Julie Taymor and the stars of her up-coming film Across The Universe appeared at a press
conference during the Toronto Film Festival 2007 held at Sutton Place in Toronto, Canada,
on Monday September 10.
Stars of the film include Jim Sturgess, Evan Rachel Wood,
Bono and Eddie Izzard plus Joe Cocker and Dana Fuchs.
"At once gritty, whimsical and highly theatrical, Revolution
Studios' Across The Universe is a
groundbreaking movie musical, springing from the imagination of renowned
director Julie Taymor (Broadway's The
Lion King) and writers Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais (The Commitments), that brings together
an original story and 30 revolutionary songs including: 'Hey Jude,' 'I Am the
Walrus' and 'All You Need is Love,' that defined a generation?" declare
press materials.
"A love story set against the backdrop of the 1960s
amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, mind exploration and rock 'n
roll, the film moves 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. The
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 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."
Across The Universe opens
in select theatres for an early engagement on September 14; and nation-wide September
21. For more information visit www.AcrossTheUniverse.com
Photos by Walter
McBride/Retna Ltd.
Across The Universe
Julie Taymor (Director)
Julie Taymor
Elliot Goldenthal
Evan Rachel Wood
Evan Rachel Wood
Evan Rachel Wood
Evan Rachel Wood
Jim Sturgess
Jim Sturgess
Jim Sturgess
Jim Sturgess
Joe Anderson
Joe Anderson
Elliot Goldenthal, Joe Anderson, Jim Sturgess , Evan Rachel
Wood and Julie Taymor
Julie Taymor
Julie Taymor
Evan Rachel Wood
Evan Rachel Wood
Jim Sturgess
Joe Anderson
Jim Sturgess and Evan Rachel Wood
Joe Anderson, Evan Rachel Wood and Jim Sturgess
