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Check Jim Sturgess on TRL today!

Posted 10/10/2007 by Admin

Check out Jim Sturgess from Across The Universe on today's edition of TRL.
3:30 PM ET/PT on MTV

Across the Universe (Music From The Motion Picture) - AVAILABLE NOW!

Posted 9/14/2007 by Admin

Across The Universe (Music From the Motion Picture) is now available everywhere.

Click HERE to buy from iTunes
Click HERE to buy from iTunes (Deluxe Edition)

Click HERE to buy from Best Buy
Click HERE to buy from Best Buy (Deluxe Edition)

Across The Universe cast to perform at Good Morning America and The Oprah Winfrey Show on 9/14

Posted 9/5/2007 by Admin

Be sure to tune into ABC’s Good Morning America on 9/14 to catch a performance by the Across The Universe cast.

Also, that same day watch the cast performing a 4 song medley (Blackbird, All My Loving, Don’t Let Me Down and All You Need Is Love) at The Oprah Winfrey Show! Click HERE for listings.

Across The Universe Soundtrack available 9/14!

Posted 9/5/2007 by Admin

Across The Universe (Music From The Motion Picture) available everywhere 9/14!

"It Won’t Be Long” single available digitally on 9/11.

Across The Universe Soundtrack track listing

Posted 9/3/2007 by Admin

ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
(Music From The Motion Picture)

1. All My Loving
2. I Want To Hold Your Hand
3. It Won’t Be Long
4. I’ve Just Seen A Face
5. Let It Be
6. Come Together
7. Something
8. I Am The Walrus
9. Oh Darling
10. Across the Universe
11. Helter Skelter
12. Strawberry Fields
13. Happiness Is A Warm Gun
14. Blackbird
15. Hey Jude
16. Lucy In The Sky

Across The Universe - Music From The Motion Picture

Posted 8/11/2007 by Admin

THE MUSIC AND CHARACTERS IN DOZENS OF SONGS WRITTEN BY THE GREATEST SONGWRITERS OF ALL TIME PROVIDE BOTH THE SOUNDTRACK AND STORYLINE FOR ORIGINAL MOVIE MUSICAL

Across The Universe

The original movie musical Across The Universe, directed by Julie Taymor (Broadway's "The Lion King," Frida) and penned by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais (The Commitments), brings not only the music of the greatest songwriters of all time but also the characters and stories in their timeless songs--performed by the actors in the film--to the big screen.

Across The Universe: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Interscope Records) will be released September 18, 2007, in a single-CD edition of 16 selections and a two-CD Deluxe Edition with all 31 of the songs in the film in a special package, including an elaborate booklet boasting stills from the film. Revolution Studios' Across The Universe premieres September 14.

Beginning with over 200 songs by John Lennon & Paul McCartney, as well as George Harrison and Ringo Starr, the filmmakers eventually chose 30 songs that they felt best told the story of a generation. A love story set against the backdrop of the 1960s, turbulent years of anti-war protest, mind exploration and rock 'n' roll, Across The Universe is centered on characters heard in those songs, with the lyrics often part of the dialogue. Utilizing live action plus animation and digital effects, Across The Universe moves from the dockyards of Liverpool to Greenwich Village, the riot-torn streets of Detroit to Vietnam.

The film's stars, headed by Jim Sturgess as Jude, Golden Globe nominee Evan Rachel Wood (Thirteen) as Lucy, Joe Anderson as Max, Dana Fuchs as Sadie and Martin Luther as JoJo, as well as Salma Hayek, are joined by U2's Bono, rock icon Joe Cocker and well-known comedian Eddie Izzard. Bono performs "I Am The Walrus" as Dr. Robert (and "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" over the end titles); Cocker sings "Come Together" in three different guises--pimp, homeless man and hippie, and Izzard portrays circus ringleader Mr. Kite rendering "The Benefit Of Mr. Kite."

The other stars perform songs from the catalog of the songwriters who defined a generation, including, "Across The Universe," "Girl," "Helter Skelter," "Hold Me Tight," "All My Loving," "I Want To Hold Your Hand," "With A Little Help From My Friends," "It Won't Be Long," "I've Just Seen A Face," "Let It Be," "Why Don't We Do It In The Road," "If I Fell," "I Want You," "Dear Prudence," "Because," "Something," "Oh! Darling," "Strawberry Fields," "Revolution," "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," "Happiness Is A Warm Gun," "Blackbird," "Hey Jude," "Don't Let Me Down" and "All You Need Is Love."

In addition, neo-psychedelic rockers The Secret Machines collaborated with Oscar-winning composer Elliot Goldenthal on their versions of "Flying" and "Blue Jay Way." Goldenthal also wrote the score to the film and produced and rearranged the rest of the 31 songs along with T-Bone Burnett and Matthias Gohl.

Taymor received two Tony Awards for her work on "The Lion King," making her the first woman to win a Tony for directing a musical. She then transitioned to movies, directing Titus in 1999 and Frida in 2002. The latter garnered six Academy Award nominations and won two, including for Best Original Score (with Goldenthal).

ACROSS THE UNIVERSE

Posted 7/25/2007 by Admin

ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
Musical

At once gritty, whimsical and highly theatrical, Revolution Studios' Across the Universe is an original movie musical springing from the imagination of renowned director Julie Taymor (Frida, Titus, and the Broadway smash hit musical "The Lion King") and writers Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais (The Commitments).

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 (Jim Sturgess) and Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood), along with a small group of friends and musicians, are swept up into the emerging anti-war and counterculture movements, with "Dr. Robert" (Bono) and "Mr. Kite" (Eddie Izzard) 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.

Directed by:
Julie Taymor

Screenplay by:
Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais

Story by:
Julie Taymor & Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais

Produced by:
Suzanne Todd
Jennifer Todd
Matthew Gross

Executive Producers:
Derek Dauchy
Rudd Simmons
Charles Newirth

Cast:
Evan Rachel Wood
Jim Sturgess
Joe Anderson

This film has been rated PG-13 by the MPAA for Some Drug Content, Nudity, Sexuality, Violence, and Language. Credits not final

Julie Taymor is a critically acclaimed, Tony Award-winning American director on Broadway and in film: she is known for her visual flair and brilliantly colorful costuming choices.
Her greatest acclaim as a director for the stage has come from the wildly popular musical The Lion King, a 1997 adaptation of the animated film of that name. Taymor received two Tony Awards for her work on The Lion King, one for Direction and one for Costume Design, making her the first woman to receive a Tony award for directing a musical.
Taymor has transitioned from the stage to the movie set in recent years, directing Titus in 1999 (an adaptation of the play Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare) and Frida in 2002. Both movies received positive reviews for their stylish filming: Frida was the more acclaimed of the two, garnering six Academy Award nominations and winning in two of the six categories (Best Makeup and Best Original Score).
In 2006 she completed production of her latest movie, a musical set in the 1960s entitled Across The Universe, starring Jim Sturgess and Evan Rachel Wood. The premiere date is scheduled for September, 2007.

Across the Universe Soundtrack:

"Girl"
Performed by Jim Sturgess (cast member)

"Helter Skelter"
Performed by Dana Fuchs (cast member)

"Hold Me Tight"
Performed by Jim Sturgess, Evan Rachel Wood, Lisa Hogg (cast members)

"All My Loving"
Performed by Jim Sturgess (cast members)

"I Want To Hold Your Hand"
Performed by TV Carpio (cast member)

"With A Little Help From My Friends"
Performed by Joe Anderson, Jim Sturgess & Dorm Buddies (cast members)

"It Won't Be Long"
Performed by Evan Rachel Wood (cast member)

"I've Just Seen A Face"
Performed by Jim Sturgess (cast member)

"Let It Be"
Performed by Carol Woods, Timothy T. Mitchum (cast members)

"Come Together"
Perfomed by Joe Cocker, Martin Luther (cast members)

"Why Don't We Do It In The Road"
Performed by Dana Fuchs (cast member)

"If I Fell"
Performed by Evan Rachel Wood (cast member)

"I Want You"
Performed by Joe Anderson (cast)

"Dear Prudence"
Performed by Dana Fuchs, Jim Sturgess, Evan Rachel Wood, TV Carpio (cast members)

"Flying"
Performed by The Secret Machines (not cast members)
Produced by Elliot Goldenthal & The Secret Machines

"Blue Jay Way"
Performed by The Secret Machines (not cast members)
Produced by Elliot Goldenthal & The Secret Machines

"I Am The Walrus"
Performed by Bono (cast member)
Produced by Elliot Goldenthal & The Secret Machines

"The Benefit Of Mr. Kite"
Performed by Eddie Izzard (cast member)

"Because"
Performed by Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs, TV Carpio, Martin Luther

"Something"
Performed by Jim Sturgess (cast member)

"Oh Darling"
Performed by Dana Fuchs, Martin Luther (cast members)

"Strawberry Fields"
Performed by Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson (cast members)

"Revolution"
Perfomed by Jim Sturgess (cast members)

"While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
Performed by Martin Luther (cast member)

"Happiness Is A Warm Gun"
Performed by Joe Anderson (cast member)

"Blackbird"
Performed by Evan Rachel Wood (cast member)

"Hey Jude"
Performed by Joe Anderson (cast member)

"Don't Let Me Down"
Performed by Dana Fuchs (cast member)

"All You Need Is Love"
Performed by Jim Sturgess, Dana Fuchs (cast members)

"Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"
Performed by Bono (this is an end title song and is not performed on camera as a character of the movie)