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Show B2 MONDAY, OCTOBER U. J007 Life • THE COLLEGE TIMES Sony Pictures Left to right: (front) Jim Sturgess as Jude, Evan Rachel Wood as Lucy, Joe Anderson as Max; (rear) Dana Fuchs as Sadie, Martin Luther McCoy as JoJo, Ekaterina Sknarina as Rita and T.V. Carpio as Prudence in Revolution Studios' Across The Universe. The long and winding musical Colorful, arty tribute covers Beatles tunes for Tinseltown cording to Amazon.com, the CD soundtrack has 16 Life writer of the 30-plus songs, which would be money well spent. The following people By the way, Across the will cherish the new Beatles- western (3:10 to Yitma) and song musical. Across The the musical (Hair spray). Universe is rated PG-13, And though many musi- but conservative viewers Universe: those who love the Silver Beetles, those cals are like eggnog-a little will likely disagree with who watch for the synchron- goes a long wny-Across the this rating, due to more icity of The Wizard of Oz Universe showcases an ar- than one instance of "arand Pink Floyd's Dark Side tistic richness, with its col- tistically depicted" nudity. Much like the Broadway of the Moon, those who rel- orful production design, ish Tommy (1975) and The vibrant visual effects and musical Movin' Out, which Wall (\9S2). those who risk soundtrack... unlike eggnog. further develops the stoeating Pop Rocks with soda, Indeed, the music alone rylines of characters in Billy and those who do drugs. is worth the admission price, Joel songs. Across the UniDon't do drugs. featuring more than 30, well- verse creates a screenplay Not only has this been done Beatles cover tunes that that loosely incorporates The "The Summer of 'Suck- play more like music videos Beatles' songs' characters quels,'" . (Bourne and than musical numbers. Ac- and concepts into the story. Jason Pyles Ocean's excluded), but summer 2007 also seems lo be the comeback attempt for faded genres, such as the 5ONPIRES LIVE 5ANDS GREAT POOD HAUNTED WOODS SCARY MOVIE TENT FORTUNE TELLER HAUNTED HAYRIDES 5AT PLIGHT (Zip Line) SPOOKY WOODS (Children 5-12 5-< he r*rc\KKfcoCir\>ve ^pon*orc\"l t>u ' " ? ' SISEL International -* * f SISELS prcv^edivvill k- Jonakvi to KocLj Mountain C;^WightcMn grovexom It is the 1960s and the Vietnam War is underway. Jude (Jim Sturgess) travels from Liverpool, England "Across The Universe showcases an artistic richness, particularly with its colorful production design, vibrant visual effects and soundtrack." -Jason Pyles to Princeton, N.J. to meet someone who played a sig- nificant, rather enjoyable role in his past. During his visit, Jude encounters Max (Joe Anderson) and his sister, Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood). The siblings become fast friends with Jude, so they eventually end up living in New York City, meeting other characters with Beatles song names, such as JoJo and Prudence. Max receives an unlucky invitation. Lucy passionately protests the war, supplying unmistakable parallels to present-day arguments against the Iraq War. And Jude wanders amid the colorful mayhem, singing songs. looking sad and being British. In truth, not very much happens in Across the Universe, especially considering its overlong 131-minute runtime. But Beatles freaks, even the purists, will enjoy the buried nuggets that nod to the knowledgeable fans who, like Maxwell, are "silver hammer men" (or women). Addenda: Speaking of the Piano Man, Billy Joel himself will be performing at Salt Lake's EnergySolutions Arena Nov. 29. And, you can find out why Pop Rocks pop, the candy's history and other need-to-know info at www.poprockscandy.com |