Across the Universe (2007) - Quotes

The Untold Story Within Famous Lyrics

Taglines: Within the lyrics of the world's most famous songs, lives a story that has never been told. Until now.

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Living Without Rules and Fear

Taglines: They lived without rules. They loved without fear. But as the world changed, so did they.

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A Groundbreaking Motion Picture Experience Awaits

Taglines: From director Julie Taymor comes the most original, exhilarating, spectacular, groundbreaking motion picture of the year.

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The Essential Nature of Love

Taglines: All you need is love.

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Artistic Expression Amidst Social Change

Lucy: We're in the middle of a revolution Jude. And what are you doing? Doodles and cartoons?

Jude: Well I'm sorry I'm not the man with the mega-phone, but this is what I do.

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Exploring the Depths of Adventure Together

Jude: Where are we going?

Lucy: Out of our minds!

Jude: Where are you taking me?

Lucy: Down the rabbit hole!

Jude: But I wanted to feed the cows!

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Desperate Acts in a Time of War

Lucy: I would gladly lay in front of a tank if it would bring back Max and end this war.

Jude: Yeah? Well it wouldn't.

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Choosing Between Limited Options

Hippie: [after hearing Max wants to avoid the draft] You still have options man.

Max: Yeah, jail or Canada and they both suck. I mean I could never come home, so what is it, it's a choice of a 6x4 cell or an endless wasteland of frozen tundra.

Hippie: Montreal is cool.

Max: Man, they speak French there.

Groupie: So learn French. Learn French or die.

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Unconventional Reasons for Military Exemption

Army Sergeant: Is there any reason you shouldn't serve in this man's Army?

Max: I'm a cross-dressing homosexual pacifist with a spot on my lung.

Army Sergeant: As long as you don't have flat feet...

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Sibling Opinions on Relationships

Max: [walking in and seeing Lucy and Jude in bed together] So that's how it is?

Jude: [They both wake up and Lucy starts laughing a little] Yeah. That's how it is.

Max: Well, speaking as a brother, I think she could do better.

Lucy: Max? Get out!

Max: Well I'm sorry, but, as blissful as you are in the throes of young love, I'm just letting you know I have a date with Uncle Sam.

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Questioning Origins and Connections

Sadie: [upon seeing Prudence for the first time] Where'd she come from?

Jude: [[w:She Came in Through the Bathroom Window|She came in through the bathroom window] ].

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Observation About Memory and Reflection

Sadie: You got a good memory for faces?

Max: Yeah, I think so. Why?

Sadie: There's no mirror in your bathroom.

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Deciding Between College and New Beginnings

Jude: What are you going to do if you don't go back to college?

Max: What any irresponsible, unmotivated, drop-out would do. Go to New York, like tonight.

The Importance of Braces and Teeth

Jude: [to Lucy] My god you... you have perfect teeth. No, no. You do -- they're perfect. You know, people in Liverpool only seldom do. They stick out in all different directions. It's horrible.

Lucy: Haven't you ever heard of braces?

Jude: Yes I have, thank you very much. We use them to keep our trousers up.

Identity and Action: A Defining Debate

Max's Father: Goddammit, Max! Get serious, for once! What are you going to DO with your life?

Max: Why is it always what will I do? "What will he do", "What will he do," "Oh, my god what will he do", Do, do, do, do, do. Why isn't the issue here who I am?

Uncle Teddy: Because, Maxwell, what you do defines who you are.

Max: No, Uncle Teddy, who you are defines what you do, right Jude?

Jude: Surely it's not what you do, but it's the...the way that you do it.

Exploring the Power of Music and Identity

JoJo: Music is the only thing that makes sense anymore... play it loud enough and it keeps the demons at bay.

Sadie: Well, you seem pretty clean-cut, but then again you could've murdered your granny with a hammer

Dr. Robert: We're navigators, we're aviators, eatin taters, masturbatin alligators, bombardiers, we got no fears, won't shed no tears, we're pushin the frontiers of transcendental perception.