Across the Universe (Two-Disc Special Edition) |  | Actors: Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson (VI), Dana Fuchs, Martin Luther (II)
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  491 reviews
Sales Rank: 2032
Format: Anamorphic, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), Chinese (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Korean (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Portuguese (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 99
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 133 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 19462
UPC: 043396194625
EAN: 0043396194625
ASIN: B000ZLFALI
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: February 5, 2008
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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
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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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 The BEATLES as a soundtrack to your life. February 9, 2010
Dean Wall (Pauls Valley, OK USA)
The era depicted in the film is the turbulent 1960's. Like FORREST GUMP, the film lightly hits on the major events of the decade. The Vietnam War, rise of FOLKIES in SOHO, and Teenagers falling in love.
The film, like the sixties, metaphorically uses the music of the BEATLES as a soundtrack. The major characters are named for persons mentioned in BEATLES SONGS (i.e. Prudence, JoJo, Sexy Sadie, Dr. Robert, etc.)
The film is (SGT?) Peppered with Cameos, BONO, Eddie Izzard, Joe Cocker, etc.) and uses the most amazing visuals to tie in the sometimes Psychedelic lyrics of the BEATLES very smoothly into the events of the basic storyline:
"A Boy from Liverpool journey's to America to meet his biological father, only to feels stranded, and eventually meets a GIRL, who he falls in love with at first sight. Sadly, She's taken, and her boyfriend is due to head for Vietnam. NUFF SAID...the tender love story is even more touching than...well, LOVE STORY.
A compagnon to the fab ! February 7, 2010
Parvillers (Jacou / FRANCE)
Modern film and good story play with new young actors ; film with connection in music with Beatles records in different way by new singers and actors from the film ; absolutely to watch. Only one regret no booklet in the special deluxe box set.
Great product A++++ February 1, 2010
Janice Tubbs (Arizona)
Great product. I would purchase other items from this vendor in the future. Thank you.
Let It Be January 8, 2010
DAJ (New York, NY)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I think this is a very good film that succeeds on its own terms, as a musical revue of the 1960's. A lot of the criticism of the film centers around the fact that it glosses over the tremendous upheavals of the 1960's by reducing them to glorified music videos. It is expecting too much to ask for a musical to really deepen our understanding of such a large historical moment. What the film does do well is remind us that there was a context for the Beatles' music. The settings for the songs serve as a kind of shorthand reminder of the larger context. Case in point: the setting of "Let it Be" as a funeral hymn sung at the funeral of an African-American boy killed in a race riot. On the one-hand, it reduces the racial tensions of 1960's America to three short minutes--on the other hand, it reminds us that "Let it Be" is really a hymn, a prayer for peace in a time of tremendous upheaval. And it is exquisitely sung. It is a moving moment in the film.
On the whole, Julie Taymor really makes the music come alive on the screen. Some of the voices are fantastic. Dana Fuchs is wonderful as the Janis-Joplinesque singer, and T.V. Carpio's tender rendition of "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" early in the movie drew me in completely. One of the other criticisms of the film is that the versions here can't hold a candle to the originals, and here I have to vehemently disagree. Lennon and McCartney were great performers AND great songwriters, and it is a testament to their strengths as the latter that their music can be reinterpreted with such success. But it is also a testament to the music producers, arrangers and singers that the new versions work so well. "Helter Skelter," for one, is every bit as engaging as the original. The film is all the more impressive as many of the Beatles' recordings have become almost cliché--especially now that they have begun to be used more in advertising.
On the whole, a very imaginative film, which leaves you wanting more from director Julie Taymor.
Loved It December 30, 2009
Pamela Hansen (Idaho)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
A friend of mine kept bugging me to watch this with her. I finally did and boy did I love it!
I came home and ordered a copy for my daughter, then had to get one for myself. What a brilliant idea for a movie. The music was well done and the characters were well played.
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