I Will Die Happy; Countdown to a Sexy, Daniel Day-Lewis Induced Musical Coma: Nine

So as most people know it isn't every day that Daniel Day-Lewis agrees to be in a movie. In fact, once everyone realized that he is the most talented actor alive--which he is--he really removed himself from Hollywood and the filmmaking industry to focus on his family, returning only because he:
a. Was tricked into having lunch with Martin Scorcese and Leonardo DiCaprio so they could convince him to return for his would-be first film in 5 years and play Bill "the Butcher" Cutting in Gangs of New York--good work guys!
b. Support his wife Rebecca Miller, daughter of famous writer Arthur Miller, in 2005's The Ballad of Jack and Rose which she wrote and directed.
c. Is talented, and a talented person will know another talented person when they see one, or when they get a phone call (cough, impromptu visit to a cobblershop where a certain Mr. Day-Lewis was apprenticing, cough) from Paul Thomas Anderson.

Seriously though, I was happy to see him three times in 5 years--I considered that a treat--so in the fall of 2008 when it was announced that he would be in ANOTHER film coming out in 2009 I was fucking psyched. Then, on top of all that, the film was announced to be an adaptation of the musical Nine. Brilliant. I myself have never seen the show but I am a giant fan of big budget Hollywood musicals and there is no way in hell he would ever be in something less than spectacular, regardless because anything he is in is immediately rendered incapable of being less than spectacular anyway. This movie became officially exempt from negative criticism the second he stepped on board, however, had he not one could still predict great things because of the remaining cast.

Academy Award winners Dame Judi Dench (epic British talent), Marion Cotillard (gorgeous French siren talent), Penelope Cruz (spicy upgrade Spanish talent), Nicole Kidman (will stop being boring and remind everyone she can act, smile and play a quality temptress Australian talent), Sophia Loren (legendary iconic diva cougar Italian talent), Academy Award nominee Kate Hudson (cute redeeming blonde Hollywood legacy bubbly seductress talent) and Stacy Ferguson (Fergie. Random and not my favorite idea but the girl can sing and dance, and sometimes not look like a tranny talent (tentatively)). Not much to question with that cast. A who's who of some of the sexiest women in the world now, then and always with a man who oozes accolades and humble, off-the-charts sex appeal . Then there is the story.

Daniel Day-Lewis is a filmmaker who attempts to balance his work and personal life while coddling his relationships with the women around him. This provocative musical of mistresses filled with burlesque, cabaret, drama and deciet and a bunch of seriously sexy people is about to make my life complete. I will gladly watch hours of him getting it on with this group of ladies. It will be nice to see him play someone mild, vibrant and charming yet intense, troubled and corrupt.

The trailer looks phenomenal. Costumes, lovely. Set/Lighting, fantastic. Music, incredible. Cinematography, always great to see how people pull off the film-within-a-film idea. Choreography, bomb. This movie is going to be amazing. Expect to hear about it. A lot. Scheduled for a November 25 release and directed/choreographed by Rob Marshall (of Memoirs of a Geisha and Chicago--hell yes) this will be epic. E-P-I-C.

Watch the trailer in HD, then watch it again, drink some water, take a cold shower, continue watching. Repeat. 193 days. I am crippled with excitement. I'll go change my pants now.

I encourage you to visit the site and watch it in the larger scale HD version, this is the best I can fit on here without cutting anything off. http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/nine/trailer