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
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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
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: 
- Great!
My granddaughter loves this movie and I finally watched it.Enjoyed it so much I think I have watched it at least 4-5 times since then.Amazing how they worked the Beatles songs into this movie. Across the Universe (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Rating: 
- Good promise.
I actually went to see this movie, hoping to hate it, because I thought it was disrespectful to the Beatles, but it turned out to be interesting.
Some of the song references were a little corny (i.e. the clerk saying "well I imagine that when I'm sixty-four....") but it made up by having a good storyline.
Rating: - Welcome to the retro world we live in.
The range and change in Beatles music is mirrored in the lives of this highly charged adult fantasy that could have been real for someone.The singing is not always equal to the source, but fits the plot.Like many recent musical defined stories, this one can strain the intent of the composer/performer.That given, the characters are honest in their performances and their growth through time is adequately portrayed.This along with so many other "Baby Boomer Retros" tries hard to define that ... Read More
Rating: 
- Not for Die-Hard Beatles Fans
I am a die-hard beatles fan and I absolutely hate this movie. The songs chosen are the generic Beatles, none of the true good ones (come on, no A Day in the Life? or Sgt Peppers? or Norwegian Wood? or Back in the USSR? the list goes on and on). They throw in random Beatles songs that don't fit into the plot what-so-ever (Blackbird, Come Together, While My Guitar Gently Weeps just to name a few). Oh, but there are plenty generic Beatles songs: Hey Jude, I Want to Hold Your Hand, Something, All You ... Read More
Rating: - PLEASE, DON'T CALL THIS BEATLES
First off let me relate a story that will demonstrate my clear bias to this film going in - My wife had bought the CD based on some review that she had read or on some one's recommendation, it doesn't matter which. She played it for me in the car one night. Before it got to the third song I pulled it out of the deck and tossed it. The music was so bad it was insulting. I couldn't believe that anyone could possibly consider these basterdized renditions of some of the Beatles' greatest songs as music ... Read More
- Great!My granddaughter loves this movie and I finally watched it.Enjoyed it so much I think I have watched it at least 4-5 times since then.Amazing how they worked the Beatles songs into this movie. Across the Universe (Two-Disc Special Edition)
- Good promise.I actually went to see this movie, hoping to hate it, because I thought it was disrespectful to the Beatles, but it turned out to be interesting.
Some of the song references were a little corny (i.e. the clerk saying "well I imagine that when I'm sixty-four....") but it made up by having a good storyline.
- Welcome to the retro world we live in.The range and change in Beatles music is mirrored in the lives of this highly charged adult fantasy that could have been real for someone.The singing is not always equal to the source, but fits the plot.Like many recent musical defined stories, this one can strain the intent of the composer/performer.That given, the characters are honest in their performances and their growth through time is adequately portrayed.This along with so many other "Baby Boomer Retros" tries hard to define that ... Read More
- Not for Die-Hard Beatles FansI am a die-hard beatles fan and I absolutely hate this movie. The songs chosen are the generic Beatles, none of the true good ones (come on, no A Day in the Life? or Sgt Peppers? or Norwegian Wood? or Back in the USSR? the list goes on and on). They throw in random Beatles songs that don't fit into the plot what-so-ever (Blackbird, Come Together, While My Guitar Gently Weeps just to name a few). Oh, but there are plenty generic Beatles songs: Hey Jude, I Want to Hold Your Hand, Something, All You ... Read More
- PLEASE, DON'T CALL THIS BEATLESFirst off let me relate a story that will demonstrate my clear bias to this film going in - My wife had bought the CD based on some review that she had read or on some one's recommendation, it doesn't matter which. She played it for me in the car one night. Before it got to the third song I pulled it out of the deck and tossed it. The music was so bad it was insulting. I couldn't believe that anyone could possibly consider these basterdized renditions of some of the Beatles' greatest songs as music ... Read More
