Continuity: After Harry Zidler first sees Christian and Satine kissing, when they stop kissing, Satine's lipstick switches from being smeared to perfectly done and bright red when she walks and when Zidler is talking to her about having to end the infatuation.
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Quotes
Toulouse-Lautrec: The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love, and be loved in return.
Mistakes
From the beginning of the Red Room scene, until the end of "The Pitch," Christian's tie changes in a variety of ways he obviously didn't have time or opportunity to fix, considering all that hiding from the Duke. Christian's tie starts out straight, is removed by Satine during the "big boy" tumble, but later shows up again, perfectly tied during the "Your Song" dance on the roof. It disappears again after the dance on the roof ends, but mysteriously shows back up during different scenes in "The Pitch," untied, and flapping around his neck. No times listed, because its a running occurrence, on the DVD, watch closely from scenes 8-12. See more...
Trivia
In the scene when the Duke asks for the ending of the play to be changed, look in the background and you'll see an elaborately decorated horse. this horse was originally supposed to be in the production (as proposed in the 'Spectacular, Sectacular' number). The floor was specially reinforced for the weight of the horse but for some reason the horse's scene was cut from the movie and he can only be seen in two short shots. See more...
Moulin Rouge (2001)
Directed by Baz Luhrmann, starring Ewan McGregor, Jim Broadbent, John Leguizamo, Nicole Kidman, Richard Roxburgh (add more)
Moulin Rouge mistakes
Revealing: There is a shot where the point of view of the camera is looking down at Christian and Telouse from the opening in his ceiling. You can see John Leguazmo's legs behind him and that he is clearly kneeling down.
Continuity: The scar on the Duke's bodyguard's face switches from one cheek to the other throughout the movie.
Moulin Rouge trivia
At the beginning, right after Christian sings the 'hills are alive' line, the unconscious Argentinian says something about him having lots of talent, and 'happens' to put his hand on his crotch. Then later in the movie, when Satine is unbuttoning his pants when they are in the elephant for the first time, she calls him a 'big boy' and Toulouse says he has HUGE talent.
OK, not a mistake, but just to stop all the easily-excited teenage boys submitting it... In the scene where Christian is reciting poetry to Satine and she is rolling on the floor, for a brief moment, you can see Nicole Kidman's nipple.
Baz Luhrmanns films have the on going theme of "L'amour" or forbidden love. Not only in Moulin Rouge, but also in Romeo Juliet and Strictly Ballroom, the red "L'amour" sign can be scene in the background as part of the set. The L'amour sign was a set piece from Baz Luhrmanns first staging of La Boheme and he puts it in every one of his movies.
Moulin Rouge quotes
Toulouse-Lautrec: The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love, and be loved in return.
Moulin Rouge easter eggs
On the second disc of the set choose the 'More' option on the main menu. On the next screen, select the back option at the bottom and then press the down button on your control. This will select a fairy. Press select and you will be shown lots of outtakes.
On the second disk of the 2 DVD set, from the main menu highlight the stars, then highlight more, highlight John Leguizamo, hit the up arrow to select a green fairy and see a clip of John as the Magical Sitar.
On second DVD: From main menu go to more, go to "The dance". Chose option 1 (The dance) Highlight "A word from Baz", go left and then hit enter on the green fairy.