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Across the Universe [Blu-ray] | ![Across the Universe [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51T24FuHPEL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Julie Taymor
Actors: Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson (vi), Dana Fuchs, Martin Luther (ii)
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  394 reviews
Sales Rank: 3194
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), Portuguese (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Korean (Subtitled), Thai (Subtitled), Portuguese (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Blu-ray
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 133
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: 94663
UPC: 043396194663
EAN: 0043396194663
ASIN: B000ZLFALS
Theatrical Release Date: October 9, 2007
Release Date: February 5, 2008
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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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Beatles audio CD | Stills from Across the Universe (click for larger image)
Product Description
Columbia Pictures Across The Universe (Blu-ray)
"Across The Universe," from director Julie Taymor, is a revolutionary rock musical that re-imagines America in the turbulent late-1960s, a time when battle lines werebeing drawn at home and abroad. When young dockworker Jude (Jim Sturgess) leaves Liverpool to find his estranged father in America, he is swept up bythe waves of change that are re-shaping the nation. Jude falls in love with Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood), a rich but sheltered American girl who joins thegrowing anti-war movement in New York's GreenwichVillage. As the body count in Vietnam rises, political tensions at home spiral out of control and the star-crossed lovers find themselves in a psychedelic world gone mad. With a cameo by Bono, "Across The Universe" is "the kind of movie you watch again, like listening to a favorite album." (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times).
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 Awesome! September 7, 2008
I love this movie! If you like the Beatles, I'm sure you'll love it too!
Amazing - A Must See September 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This film is such a discovery and so unique. Someone decided to take a chance and go into new territory and it more than succeeded. A film that manages to show all the emotions and reality of what the late 60s was and to do it with very believable characters and Beatles music to boot.
This film is more than a musical. All emotions are expressed in song and having the characters sing them is amazingly effective. I must say that you do not have to be a Beatles fan to admire this film. The songs are used so expertly and so perfectly placed speaking such emotion that it's as if you are hearing them for the first time. Also, the songs you know may take on a new meaning for they are so well interpreted here. You also see the depth there really was to the Beatles songs, early in their career and later, for all carry an emotional wallop here.
I found the male lead Jim Sturges as Jude the true revelation here. His acting was superb. His singing was amazing. He not only had a great voice but he maneaged to evoke such sincere emotion and feelings into each song. Evan Rachel Wood as Lucy was superb as well and seeing her here made me realize how many excellent films I have seen her in and what a great quality collection of work she is establishing. (Also, don't you love it - Jude and Lucy !! )
The 60's defintitely live here and again the music runs the show. Some are production numbers, some are solo pieces and some have action in the background. ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE and HEY JUDE are both amazing. This film will grab you and you will have an amzing experience. Even Selma Hayek appeares in a very unique cameo and I was really wowed. I had to give the film 4 stars for I found a few of the experimental song scenarios did not work well. Very few, mind you. So is this a masterpiece? Not quite, but it is definitely one of the best films of the year and deserves a place in film history. Excellent acting all around, great vocal interpretation with the great music selections. And a plot that will grab you. It shows the late 60's in a very unique way.
I highly recomend this. It is a must see.
Great! September 5, 2008
I don't usually watch musicals, but this one is excellent. If you're a Beatles fan, you'll love it. Also, Evan Rachel Wood is a knock-out!
Across The Universe August 31, 2008
This is a must see if you have any interest in Beatles music. I found myself going to wikipedia to find out what the Beatles were trying to communicate and what the director was trying to create in this musical. Cast of actors were Phenomenal.
Imagine August 27, 2008
Who would have thought that this could be done? Stringing a story through the soundtrack of our lives could have been trite. The movie though, captures the times between 1964 and 1969 perfectly. The evolution of the politics, music and graphic imagery mirrors what I remember. The references to charactors and historical people is very clever, and it was all done without being a slave to literalism. The interpretations of the songs are novel and imaginative. "I Wanna Hold Your Hand", "Happiness is a Warm Gun" and "Carry That Weight" are totally unexpected, but in an alternate universe, could be just what Lennon and McCartney intended.
As a separate issue, I was bowled over by Diana Fuchs' performance. She channels Janis Joplin and Joan Osborne without imitating them, and is proof positive of the magic of the blues.
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