Moulin Rouge Page #3

But the sun's been kind

While I wrote this song

It's for people like you that

Keep it turned on

So excuse me forgetting

But these things I do

You see, I've forgotten

If they're green or they're blue

Anyway, the thing is

What I really mean

Yours are the sweetest eyes

I've ever seen

And you can tell everybody

This is your song

It may be quite simple, but

Now that it's done

I hope you don't mind

I hope you don't mind

That I put down in words

How wonderful life is

Now you're in the world

TOULOUSE:

Looks like he got the job!

[LAUGHING]

I can't believe it.

I'm in love.

I'm in love with a young...

...handsome, talented duke.

Duke?

Not that the title's important,

of course.

I'm not a duke.

Not a duke?

I'm a writer.

A writer?

Yes, a writer.

No!

Toulouse--

Toulouse.

Oh, no. You're not another

of Toulouse's oh-so-talented...

...charmingly Bohemian,

impoverished protgs?

You might say that.

Oh, no!

I'm going to kill him.

I think there might be a small hitch.

What about the Duke?

ZIDLER:
My dear Duke--

The Duke!

The Duke?

Hide! Out back!

My dear, are you decent for the Duke?

Where were you?

I.... I was waiting.

Dearest Duke, allow me to introduce

Mademoiselle Satine!

Monsieur, how wonderful of you to take

time out of your busy schedule to visit.

The pleasure, I fear, will be

entirely mine, my dear.

ZIDLER:
I'll leave you two squirrels

to get better acquainted. Ta-ta.

A kiss on the hand may be

quite continental....

But diamonds are a girl's best friend.

After tonight's pretty exertions

on the stage...

...you must be in need of refreshment.

Don't! Don't you...

...just love the view?

Hm?

Charming.

Oh! Ooh.

I feel like dancing.

[SQUEALING]

Uh.... Uh....

I should like a glass of champagne.

Ah!

It's....

It's a little bit funny.

What is?

This...

[WHlSPERlNG] Feeling.

...feeling...

Inside.

...inside.

I'm not one of those who can easily...

...hide.

[CLATTERS]

I don't have much money...

...but if I did,

I'd buy a big house...

...where we both could live.

[SINGING]

I hope you don't mind

I hope you don't mind

That I put down in words

How wonderful

Life is

Now you're in

The world

That's very beautiful.

It's from Spectacular Spectacular.

Suddenly, with you here...

...I finally understood the true meaning

of the words.

"How wonderful life is

now you're in the world."

And what meaning is that, my dear?

Oh!

[SOBBING]

Duke!

Don't you toy with my emotions.

You must know the effect

you have on women.

Let's make love!

You want to make love, don't you?

Make love?

SATINE:

I knew you felt the same way!

Oh, Duke!

You're right. We should wait

until opening night.

DUKE:

Wait? Wait?

There's a power in you that scares me.

You should go.

I just got here.

We'll see each other every day

during rehearsal.

We must wait. We must wait

until opening night.

Get out.

Do you have any idea what would have

happened if you were found?

[GASPING]

Satine?

Let's have a little peekaboo.

Right on target.

I forgot my hat--

Foul play?

Oh, Duke.

It's a little bit funny,

this feeling inside!

Beautifully spoken, Duke.

Let me introduce you. The writer.

The writer?

SATINE:
Yes.

Oh, yes. We were rehearsing.

[LAUGHS]

You expect me to believe

that scantily clad...

...in the arms of another man, in the middle

of the night, inside an elephant...

...you were rehearsing?

How's the rehearsal going?

Shall we take it from the top?

I hope the piano's in tune.

ARGENTlNEAN:
Sorry, got held up.

Can I offer you a drink?

Oh, my goodness!

When I spoke those words to you,

you filled me with such inspiration.

I realized how much work we had to do

by tomorrow...

...so I called everyone together

for an emergency rehearsal.

If you're rehearsing, where's Zidler?

I didn't bother Harold.

My dear Duke, I'm most terribly sorry.

Harold, you made it. lt's all right, the Duke

knows all about the emergency rehearsal.

Emergency rehearsal?

To incorporate the Duke's

artistic ideas.

Audrey will be only too delighted--

Audrey left.

What?

SATINE:

The cat's out of the bag.

The Duke's already a big fan

of our new writer's work.

That's why he's so keen to invest.

Invest? Invest!

Oh, yes. Invest!

You can hardly blame me for

trying to hide...

Christian.

ZIDLER:
...Christian away.

I'm way ahead of you, Zidler.

My dear Duke, why don't you and I

go to my office to peruse the paperwork.

What's the story?

The story?

If I'm to invest,

I need to know the story.

Well, the story's about....

Toulouse?

The story is.... The story's about....

It's about....

It's about love.

Love?

It's about love

overcoming all obstacles.

And it's set in Switzerland!

Switzerland?

Exotic Switzerland!

India! India! It's set in lndia!

And there's a courtesan.

The most beautiful courtesan

in all the world.

But her kingdom's invaded

by an evil maharajah.

Now, in order to save her kingdom,

she has to seduce the evil maharajah.

But on the night of the seduction,

she mistakes...

...a penniless-- A penniless...

...sitar player...

...for the evil maharajah,

and she falls in love with him.

He wasn't trying to trick her.

But he was dressed as a maharajah...

...because he's appearing in a play.

I will play the penniless tango-dancing

sitar player.

He will sing like an angel...

...but dance like the devil.

Yes, all right.

And what happens next?

The penniless sitar player

and the courtesan...

...they have to hide their love

from the evil maharajah.

The sitar player's sitar is magical.

It can only speak the truth.

And I will play the magical sitar!

You are beautiful.

You are ugly. And you--

And he gives the game away, eh?

Yes!

Tell him about the cancan!

The Tantric cancan--

It's an erotic, spectacular scene that

captures the thrusting, violent, vibrant...

...wild, Bohemian spirit...

...that this whole production

embodies, Duke.

What does that mean by that?

I mean the show will be a magnificent...

...opulent, tremendous, stupendous...

...gargantuan bedazzlement!

A sensual ravishment.

It will be....

[SINGING]

Spectacular Spectacular

No words in the vernacular

Can describe this great event

You'll be dumb with wonderment

Returns are fixed at ten percent

You must agree that's excellent

And on top of your fee

ALL:

You'll be involved artistically

So exciting

The audience will stomp and cheer

So delighting

It will run for 50 years

So exciting

The audience will stomp and cheer

So delighting

It will run for 50 years

Elephants

Bohemians

Indians

And courtesans

Acrobats

And juggling bears

Exotic girls

Fire-eaters

Musclemen

Contortionists

Intrigue, danger

And romance

Electric lights, machinery

And all that electricity!

So exciting

The audience will stomp and cheer

So delighting

It will run for 50 years

So exciting

The audience will stomp and cheer

So delighting

It will run for 50 years!

Spectacular Spectacular

No words in the vernacular

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