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"Across the Universe" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. It was written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney.The song first appeared on the 1969 various artists' charity compilation album No One's Gonna Change Our World and later, in a different form, on their 1970 album Let It Be, the group's final released studio album.
Across the Universe is a 2007 American jukebox musical romantic drama film directed by Julie Taymor, centered on songs by the Beatles. The script is based on an original story credited to Taymor, Dick Clement , and Ian La Frenais , and based on the song of the same name by Lennon–McCartney .
The single's music video was directed by Apple's then-boyfriend, film director Paul Thomas Anderson, who directed the video for Apple's previous single, "Across the Universe" (1998). Anderson shot the video in Pasadena, California [16] with the crew he uses during the production of his films. "[I]t's all really fun", Apple said of the video.
Apple's cover of "Across the Universe", credited to John Lennon and Paul McCartney (pictured in 1964), was recorded for the Pleasantville soundtrack, released in 1998.Apple provided vocals to Zach Galifianakis ' (pictured in 2007) promotional single "Come On and Get It (Up in 'Dem Guts)" (2006).
The album was released as Across the Universe (Music from the Motion Picture) by Interscope Records on September 14, 2007, debuting a 16-track album featuring half of the songs heard in the film. [2] A deluxe edition was released on October 2, 2007 featuring all the songs performed by the cast, as well as an incidental score composed by Goldenthal.
Dana Fuchs (pronounced Fyooks, born January 10, 1976) is an American singer and songwriter known for a mix of Southern rock, soul, roots, and blues. She played Sadie in the film Across the Universe, her performance described by The New York Times as "triumphal".
She is a lesbian princess of Paros who tries to pass as a man, similar to Princess Sapphire from Princess Knight and Oscar from The Rose of Versailles, while avoiding her arranged marriage to Prince Phaon of Kaurous, due to her love for young laundry maid Fiona. Sakura: Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle: The princess of the Kingdom of Clow.
The album's title is a play on words of the Beatles song "Across the Universe" and the band's own album †. The live portion of this release was recorded at a concert in San Francisco, California at the Concourse Exhibition Center, on 27 March 2008. The CD also came with a DVD of the film of the same name called A Cross the Universe.