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“Across the Universe”

Synopsis

A love story set against the backdrop of the 1960s amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, mind exploration and rock ‘n roll, from the dockyards of Liverpool to the creative psychedelia of Greenwich Village, from the riot-torn streets of Detroit to the killing fields of Vietnam. Star-crossed lovers, Jude and Lucy, along with a small group of friends and musicians, are swept up into the emerging anti-war and counterculture movements, with “Dr. Robert” and “Mr. Kite” as their guides. Tumultuous forces outside their control ultimately tear the young lovers apart, forcing Jude and Lucy — against all odds — to find their own way back to each other.

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Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono were supportive during the film production, and were in touch with director Julie Taymor.

Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono, Paul McCartney and Olivia Harrison praised the film after seeing it.

Max in a veterans hospital having his next drug shot from a nurse (Hayek) is singing “Happiness Is a Warm Gun” while the hospital floor is spinning like a roulette, alluding to men being casualties of war like in a “Russian Roulette.”

Joe Anderson was originally being looked at to play the role of Jude, but at the audition, he told Julie Taymor that he was the character of Max and would rather audition for that role instead.

The non-existent joint in the “With a Little Help From My Friends” sequence is non-existent to ensure that the movie is not R-rated.

The following items are a list of references to songs by The Beatles:
• The title of the movie, and many of the characters are named after various songs: Lucy, Jude, Max (Maxwell) Sadie, Mr. Kite, Dr. Robert, Prudence, JoJo, Rita.
• “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer”: At college, Max generally goofs off and causes trouble. This is a reference to the song lyric, “Back in school again/Maxwell plays the fool again.”
• “I Want You”: The famous Uncle Sam recruitment poster is animated to illustrate the song.
• “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer”: When Max and Jude first see their apartment, Sadie comments that Max seems harmless, but could have murdered someone with a silver hammer, and in another scene Max is shown holding a silver hammer, both homages to the song that lends Max his name. It’s made all the more obvious by Max tapping the hammer and creating the beat of that very song.

Quotations

Army Sergeant: Is there any reason you shouldn’t be in this man’s Army?
Max: I’m a cross-dressing homosexual pacifist with a spot on my lung.
Army Sergeant: As long as you don’t have flat feet.

Max: And you know what really pisses me off is I swallowed all those cotton balls and they never even took a damn X-ray.
Hippy: You still have options man.
Max: Yeah, jail or Canada and they both suck. I mean I could never come home, so what is it, it’s a choice of a 6×4 cell or an endless wasteland of frozen tundra.
Hippy: Montreal is cool.
Max: Man, they speak French.
Hippie Guitarist: So learn French. Learn French or die.

Jude: What are you going to do if you don’t go back to college?
Max: What any irresponsible, unmotivated, drop-out would do. Go to New York, like tonight.

Max: So that’s how it is?
Jude: Yeah, that’s how it is.
Max: Well, speaking as a brother, I think she could do better.
Lucy: Max! Get out!

Max: You’re up before two and looking wicked cool. Who’s it for?
Sadie: I have a meeting.
Max: Why, is that prayer a meeting?
Sadie: Yeah, for your twisted soul.

Jude: You don’t seem too messed up.
Max: Well, everything below the neck works fine.

Max: Come on, Luce. We’ve got to do something with him, he’s a sailor on leave! He needs a bar, a brawl, and a brothel!