Across the Universe [videorecording] / directed by Julie Taymor ; screenplay by Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais ; story by Julie Taymor & Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais ; produced by Suzanne Todd, Jennifer Todd, Matthew Gross ; a Matthew Gross/Team Todd production ; a Revolution Studios presentation ; released by Columbia Pictures.

Bono, 1960- (actor.). Anderson, Joe, 1982- (actor.). Bonnot, Françoise, 1939-2018 (film editor.). Carpio, T. V. (Teresa Victoria), 1981- (actor.). Clement, Dick, (screenwriter.). Delbonnel, Bruno, (cinematographer.). Ezralow, Daniel, (choreographer.). Fuchs, Dana, 1978- (actor.). Goldenthal, Elliot, (composer.). Gross, Matthew, (film producer.). Izzard, Eddie, (actor.). La Frenais, Ian, (screenwriter.). Luther, Martin (Singer), (actor.). Sturgess, Jim, (actor.). Taymor, Julie, 1952- (film director,, screenwriter.). Todd, Jennifer, (film producer.). Todd, Suzanne, (film producer.). Wood, Evan Rachel, 1987- (actor.). Beatles, (composer.). Columbia Pictures, (film distributor.). Revolution Studios, (presenter.). Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm), (publisher.). Team Todd (Firm), (film production company.). Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs, Martin Luther McCoy, T.V. Carpio, Bono, Eddie Izzard. (Cast).

Summary:

Jude is a dock worker from Liverpool who travels to the United States in the 1960s to find his estranged father. There, he falls in love with sheltered American teenager Lucy. When her brother, Max, is drafted to fight in the Vietnam War, they become involved in peace activism.

Record details

ISBN: 1424861004
ISBN: 9781424861002
Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: 2-disc deluxe edition ; anamorphic widescreen format (2.40:1).
Publisher: Culver City, California : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2008]
Copyright: ©2008

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 2007. Special features (disc 1): optional audio commentary with Taymor & Goldenthal, with optional Korean subtitles; deleted scene (1 min.); 2 alternate takes (6 min. total); 3 photo galleries ("On the set", "Behind the scenes", "Design"). Special features (disc 2, with optional Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish or Thai subtitles): "Creating the 'Universe'" featurette (29 min.); "Stars of tomorrow" featurette (27 min.); "All about the music" featurette (15 min.); "Moving across the 'Universe'" featurette (9 min.); "FX on the 'Universe'" featurette (7 min.); 8 extended musical performances (35 min. total). Widescreen 2.40:1.
Formatted Contents Note:	Special features: Anamorphic widescreen -- Extended musical performances -- Deleted scene -- Commentary with director Julie Taymor and music producer/composer Elliot Goldenthal -- 5 behind-the-scenes featurettes -- Language: English Dolby digital 5.1 ; Spanish Dolby digital 5.1 ; Portuguese Dolby digital 5.1 -- Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Korean, Thai, Portuguese.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Bruno Delbonnel ; editor, Françoise Bonnot ; original score by Elliot Goldenthal ; songs written by the Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr) ; choreography by Daniel Ezralow.
Participant or Performer Note:	Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs, Martin Luther McCoy, T.V. Carpio, Bono, Eddie Izzard.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Filmed at Steiner Studios in Brooklyn, NYC.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: PG-13; for some drug content, nudity, sexuality, violence, and language.
System Details Note:	DVD, region 1, widescreen; Dolby digital 5.1.
Language Note:	In English, dubbed Portuguese or dubbed Spanish; optional Chinese, English, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish or Thai subtitles; closed-captioned.