Moulin Rouge
[SINGING]
There was a boy
They say he wandered very far
Very far
Over land and sea
MAN:
Don't be fooled! Evil!
TOULOUSE:
A little shy
Turn away from this village of sin!
TOULOUSE:
And sad of eye
But very wise
Was he
And then one day
A magic day
He passed my way
And while we spoke of many things
Fools and kings
This he said to me
The greatest thing
You'll ever learn
Is just to love
And be loved
In return
CHRISTIAN:
The Moulin Rouge.
A nightclub...
...a dance hall and a bordello...
...ruled over by Harold Zidler.
A kingdom of nighttime pleasures...
...where the rich and powerful
played with...
...the young and beautiful creatures
of the underworld.
The most beautiful of all these...
...was the woman who I loved.
Satine.
A courtesan, she sold her love to men.
They called her
"The Sparkling Diamond."
And she was the star...
...of the Moulin Rouge.
The woman I loved...
...is...
...dead.
I first came to Paris...
...one year ago.
lt was 1 899, the Summer of Love.
I knew nothing of the Moulin Rouge,
Harold Zidler or Satine.
The world had been swept up in
a Bohemian revolution, and l had...
...travelled from London to be a part of it.
On the hill near Paris
was the village of Montmartre.
It was not,
as my father said--
A village of sin.
--but the center of
the Bohemian world.
Musicians, painters, writers.
They were known as
the Children of the Revolution.
Yes. I had come to live a penniless
existence. I had come to...
...write about truth, beauty,
freedom...
...and that which l believed in
above all things: love.
Always this ridiculous obsession
with love!
There was only one problem.
I'd never been in love.
Luckily, right at that moment, an unconscious
Argentinean fell through my roof.
[YELLS]
He was joined by a dwarf
dressed as a nun.
How do you do?
My name is Henri Marie Raymond
Toulouse-Lautrec-Montfa.
I'm terribly sorry. We were upstairs
rehearsing a play.
A play. Something very modern called
Spectacular Spectacular.
It's set in Switzerland.
Unfortunately, he unconscious Argentinean
suffered from narcolepsy.
TOULOUSE:
Perfectly fineone moment, then suddenly:
[IMITATES SNORING]
...unconscious the next. Ha, ha.
AUDREY:
How is he?Wonderful. The narcoleptic Argentinean
is unconscious.
Therefore the scenario will not be finished
to present to the financier tomorrow.
I still have to finish the music.
We just find someone to read the part.
Where in heaven's name are we going
to find someone to read the role...
...of the young, sensitive
Swiss poet goatherder?
Before I knew it, I was upstairs, standing in
for the unconscious Argentinean.
TOULOUSE [SINGING]:
The hills animate
With the euphonious symphonies
Of descant
Oh, stop!
Stop that insufferable droning!
It's drowning out my words!
Can we just stick
to a little decorative piano?
There seemed to be artistic differences
over Audrey's lyrics to Satie's song.
Don't think a nun would say that
about a hill.
What if he sings, "The hills are vital
intoning the descant"?
No, no, no. "The hills--"
"The hills are incarnate
with symphonic melodies"!
No.
"The hills--" "The hills--"
"The hills--"
"The hills--"
[CHATTERING]
[SINGING]
The hills
Are alive
With the sound of
Music
the sound of music." I love it!
The hills are alive....
With the sound....
[SINGING]
Of music.
It fits perfectly!
With songs they have sung
For a thousand years
[GASPING]
Incandiferous!
Audrey, you should write the show together.
I beg your pardon?
But Toulouse's suggestion that
Audrey and I write together...
...was not what Audrey wanted to hear.
Goodbye!
Here's to your first job in Paris.
Toulouse, Zidler will never agree.
No offense, but have you ever
written anything like this before?
No.
Ah! The boy has talent!
I like him.
Nothing funny. I just like talent.
"The hills are alive
with the sound of music."
With Christian, we can write...
...the truly Bohemian revolutionary show
How will we convince Zidler?
Toulouse had a plan.
Satine.
in the Argentinian's best suit...
...and pass me off
Once Satine heard my poetry, she'd be
astounded and insist to Zidler that...
...I write Spectacular Spectacular.
The only problem was
I kept hearing my father's voice:
You'll end up wasting your life at
the Moulin Rouge with a cancan dancer!
I can't write the show for the Moulin Rouge!
Why not?
I don't even know if I am
a true Bohemian revolutionary.
Do you believe in beauty?
Yes.
Freedom?
Yes, of course.
Truth?
Yes.
Love?
Love? Love?
Above all things,
I believe in love.
Love is like oxygen.
Love is a many-splendored thing.
Love lifts us up where we belong.
All you need is love!
See, you can't fool us. You're the voice of
the Children of the Revolution.
We can't be fooled!
Let's drink to the new writer of the world's
first Bohemian revolutionary show!
It was the perfect plan.
I was to audition for Satine
and I would taste my first glass of absinthe.
VOICE [SINGING]:
There was a boy
I am the green fairy.
[SINGING]
The hills are alive
With the sound of music
[LAUGHING]
Freedom, beauty
Truth and love
The hills are alive
With the sound of music
CHRISTIAN:
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