Across the universe [videorecording] / Revolution Studios presents a Matthew Gross/Team Todd production, a film by Julie Taymor ; produced by Suzanne Todd, Jennifer Todd, Matthew Gross ; story by Julie Taymor & Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais ; screenplay by Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais ; directed by Julie Taymor.
Title from container. Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson. Originally released as a motion picture in 2007. Special features: Deleted scene; commentary with director Julie Taymor and music producer/composer Elliot Goldenthal; 2 on-set performances of "Being for the benefit of Mr. Kite;" photo gallery.
Summary:
Jude is a young dockworker from Liverpool who travels to find his estranged father in America. He is swept up by the waves of change that are re-shaping the nation. Lucy is a rich and sheltered American girl who Jude falls in love with. Lucy 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.
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