Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 10/12/07 Home Video 02/05/08 MPAA Rating Rated PG-13 for some drug content, nudity, sexuality, violence and language Running Time 2 hours 11 minutes Genre Romance Director Julie Taymor Writer Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais Cast Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Max Carrigan, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs, Martin Luther, T.V. Carpio Studio Columbia Pictures |
ACROSS THE UNIVERSE (2007)
SYNOPSIS
At once gritty, whimsical and highly theatrical,
Revolution Studios’ Across the Universe is an
original movie musical springing from the
imagination of renowned director Julie Taymor
(Frida, Titus, and the Broadway smash hit musical
“The Lion King”) and writers Dick Clement & Ian La
Frenais (The Commitments).
A love story set against the backdrop of the 1960s
amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, mind
exploration and rock 'n roll, the film moves from
the dockyards of Liverpool to the creative
psychedelia of Greenwich Village, from the riot-
torn streets of Detroit to the killing fields of
Vietnam. The star-crossed lovers, Jude (Jim
Sturgess) and Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood), along
with a small group of friends and musicians, are
swept up into the emerging anti-war and
counterculture movements, with “Dr. Robert”
(Bono) and “Mr. Kite” (Eddie Izzard) as their guides.
Tumultuous forces outside their control ultimately
tear the young lovers apart, forcing Jude and Lucy
– against all odds – to find their own way back to
each other.
--©Sony Pictures
At once gritty, whimsical and highly theatrical,
Revolution Studios’ Across the Universe is an
original movie musical springing from the
imagination of renowned director Julie Taymor
(Frida, Titus, and the Broadway smash hit musical
“The Lion King”) and writers Dick Clement & Ian La
Frenais (The Commitments).
A love story set against the backdrop of the 1960s
amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, mind
exploration and rock 'n roll, the film moves from
the dockyards of Liverpool to the creative
psychedelia of Greenwich Village, from the riot-
torn streets of Detroit to the killing fields of
Vietnam. The star-crossed lovers, Jude (Jim
Sturgess) and Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood), along
with a small group of friends and musicians, are
swept up into the emerging anti-war and
counterculture movements, with “Dr. Robert”
(Bono) and “Mr. Kite” (Eddie Izzard) as their guides.
Tumultuous forces outside their control ultimately
tear the young lovers apart, forcing Jude and Lucy
– against all odds – to find their own way back to
each other.
--©Sony Pictures
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