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DVD : Across the Universe (Two-Disc Special Edition)In association with Amazon.comstarring: Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson (VI), Dana Fuchs, Martin Luther (II) directed by: Julie Taymor  List Price: $19.94 Amazon.com's Price: $14.99 You Save: $4.95 (25%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Brand: Sony EAN: 0043396194625 Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Sony Pictures Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Number Of Items: 2 Publisher: Sony Pictures Region Code: 99 Release Date: February 05, 2008 Running Time: 133 minutes Studio: Sony Pictures Theatrical Release Date: October 09, 2007 Sales Rank: 149 MPN: 19462 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: 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 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 a favorite album. (Roger Ebert CHICAGO SUN-TIMES)System Requirements:Run Time: 133 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: MUSICALS/MUSICALS Rating: PG-13 UPC: 043396194625 Manufacturer No: 19462 Amazon.com: 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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 Rating:  - One of the Best Movies EverI don't know how the critics got it so wrong when this movie came out. It was barely in the theaters long at all. Julie Taymor is such a genius & all the actors did a great job. I love the reinterpretation of the Beatles music. I don't usually buy movies, but I had to own this one. Rating: - Days of InnocenceThe music, the visuals . . . this movie is simply a masterpiece. But more than that, it may be the only movie that truly captured the innocence of those times. I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area during the late sixties and witnessed the Summer of Love as well as the war protests at Berkeley, tear gas, ranks of police and all! The songs of the Beatles were the soundtrack of my teens, and I remember witnessing the civil rights riots, participating in peace marches, debating fiercely with classmates, ... Read More Rating:  - I feel like going Helter Skelter on the positive reviews.How anyone that calls themselves a fan of The Beatles music can give this "film" anything more than 1 star after hearing the horrendous version/cover/bastardization of one of the greatest Beatles songs of all time,Helter Skelter,should be ashamed of themselves. Across The Universe should be shot across the universe never to be heard from again. Rating: - if mark chapman's bullet hadn't killed john lennon then this film would havebasically the reason for this movie's existence is that sony acquired the rights to the beatles songs a few years ago. The 50-50 joint venture -- Sony/ATV Music Publishing -- owns rights to more than 250 Beatles songs. sony also owns columbia pictures, which made Across the Universe. so basically all this movie is is a device to popularise the beatles back-catalogue to make some cash for sony, which is stuggling a little in today's download culture. all Across ... Read More Rating: - Eye candy and geniusThis movie blew me away. I heard mixed reviews, but finally broke down to see it, and within the first 30 seconds I was hooked. Beatles Purists comlpain, but I love the Beatles passionately and felt that this movie only enhanced my understanding of the whole era and their music. Yes, the plot is flimsy, so don't go expecting to find some amazing dialogue and story line. I do love the way that the movie outlines actual events in history though. It begins with a kid from Liverpool coming to ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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