Across the Universe

April 16, 2007 - 10:39am — Wirrlygirl

Went to the movies last night and sat through 20 minutes of boring run of the mill previews. Until Across the Universe came on: This is the first preview I have been excited about in a while. At first it looked like a typical 60's anti-war flick but hang in for the last 30 seconds. Thats when we get a glimpse of what I loved from Julie Taymor in "Frida".

At once gritty, whimsical and highly theatrical, Revolution Studios' Across the Universe is an original movie musical springing from the imagination of renowned director Julie Taymor (Frida, Titus, and the Broadway smash hit musical "The Lion King") and writers Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais (The Commitments).

A love story set against the backdrop of the 1960s amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, mind exploration and rock 'n roll, the film moves 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. The 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.

"Anything that you could ever want or be you already have and are"