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Across the Universe (Two-Disc Special Edition)
from Sony Pictures
starring Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson (VI), Dana Fuchs, Martin Luther (II)
directed by Julie Taymor

Features:

• AC-3
• Closed-captioned
• Color
• Dolby

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• One of the Best Movies Ever
  I don't know how the critics got it so wrong when this movie came out. It was barely in the theaters long at all. Julie Taymor is such a genius & all the actors did a great job. I love the reinterpretation of the Beatles music. I don't usually buy movies, but I had to own this one.

• Days of Innocence
  The music, the visuals . . . this movie is simply a masterpiece. But more than that, it may be the only movie that truly captured the innocence of those times. I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area during the late sixties and witnessed the Summer of Love as well as the war protests at Berkeley, tear gas, ranks of police and all! The songs of the Beatles were the soundtrack of my teens, and I remember witnessing the civil rights riots, participating in peace marches, debating fiercely with classmates, but... more info

• I feel like going Helter Skelter on the positive reviews.
  How anyone that calls themselves a fan of The Beatles music can give this "film" anything more than 1 star after hearing the horrendous version/cover/bastardization of one of the greatest Beatles songs of all time,Helter Skelter,should be ashamed of themselves.
  Across The Universe should be shot across the universe never to be heard from again.

• if mark chapman's bullet hadn't killed john lennon then this film would have
  basically the reason for this movie's existence is that sony acquired the rights to the beatles songs a few years ago.
  The 50-50 joint venture -- Sony/ATV Music Publishing -- owns rights to more than 250 Beatles songs.
  sony also owns columbia pictures, which made Across the Universe.
  so basically all this movie is is a device to popularise the beatles back-catalogue to make some cash for sony, which is stuggling a little in today's download culture.
  all Across the Universe wants to do... more info

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