The most notable theatrical releases were George Cukor's multi-Oscar-nominated 1936 production, Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 version, and Baz Luhrmann's 1996 MTV-inspired Romeo + Juliet.

Baz Luhrmann's 1996 Romeo + Juliet and its accompanying soundtrack successfully targeted the " MTV Generation ": a young audience of similar age to the story's characters.

Other appearances include Le Pétomane: Parti Avec Le Vent ( Le Pétomane: Gone With The Wind ), a 2005 short film based on Pujol's life, and in Baz Luhrmann's 2001 film Moulin Rouge!

In 1996, DiCaprio appeared opposite Claire Danes in Baz Luhrmann's film Romeo + Juliet, an abridged modernization of William Shakespeare's romantic tragedy of the same name which retained the original Shakespearean dialogue.

He was also cast in the role of Jay Gatsby in Baz Luhrmann's upcoming adaptation of the novel The Great Gatsby.

The company is perhaps best known internationally for its association with Dame Joan Sutherland, and for Baz Luhrmann's production of Puccini's La bohème in the early 1990s.

In 1988, in association with the Australian Bicentennial Authority, the company toured Brisbane, Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth and the National Opera Workshop in Melbourne with The Ra Project, a music-theatre work composed with the direct participation from the earliest stages of the singers who performed it and marking director Baz Luhrmann's first association with the Australian Opera.

Commercially successful Australian films have included Paul Hogan's Crocodile Dundee, Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge!

Low budget films such as the comedy / drama Muriel's Wedding, starring Toni Collette, the gently satirical suburban comedy The Castle directed by Rob Sitch ( which cast Eric Bana in his first prominent film role ), and Baz Luhrmann's flamboyant Strictly Ballroom each attained commercial and critical success, and explored quirky characters inhabiting contemporary Australian suburbia-marking something of a departure from the Outback and historical sagas which obtained success in the 1970s and 1980s.

More recent examples include the Can-can scene in Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge!

Nicole Kidman co-starred with Hugh Jackman in Baz Luhrmann's successful 2008 film Australia ( 2008 film ) | Australia.

In 2001, Mýa lent her voice to two film soundtrack projects ; Walt Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge!

Also filmed in Sydney was Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge!

* John Leguizamo in Baz Luhrmann's 1996 modernized film adaption, Romeo + Juliet

** In 1996, Harold Perrineau Jr. portrayed Mercutio in Baz Luhrmann's modernized version, William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet.

The statue watches over fictional " Verona Beach " in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet.

In 2007, Mendelsohn starred in the third season of the TV series Love My Way and in 2008, he appeared in Baz Luhrmann's Australia and filmed the 10-part Melbourne series Tangle, which premiered on Showcase in 2009.

Safran also recorded a parody of Baz Luhrmann's song " Everybody's Free ( To Wear Sunscreen )" entitled " Not the Sunscreen Song " which includes lines such as " Never live in Adelaide, it's a hole " and " Remember, you can't get pregnant the first time you have sex ".

But for all its lapses, this is probably the liveliest, most vibrant Elizabethan production since Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet.

Harold Perrineau ( born Harold Williams ; August 7, 1963 ) is an American actor known for the roles of Michael Dawson in the U. S. television series Lost, Link in The Matrix films and games, Augustus Hill in the American television series Oz, and Mercutio in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet.

Mercurio is well known for his lead role in Baz Luhrmann's Strictly Ballroom ( 1992 ).

He also debuted as a motion picture music composer with famed Scottish composer Craig Armstrong and Marius De Vries for the soundtrack for Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet in 1996.

In 1998 he won a BAFTA Award ( Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music ) for his work arranging the score and soundtrack for Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet.

Nellee Hooper was responsible for the BAFTA award-winning soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet in 1996.

More recently, Joe Wright ( Pride & Prejudice, Atonement ) has cited Lean's works, particularly Doctor Zhivago, as an important influence on his work, and Baz Luhrmann has named Lean as one of the inspirations for his 2008 epic Australia.

Tai subsequently merged many features from Baz back into tla, but in March 2008 indicated that tla was no longer under active development and was no longer competitive with other version control systems.

Bathurst Island was depicted as Mission Island in the 2008 Baz Luhrmann film Australia.

He worked with Baz Luhrmann as a writer on the 2008 film Australia.

Baz Luhrmann stated that his successful musical film Moulin Rouge!

* September 17 – Baz Luhrmann, Australian film director

Baz Luhrmann directed a series of international hits and returned to Australia for the production of 2008's Australia, which showcased a host of Australian stars including Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman and David Wenham and went on to become the second highest grossing film in Australian cinematic history.

Baz Luhrman's Australia features several nods to Leone's film, including a homestead with a squeaky windmill, an almost-identical funeral scene, and the antagonistic relationship of the film's villains.

Kununurra has a Celebrity Tree Park with many trees planted by famous people including Rolf Harris, and more recently Baz Luhrmann, after the majority of the filming for his film Australia was conducted just outside of Kununurra.

With Sony Pictures Classics distributing the film and Oscar-winning director Baz Luhrmann praising it, Lagaan had a chance to win.

Baz Luhrmann stated that his successful musical film Moulin Rouge!

David Ian, who will produce the musical, has been receiving the stage rights from Costner, a producer of the film as well as its star, and Lawrence Kasdan, who wrote it, reports Baz Bamigboye.

" The director of the movie, Baz Luhrmann, revealed in the DVD commentary that he believes it is one of the greatest film exit songs ever written.

Australian film director, Baz Luhrmann also scored a number one hit with a song explaining the way you should live life, passing on advice.

Mazelle may be best known as the singer of the cover version of the song " Young Hearts Run Free " in the 1996 Baz Luhrmann film William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet, which also appeared on the director's remix album Something for Everybody.

Baz Luhrmann's 2001 film musical, Moulin Rouge!

* Catherine Martin-Production designer ( wife of film director, Baz Luhrmann, notable for Romeo and Juliet and others )

In 2001 Safina contributed to the score of Baz Luhrmann ’ s film Moulin Rouge !.