Across the Universe (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Julie Taymor
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Actor: Dana Fuchs, Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson (VI), Martin Luther (II)Director: Julie Taymor
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: Cantonese (Subtitled); Chinese (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Korean (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Portuguese (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.40:1
Running Time: 133 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-02-05
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Sony Pictures
DVD Reviews of Across the Universe (Two-Disc Special Edition)
DVD Review: All you need is love...
Summary: 5 Stars
I really don't know exactly where to begin with this movie review. Most of you are fed up and tired with my reviews of horror films that deal with extreme violence. This review is the complete and exact opposite...a film of love...a film encased within the hearts of many people (my age) that truly enjoyed the "love" generation.
"Across the Universe" has moved into my TOP THREE films of all time. Immediately after I finished it, I wanted to see it again...much like my fever for "Jurassic Park" and something much more endearing as "When Harry Met Sally". What's the comparison?
"Across the Universe" is a visual anthology of everything that the legendary Beatles stood for. Not within their crazy and bizarre real lives, but within the tone and realism of what their words and music stood for.
I'd like to deem this movie a musical, but it goes far beyond that. It is a love story of "Titanic" proportions, and a film that tugs at your emotions from start to finish...ONLY if you have ever been in love...yearned for love...lost your love...perhaps never really understood what love is all about.
Bear with me. I need to be clear and explicit with this review, my buds. This film is one of, if not the best, I have ever seen.
In a nutshell, the pure love and innocence of The Beatles music and lyrics are put into action in this incredibly romantic vision of love...love...love.
I took notes as the film unfolded. Here are some of my notes:
"Coming from a movie maniac like me, when I say this is one of the best movies ever produced, please hear me out."
"This is a tribute to The Beatles...their music and their message within the music...put to action in a priceless...moving...portrayal...by committed and caring Beatlemaniacs...like me."
"I loved the classic films such as Jurassic Park, Forrest Gump, and Silence of the Lambs. Across the Universe takes you back to reality...the turbulent Sixties...the tearful times when we lost lives in senseless combat...searching for love in all the RIGHT places...not fearful of crying...women or men."
"How can you take 40-plus Beatles' love songs and not tug at the strings of your heart?"
"If you don't cry in at least 10 different scenes, I question the devotion of your heart."
"This is a beautiful love story of the Sixties...with incredible visuals that define The Beatles' music, message, and purpose in life."
"If you only watch the scene where the song "I Want You...She's So Heavy" is so masterfully visualized, you'll get your money's worth."
But it doesn't end there.
"This film is an anthology of our times/lives from 1963 to 1973...a decade of love, peace and protest. This film explains it all. If you have ever loved from your heart, buckle your seatbelts and fathom this epic."
"Can a movie tug at your heart for two hours? Yes. This one does. Tears, hope, joy and sadness. This one took me home my Buds. My life was revisited in 120 minutes...as a veteran of the U.S. Army...a young man in love...an old man in love...all of my love...revisited by the melodic sounds of The Beatles."
"The Beatles launched their career with epic love songs. Enjoy them and the cast as they live within the lyrics."
This movie is beautiful...profound...exhilarating. There's something in the way it moves...it has strawberry fields forever...and your guitar will gently weep. It gives you All My Loving...and demands a response to the question...If I Fell. Oh Darling...there's no room for Helter Skelter or a Revolution, but Lucy's Sky with Diamonds will send you on a journey ACROSS THE UNIVERSE that only true Beatle fans will ever understand. Take the journey.
This one, on a scale of 1-10...gets a solid TWENTY!
Bottom line...ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE...LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED!
No...I'm not pulling your leg. This is one of the best films I have ever experienced. It will live within my heart forever, because it represents so many things that are important to my/your generation....LOVE...LOVE. That's all we need...the box
DVD Review: Across the Universe/2disk special additon
Summary: 5 Stars
Great movie and one that would be a collector item for anyone that loves the Beatles and their music. Brings back many memories - and it is nice to know that their music is still wonderful and so dynamic.DVD Review: Beatles musical
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is fantastic! It is a Beatles review and a history lesson. All adults should see this. It is not for children (under 14).DVD Review: Love this movie!
Summary: 5 Stars
Saw the movie in the theatre and had to get a copy for home. Better watching it a second and third time. The 2nd DVD offers so much about the movie ... the actors ... the director ... it was an entire day of entertainment. If you love the Beatles, you have to get this movie.
DVD Review: fantastic !
Summary: 5 Stars
fantastic, wish we had a bigger TV screen to watch it on. Shipped very fast just in time for my husbands birthday !
Description of Across the Universe (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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
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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)
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