"A lot of similarities between current times and 1968," Jim Sturgess on 3 day re-release of 'Across the Universe'
Half a century has passed since the world-shaking protests of 1968, when young people around the world – fueled by a vision of a different future – took to the streets and rose in revolt against the chokehold of the military and bureaucratic elites, and their political oppression.
That pivotal moment in history forms the background of Julie Taymor’s 2007 Beatles-themed jukebox musical 'Across the Universe.' Starring Jim Sturgess ('Cloud Atlas', '21') and Evan Rachel Wood ('Westworld,' 'Thirteen') as Jude (a reference to The Beatles' 'Hey Jude') and Lucy ('Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds'), the film tells the story of the duo whose love inspires them to become involved with the protests and counter-culture movement that dominated the cultural landscape in 1968.