Across The Universe

i just saw the movie "across the universe" yesterday. thanks to a classmate who invited me over to his house to watch this movie.

it was a long film, but worth watching. it's a musical too, in case you want to know.

i recommend it to all Beatles fans. honestly i am not a big fan of the Beatles but i still liked the movie.

Some trivia about the movie:

Characters:

Jim Sturgess as Jude Feeny
Evan Rachel Wood as Lucy Carrigan
Joe Anderson as Maxwell "Max" Carrigan
Dana Fuchs as Sadie
Martin Luther McCoy as Jojo
T.V. Carpio as Prudence

Directed By: Julie Taymor(also one of the writers)

the movie earned $27,984,856 worldwide

and one of the most interesting things about the movie

Character names
The names of the principal characters - and several of the secondary roles - are derived from names in the titles or lyrics of Beatles compositions.


Jude - "Hey Jude"
Lucy - "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and "I Am The Walrus"
Max - "Maxwell's Silver Hammer"
Sadie - "Sexy Sadie"
Jojo - "Get Back" and "Come Together"
Prudence - "Dear Prudence"
Dr. Robert - "Doctor Robert"
Mr. Kite - "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!"
Daniel (Lucy's American boyfriend) - "Rocky Raccoon"
Bill (Sadie's Manager) - "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill" and "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
Paco (Lucy's co-protester) - "Old Brown Shoe"
Molly (Jude's English girlfriend) - "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
Desmond (Jude's boss in America) - "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
Pam (Desmond's coworker) - "Polythene Pam"
Martha (Jude's mother) - "Martha My Dear"
Julia (Lucy and Max's sister) - "Julia"
Rita (The Contortionist) - "Lovely Rita"
Teddy (Max and Lucy's Uncle) - "Teddy Boy"
Lil (the girl Jude is with in Cafe Huh?) - "Rocky Raccoon"


thank you(again) to wikipedia.org for most of the information above.