Across the Universe
Director: Julie Taymor
Starring: Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs, Martin Luther, T. V. Carpio
* Bono as Dr. Robert – a poet/guru/shaman from the West Coast
* Eddie Izzard as Mr. Kite - a circus ringmaster
* Salma Hayek as Bang Bang Shoot Shoot Nurses (by digital effects she appears as five separate nurses)
* Joe Cocker as Tramp, Pimp, Hippie (Cocker appears as these three separate street characters in the song “Come Together”)
Music by: The Beatles… covered by various
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Release date: 9/14/07
content from wikipedia:
Across the Universe is a 2007 musical film directed by Julie Taymor and written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. The script is based on an original story credited to Taymor, Clement and La Frenais, which incorporates compositions written by members of The Beatles. It stars Evan Rachel Wood and Jim Sturgess.
There are cameo appearances by Bono as Dr. Robert (a counter-culture shaman), Eddie Izzard as Mr. Kite (a circus ringmaster), Joe Cocker as three street characters and Salma Hayek who appears (through digital special effects) as five nurses.
The film received its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on Monday September 10, 2007. It then had a limited release on 27 screens in the USA on September 14, 2007, expanding via a “platform release” to 276 screens on September 21, 2007.
The soundtrack of the film includes complete or partial new renditions of 33 compositions written by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr 1963-1969 – that had been recorded by The Beatles. (The songs are invariably referred to by the public and media as Beatles songs though as the compositions themselves were created by, and are officially credited to, the individual writers not the group – such references are colloquial.) Thirty of the songs in the soundtrack feature vocals. Two of the compositions are brief instrumental versions of songs that were originally written with lyrics. There is one composition that was originally written as an instrumental.
The songs are sung by the film’s cast members (recorded on the set rather than in a studio) – backed by top session musicians. Two compositions are performed by indie Texan duo The Secret Machines. The film soundtrack also includes original score composed by Elliot Goldenthal. Goldenthal worked with critical acclaim on Taymor’s previous films Titus and Frida.
Trailer
(saw this…funny!)
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