2006-09-18 09:26:06 · 16 answers · asked by swot 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
This quote DEFINITELY is from the song "Nature Boy" which was first made famous by Nat King Cole in the late 1940's. But it was not written by him, according to some sources.
From Wikipedia:
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"Nature Boy" is a song by Eden Ahbez, published in 1947.
Song origin:
Ahbez composed the song about friend and fellow freegan Tribesman Robert Gypsy Boots Bootzin, which told a fantasy of a "strange enchanted boy" "who wandered very far" only to learn that "the greatest gift" "was just to love and be loved in return." The song's melody is based on a Yiddish tune, Schweig Mein Hertz (Be Still My Heart).
"Nature Boy" was a primary theme of the film score for the 1948 film 'The Boy with Green Hair'. The original version of the song was used for the film.
2006-09-19 05:03:09 · answer #1 · answered by MrTokyo 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's said by Ewan MacGregors character in Moulin Rouge, it is also in either the outtro or intro for the song Nature Boy by Nat King Cole which is performed by David Bowie on the Soundtrack
There was a boy
A very strange enchanted boy
They say he wandered very far, very far
Over land and sea
A little shy and sad of eye
But very wise was he
And then one day
A magic day he passed my way
And while we spoke of many things
Fools and kings
This he said to me
"The greatest thing you'll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return"
2006-09-18 11:35:33 · answer #2 · answered by Hannie S 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Song Nature Boy. Sung by Nat King Cole.
2006-09-18 09:36:46 · answer #3 · answered by bernice l 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everybody is right, it did come from Moulin Rouge. But the entire script of Moulin Rouge is pieced together from songs. Rachel Maria is right. Christian in Moulin Rouge got that line from the Nat King Cole song, "Nature Boy".
2006-09-18 09:38:51 · answer #4 · answered by Ginny D 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ewan McGregor's character in Moulin Rouge
2006-09-18 09:32:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Eden Ahbez wrote the original poem from which the Nat King Cole song was later written.
2006-09-18 09:51:55 · answer #6 · answered by David C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christian - Ewan McGregor, Moulin Rouge and also Toulouse-John Leguizamo says it in the end
2006-09-18 09:35:03 · answer #7 · answered by TheOnlyOne_05 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ewan McGregor, Moulin Rouge, on eof the best movies eva
2006-09-18 09:28:26 · answer #8 · answered by MMTS 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Nat King Cole in a song which I think is called 'Nature Boy'
2006-09-18 09:27:52 · answer #9 · answered by Rachel Maria 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mark Twain
2006-09-18 09:32:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋