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11 unusual facts about Baz Luhrmann


Can-can dress

For example, in the number "Zidler's Rap (The Can-Can)" in the film Moulin Rouge, director Baz Luhrmann redesigned the can-can dresses into multi-coloured flower patterns, to make the otherwise boring dresses sexually tantalizing to modern day audiences.

Carlton Hill Station

Director Baz Luhrmann used House Roof Hill which stands behind the horse arena as a back drop for the fictional Faraway Downs homestead in his film Australia.

Christina's World

In Romeo + Juliet (1996, dir. Baz Luhrmann), when Romeo learns that Juliet is dead, he falls into the golden grass before a setting sun and screams, "Then I defy you, stars!" The camera pauses above and behind him so that he and the trailers on the hill sort of resemble the position of the painting's buildings, except that the trailers should be farther to the right and the horizon should be much higher.

Giles Terera

His first documentary, Muse of Fire, created with Dan Poole, will centre around modern perspectives of Shakespeare and will feature interviews with actors and filmmakers such as Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Jude Law, Julie Taymor, Fiona Shaw and Baz Luhrmann.

Hearts a Mess

The song also appears on the soundtrack for Baz Luhrmann's 2013 film adaptation of the classic F. Scott Fitzgerald novel The Great Gatsby.

Jeffrey Seller

Jeffrey has also produced and/or developed De La Guarda (1998), Andrew Lippa’s The Wild Party (2000), Baz Luhrmann's production of Puccini’s La Bohème (2002) and High Fidelity (2006), title of show (2008), and West Side Story (2009).

Mary Schmich

In 1999, Baz Luhrmann released a song called "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)" in which this column is read word for word as written by Schmich, who gave permission and receives royalties.

MySpace Road Tour

Jabba (presenter) getting Baz Luhrmann's help creating a cinematic trailer for 'Road Tour - The Movie'.

Pat Thomson

She was best known for her role as Shirley Hastings, the over-zealous, pretentious mother of Scott Hastings in the film Strictly Ballroom, written and directed by Baz Luhrmann

Western Canada High School

Starred in Baz Luhrmann's Broadway Production of La Bohème, and the World Premiere of The Fly (opera), by Howard Shore and Directed by David Cronenberg.

Yuen Wah

He appeared in another English language production, the Baz Luhrmann period film, Australia (2008), alongside Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman.


Dance in Australia

Baz Luhrmann's popular 1992 film Strictly Ballroom, starring Paul Mercurio contributed to an increased interest in dance competition in Australia, and a number of popular dance shows including So You Think You Can Dance have featured on television in recent years.

Jorge Dorado

He began his career working in the department director of films like Bad Education and Talk to Her, Pedro Almodóvar, The Devil's Backbone, Guillermo del Toro or Moulin Rouge!, Baz Luhrmann.