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Synopsis: Across The Universe is a fictional love story set in the 1960s amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, the struggle for free speech and civil rights, mind exploration and rock and roll. At once gritty, whimsical and highly theatrical, the story moves from high schools and universities in Massachusetts, Princeton and Ohio to the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Detroit riots, Vietnam and the dockyards of Liverpool. A combination of live action and animation, the film is paired with many songs by The Beatles that defined the time.
Director(s): Julie Taymor
Production: Sony
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 16 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Metacritic:
56
Rotten Tomatoes:
53%
PG-13
Year:
2007
133 min
$24,343,673
Website
835 Views


- There we go. All right.

I get by

With a little help from my friends

He gets high

With a little help from his friends

- Take it easy, man.

- Hold it in.

I can't believe her.

I'm never having children.

- Really?

- No.

Think about it, it's pure narcissism.

I mean, people putting out little

carbon copies of themselves, going:

"Oh, doesn't he have

his father's eyes?

Doesn't he have his mother's lips?"

It's...

It's disgusting.

Well, what about adoption?

Luce!

Lucy!

Every night

When everybody has fun

Here am I

Sitting all on my own

It won't be long, yeah

Till I belong to you

Since you left me, I'm so alone

Now you're coming

You're coming on home

I'll be good like I know I should

- Do you know when?

- Next weekend.

He got a pass

before his outfit ships out.

I tell you, man,

this is my favorite time of day.

- Look at these. That one, she's cute.

- Emily!

- Look at these. That one, she's cute.

- Emily!

- Hey.

- Max!

Jailbait.

- How are you? Good.

- I'm good.

- Damn.

- Max, you're such a pervert.

What? Some of them

are kind of cute.

When did Emily get tits?

Emily.

This is Jude. I asked him over

for Thanksgiving.

We don't have it in England.

Is it...? Is it a big deal?

Well, it's a heartwarming

American tradition.

Yeah. It celebrates the time...

...when the Indians shared their food

with the early settlers.

And how did we repay them?

We slaughter them in thousands...

...and then ship them off

to the shittiest bits of real estate.

I'm Lucy.

I went to the closet under the stairs

and my clubs weren't there.

- Lf you'd asked...

- You'd have said no.

I never knew Princeton

had a golf program.

They don't.

It's just my way of unwinding,

you know?

Whack a few balls around

at the end of the day.

Those lectures can fry your brains.

"Lectures." What lectures?

He dropped two courses.

Is that fashionable?

Is what fashionable?

- Your haircut, or lack of one.

- Androgyny suits you, Max.

These kids are so spoiled.

I washed dishes

to put myself through college.

You've never washed one since.

More stuffing, Jude?

I'm stuffed enough, thanks.

You have any idea what your father

pays for those tuition fees?

- Please.

- You know, Uncle Teddy...

...he won't have to

pay them much longer.

- I'm dropping out.

- The cranberry sauce isn't as tangy...

- Don't be ridiculous.

- I am not cut out...

...for this collegiate crap.

No problem. What are you...?

What's your plans?

You gonna buy a broken-down

station wagon...

...and drive across America

like Jack...

- What is it?

- Kerouac.

- Mom.

- I read.

Well, actually, I was hoping to borrow

your car, Dad. It's got AC and stereo.

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Dick Clement

Dick Clement, OBE (born 5 September 1937) is an English writer known for his writing partnership with Ian La Frenais. They are most famous for television series including The Likely Lads, Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, Porridge, Lovejoy and Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. more…

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