SUPER SAVINGS: | $12.70 Limited Time Only |
List Price: |
|
You Save: | $2.29 (15% Off) |
Available:
Usually ships in 2-4 business days
Brand New
|
Also released as:
Across the Universe
for $8.10
Across the Universe (4K UltraHD + Blu-ray)
for $27.90
Blu-ray Details
- Rated: PG-13
- Run Time: 2 hours, 13 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: February 5, 2008
- Originally Released: 2007
- Label: Sony Pictures
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Jim Sturgess & Evan Rachel Wood | |
Performer: | Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs, Martin Luther McCoy, Bono, Eddie Izzard & Salma Hayek | |
Directed by | Julie Taymor | |
Edited by | Françoise Bonnot | |
Music by | The Beatles | |
Screenwriting by | Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais | |
Composition by | Elliot Goldenthal | |
Story by | Julie Taymor, Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais | |
Produced by | Suzanne Todd, Jennifer Todd & Matthew Gross | |
Director of Photography: | Bruno Delbonnel |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 4/5 --
It's more than a nostalgia trip. The real pleasure lies in Taymor's ability to make it all seem brand new.
Full Review
Sydney Morning Herald
[W]hat unfolds as the movie blossoms, then darkens and finally finds peace and love, is a stylised musical drama set in and about a conflated American High '60s...
Mojo
Rating: 1/5 --
Goo goo g'joob; save your money for the Help! DVD.
Full Review
Time Out New York
There are some neat hallucinogenic effects here....The infectious energy of the music lends the film a gleeful dynamism...
Sight and Sound
[A] vivid, vivacious film....Music -- the Beatles' music -- lies at the heart of this film; the iconic songs, sung by the film's energetic, talented cast, propel the characters through the upheavals of the U.S. in the late 1960s.
Los Angeles Times
Boring and at times soporific. [Full Review in Spanish]
Full Review
Espinof
Rating: 3/4 --
Across the Universe is a good-natured (if sometimes enthusiastic to the point of corniness) romp.
Full Review
Christianity Today
Product Description:
The Beatles' songs may have provided the soundtrack for the lives of those coming of age in the 1960s, but their extensive catalogue acts as the literal soundtrack in this romantic musical from visionary director Julie Taymor. Newcomer Jim Sturgess stars as Jude, a young man working on the docks in Liverpool. Eager to escape, he travels to Princeton where he meets Max (Joe Anderson). But it's his meeting with Max's younger sister Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood) that changes him. They quickly fall in love, but their relationship is tested by the chaos of the late 1960s and Max's unwilling tour in Vietnam. Throughout the film, characters burst into classics from the Beatles: frat boys sing "With a Little Help from My Friends," while Uncle Sam bursts from a recruitment poster with strains of "I Want You (She's So Heavy)." U2's Bono makes a cameo as a counterculture leader and croons "I Am the Walrus," and actor-comedian Eddie Izzard provides a trippy rendition of "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite."
Sturgess has the voice, charm, and good looks to fill Shea Stadium with hordes of screaming young women. As Jude, he's earnest and certainly capable of carrying the film. Wood capably balances Lucy's naiveté and knowledge, easily moving between her love for Jude and her passion for her cause. Though the performances are strong, it's Taymor's gifted direction that makes ACROSS THE UNIVERSE so fascinating to watch. As in FRIDA and Broadway's THE LION KING, she proves herself an artist with creativity few can match. Director of photography Bruno Delbonnel also deserves praise for his contribution to the striking visuals. He has worked with Jean-Pierre Jeunet on AMELIE and A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT, and he brings the same sense of romance and whimsy to this unique musical.
Sturgess has the voice, charm, and good looks to fill Shea Stadium with hordes of screaming young women. As Jude, he's earnest and certainly capable of carrying the film. Wood capably balances Lucy's naiveté and knowledge, easily moving between her love for Jude and her passion for her cause. Though the performances are strong, it's Taymor's gifted direction that makes ACROSS THE UNIVERSE so fascinating to watch. As in FRIDA and Broadway's THE LION KING, she proves herself an artist with creativity few can match. Director of photography Bruno Delbonnel also deserves praise for his contribution to the striking visuals. He has worked with Jean-Pierre Jeunet on AMELIE and A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT, and he brings the same sense of romance and whimsy to this unique musical.
Keywords:
Product Info
- Sales Rank: 50,429
- UPC: 043396194663
- Shipping Weight: 0.19/lbs (approx)
- International Shipping: 1 item