Across the Universe (Two-Disc Special Edition)

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
Brand: Sony
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Chinese (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Korean (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Portuguese (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Anamorphic, NTSC
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: Across the universe review
Summary: 5 Stars

I love this movie, got it for a couple dollars and it was in excellent condition.

DVD Review: Across the Universe review
Summary: 5 Stars

brilliant blend of lyrics and imagery as well as a clever use of lyrics for a story line. loved it!

DVD Review: just not enough to go with
Summary: 2 Stars

So, i finally watched this movie a week or so ago with my wife. I had been wanting to see it for quite a while as i heard wonderful praise from all of my friends and the reviewers. Now, i've come to the point where i have processed and thought more about what i saw. Here is the deal, i am a huge movie buff, musical theater buff, beatles fan, love julie taymor's previous works, etc. This movie, at the turn of each plot change, did not work. The cinematography is wonderful, musical arrangements pretty solid, decent singing, etc. However, the plot seemed almost non-existent; everytime another part of the story began there was yet another seperation making me not care about the characters. i think the best way to sum up my perception of this movie is that it's a lot of "moments". there were many wonderful moments in the movie, but nothing to sentimentaly tie them together for me. I really did want to like this movie. It's worth giving it a shot, but definitely over hyped.

DVD Review: Back to the 60's with Song!
Summary: 5 Stars

I absolutely love this movie! As a product of the 60's this movie describes the tumultuous times. With the Beatles music as the background it has the emotion of those times. I especially like when Jude sings "Revolution" at the office Lucy is working at. Using "Strawberry Fields" to describe the confusion and angst of the times and especially the horror of the Viet Nam War was brilliant in my opinion.

There are certainly some contrived songs like "Dear Prudance" but even they work. The singing and acting is brilliant and I fell in love with all the characters.

I am so happy Prudance found her contortionist!

Peace Always,
Sandi (former Flower Child)

DVD Review: Amazing..
Summary: 5 Stars

I love the beatles. This is almost like extra icing. It brings alot of the songs into context. They didn't so much change the songs as bring them into a new light, i think both the movie and beatles versions are amazing. Great moive, even if you don't like musicals.

Description of Across the Universe (Two-Disc Special Edition)

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)

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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