Across The Universe

The Beatles are arguably the best band of all time and Moulin Rouge is arguably one of the best modern musicals of our time. Put these two together and you get Across The Universe. I recently caught wind of this movie when I was notified by a friend. I checked out the trialer (below) and decided I must see it as soon as it comes out (release date September 14th).
The idea behind the movie is similar to The Who's "Tommy". Well, not entierly, but it is similar. Obviously there isn't an album like "Tommy" to go along with Across The Universe because The Beatles are no more. Instead of an actual album, the director has decided to use a montage of Beatles songs spanning their entire career. It is a music/rock opera like Tommy though. Several snippets of musical scenes are visible in the trialer. As I mentioned above, it's like Moulin Rouge in the fact that it's a modern musical and it just seems to have that, I don't know, feel? that Moulin Rouge had.
It takes place in America during the hippie/Vietnam War era (60's and 70's). The main character, Jude (surprise surprise), is a college age kid from the U.K. who meets friends in America and becomes a hippie. The story follows the escapades of Jude and his friends through everything from an ivy league school to New York to protests. All the while, Beatles music accompanies their journey. I'm thoroughly excited for this one and I hope you are too.