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At once gritty, whimsical and highly theatrical, Revolution Studios' Across the Universe is a ground- breaking movie musical, springing from the imagination of renowned writer-director Julie Taymor (Frida, Titus, and the Broadway smash hit musical The Lion King) and writers Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais (The Commitments), that brings together an original story and 33 revolutionary songs -- including "Hey Jude," "I Am the Walrus," and "All You Need is Love" -- that defined a generation.
Taymor says, "The idea was to create an original musical using only the songs of the Beatles."
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.
The film also features cameos by such notable stars as U2's Bono, Salma Hayek, Eddie Izzard and singer Joe Cocker.
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from Columbia Pictures
Directed by
Julie Taymor
Starring
Evan Rachel Wood (Lucy)
Jim Sturgess (Jude)
Joe Anderson (Max Carrigan)
Dana Fuchs (Sadie)
Martin Luther McCoy (JoJo)
T.V. Carpio (Prudence)
Bono (Dr. Robert)
Eddie Izzard (Mr. Kite)
Spencer Liff (Daniel)
Lisa Hogg (Jude's Liverpool Girlfriend)
Nicholas Lumley (Cyril)
Michael Ryan (Phil)
Angela Mounsey (Jude's Mother (Martha))
Erin Elliott (Cheer Coach)
Robert Clohessy (Jude's Father)
Curtis Holbrook (Dorm Buddy)
John Jeffrey Martin (Dorm Buddy)
Matt Caplan (Dorm Buddy)
Timothy R. Boyce Jr. (Jock)
Aisha De Haas (Tavern Waitress)
Ellen Hornberger (Lucy's Sister (Julia))
Amanda Cole (Emily)
Danya Taymor (High School Girlfriend)
Linda Emond (Lucy's Mother)
Timothy T. Mitchum (Jo-Jo's Brother)
Carol Woods (Gospel Singer)
Elain Graham (Jo-Jo's mother)
Orfeh (Hooker)
Antonique Smith (Hooker)
Tracy Nicole Chapman (Hooker)
Yassmin Alers (Hooker)
Deidre Goodwin (Hooker)
Joe Cocker (Bum/Pimp/Mad Hippie)
Jacob Pitts (Rap Magazine Employee)
Staceyann Chin (Rap Magazine Employee)
Jeanine Serralles (Dani)
Daniel Stewart Sherman (Cop at Wharf Warehouse)
Harry J. Lennix (Army Sergeant)
Logan Marshall-Green (Paco)
James Urbaniak (Sadie's Manager)
Kathleen Early (SDR Worker)
Ching Valdes-Aran (Luna Park)
Daniel Ezralow (Mother Superior)
Kiva Dawson (Max¹s Girl)
Halley Wegryn Gross (Max¹s Girl)
Luther Creek (Prankster)
Jerzy Gwiazdowski (Prankster)
Arabella Holzbog (Prankster)
Ambrose Martos (Prankster)
Peter Mui (Prankster)
Karine Plantadit-Bageot (Prankster)
Dan Weltner (Prankster)
Christopher Youngsman (Prankster)
Tracy Westmoreland (Fillmore Manager)
Ron Cephas Jones (Black Panther)
W. W. Wilson III (Precinct House Sergeant)
Salma Hayek (Singing Nurse)
Luke Cresswell (Tramp Drumming on Bin Lids)
Jarlath Conroy (Bartender at Max's Bar)
Destan Owens (Sadie's Singer)
Cicily Daniels (Sadie's Singer)
Saycon Sengbloh (Sadie's Singer)
Sam Kitchin (Sergeant on Rooftop)
Chris McGarry (Sergeant on Rooftop)
Frank Hopf (Door Officer at Strawberry Records)
'Cousin Brucie' Morrow (Himself)
Sarah Jayne Jensen (High School Girlfriend)
Jen Arvay (Protester)
Andrew Asnes (Dancer/John)
William Atkinson (Sailor)
Jason Daniel Audette (Hippie)
Matthew Backer (Guru)
Jennifer Bailenson
Mark A. Bailey (Hippie)
Jordan Bass (High School Student/Dancer)
Nicole Berger
Delancey Birzin (Princeton Student)
Michael Biscardi (5th Ave. Protestor)
Adolpho Blaire (Army Recruit)
Randy Blair (Mother Face)
Gregory Allan Bock (Hippie Protester #2)
Michael Boothroyd (Dancing Businessman)
Adrianna Bremont (Hippie)
Tracey Brennan (College Girl)
Colleen Broomall
Brendan Burke (Soldier)
Jamal Burke (Football Player)
Kevin W. Burns (Telegram Sergeant)
Simone Butler (Student Democratic Revolutionary)
Kevin Cannon (Professor)
Johnpaul Castrianni (Cavern Loner)
Joey Chanlin (Protestor)
Sandy Chase (Dancer)
Michael Chenevert (Wounded soldier)
Craig Clary (College Student)
Courtney Lynne Coleman (High School Student)
Marcus Collins (Hippie)
Rick Collum (Columbia University Student Radical)
Laurence Covington (Football Player)
Evan Crothers (Patient)
Cris D'Annunzio (Riot Cop)
Craig DiFrancia (Football Player)
Mike Dobbins (Student for Democratic Reform)
Joe Dolinsky (Hippy dude)
Nick Ellison (Cavern band)
Lisa Marie Farago (Bowler)
Jack Fitz (Daniel's Uncle)
Ramon Flowers (Drag Queen)
Jim Ford (Football Player)
Angelo Fraboni (Soldier/Dancer/Bowler)
Kathryn Eleni Fraggos (Dancer)
Jessica Frank (Cheerleader)
Edwin Freeman (Football Player)
Kurt Froman (Vietnam Inductee)
Samantha Futerman (Prom Dancer)
Shane Geraghty (Acrobat)
Joey Giambattista (Sadie's Fan)
Ryan Lee Gilbert (Student Protestor)
Phillip James Griffith (Frat Boy)
Abigail Gustafson (Protester/Flower Child)
Kristen Haakerud (Cheerleader)
Jeffrey Hawkins (Soldier Patient/Dancer)
Paul Hayes (Cavern band)
Chivonne Hill (Detroit Rioter)
Heather Janneck (Bowling Alley Dancer)
Edward Kasche (Underground News Editor)
Mark Keller (Football Player)
Dominique Kelley (East Village Denizen, Army Recruiter)
Adam Kerbis (Football Player)
Russ Klein (Protester)
Eric Michael Kochmer (Protester)
Larry Laboe (Lucy's Ensemble)
Perri Lauren (Basketball Teamate)
Jeremy Leiner (Dancer)
Nicole Lewis (Young Mother)
Leo G. Liteman (Roadie)
Andrew Llera (Princeton Student)
Cynthia Loebe (Diner Waitress)
Steve Lord (National Guard Soldier)
Shawn Luckey (Hippie)
Tiger Martina
Cory Mayer (Daniel's Brother)
Dolores McDougal (Nurse)
Tim McGarrigal (Dancer)
Chris McMullin (Security at Fillmore East)
Julie McNiven
Melissa Medina (Dancer)
Angel Morales (Dancer)
Kent Moran (Football Player)
Keith Moyer (Loft Artist Partygoer)
Samantha Musumeci (Daniel's sister)
Matthew Neff (Dancer)
Elizabeth Newman (Protestor)
Bryan Noll (Sadie's Band)
Chris Nunez (Department Store Delivery Boy)
Kevin Brendan O'Brien (Delicatessen Waiter)
Kel O'Neill (Hippie)
John Orion (DC Rioter/Hippie at party)
Adesola A. Osakalumi (Black Panther/Dancer)
Justin Osterthaler (Yale Bully)
Richard Kirkman Page (Shipyard Worker)
Keith Patterson (Daniel's Voice)
Chris Philip (Columbia College Student)
Mark Pricskett (Loft Artist Partygoer)
Vitta Quinn (Black/White Painted Mod Girl)
Justin Restivo (Merchant Marine)
Bill Richards (Helicopter Pilot)
Desmond Richardson (Dancer)
Alexus Robertson (Hippie Guitarist)
Thomas Russo (National Guardsman)
Luis Salgado (East Village Denizen/Sergent)
Matt Semino
Kristen Silverman (Hippie)
Brian Smyj (Cop)
Nikki Snelson (East village denizen)
Martin Soole (Army Recruit)
Brian Speaker (Additional Voices)
Jordan Spencer (Dancing Businessman)
Kevin Alexander Stea (East Village Denizen)
Frank Stellato (Football coach)
Ronald Sylvers (Funeral Attendee)
Barney Taylor (Cavern band)
John 'J.T.' Tully (Dancing Businessman)
Annie Vanders (Singing Housewife)
Kevin Watson (Funeral patron)
Bill Weeden (East Village Denizen)
Noah Weisberg (ACLU Lawyer)
Ben Wilkinson (Cavern band)
Brian M. Wixson (Strawberry Records Hippie)
Ira David Wood IV (SDS Revolutionary)
Gail Yudain (High School Teacher)
Written by
Dick Clement
Ian La Frenais
Rated: 
(for some drug content, nudity, sexuality, violence and language) |
Across the Universe (DVD)
Across the Universe [CD]
Original Soundtrack
Across the Universe: Creating an Original Movie Musical
by Julie Taymor
The Beatles Anthology
by Beatles
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