Across the Universe: Movie Review, Preview, Trailer
9/16/2007 Posted by Admin
Across the UniverseRelease date: September 14, 2007 (Limited)
Genre: Drama
Director: Julie Taymor
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Producers(s): Jennifer Todd, Matthew Gross, Suzanne Todd
Script: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
Cast: Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson
Review coming soon...
Synopsis: A love story set against the backdrop of the 1960s amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, mind exploration and rock 'n roll, from the dockyards of Liverpool to the creative psychedelia of Greenwich Village, from the riot-torn streets of Detroit to the killing fields of Vietnam.
Star-crossed lovers, Jude (Jim Sturgess) and Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood), along with a small group of friends and musicians, are swept up into the emerging anti-war and counterculture movements, with “Dr. Robert” (Bono) and “Mr. Kite” (Eddie Izzard) as their guides. Tumultuous forces outside their control ultimately tear the young lovers apart, forcing Jude and Lucy – against all odds – to find their own way back to each other.
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September 19, 2007 at 9:26 PM
It Won't Be Long.........until this insipid film will fade into kitschdom like Showgirls and "Can't stop the music" starring Bruce Jenner and the Village People. I could not endure the trailer for this film much less see the whole film. I am a die hard Beatles fan who is offended as much by this film as that tv spot commerical using a beatles song for baby diapers with "All you need is LUV's." How can anyone not cringe at this bloated, effete project by this Disney director who is just an excessive set designer and puppeteer? I never indulge in internet postings but this is my divine duty as a Beatles fan to stop the concerted forces of banality to trivialize, sanitize, homogenize, and ride the coat tails of the legacy of the most phenomenal pop band the world has seen.
September 19, 2007 at 11:15 PM
That was the most inpired post--ever. Thanks, Peter. I hope that film isn't too painful for you. Will you see it?
It does seem a little....arch.
--Chris