2008 Woodie Awards
A weekend dedicated to… The Beatles
Issue date: 10/17/07 Section: Lifeline
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"Across the Universe": Musical based on The Beatles songbook, set in the '60s England and America. The love story is intertwined with the social protests and anti-war movement. Premiered last Friday in Mount Pleasant.
Genre: Musical/Romance
Show times
Mount Pleasant, Celebration Cinema, 4935 Pickard Road
Friday-Sunday: 12:55 p.m., 3:40 p.m., 6:25 p.m., 9:10 p.m., Friday and Saturday only: 11:15 p.m.
Ann Arbor, Goodrich Quality 16, 3686 Jackson Road
Friday-Sunday: 11 a.m., 1:45 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 7:15 p.m., 10 p.m.
Check out movies related to The Beatles at local video stores:
"A Hard Days Night" (1964): A 'typical' day in the life of The Beatles.
"Yellow Submarine" (1968): The band, featured as cartoons in a colorful world, agree to accompany Captain Fred in his Yellow Submarine and go to Pepperland to free it from the music hating Blue Meanies.
"I am Sam" (1999): During the summer of 1977, residents of an Italian-American South Bronx neighborhood in New York City live in fear and distrust of one another after the "Son of Sam Murders." The film's soundtrack is based on Beatles covers.
"The U.S vs. John Lennon" (2006): A documentary on the life of John Lennon, with a focus on the time in his life when he transformed from a musician into an antiwar activist.
Books
"Helter Skelter": The story of Charles Manson, who told his followers that White Album songs including "Helter Skelter" were the Beatles' coded prophecy of an apocalyptic war. Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Vincent Bugliosi, who led the prosecution of Manson and the killers who acted on Manson's instruction, named his best-selling book about the murders.
"The Beatles Anthology": Released in 2000, the anthology, which included interviews with all four band members and others involved.
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Genre: Musical/Romance
Show times
Mount Pleasant, Celebration Cinema, 4935 Pickard Road
Friday-Sunday: 12:55 p.m., 3:40 p.m., 6:25 p.m., 9:10 p.m., Friday and Saturday only: 11:15 p.m.
Ann Arbor, Goodrich Quality 16, 3686 Jackson Road
Friday-Sunday: 11 a.m., 1:45 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 7:15 p.m., 10 p.m.
Check out movies related to The Beatles at local video stores:
"A Hard Days Night" (1964): A 'typical' day in the life of The Beatles.
"Yellow Submarine" (1968): The band, featured as cartoons in a colorful world, agree to accompany Captain Fred in his Yellow Submarine and go to Pepperland to free it from the music hating Blue Meanies.
"I am Sam" (1999): During the summer of 1977, residents of an Italian-American South Bronx neighborhood in New York City live in fear and distrust of one another after the "Son of Sam Murders." The film's soundtrack is based on Beatles covers.
"The U.S vs. John Lennon" (2006): A documentary on the life of John Lennon, with a focus on the time in his life when he transformed from a musician into an antiwar activist.
Books
"Helter Skelter": The story of Charles Manson, who told his followers that White Album songs including "Helter Skelter" were the Beatles' coded prophecy of an apocalyptic war. Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Vincent Bugliosi, who led the prosecution of Manson and the killers who acted on Manson's instruction, named his best-selling book about the murders.
"The Beatles Anthology": Released in 2000, the anthology, which included interviews with all four band members and others involved.
lifeline@cm-life.com
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