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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.
2007 · Directed by Julie Taymor · 133 min · Drama · Romance · Fantasy · 10 frames
Tagline
All you need is love.
Crew
- Screenplay: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
- Cinematography: Bruno Delbonnel
- Edited by: Françoise Bonnot
- Music: Elliot Goldenthal
- Produced by: Richard Baratta, Matthew Gross, Jennifer Todd
Cast
- Evan Rachel Wood as Lucy Carrigan
- Jim Sturgess as Jude
- Joe Anderson as Max Carrigan
- Dana Fuchs as Sadie
- Martin Luther as Jo-Jo
- T.V. Carpio as Prudence
- Spencer Liff as Daniel
- Lisa Dwyer Hogg as Molly
- Nicholas Lumley as Cyril
- Michael Ryan as Phil
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Revolution Studios, Team Todd, Gross Entertainment, Sound Films
- Budget: $45,000,000
- Box office: $29,625,761
- Themes: vietnam war, protest, musical, liverpool, england, riot, cultural difference, university, fantasy sequence, anti war, police arrest
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