Get ready for Kanopy’s Big Movie Watch, running February 9 – 23, 2026. Stream Across the Universe, ticket free with your York County Public Library card and a Kanopy account. Stream now on York County's Kanopy website or get the Kanopy app. Visit Kanopy Help if you need assistance getting started with Kanopy or the Kanopy app.
About Across the Universe
An original musical film, Across the Universe is a love story set against the backdrop of the 1960s, amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, the struggle for free speech and civil rights, mind exploration and rock ‘n roll. At once gritty, whimsical and highly theatrical, the story moves from high schools and universities in Massachusetts, Princeton and Ohio to the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Detroit riots, the killing fields of Vietnam and the dockyards of Liverpool. Combining live action with painted and three-dimensional animation, Across the Universe springs from the imagination of renowned director Julie Taymor and writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais and features an array of Beatles songs that have come to define the period.