Across the Universe
(USA, 2007, 131 minutes)
In the 1960s, a Liverpool dockworker travels to the US in search of the father he never met and finds the love of his life. Surprisingly engaging musical fantasia entirely constructed around Beatles songs.
A Columbia Pictures release. Revolution Studios presents a Matthew Gross/Team Todd production. Starring Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs, Martin Luther McCoy, T. V. Carpio. Directed by Julie Taymor; produced by Suzanne Todd, Jennifer Todd, Matthew Gross; screenplay by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, based on a story by Julie Taymor, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais; music by Elliot Goldenthal; songs by John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison; director of photography (DeLuxe, Panavision), Bruno Delbonnel; production designer, Mark Friedberg; costume designer, Albert Wolsky; film editor, Françoise Bonnot; choreography by Daniel Ezralow; visual effects supervisor, Peter Crosman; animation sequences created by Kyle Cooper.
In the 1960s, a Liverpool dockworker travels to the US in search of the father he never met and finds the love of his life. Surprisingly engaging musical fantasia entirely constructed around Beatles songs.
A Columbia Pictures release. Revolution Studios presents a Matthew Gross/Team Todd production. Starring Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs, Martin Luther McCoy, T. V. Carpio. Directed by Julie Taymor; produced by Suzanne Todd, Jennifer Todd, Matthew Gross; screenplay by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, based on a story by Julie Taymor, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais; music by Elliot Goldenthal; songs by John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison; director of photography (DeLuxe, Panavision), Bruno Delbonnel; production designer, Mark Friedberg; costume designer, Albert Wolsky; film editor, Françoise Bonnot; choreography by Daniel Ezralow; visual effects supervisor, Peter Crosman; animation sequences created by Kyle Cooper.
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