Disc 1. Moulin Rouge:
Christian (Ewan McGregor), a young writer with a magical gift for poetry, defies his bourgeois father by moving to the bohemian underworld of Montmartre, Paris. He is taken in by the absinthe-soaked artist Toulouse-Lautrec, whose party-hard life centres around the Moulin Rouge, a world of sex, drugs, electricity & the shocking Can-Can. Christian falls into a passionate but ultimately doomed love affair with Satine, the Sparkling Diamond (Nicole Kidman), the most beautiful courtesan in Paris & star of the Moulin Rouge.
Disc 2. West Side Story:
Garnering a total of 10 Academy Awards -including Best Picture of 1961- West Side Story set a brilliant standard for movie musicals that remains unsurpassed to this day. Directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins from Ernest Lehmans spectacular screenplay, the film combines the unforgettable score (Maria, America, Somewhere, Tonight) of Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim with Robbins exuberant choreography to create a transcendent fusion of realism and fantasy that will forever be a feast for the eye, the ear and, ultimately, the heart.
A triumph on every level, this electrifying musical sets the ageless tragedy of Romeo And Juliet against a backdrop of 1950s New York. Starring Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn and –in Supporting Actor Oscar-winning roles– Rita Moreno and George Chakiris, it remains "one of the most popular film musicals in history." --Cine Books Motion Picture Guide..