Across the Universe (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Buy This Item Across the Universe (Two-Disc Special Edition) by Sony Pictures  Available from Amazon  $18.99  on 9-22-2008     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: MUSICALS/MUSICALS Rating: PG-13 UPC: 043396194625 Manufacturer No: 19462 Reader Reviews I must admit that I enjoyed the first half of the movie more than I thought I would, but the second half was like Moulin Rouge all over again. It just went crazy on me. The songs weren't sung or performed that well and left me wishing to hear the original versions instead. The plot also didn't seem to have much purpose other than a thrown together love story mixed with a little anti-war for good measure. Across the Universe seems to be a movie that most people love or hate. I didn't hate it (the visuals were nice), but I wouldn't want to sit through it again.

Across the Universe (Two-Disc Special Edition) Available from Amazon Price: $18.99 Updated on 9-22-2008.

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