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  • Actors: Evan Rachel Wood, Joe Anderson, Jim Sturgess, Salma Hayek, Eddie Izzard
  • Directors: Julie Taymor
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English, Czech
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 11 Feb 2008
  • Run Time: 129 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000YZ858A
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 21,891 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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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 colours 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 favourite Beatles song forever. --Tami Horiuchi



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Evan Rachel Wood, Joe Anderson, Jim Sturgess, Salma Hayek, Eddie Izzard - Director: Julie Taymor
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Visually stunning but ultimately tries too hard, 7 Feb 2009
By Chris White (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
Despite obvious comparisons with Mamma Mia!, this attempt to build a story around a renowned catalogue of songs (those of The Beatles, no less) has much to recommend it.

Director Julie Taymor (who created the stage version of The Lion King) goes to great lengths to translate every one of the 30-plus songs as visually and literally as possible. Several of them ("Let It Be" for instance) are presented in sublime new arrangements, while characters and situations are directly inspired by the works of Lennon and McCartney. Inevitably, some of the Fab Four's more psychedelic offerings, such as "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "I Am the Walrus", meander into surreal dreamscapes. This occasionally strays a little too far, as in the Pythonesque accompaniment to Eddie Izzard's turn as Mr Kite.

Under the circumstances, the script by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais does what is asked of it (and it's a tall order) as deftly as it can. The cast, which mostly comprises newcomers, is uniformly good; Jim Sturgess as Jude, the main character, reveals a singing ability somewhat akin to that of Ewan McGregor in Moulin Rouge!.

However, it is the quantity and quality of Taymor's interpretations that are both this film's greatest asset and biggest liability. As an anthology of music videos, they look and sound fantastic. To try and weave a satisfying narrative around them is perhaps too ambitious - and ultimately doesn't quite come off.

On a more positive note, the Blu-ray picture and sound cannot be faulted and the disc includes a generous helping of extras.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent movie, 19 April 2008
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I really enjoyed this film, supposed you need to like the Beatles but i cant really see anyone not enjoying it... 5stars
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5.0 out of 5 stars Across the Universe [Blu-ray] [2007], 23 Feb 2008
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This is a great musical film. If you love the music of The Beatles then you will love this film. The dance routines are superb, the imagery is wonderful and the re-working of classic songs is superb. Technically the Blue-ray version shows off 1080HD and HD Sound to make the best of any system. Enjoy this film.
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