The film was initially screened in many North American cinemas during the "Coming Attractions" section preceding the main feature.
[2] A famous celebrity (Nicole Kidman) runs away in a pink dress in the middle of Times Square in New York City, only to get into a cab with the one man who does not know who she is, a plot line similar to Roman Holiday.
[3] After four days in his Lower East Side apartment, her secretary (Lagerfeld) commands her to return to her life as a celebrity.
[4] The paparazzi take pictures of her as she walks upstairs and looks at big letters, a graphical device often used in Luhrmann's Red Curtain Trilogy, on top of a building that read "Coco Chanel" with her lover standing next to them.
The main musical theme of the film is Claude Debussy's "Clair de lune", arranged by Craig Armstrong and performed by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.