Across The Universe
Musical, Romance
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment  (10/12/2007) 133 mins PG-13

7.6 (32,244 votes)
Across The Universe from director Julie Taymor, is a revolutionary rock musical that re-imagines American in the turbulent late 1960s, a time when battle lines were being drawn at home and abroad.

When young dockworker Jude (Jim Sturgess) leaves Liverpool to find his estranged father in America, he is swept up by the 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 the growing anti war movement in New York's Greenwich Village. 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 your favorite album."(Roger Ebert,Chicago Sun Times)...

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Cast and Crew
Martin Luther  ......  Jo-Jo
Dana Fuchs Band  ...... 
Evan Rachel Wood  ......  Lucy
T.V. Carpio  ......  Prudence
Eddie Izzard  ...... 
Joe Anderson  ......  Max Carrigan
Director  .....  Julie Taymor
Producer  .....  Suzanne Todd; Jennifer Todd; Richard Baratta; David Brown; Matthew Gross
Writer  .....  Julie Taymor; Dick Clement; Ian La Frenais
Notes
Goofs:
Continuity: While the characters are outside Mr. Kite's tent, the lighting and shadows keep changing from a mid-day light to a sunset-like light. (more)

Trivia:
Events in the movie are derived from actual 1960s events, such as the violent student protest at Columbia University. The actual explosion at a New York townhouse was the work of the Weather Underground and took place at 18 West 11th Street in Greenwich Village; a photograph of the actual house appears in the movie. The Beatles were also stopped by police while playing a rooftop concert in London. (more)

Filming Locations:
Armour-Stiner House, Irvington, New York, USA (more)

Quotes:
Jude: Where are we going?
Lucy: We're going out of our minds!
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 7 nominations (more)