin Newman (0.45 sure it was them)

Connected to

Nicole Kidman: 3 lines industry ×1 verdict ×1 career ×1

  1. industry (industry): Nicole Kidman → Moulin Rouge!. Kidman's knee injury from Moulin Rouge was aggravated on Panic Room.
    “she aggravated an injury that she had suffered on Moulin Rouge.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:34:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.45 sure it was them)

Baz Luhrmann: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career context): Baz Luhrmann → Moulin Rouge!. Luhrmann reinvented musicals with Moulin Rouge and redefined the jukebox musical, making him a natural fit for Elvis.
    “reinvented musicals, really, with Moulin Rouge and redefined the idea of the jukebox musical.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics · 0:04:12 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

Cinderella: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (imitation): Cinderella → Moulin Rouge!. The Amazon Cinderella tries the Moulin Rouge jukebox-musical thing and fails; Moulin Rouge is a lot harder to pull off.
    “It's trying to do the Moulin Rouge thing of like, oh, it's like a jukebox musical where we just like picked songs we like”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 0:50:36 · Griffin Newman (0.45 sure it was them)

Panic Room: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (carried-over injury): Moulin Rouge! → Panic Room. Kidman's knee was injured on Moulin Rouge and not healed, and she reinjured it on Panic Room.
    “The whole thing with her knee was that she had actually injured at making Milan Rouge and not known.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 0:50:06 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Planet of the Apes: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (Oscar snub): Planet of the Apes → Moulin Rouge!. Apes was not nominated for makeup while Moulin Rouge, In the Bedroom and A Beautiful Mind were.
    “Now, another nominee was Moulin Rouge, which has incredible makeup and hair.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 0:11:38 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

The Hours: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): The Hours → Moulin Rouge!. Her Oscar for The Hours is read as making up for passing her over for Moulin Rouge and The Others.
    “I think it is a little bit of a like, whoops, we should have given it to her for Moulin Rouge and the others in a collective way and did not do that.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:14:31 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

The Others: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): The Others → Moulin Rouge!. Same year, polar opposites: the restrained ghost story against the Moulin Rouge excess shows her range.
    “The exact polar opposite of Moulin Rouge, and the fact that they happen in the same year shows like her incredible.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:12:45 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

The Paperboy: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Moulin Rouge! → The Paperboy. For viewers who like camp Kidman, The Paperboy gives a different version than the Moulin Rouge kind.
    “I don't want the Lumon Rouge version.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:31:49 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Wicked: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Moulin Rouge! → Wicked. Moulin Rouge plays for a huge number of people the way Wicked plays for the speaker.
    “I'm aware that this plays like Wicked played to me for a huge number of people.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:09:57 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career): Moulin Rouge! → Nicole Kidman. Arguably the most important movie of her career: original, singing, awards, box office.
    “Yeah, it's a huge, huge movie, arguably the most important movie in her career, right?”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:11:34 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career context): Baz Luhrmann → Moulin Rouge!. Luhrmann reinvented musicals with Moulin Rouge and redefined the jukebox musical, making him a natural fit for Elvis.
    “reinvented musicals, really, with Moulin Rouge and redefined the idea of the jukebox musical.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics · 0:04:12 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

contrast (2)

  1. contrast (contrast): The Others → Moulin Rouge!. Same year, polar opposites: the restrained ghost story against the Moulin Rouge excess shows her range.
    “The exact polar opposite of Moulin Rouge, and the fact that they happen in the same year shows like her incredible.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:12:45 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): Moulin Rouge! → The Paperboy. For viewers who like camp Kidman, The Paperboy gives a different version than the Moulin Rouge kind.
    “I don't want the Lumon Rouge version.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:31:49 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

industry (3)

  1. industry (Oscar snub): Planet of the Apes → Moulin Rouge!. Apes was not nominated for makeup while Moulin Rouge, In the Bedroom and A Beautiful Mind were.
    “Now, another nominee was Moulin Rouge, which has incredible makeup and hair.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 0:11:38 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. industry (industry): Nicole Kidman → Moulin Rouge!. Kidman's knee injury from Moulin Rouge was aggravated on Panic Room.
    “she aggravated an injury that she had suffered on Moulin Rouge.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:34:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.45 sure it was them)
  3. industry (industry): The Hours → Moulin Rouge!. Her Oscar for The Hours is read as making up for passing her over for Moulin Rouge and The Others.
    “I think it is a little bit of a like, whoops, we should have given it to her for Moulin Rouge and the others in a collective way and did not do that.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:14:31 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): Moulin Rouge! → Wicked. Moulin Rouge plays for a huge number of people the way Wicked plays for the speaker.
    “I'm aware that this plays like Wicked played to me for a huge number of people.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:09:57 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

unmapped (3)

  1. unmapped (imitation): Cinderella → Moulin Rouge!. The Amazon Cinderella tries the Moulin Rouge jukebox-musical thing and fails; Moulin Rouge is a lot harder to pull off.
    “It's trying to do the Moulin Rouge thing of like, oh, it's like a jukebox musical where we just like picked songs we like”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 0:50:36 · Griffin Newman (0.45 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (carried-over injury): Moulin Rouge! → Panic Room. Kidman's knee was injured on Moulin Rouge and not healed, and she reinjured it on Panic Room.
    “The whole thing with her knee was that she had actually injured at making Milan Rouge and not known.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 0:50:06 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (version): Moulin Rouge! → Moulin Rouge!. Baz Luhrmann did a version of Moulin Rouge that cost a fortune.
    “he did a version of it that cost $1000000 per minute.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Fear & Desire / Killer's Kiss (Ad-Free) · 0:57:39 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): Moulin Rouge! → Nicole Kidman. Going in because of box office, awards and new audience despite one host's hatred.
    “It's definitely going in.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:10:36 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Moulin Rouge!: A rant against the film, singing Smells Like Teen Spirit in a can-can, from a host who says it makes him want to be shot in the face.
    “But with turn of the 20th century, France singing smells like teen spirit in a can can.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:10:02 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Moulin Rouge!: The defender was 17 in 2001 and calls the film a masterpiece and Baz Luhrmann a visionary.
    “I think this movie is a masterpiece and I think Baz Lerman is a visionary.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:11:04 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.