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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.
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Nostalgic, grave, epic and overwhelming.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- cooloverwhelming
- sparerichly built
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Cast
- Evan Rachel WoodLucy Carrigan
- Jim SturgessJude
- Joe AndersonMax Carrigan
- Dana FuchsSadie
- Martin LutherJo-Jo
- T.V. CarpioPrudence
- Spencer LiffDaniel
- Lisa Dwyer HoggMolly
- Nicholas LumleyCyril
- Michael RyanPhil
Crew
- Julie TaymorDirector
- Dick ClementScreenplay
- Ian La FrenaisScreenplay
- Bruno DelbonnelDirector of Photography
- Elliot GoldenthalOriginal Music Composer
- Françoise BonnotEditor
- Richard BarattaProducer
- Matthew GrossProducer
- Jennifer ToddProducer
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