Across the Universe (2007)
All you need is love.
Genre : Drama, Romance, Fantasy
Runtime : 2H 13M
Director : Julie Taymor
Writer : Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
Synopsis
When young dockworker Jude leaves Liverpool to find his estranged father in the United States, he is swept up by the waves of change that are re-shaping the nation. Jude falls in love with Lucy, who joins the growing anti-war movement. As the body count in Vietnam rises, political tensions at home spiral out of control and the star-crossed lovers find themselves in a psychedelic world gone mad.
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