Basic
Info
Title:
Moulin Rouge
Genre:
Drama
Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Production
Company: Romulus Films
Distributed
by: United Artists (US), British Lion Films
(UK)
Running
time: 119 minutes
Release
date: 23 December 1952 (United States)
Staff
Staff
Director:
John Huston
Producer:
John Woolf, James Woolf
Based
on: 1950 novel, Pierre La Mure
Screenplay:
John Huston, Anthony
Veiller
Music:
Georges Auric, William Engvick
Cinematography:
Oswald Morris
Editor:
Ralph Kemplen
Cast
José Ferrer (Henri de
Toulouse-Lautrec)
Zsa Zsa Gabor (Jane Avril)
Suzanne Flon (Myriamme Hyam)
Katherine Kath (La Goulue)
Muriel Smith (Aicha)
Colette Marchand (Marie Charlet)
Christopher Lee (Georges Seurat)
Summary
Moulin Rouge is a 1952 British
drama film directed by John Huston, produced by Romulus Films Company, and
distributed by United Artists. The film is set in Paris in the late 19th
century, following the artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in the bohemian culture
in and around the Moulin Rouge, a landmark of the burlesque shows. The
screenplay is written by John Huston based on the 1950 novel by Pierre La Mure,
and the cinematography was by Oswald Morris. The film was screened at the 14th
Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Lion award.
Movie
Review
“Beautiful, engrossing drama”
“John Huston's greatest”
“A painter's pain”
“A man who proved that size does
not make a giant”
“Real life story of a famous artist”
“A genuine masterpiece”
“A romanticized version of Toulouse
Lautrec's life and art”
Interesting
stories about the film
1. José Ferrer transformed into the
short artist Toulouse-Lautrec using camera angles, makeup, costume, hidden pits
and platforms. Ferrer also used a set of special knee pads that he designed
himself, which he could walk with his knees with his lower legs strapped to his
upper body.
2. Much of the filming and some of
the costumes and character makeup were made similar to the poster art drawn by Henri
de Toulouse Lautrec.
3. John Huston was almost killed by
a man during one night, when he brought Suzanne Flon back to her apartment. The
man was a friend of Flon, who was filled with jealousy.
4. John Huston was disgusted by the
French individualism during filming in Paris streets.
5. Jane Avril was not a singer, but
a dancer.
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