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Evan Rachel Wood | ... | ||
Jim Sturgess | ... | ||
Joe Anderson | ... | ||
Dana Fuchs | ... | ||
Martin Luther | ... |
Jo-Jo
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T.V. Carpio | ... | ||
Spencer Liff | ... | ||
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Lisa Hogg | ... | |
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Nicholas Lumley | ... | |
Michael Ryan | ... | ||
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Angela Mounsey | ... |
Martha Feeny - Jude's Mother
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Erin Elliott | ... |
Cheer Coach
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Robert Clohessy | ... |
Wesley 'Wes' Huber - Jude's Father
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Christopher Tierney | ... |
Dorm Buddy /
Dancer
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Curtis Holbrook | ... |
Dorm Buddy
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Across The Universe is a fictional love story set in the 1960s amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, the struggle for free speech and civil rights, mind exploration and rock and roll. At once gritty, whimsical and highly theatrical, the story moves from high schools and universities in Massachusetts, Princeton and Ohio to the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Detroit riots, Vietnam and the dockyards of Liverpool. A combination of live action and animation, the film is paired with many songs by The Beatles that defined the time. Written by Anonymous
I adored the movie, it was so good. Very imaginative and psychedelic in a sense if you like that sort of thing. Although the movie is really long, it was so worth watching. The trailers do not do it justice. I would compare it too Moulin Rouge or any Baz Lurhman movie. The soundtrack was awesome too. Really great renditions of Beatles songs,.. and and all star cast, outstanding. The sixties vibe was well pronounced throughout, not only in the characters but also as a time line of changes in music produced from the Beatles. It went above and beyond all of my expectations. There are many Beatle references within the movie without having the story line be about the Beatles themselves. Each scene is extremely different,...Some scenes are more dark and weary and then liven up in the following scene with bright colors and extravagant dancing. Also references to other popular musicians from the sixties like Jimmy Hendrix and Janis Joplin are somewhat "represented" within the cast but not playing that particular person in the film. A really great time period flick.