Across the Universe (Two-Disc Special Edition)
starring: Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson (VI), Dana Fuchs, Martin Luther (II)
directed by: Julie Taymor
directed by: Julie Taymor
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Studio: Sony Pictures Home EntRelease Date: 09/23/2008Run time: 133 minutesRating: Pg13
Amazon.com:
Set in America during the Vietnam War, Across the Universe is a powerful love story set against a backdrop of political and social unrest: it's a story of soul-searching, self-doubt, and individual powerlessness cleverly conveyed through a multitude of Beatles songs. Like young adults all across America during the 1960's, Jude (Jim Sturgess), Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood), Max (Joe Anderson), Sadie (Dana Fuchs), Prudence (T.V. Carpio), and JoJo (Martin Luther) are in turmoil over the war; questioning their individual roles in the war effort and struggling to find a way to hold true to their beliefs while making a difference in the world. While love proves a powerful uniting force, its limitations become clear as relationships are strained and broken over individual perceptions of responsibility to cause and country. A fairly bizarre juxtaposition of extremely stylized, almost hallucinogenic scenes of swirling colors and reflections, highly choreographed dance segments, seemingly commonplace character interaction, and emotionally packed close-up footage of characters lost in contemplative song, this film imparts a good sense of the confusion and passion of the time and is at once powerful, invigorating, and disturbing. The film runs a bit long at 2-hours 11-minutes and several segments drag noticeably thanks to some incredibly slow song tempos. Warning: this production may change how you think about a favorite Beatles song forever.--Tami Horiuchi
Beyond Across the Universe
Stills from Across the Universe (click for larger image)
Studio: Sony Pictures Home EntRelease Date: 09/23/2008Run time: 133 minutesRating: Pg13
Amazon.com:
Set in America during the Vietnam War, Across the Universe is a powerful love story set against a backdrop of political and social unrest: it's a story of soul-searching, self-doubt, and individual powerlessness cleverly conveyed through a multitude of Beatles songs. Like young adults all across America during the 1960's, Jude (Jim Sturgess), Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood), Max (Joe Anderson), Sadie (Dana Fuchs), Prudence (T.V. Carpio), and JoJo (Martin Luther) are in turmoil over the war; questioning their individual roles in the war effort and struggling to find a way to hold true to their beliefs while making a difference in the world. While love proves a powerful uniting force, its limitations become clear as relationships are strained and broken over individual perceptions of responsibility to cause and country. A fairly bizarre juxtaposition of extremely stylized, almost hallucinogenic scenes of swirling colors and reflections, highly choreographed dance segments, seemingly commonplace character interaction, and emotionally packed close-up footage of characters lost in contemplative song, this film imparts a good sense of the confusion and passion of the time and is at once powerful, invigorating, and disturbing. The film runs a bit long at 2-hours 11-minutes and several segments drag noticeably thanks to some incredibly slow song tempos. Warning: this production may change how you think about a favorite Beatles song forever.--Tami Horiuchi
Beyond Across the Universe
 On Blu-ray |  The Deluxe Soundtrack |  Beatles audio CD |
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Love the movie and the music
I rented this movie originally just to hear the Beatles soundtrack..then after that HAD to have it. Must have watched it at least ten times already..all the characters are good, the music still fantastic, and the second extras disc has lots of interesting stuff too. I bought two so I could give one as a gift. I enjoyed everything, including the fact that the two or three "leads" were all practically unknowns. If you like musicals, Beatles, a short 60s history lesson, it's all there..enjoy!
Rating: - done so well
this movie is a grate reminder of the way it was. The musical performances were very well done. The way they depickted the music was very tasteful. The Fab four would very much aprove of the way there songs were used. The stoy of then being so well told now. Evan Rachel Wood should be reconised very highly for her work.Hope to see more of what she can do...........
Rating: 
- ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
WONDERFUL PERIOD PIECE TAKING US THROUGH THE MOST IMPORTANT SOCIAL STRUGGLES OF A GENERATION, FROM VIET NAM, WOMEN'S RIGHTS, BLACK RIGHTS, AND THE YOUNGER GENERATION USING MUSIC TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS, AND PEACEFUL AS WELL AS VIOLENT RIOTS GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.ALL SET TO BEATLES MUSIC.......VERY APPROPRIATELY.
Rating: 
- Why?
The world of art basically has four types of people: Talented artists who get the recognition they deserve, talented artists who never get the recognition they deserve, untalented artists who never get recognition because they don't deserve it, and untalented artists who get recognition even though they don't deserve it.
The latter category flourishes by creating its own subculture which, by unspoken consensus, agrees to praise each others' works with psuedo-intellectual evaluations ... Read More
Rating: - Across the Universe Blue-Ray
Wife really liked this one.Nicely done and I ended up buying the Across The Universe [Deluxe Edition]
- Love the movie and the musicI rented this movie originally just to hear the Beatles soundtrack..then after that HAD to have it. Must have watched it at least ten times already..all the characters are good, the music still fantastic, and the second extras disc has lots of interesting stuff too. I bought two so I could give one as a gift. I enjoyed everything, including the fact that the two or three "leads" were all practically unknowns. If you like musicals, Beatles, a short 60s history lesson, it's all there..enjoy!
- done so wellthis movie is a grate reminder of the way it was. The musical performances were very well done. The way they depickted the music was very tasteful. The Fab four would very much aprove of the way there songs were used. The stoy of then being so well told now. Evan Rachel Wood should be reconised very highly for her work.Hope to see more of what she can do...........
- ACROSS THE UNIVERSEWONDERFUL PERIOD PIECE TAKING US THROUGH THE MOST IMPORTANT SOCIAL STRUGGLES OF A GENERATION, FROM VIET NAM, WOMEN'S RIGHTS, BLACK RIGHTS, AND THE YOUNGER GENERATION USING MUSIC TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS, AND PEACEFUL AS WELL AS VIOLENT RIOTS GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.ALL SET TO BEATLES MUSIC.......VERY APPROPRIATELY.
- Why?The world of art basically has four types of people: Talented artists who get the recognition they deserve, talented artists who never get the recognition they deserve, untalented artists who never get recognition because they don't deserve it, and untalented artists who get recognition even though they don't deserve it.
The latter category flourishes by creating its own subculture which, by unspoken consensus, agrees to praise each others' works with psuedo-intellectual evaluations ... Read More
- Across the Universe Blue-RayWife really liked this one.Nicely done and I ended up buying the Across The Universe [Deluxe Edition]
