The Red Curtain Trilogy is a DVD boxed set, released in 2002, of the first three films directed by Baz Luhrmann, Strictly Ballroom (1992), Romeo + Juliet (1996), and Moulin Rouge! (2001).
The films do not form a trilogy in the traditional sense, as there is no relationship between the plot and characters of the three films. Rather, Luhrmann said that the three films followed a specific style of filmmaking. Each film contains a theatre motif that reappears throughout the film. Dance is used in the first film, poetry and language in the second, and song in the third.
Reception
Box office performance
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! rowspan="2"| Film
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Australian release date
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! rowspan="2"| Budget
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! Australia
! Other territories
! Worldwide
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| Strictly Ballroom
| 20 August 1992
| $11,738,022
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| $11,738,022
| $3 million
!
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| Romeo + Juliet
| 26 December 1996
| $46,351,345
| $101,203,653
| $147,554,998
| $14.5 million
!
|-
| Moulin Rouge!
| 24 May 2001
| $57,386,607
| $121,826,827
| $179,213,434
| $52.5 million
!
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Critical response
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! Film
! Rotten Tomatoes
! Metacritic
! CinemaScore
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| Strictly Ballroom
| 95% (41 reviews)
| 72 (16 reviews)
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| Romeo + Juliet
| 72% (64 reviews)
| 60 (20 reviews)
| A-
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| Moulin Rouge!
| 76% (198 reviews)
| 66 (35 reviews)
| B+
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Academy Award wins and nominations
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! scope="col" | Ceremony
! scope="col" | Category
! scope="col" | Recipient
! scope="col" | Result
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| William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
| 69th Academy Awards || Best Art Direction || Art Direction: Catherine Martin; <br /> Set Decoration: Brigitte Broch ||
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| rowspan="8" | Moulin Rouge!
| rowspan="8" | 74th Academy Awards || Best Picture || Martin Brown, Fred Baron, Baz Luhrmann ||
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| Best Actress || Nicole Kidman ||
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| Best Art Direction || Art Direction: Catherine Martin; <br /> Set Decoration: Brigitte Broch ||
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| Best Cinematography || Donald McAlpine ||
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| Best Costume Design || Catherine Martin, Angus Strathie ||
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| Best Film Editing || Jill Bilcock ||
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| Best Makeup || Maurizio Silvi, Aldo Signoretti ||
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| Best Sound || Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Roger Savage, Guntis Sics ||
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