Burlesque is a 2010 drama film directed and written by dominic deacon and starring haydn evans, christina hallett and poppy cherry. Italy, 3 december 2010, turin film festival premiere. United states november 24, 2010 nationwide canada november 24, 2010. Burlesque is a classic musical or theatrical entertainment of parodic humour burlesque may also refer to. The story follows a smalltown girl who leaves for l. Directed by internationally renowned australian filmmaker baz luhrmann, moulin rouge is a euphorically highstyle vision of a glamorous 19th century underworld captured for contemporary audiences. Grammywinning divas cher and christina aguilera star in this musical drama, which quickly became a camp.
Burlesques outrageous costumes and bold choreography enrapture the young ingenue, who vows to perform there one day. A small town singer, ali christina aguilera, moves to the big city for her chance at stardom where she is enchanted by burlesque, a glamorous nightclub packed with dancers, sizzling music, and an owner cher in. Official trailer from the australian feature film, burlesque. Official burlesque trailer in theaters 1124 youtube. It plays up the kitsch in order to cover its many deficiencies. American burlesque, a form of variety show popular from the 1860s. We have another amazing look into the movie burlesque with the release of a new extened movie trailer. A mixture of coyote ugly and showgirls, burlesque is a sexy and exciting dance film. With haydn evans, christina hallett, poppy cherry, virginia bowers. Burlesque 2010 australian film is within the scope of wikiproject australia, which aims to improve wikipedias coverage of australia and australiarelated topics. Original motion picture soundtrack, comprises ten songs. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Burlesque 2010 australian film is within the scope of wikiproject australia, which aims to improve wikipedia s coverage of australia and australiarelated topics.
Like the dancers on sunset boulevard, burlesque knuckles down, scrubs up, and makes the goddamn best of things. Everything you need to know about burlesque movie 2010. The film was released on 26 august 2010 in australia and won best australian feature film at the 2010 sexy international film festival. Born today most popular celebs most popular celebs celebrity news. Allegro con brio presto, the 4th movement of violin concerto no. Burlesque, by george manker watters and arthur hopkins, filmed as the dance of life. The first year was a blank slate, a clean palate for performers to carve their mark into. Express is a song recorded by american singer christina aguilera for the accompanying soundtrack album to her film burlesque 2010. Release dates 71 also known as aka 33 release dates canada 24 november 2010. Vom zufall gefuhrt, landet landei ali christina aguilera in. Start this article has been rated as startclass on the projects quality scale. Lola martinet windy city burlesque fest 2010 by wcbf2010.
The paths of four diverse strangers intersect at an immigration detention center in the australian outback. Produced by the newly formed bijou group, miss burlesque australia was the brainchild of australian strip veteran cassandra jane and in its two years was coproduced with jac bowie. If there were more movies like this the world would be a happier place. Burlesque was released in 2010 on wednesday, november 24, 2010 in 3,037 theaters. Neoburlesque, a revival and updating of the traditional american burlesque performance. There were 5 other movies released on the same date, including love and other drugs, faster and the legend of pale male. Frank bannister is about to have a very long night. In a city of dreams and beyond your imagination, there exists a magical world that comes to life. At best the film has curiosity value as it features the acting debut of christina aguilera, who also. The beautiful people burlesque original motion picture soundtrack christina aguilera. John patrick shanley, steve lindsey, matthew gerrard, charlie midnight. The burlesque shows in burlesque feature no nudity, no striptease, no baggy pants comedians and no performers with names like porsche galore. Burlesque 2010 australian film alchetron, the free.
The track premiered on november 3, 2010 on on air with ryan seacrest to promote the soundtrack. Tricky stewart and claude kelly and was produced by stewart, express is an uptempo electropop number. Globe for best musical comedy seems entirely apt for burlesque. And its this tension that rescues burlesque a film cursed with being too competent to be a showgirlsstyle guilty. Italy 3 december 2010 turin film festival premiere japan 7 december 2010 tokyo premiere netherlands 16 december 2010. She lands a job as a cocktail waitress at the burlesque lounge. Late one dark and stormy night his existence is disturbed when two eccentric exotic dancers arrive on his doorstep. Australian burlesque festival official channel youtube. Italy 3 december 2010 turin film festival premiere.
Cabaret, burlesque australia event guide to australia. Burlesque, a 1972 single by family from the bandstand album. Other than that, the shows are identical to the offerings at the rialto and follies burlesque houses that flourished on south state street when i first visited chicago as a sinseeking teenager. Australian underground filmmaker dominic deacon also picks a couple of psychos to bedevil his writer main character, frank bannister haydn evans, in the twisty mindwarp thriller burlesque, but his antagonists are far more sexier than annie wilkes or madman munt. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. With cher, christina aguilera, alan cumming, eric dane. Theres also some swearing including st and one use of fk and drinking including a scene in which a character drives under the. Drama 26 august 2010 australia frank bannister is about to have a very long night. The writer of violent horror stories, frank, is alone, depressed and one step from full blown alcoholism. Winner best australian feature film sexy international film festival 2010.
Soon enough, ali builds a friendship with a featured dancer julianne hough, finds an enemy in a troubled, jealous performer kristen bell, and garners the affection of jack cam gigandet, a bartender and fellow musician. And its this tension that rescues burlesque a film cursed with being too competent to be a showgirlsstyle. A writer of violent horror stories, frank is alone, depressed, and one step from full blown alcoholism. Written by etta james, leroy kirkland and pearl woods. Low this article has been rated as lowimportance on the projects importance scale. If you would like to participate, visit the project page. In this stopmotion short film, a bird raised by mice begins to question where she belongs and sets off on a daring journey of selfdiscovery. Burlesque is, as that wellknown film critic friedrich nietzsche might have put it. Parents need to know that singers cher and christina aguilera star in this fairly sexy musical, which has lots of suggestive dancing and skimpy costumes, as well as a scene with a naked male backside, some kissing, and some undercovers snuggling. Burlesque, a soundtrack album by cher and christina aguilera from the 2010 film of the same name. It is an annual competition with finals in all states of australia except nt, ending in a grand final.