Yorkville Library Film for August: Across the Universe (2007)
Location
Admission Free
Films Begin at 2:00 P.M.
Friday, August 24, 2012 – Across the Universe
In this psychedelic musical film that rolls along to the beat of many Beatles hits, a young dock worker travels to America in the 60s amidst our greatest social upheaval and falls in love with a sheltered teenager named Lucy. When her brother Max is drafted to fight in the Vietnam War, the two join the anti-war movement, the struggle for free speech and civil rights. (via movielic.com)
Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess,
Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs
Columbia Pictures; Directed by Julie Taymor
Rated PG-13; 131 minutes; 2007