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The History Connection - Across the Universe (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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List Price: $19.94
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Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Starring: Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson (VI), Dana Fuchs, Martin Luther (II)
Directed By: Julie Taymor
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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 0043396194625
Format: AC-3
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: 2008-02-05
Running Time: 133
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 2007-10-09
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Summary: The Sound of The Beatles
Comment: Musical: From Broadway to Hollywood
Shadow Watcher
Nobody Drowns in Mineral Lake
If you enjoy movie musicals, as well as the music of The Beatles, then I strongly recommend that you take a look at this marvelous film.
The extremely talented Julie Taymor, of Broadway's THE LION KING fame, directed what is essentially an operetta, containing about 30 songs from The Beatles' catalog.
[Sadly, my personal favorite, "Yesterday." is not among them.]
Nevertheless, this is one terrific, quite experimental, picture, filled with visually stunning musical numbers and a virtually unknown cast headed by Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess and Joe Anderson. It's plot is a multiple-character love story set against the turbulent 1960s.
One of the musical highlights of the movie is a cameo performance by Eddie Izzard, who shot his musical number "live," because it was mostly impromptu. In fact, for a special treat, be sure to take a look at the "extras" on this 2-disc set, particularly a pair of alternate takes on Izzard's number.
Salma Hayek, Bono and Joe Cocker also make brief, albeit notable, cameo appearances.
- Michael B. Druxman, author of ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD (available December 2008)
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Summary: One of the Best Movies Ever
Comment: I don't know how the critics got it so wrong when this movie came out. It was barely in the theaters long at all. Julie Taymor is such a genius & all the actors did a great job. I love the reinterpretation of the Beatles music. I don't usually buy movies, but I had to own this one.
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Summary: Days of Innocence
Comment: The music, the visuals . . . this movie is simply a masterpiece. But more than that, it may be the only movie that truly captured the innocence of those times. I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area during the late sixties and witnessed the Summer of Love as well as the war protests at Berkeley, tear gas, ranks of police and all! The songs of the Beatles were the soundtrack of my teens, and I remember witnessing the civil rights riots, participating in peace marches, debating fiercely with classmates, but even more so with my parents who could not understand why their perfect daughter had become such a rebel and talked treason! My generation wanted to make a positive difference in the world so badly, and with total innocence, we set out to do what we could. Like Lucy, we pitched in where we could. We did not understand why adults were so angry or why the police and National Guard were called out to stop us. We simply wanted justice and peace in the world. What an amazing place and time that was to be young and alive! This movie really took me back to those days and how much we wanted to change the world and make it a better place, and how willing we were to take action and speak out.
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Summary: I feel like going Helter Skelter on the positive reviews.
Comment: How anyone that calls themselves a fan of The Beatles music can give this "film" anything more than 1 star after hearing the horrendous version/cover/bastardization of one of the greatest Beatles songs of all time,Helter Skelter,should be ashamed of themselves.
Across The Universe should be shot across the universe never to be heard from again.
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Summary: if mark chapman's bullet hadn't killed john lennon then this film would have
Comment: basically the reason for this movie's existence is that sony acquired the rights to the beatles songs a few years ago.
The 50-50 joint venture -- Sony/ATV Music Publishing -- owns rights to more than 250 Beatles songs.
sony also owns columbia pictures, which made Across the Universe.
so basically all this movie is is a device to popularise the beatles back-catalogue to make some cash for sony, which is stuggling a little in today's download culture.
all Across the Universe wants to do is remind you of the beatles and their tracks - which it does by cramming/culling as many of their songs into the running time as possible - so you go out and buy them.
which is why this movie is bereft of a decent storyline, decent singing, and very little charm and none of the creativity for which the beatles were famous.
I don't think the filmmakers care if Across The Universe sucks or not - Julie Taymor was replaced by the studio and the film was recut by Sony itself to its own specifications - as long as it gets the punters to fork out for old beatles tracks.
Across the Universe is just a cheap and nasty exploitation movie.
fortunately it was not very successful. Bowl Brush HolderSTAINLESS TOILET BRUSH W/STAND
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Editorial Reviews:
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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:Â MUSICALS/MUSICALS Rating:Â PG-13 UPC:Â 043396194625 Manufacturer No:Â 19462
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