Across the Universe (film)

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Movie
German title All you need is love
Original title Across the universe
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2007
length 132 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Julie Taymor
script Dick Clement ,
Ian La Frenais
production Matthew Gross ,
Jennifer Todd ,
Suzanne Todd
music Elliot Goldenthal
camera Bruno Delbonnel
cut Françoise Bonnot
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Across the Universe is an American film musical from 2007 . Directed by Julie Taymor and written by Dick Clement and Ian La Franeis . The film is accompanied by over 30 songs by The Beatles , which the actors sing themselves.

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The English shipyard worker Jude travels illegally to the USA in the 1960s , where he is looking for his father. He finds him as the caretaker of a renowned university. There he meets the bored student Max Carrigan, befriends him and falls in love with his sister Lucy. Max gives up his studies and moves with Jude to New York , where they rent a flat in Sadie's shared apartment and meet JoJo and Prudence. Lucy follows them.

After Max was drafted into the army and sent to the Vietnam War , Lucy becomes active in a group of peace activists, Jude tries to gain a foothold as a draftsman.

While Jude lets his pictures speak, Lucy joins a revolutionary group that is demanding ever more radical action against state power. Lucy and Jude become alienated as a result.

When the University of Columbia is forcibly taken over , Lucy is threatened by police officers, and the Jew who comes to her aid is arrested and deported. Max returns from Vietnam traumatized . After Jude left the United States and returned to Liverpool , he learns that some of Lucy's comrades in arms were killed by a homemade bomb.

Jude then decides to finally emigrate to the USA. He meets Lucy again at a “rooftop concert” held by his former landlady Sadie.

Reviews

Justin Chang wrote in Variety magazine on Sept. 11, 2007 that a love of the Beatles and the "psychedelic visual effects of the 1960s" was all it took to enjoy the film. He was "bold", "peculiar" and played with such conviction that one could not meet him with displeasure - even if it was difficult to take him seriously.

According to the lexicon of international films , the film is "a scenic, opulent, nostalgic journey through time with rousing musical numbers and performances by stars like Joe Cocker and Bono , in which the historically based subject is of course largely depoliticized."

Awards

backgrounds

The film was shot in Liverpool , New York , Yonkers , Princeton and Winnipeg . To the production costs are ten million US dollars , which cost the rights of use of the songs of the Beatles. However, the use of the original recordings was prohibited.

The film had its world premiere on September 10, 2007 at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival . In mid-September 2007 the screenings started in selected cinemas in the USA, where it grossed around 24.3 million US dollars. Broad publication followed on September 28, 2007 in Great Britain and on November 22, 2007 in Germany.

Salma Hayek , who has been enthusiastic about Julie Taymor since the film Frida , desperately wanted a role in the film. The well-known actress plays several nurses at once in a mini role.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for Across the Universe . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , November 2007 (PDF; test number: 112 079 K).
  2. ^ A b Film review by Justin Chang, accessed on October 9, 2007 ( Memento from October 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Journal film-dienst and Catholic Film Commission for Germany (eds.), Horst Peter Koll and Hans Messias (ed.): Lexicon of international films, film year 2007. Schüren Verlag, Marburg 2008. ISBN 978-3-89472-624-9
  4. ^ Filming locations for Across the Universe, accessed October 9, 2007
  5. ^ Opening dates for Across the Universe, accessed January 9, 2008
  6. ↑ Box office / business for Across the Universe, accessed on January 9, 2008