The Pitch (Spectacular, Spectacular)

"The Pitch (Spectacular, Spectacular)" was a song in Moulin Rouge! performed by Harold Zidler, Satine, The Narcoleptic Argentinean, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Christian, The Doctor, and Satie; it was sung to The Duke as a way of presenting the fictional play Spectacular, Spectacular. In the real world, it was #4 on the Moulin Rouge 2 album (between "One Day I'll Fly Away - Tony Phillips Remix" and "Come What May - Original Film Version").

Film Version
Harold Zidler: 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 7: You'll be involved artistically!

 The Duke [speaking]:  What do you mean by that?

 all 7:  So exciting, the audience will stomp and cheer!

So delighting, it will run for fifty years!

So exciting, the audience will stomp and cheer!

So delighting, it will run for fifty years!

Toulouse-Lautrec: Elephants!

 The Doctor:  Arabians!

Zidler: India!

 Satine:  And courtesans!

Satie: Acrobats!

The Argentinean: And juggling bears!

Satie: Exotic girls!

 all 7:  Fire-eaters!

 Christian:  Musclemen, contortionists,

 all 7:  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 fifty years!

So exciting, the audience will stomp and cheer!

So delighting, it will run for fifty years!

Spectacular, spectacular

No words in the vernacular

Can describe this great event

You'll be dumb with wonderment

The hills are alive, with the sound of music!

So exciting, the audience will stomp and cheer!

So delighting, it will run for fifty years!

So exciting, the audience will stomp and cheer!

So delighting, it will run for fifty years!

 The Duke [speaking]:  Yes, but what happens in the end?

(instrumental)

 Christian:  *(clears throat)*

The courtesan and sitar man

Are pulled apart by an evil plan

 Satine:  But in the end, she hears his song

 Christian:  And their love is just too strong

The Duke: It's a little bit funny

This feelin' inside...

 all 7:  So exciting, the audience will stomp and cheer!

So delighting, it will run for fifty years!

Christian: The sitar player's secret song

Helps them flee the evil one

Though the tyrant rants and rails

It is all to no avail!

 Zidler [speaking]:  I am the evil maharajah! You will not escape!

Satine [speaking]: Oh, Harold, no one could play him like you could!

Zidler [speaking]: No one's going to.

 all 7:  So exciting, we'll make 'em laugh, we'll make 'em cry!

So delighting,

The Duke: And in the end, should someone die?

all 7: So exciting, the audience will stomp and cheer!

So delighting, it will run for fifty years!

 The Duke [speaking]:  Generally, I like it.