Across the Universe (film)

Across the Universe is a 2007 BritishAmerican musical romantic drama film directed by Julie Taymor, produced by Revolution Studios, and distributed by Columbia Pictures.

In 1966 Jude, a young shipyard worker from Liverpool, enlists in the Merchant Navy and jumps ship in New Jersey hoping to find his American G.I. father, whom he has never met Girl, Hold Me Tight, All My Loving. Meanwhile, Lucy Carrigan worries about her boyfriend Daniel who is headed for service in the Vietnam War while in Dayton, Ohio, Prudence pines for a fellow female cheerleader I Want to Hold Your Hand. Jude meets his father, who is a janitor at Princeton University, and befriends Lucys brother, the privileged and rebellious student Max With a Little Help from My Friends. Lucy receives a letter from Daniel It Wont Be Long, but when Max brings Jude home with him for Thanksgiving Jude becomes attracted to Lucy Ive Just Seen a Face.Max drops out of school and he and Jude move into a bohemian enclave in Greenwich Village, living with aspiring singer Sadie Dana Fuchs. Meanwhile, after his younger brother is killed in the 1967 Detroit riot Let It Be, Jojo is seen leaving home and arriving by bus in New York City Come Together. While Jojo auditions for Sadies band, Max becomes a taxi driver and Jude finds work as a freelance artist. They are soon joined by Prudence, who has hitchhiked to New York and left an abusive boyfriend. ........

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