Tag: Strictly Ballroom
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Baz Luhrmann to head Red Sea jury
The Red Sea International Film Festival runs November 30 – December 9.Director Baz Luhrmann will head the competition jury for the Red Sea International Film Festival (November 30 – December 9).The Australian filmmaker will preside over the features competition which showcases 17 films from the Arab region, Asia and Africa, all competing for the Yusr…
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Moulin Rouge! Nearly Had A Very Different A-List Lead In Place Of Ewan McGregor
Thanks to his “Elvis” biopic, the king of cinematic excess is back on our minds, with plenty waxing poetic about how no one out there makes movies quite like Baz Luhrmann. Known for his larger than life films like “Strictly Ballroom,” “Romeo + Juliet,” and “The Great Gatsby,” Luhrmann has become synonymous with spectacle, flashy…
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Every Main Character In Elvis Ranked Worst To Best
Baz Luhrmann is back! The Australian filmmaker is an artist that movie fans have extreme opinions about. Either you love Luhrmann’s style, or you hate it. Luhrmann has been subverting expectations ever since he made his filmmaking debut with the 1992 romantic comedy “Strictly Ballroom.” Luhrmann took a much different approach to the “dance comedy”…
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Baz Luhrmann, flamboyant director of Moulin Rouge! and Romeo and Juliet, turns focus to Elvis
Australian director’s biopic about the singing legend to be unveiled at Cannes film festival next weekWhat do you get if you cross an Australian ballroom dancing teacher with the owner of a little cinema? Genetically speaking, the answer comes in the flamboyant shape of Baz Luhrmann, the music-loving director of Strictly Ballroom and Moulin Rouge!,…