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23 December 1952 (USA) moreTagline:
The most startling and daring love story ever told! moreAwards:
Won 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 10 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Daughter Denies Zsa Zsa Coma Claims (From WENN. 2 December 2002)
Zsa Zsa Gabor in Coma
(From WENN. 29 November 2002)
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Real Life Story Of A Famous Artist moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| José Ferrer | ... | Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec / The Comte de Toulouse-Lautrec | |
| Zsa Zsa Gabor | ... | Jane Avril | |
| Suzanne Flon | ... | Myriamme Hayam | |
| Claude Nollier | ... | Countess de Toulouse-Lautrec | |
| Katherine Kath | ... | La Goulue | |
| Muriel Smith | ... | Aicha | |
| Mary Clare | ... | Madame Louet | |
| Walter Crisham | ... | Valentin Dessosse | |
| Lee Montague | ... | Maurice Joyant | |
| Jim Gérald | ... | Pere Cotelle (as Jim Gerald) | |
| Georges Lannes | ... | Police Sgt. Patou | |
| Harold Kasket | ... | Zidler | |
| Maureen Swanson | ... | Denise de Frontiac | |
| Tutte Lemkow | ... | Aicha's partner | |
| Jill Bennett | ... | Sarah |
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119 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)Certification:
UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG | UK:PG (video rating) | Hungary:14 | West Germany:16 (nf) | USA:Approved (PCA #16156) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | France:U (re-release) | Sweden:15 | Canada:PGFun Stuff
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Miscellaneous: When Henri Lautrec arrives at the gallery for the showing of his pictures, as he 'walks' in, his shadow on the ground clearly shows Ferrar's legs tucked behind him as he walks, (in on his knees). moreQuotes:
Georges Seurat: Drink your drink, Henri, and then we will go to the Louvre and refresh our souls, eh?Henri: The Louvre. That graveyard.
Gauzi: Graveyard! The home of the Mona Lisa, and he calls it a, a graveyard!
Anquetin an Artist: Ah, the Mona Lisa. Only the greatest painting in the world. At this moment I could kneel down and give thanks to Leonardo.
Henri: And how do you know it is the greatest painting in the world? And how do you know it was by Leonardo?
Anquetin an Artist: Because I feel it! I feel it here, in my heart.
Henri: I feel in my heart that you are a pompous ass, but that does not make it so.
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Along with Gauguin, Rodin, Seurat, van Gogh, and several others, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec is regarded as a major contributor to the French art movement of the late 19th century, known as post-impressionism. "Moulin Rouge" (1952) is the somewhat romanticized cinematic version of the life of Toulouse-Lautrec. As a biography, the film is "sketchy"; it focuses mostly on the artist late in his life. Though talented as an artist, an accident in his childhood left him with two stunted legs. At maturity, he was 4 1/2 feet tall. The result was a certain amount of social ostracism. Despite being from a family of wealth, he chose a bohemian life as an adult, and he spent much of his time in the seamy areas of Paris, where he would create sketches, drawings, and paintings in the cabarets and brothels.
As Toulouse-Lautrec, Jose Ferrer, together with the film's screenplay, portray a man who was extremely intelligent, lonely, emotionally isolated, and depressed. Much of the film centers on the Moulin Rouge cabaret, where he would make sketches of the patrons and dancers, and drink excessively.
Ferrer gives a highly credible performance. The film has excellent cinematography and production design, and interesting costumes. The overall tone of "Moulin Rouge" is one of sadness and melancholy, in which a talented but lonely artist eschews luxury, to devote his adult life to his passion for art.