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Red Curtain Trilogy

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Directed by
  
Baz Luhrmann

Produced by
  
SB: Tristram Mall R+J: Baz Luhrmann Gabriella Martinelli Martin Brown MR!: Baz Luhrmann Fred Baron Martin Brown

Written by
  
Baz Luhrmann Craig Pearce

Starring
  
Paul Mercurio Tara Morice (SB) Leonardo DiCaprio Claire Danes (R+J) Ewan McGregor Nicole Kidman (MR)

Music by
  
David Hirschfelder (SB) Nellee Hooper (R+J) Craig Armstrong (MR)

Cinematography
  
Steve Mason (SB) Donald McAlpine

The Red Curtain Trilogy is the title given to the first three films directed by Baz Luhrmann:

Contents

  • Strictly Ballroom (1992), starring Paul Mercurio and Tara Morice
  • Romeo + Juliet (1996), starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes
  • Moulin Rouge! (2001), starring Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor

    • These three films were included in the Red Curtain Trilogy DVD box set released in 2002. The films do not form a trilogy in the traditional sense, as there is no relationship between the plot of each film. Instead, the Red Curtain Trilogy has been described by Luhrmann as following a specific filmmaking technique. Each film contains a theatre motif that reappears throughout the film. Dance is used in the first film, poetry and language in the second and song in the third.

    Box office

  • Strictly Ballroom (94 minutes) – $11,738,022 (Budget: A$3 million)
  • Romeo + Juliet (120 minutes) – $147,554,998 (Budget: $14.5 million)
  • Moulin Rouge! (127 minutes) – $179,213,434 (Budget: $52.5 million)

    • Critical reception

  • Strictly Ballroom – 95% (Rotten Tomatoes); 7.3 (Internet Movie Database)
  • Romeo + Juliet – 72% (Rotten Tomatoes); 6.9 (Internet Movie Database)
  • Moulin Rouge! – 78% (Rotten Tomatoes); 7.7 (Internet Movie Database)

    • References

    Red Curtain Trilogy Wikipedia
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