Across the Universe
![]() | Overall Rating: 4.67/5 (242 votes cast) Across the Universe is a 2007 musical film directed by Julie Taymor and written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. The script is based on an original story credited to Taymor, Clement and La Frenais that incorporates 34 compositions written by members of The Beatles. Across The Universe is a fictional love story set in the 1960s amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, the struggle for free speech and civil rights, mind exploration and rock and roll. There are cameo appearances by Bono as Dr. Robert (a counter-culture shaman), Eddie Izzard as Mr. Kite (a circus ringmaster), Joe Cocker as three street characters and Salma Hayek who appears (through digital special effects) as five nurses. The cast of the movie will participate in a special tribute at the 50th Grammy Awards. |
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Across the Universe Review, by Stephen Holden of The New York Times
From its first moments, when a solitary dreamer on a beach turns to the camera and sings, unaccompanied, the opening lines of the Beatles' song "Girl," Julie Taymor's '60s musical fantasia, "Across the Universe," reveals its intention to use the B...
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Across the Universe Review, by Stephen Holden of The New York Times
From its first moments, when a solitary dreamer on a beach turns to the camera and sings, unaccompanied, the opening lines of the Beatles' song "Girl," Julie Taymor's '60s musical fantasia, "Across the Universe," reveals its intention to use the B...
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Across the Universe Cast & Crew
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Evan Rachel Wood as
Lucy Carrigan -
Jim Sturgess as
Jude Feeny -
Joe Anderson as
Max Carrigan -
Eddie Izzard as
Mr. Kite -
Salma Hayek as
Bang Bang Shoot Shoot Nurses -
Joe Cocker as
Tramp, Pimp, Hippie - Dana Fuchs as
Sadie - Martin Luther McCoy as
JoJo - T.V. Carpio as
Prudence - Bono as
Dr. Robert
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Type: Movie
Genres/Tags: Movie-Drama, Romance, Musical, Movie-New-Online
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A young dock worker Jude (Jim Sturgess) from Liverpool travels to America in the 1960s to find the father he never knew, an American GI. There he falls in love with sheltered American teenager Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood). When her brother Max (Joe Anderson) is drafted to fight in the Vietnam War, they become involved in peace activism. Large portions of the movie consist of musical numbers adapted from songs by the Beatles, especially from their psychedelic period. |||| Set against the anti-war protests, rock and roll revolution, and mind-expanding psychedelia of the 1960s, Julie Taymor's hallucinogenic musical follows the arduous journey of star crossed lovers Jude (Jim Sturgess) and Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood) as they and a small group of musicians are swept up in the raging waters of the volatile counterculture movement. Guided through their journey by a pair known only as Dr. Robert (Bono) and Mr. Kite (Eddie Izzard), Jude and Lucy are eventually forced to find their way back to one another after being split apart by powerful forces beyond their control. The music in the film consists exclusively of songs made popular by The Beatles during the time period depicted in the movie.






