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10/17/05 03:59

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Make a Wish Article

Dream on!
JESSICA LAWRENCE
16oct05

EVERY day, most of us fire off haphazard wishes under our breath. I wish the traffic would move faster. I wish I hadn't found that latest grey hair. I wish the price of petrol wasn't so high.

But for a handful of brave Aussie kids, wishes can pack a lot more punch.

Every year hundreds of children are given the devastating news they have a life-threatening illness.

For their families, the news that their son, daughter, sister or brother has leukemia, heart disease or an inoperable brain tumour is devastating and begins a rollercoaster journey of hospital visits, hi-tech tests, painful treatment and time away from home.

But in a bid to soften the blow, one organisation is giving terminally ill children the chance to "make a wish" for whatever their heart desires.

Next month marks the 20th birthday of the Make A Wish Foundation in Australia. To mark the occasion it has just published a book, I Wish, which tells the stories of some of the thousands of Aussie kids who've had their dream come true.

Since 1985 more than 4500 kids have met celebrities such as Nicole Kidman, played golf at St Andrews in Scotland, gone to Disneyland or swum with dolphins.

Run by an army of volunteers whose only reward is a moment of pure bliss on a young face, Make A Wish has become the fairy godmother of Australian charities - and a rainbow on an often bleak horizon for thousands of sick kids.

For some, having their wish granted is one of their last pleasures before dying. For others, the battle goes on.

These are their stories.

Biloela teenager Tannika, 13, got the chance to meet her idol Nicole Kidman and be cast as an extra in Moulin Rouge after receiving her wish for a trip to Sydney.

Filming the final scenes on location at Fox Studios, Kidman cleared the set for Tannika and her family before presenting her with a dolphin pendant.

Tannika has since died.

Visit the above link to read more. Image of Nicole with Tannika posted in the Canded MR related pic thread.

KATE

Suckerlove ~ RougeVelvet Videos ~ MOULIN GOLDMINE ~ LJ ~ Spectacular MB Audioscrobbler ~ JRMfansite MB ~ Velvet Goldmine LJ ~ Take What's Mine I feel you, your sun it shines. I feel you, within my mind. You take me there, you take me where the kingdom comes. You take me to, & lead me through Babylon. This is the morning of our love, it's just the dawning of our love. I feel you, your heart it sings. I feel you, the joy it brings. Where heaven waits, those golden gates & back again. You take me to, & lead me through oblivion.... I feel you, your precious soul...& I am whole. I feel you, your rising sun, my kingdom comes. I feel you, each move you make. I feel you, each breath you take. Where angels sing & spread their wings, my love's on high, you take me home to glory's throne by and by

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10/19/05 06:22

Mistress KATE Wild

This just in, Blender magazine's
"100 Greatest Rock and Roll Movies of all Time"!

And Moulin Rouge placed 67th, along with two other Ewan Movies, Trainspotting [rock n roll? :shrug

] and check out the appropriately placed #69]

Some other good ones highlighted... no time to go through it in depth, may have missed some, sure you'd have some of your own to comment on?

100. That Thing You Do! (1996)
99. Pump Up the Volume (1990)
98. I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978 )
97. Head (1968 )
96. Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
95. Smithereens (1982)
94. Easy Rider (1969)
93. High School Confidential! (1958 )
92. Eddie and the Cruisers (1983)
91. Jailhouse Rock (1957)
90. Cocksucker Blues (1972)
89. Foxes (1980)
88. Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1987)
87. Heavy Metal Parking Lot (1986)
86. Jesus Christ Superstar (1971)
85. Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (1987)
84. Flashdance (1983)
83. Yellow Submarine (1968 )
82. Tapeheads (1988 )
81. The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978 )
80. Krush Groove (1985)
79. Scratch (2001)
78. Elvis: The Movie (1979)
77. Grace of My Heart (1996)
76. CB4 (1993)
75. Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
74. American Hot Wax (1978 )
73. The Doors (1991)
72. The Idolmaker (1980)
71. The Buddy Holly Story (1978 )
70. What's Up, Fatlip? (1999)
69. Velvet Goldmine (1998 )
68. Stop Making Sense (1984)
67. Moulin Rouge (2001)
66. Footloose (1984)
65. Hairspray (1988 )
64. Sparkle (1976)
63. Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains (1982)
62. Valley Girl (1983)
61. Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)
60. Plaster Caster (2001)
59. Laurel Canyon (2003)
58. The Rose (1980)
57. Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii (1980)
56. Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
55. Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1973)
54. Kurt & Courtney (1998 )
53. Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002)
52. American Graffiti (1973)
51. Woodstock (1970)
50. The Harder They Come (1973)
49. Westway to the World (2001)
48. Ergh! A Music War (1981)
47. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
46. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
45. Hype! (1996)
44. Wayne's World (1992)
43. The Great Rock N Roll Swindle (1980)
42. The Fearless Freaks (2005)
41. Wild Style (1982)
40. Wattstax (1973)
39. Ray (2004)
38. Rize (2005)
37. No Direction Home (2005)
36. Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
35. A Hard Day's Night (1964)
34. The Decline of Wester Civilization, Part II: The Metal Years (1988 )
33. Trainspotting (1996)
32. I Am Trying to Break Your Heart (2002)
31. Singles (1992)
30. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
29. End of the Century (2003)
28. Biggie & Tupac (2002)
27. Gimme Shelter (1970)
26. What's Love Got to Do With It? (1993)
25. New York Doll (2005)
24. Performance (1970)
23. The Kids Are Alright (1979)
22. High Fidelity (2000)
21. Hustle & Flow (2005)
20. The Limey (1999)
19. Grease (1978 )
18. Nashville (1975)
17. Hard Core Logo (1996)
16. School of Rock (2003)
15. Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991)
14. 8 Mile (2002)
13. Don't Look Back (1967)
12. Dazed and Confused (1993)
11. Sid & Nancy (1986)
10. South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut (1999)
9. The Last Waltz (1978 )
8. Dig! (2004)
7. 24 Hour Party People (2002)
6. The Blues Brothers (1980)
5. Almost Famous (2000)
4. Purple Rain (1984)
3. Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004)
2. Saturday Night Fever (1977)
1. This is Spinal Tap (1984)

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Very British, with an Australian accent?
Sangeetha Nair in Kolkata

Nov. 7. - British Deputy High Commission, Kolkata is celebrating their participation in the 11th Kolkata Film Festival by throwing a bash for a select crowd of 60 invitees tomorrow at The Park's lounge bar, Roxy. Though the party is meant for movies from the UK, they chose to go with Australian director Mr Baz Luhrmann's movie, Moulin Rouge as the theme. An avoidable blooper would you say?

A spokesperson for the Deputy High Commission said: "Night de Moulin Rouge party is being thrown by Mr Vijay Dewan (MD, The Park) and Dr Andrew Hall to highlight cinematography facilities available in the UK. The country is very advanced when it comes to pre and post-production capabilities. We notice that Bengali movies are incorporating much of this technical know-how and we want to try and get them to source this knowledge from us. Last year, we erected a stand at the film festival to display what we have to offer from a purely artistic angle. But this year, we thought it would be good idea to have some fun as well. The theme was decided upon by the British Deputy High Commission and the hotel. It's an interesting idea don't your think?" Interesting, when you consider the fact that the only mentionable UK connection in the movie was Scotsman, Mr Ewan McGregor, who has a cameo appearance opposite Ms Nicole Kidman. (okay, cameo is a biiit of an understatement, lol. Co-STARS me thinks.) As for highlighting the movie's production capabilities - nominated for eight Oscars in 2002, it was the first live-action musical to land a best-picture nomination since That Jazz in 1979 and the movie was shot almost entirely at Fox Studios in Sydney, Australia.

Mr Paul Walsh, deputy chief of mission, British Deputy High Commission, Kolkata said: "We always participate in the Kolkata Film Festival. This year we will be screening two films one of which is Hotel Rwanda. We always have a party to celebrate our participation. Last year we conducted the party at the High Commission premises but people became bored, so this year, we thought a change of venue and a theme party would add some pizzazz. We hope the party will be just like the film, very peppy" and British.

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11/08/05 09:39

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Did they really say cameo??!!

Sounds like fun...guess our invitations got lost in the mail...damn! :cry

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Great list of rock movies! I love so many of them :rock

! I can't believe VG is 69....that can't be a concidence! :boykiss

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06/01/06 13:25

Okay, this is a very tiny mention of Moulin Rouge! but it still made me smile. Over at BroadwayWorld.com they have a little article about a new cabaret starting at the La Boheme Restaurant in L.A. :

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UPRIGHT, an L.A. cabaret having just celebrated its first birthday at Mark's Restaurant will make an extensive move Saturday, June 10th to La Boheme Restaurant, "marking a redefinition of cabaret akin to the ambiance of Baz Luhrman'n's adored film Moulin Rouge," according to press notes.

So any Rougers near L.A. should check it out. sounds right up our alley!

Lady Boheme's Glitter Garrett - Hil's LJ

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OOh sounds fab Hil!!

We have a MR style type place here called Boho...surprisingly

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KIDMAN AND McGREGOR TO TAKE MOULIN ROUGE! TO THE STAGE?
20/06/2006 01:53

NICOLE KIDMAN and EWAN MCGREGOR are set to reprise their MOULIN ROUGE! roles in a London stage show being organised by the film's director BAZ LUHRMANN. The two superstars have been approached by Luhrmann about starring in a West End theatre version of the 2001 smash hit movie. An insider tells British newspaper The Sun, "Baz has discussed the idea with Ewan and Nicole. It will be the most lavish musical to open for many years. "It's something he has wanted to do since the film was finished."

ContactMusic

*hears her mother's voice inside her head..."if it sounds too good to be true, it probaby is"*

As much as we want this to be true, it can't be...can it...at least not any time soon! Suppose it is though...how the hell am I gonna get my husband to let me go to London again??!!

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06/19/06 22:59

Diamond Dog

Check this out, too !!!!

The Sun !

It must be true !

~*~ Come what may ~*~
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06/20/06 02:40

Diamond Dog

I was just about to post something about this! Looks like you beat me! :P

I was thinking though, wouldn't Baz have it in Sydney or something, not London? I mean, London would be HUGE (and presitgous!), but something tells me that Baz would probably have the show in Sydney or something. At least for a while.

Still, a small part of me thought 'wouldn't it be amazing?' when I read that. Though I'm not getting my hopes up, since there's been rumours about this before. And with Nic getting married soon, there's bound to be more stories floating around about her!

Hehe, it sounds FAR too good to be true. But we can hope!

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06/20/06 03:55

Mistress KATE Wild

Thanks guys!!

Who know hows this system works here? Not I... lol, but I did find an existing thread about the Stage version of MR, so i figure we can carry on our talk there??

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12/14/06 05:41

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From a Miss Potter Interviewwith Ewan. I love that he and Nicole still talk so fondly of Baz and the whole experience.

MTV: Do you worry about the schmaltz factor with a film like this?

McGregor: I didn't read it as schmaltzy. If I had, I wouldn't have wanted to do it. I only saw it as a very true and beautiful piece about [Potter] and her life.

MTV: "Moulin Rouge!" was another film of yours that might have fallen into schmaltz territory if not for a filmmaker like Baz Luhrmann.

McGregor: I never had anything but absolute trust in him. When I first met Baz years before, he described what he wanted it to be and he described what was on the screen at the end of the day. It was absolutely that. And I never wavered. It went over budget and over schedule and over everything, but through it all, I was absolutely sold on it. I've never worried about schmaltz. You can lose trust in a director for other reasons. Sometimes with new directors you feel like you're getting direction for the sake of them directing you as opposed to putting you on the right track. And that can be tricky because then you have to navigate that line of pretending you're playing their note and doing what you believe to be right at the same time.

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It's good to hear things like that after all these years...they seems to have such respect and admiration for Baz...and with good reason! :bow

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01/12/07 14:17

Diamond Dog

I don't know where to put this... have you ever seen this Side before ?

Animallogic.com !

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" April 18th 2007 "

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01/13/07 08:51

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Yeah, animal logic are great. They're an australian graphics company, they just did Happy Feet and were used to work on Moulin Rouge. I was at their site a few weeks ago, I bookmarked it.

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Soúnd Of Music Voted Best Musical Ever

Dec 11 2007 By Karen Bale

MUSICAL lovers have voted Julie Andrews' classic The Sound Of Music the greatest musical of all time.

The 1965 film tells the story of failing nun Maria who leaves an Austrian convent to become governess to a navy captain widower and his seven children.

She wins over the mischievous Von Trapp children, then falls in love with their father.

The film, which includes songs such as My Favourite Things and Climb Every Mountain in its Rodgers and Hammerstein soundtrack, took 15 per cent of the vote in the poll by film studio Twentieth Century Fox.

Second place went to the 1978 teenage favourite Grease, which stars Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta.

It tells the high school love story of goody two-shoes Sandy and bad boy Danny and also had a hugely successful soundtrack.

The Rocky Horror Picture show came third followed by another Julie Andrews classic, Mary Poppins, for which she won an Oscar.

Although released in 1965, the film and its catchy songs, including A Spoonful Of Sugar and Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, is still a firmfavourite with youngsters.

Baz Luhrmann's film Moulin Rouge, starring Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor, was the most popular modern musical, coming in at No5 in the poll of 2000 Brits.

Sixth place went to the dramatic epic Phantom Of The Opera followed by Wizard Of Oz.

TOP 10

1 The Sound Of Music

2 Grease

3 Rocky Horror Picture Show

4 Mary Poppins

5 Moulin Rouge

6 Phantom Of The Opera

7 Wizard Of Oz

8 Oliver!

9 West Side Story

10 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

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Posts: 2019 12/20/07 06:47 fair dinkum	This is interesting... I guess it's her way of saying she doesn't know what's going to be cut from what they filmed. http://www.smh.com.au/news/people/elles-holiday-snap-on-show/2007/12/20/1197740464762.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap2 In the dark Nicole Kidman admits she has no idea how the finished product will turn out when Baz Luhrmann's epic Australia hits cinemas next year. This week she told the Herald's film writer, Garry Maddox, that in the original version of Moulin Rouge! her character, Satine, had a child. When that film was released the child had miraculously vaporised.

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^ copied that from the Australia forum and my reply:

Ooh interesting. I thought the child idea was just in an early script but was cut out of revised editions! ...unless that's what she was talking about and the writer misinterpreted?

Baz and Craig talk about their past versions of MR, so I think they would have said more about this being cut as such... I need to watch the commentary again lol. I know that Christian's father's character was cut and that he was perhaps going to be the father of the child...but again I thought that was just early scripts. Maybe they didnt want us to have that info in our heads or... but yes, must go listen to Baz again soon!

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Hmm, it's been a while since I listened to the MR commentaries, but I'm quite sure I've never heard of Satine having a child before!

I'm also quite sure the idea would simply have been in an early script. No way would they have cast and shot a child and then 'vaporised' all the footage! I reckon the writer definitely misinterpreted here...

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12/22/07 01:52

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Okay, phew. Glad to hear you're in agreeance. Must have been a miscommunication then.

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From the latest issue of EW:

The New Classics: Movies

10. MOULIN ROUGE (2001)

Audacious in its madcap use of music, daring in its unabashed embrace of romance, Australian director Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge taps into all the passion of the old movie musicals while recharging them for this century.

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25 New Classic Romantic Gestures

• Ewan McGregor breaks into ''Your Song'' while wooing Nicole Kidman in 2001's Moulin Rouge (2001).
http://www.ew.com/ew/package/0,,20207076,0...cultureclassics

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