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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.
Synopsis
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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Cast
Directed by Julie Taymor
Evan Rachel Wood
Lucy Carrigan
Jim Sturgess
Jude
Joe Anderson
Max Carrigan
Dana Fuchs
Sadie
Martin Luther
Jo-Jo
T.V. Carpio
Prudence
Spencer Liff
Daniel
Lisa Dwyer Hogg
Molly
Nicholas Lumley
Cyril
Michael Ryan
Phil
Angela Mounsey
Martha Feeny (Jude's Mother)
Robert Clohessy
Wesley "Wes" Huber (Jude's Father)
Christopher Tierney
Dorm Buddy / Dancer
Curtis Holbrook
Dorm Buddy
Bill Buell
Old Guy at Tavern
Ellen Hornberger
Julia Carrigan (Lucy's Sister)
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Release
2007
Runtime
133 min
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