Title: Bet You Fifteen Bucks You Missed This in ATU
Author: Missy, with assistance from major Max-fan Kate
Gasp, this one probably won't be rated T.
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"One of you could take this bedroom." Sadie said, and then turned around to face the boys. "I'm gunna need two weeks in advance, is that alright guys?" She asked, confident that they would have the money.
"Oh, no, that's not a problem." Max said, shoving his hands in his pockets to get the rent while inching away from a cat walking by.
Conclusion: Max is afraid of cats.
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"What would you do if I sang out of key, would you stand up and walk out on me…" Max sang, tossing a beer to his friends on the couch.
"Thank you!" One of them yelled.
"Lend me your ears, and I'll sing you a song…" He continued, nudging Jude with a beer can. Jude took the beer and opened it as the guy beside him stuck out his hand.
"I'm Chris."
Conclusion: Max's friend, quite possibly the bad golfer on the rooftops, has a name. Chris, to be exact.
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"When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me, speaking words of wisdom, Let It Be."
Fact: Many of the songs in ATU were sung before they were even written. The movie was set it 67/68, and LET IT BE was written around 1971.
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"Do you write your own songs, Jojo?" Jude asked, listening to him strum his guitar while sipping a glass of wine gingerly.
"I've got twenty in a notebook. Another ten in my head." He replied, not stopping his playing.
"Leave room for anything else?"
"Music's the only thing that makes sense anymore, man." He explained, continuing to play. "Play it enough… keeps the demons at bay. Come together…"
Jojo's playing was interrupted by a loud bang coming from the bathroom window. Jude looked up, tucking his knees up on the chair.
"Hello, hello."
Fact: Many Beatle-song references were used in Across the Universe that weren't even sung (or used for character names). Such as 'She Came In Through The Bathroom Window', 'Hello Goodbye', and 'When I'm 64.'
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"And the Blue People! They're great; they're just… chilled out!!"
Fact: The Blue People were based off of 'The Blue Meanies' off of the film 'Yellow Submarine' featuring the Beatles (at the end of the movie only, their voices were dubbed over).
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"The wind is low, the birds will sing, that you are part of everything…" They sang to their friend.
"Dear Prudence…" Max sang, Lucy slightly amused. "Won't you open up your eyes?"
They all step back and look around the room. "Look around, round round round round…"
Prudence looked out the keyhole, and then stood up. She sheepishly pushed the door open.
Symbolism: Prudence was coming out of the closet about her orientation.
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"Who's place is this?" Lucy asked curiously, looking around.
"Luna Park, Dr Robert's publisher." Billquickly explained.
'There's a fog upon L.A…..' a voice sang in the distance.
Fact One: Sadie's publisher's name is BILL! Most people are naming people in their stories that.
Fact Two: The Song 'Blue Jay Way' is used here. Anyone else see this on the soundtrack and wonder where it was?
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"It feels so right now hold me tight, tell me I'm the only one, and then I might… never be the lonely one." Lucy spun around in Dan's arms and swung back and forth to the music.
Fact: Jim Sturgess and Joe Anderson both learned this dance. You can see them practicing on the special features.
Conclusion: Max and Jude are dancing somewhere in that crowd. We've been looking, but we cannot find them for sure, but we're pretty confident in saying that they are there. I don't care if Jude's in Liverpool, HE LEARNED THE DANCE!!
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"Don't let me down." Sadie sang, taking a moment to look at Jojo playing his guitar. She smiled, thinking about how happy she was, and then looked out at the crowd.
Fact: John Lennon's car is parked there, somewhere. Or something that looks similar to his.
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"There's nothing you can do that can't be done." Jude sang, looking around for Lucy.
Lucy ran up to the police officers. They shoved her back with clubs.
"Oh please officer, you have to let me up there…"
Fact: The clubs disappear.
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Some Random bits that have no literature to go along with them:
When Max and Jude walk into the apartment (first moving in) there is a guy sprawled out on the couch. Cats walk around everywhere. I don't think you see the cats again, but you can see the guy in the backround a lot. (When Prudence comes in, he is reading a magazine behind Jude).
When Prudence walks in through the bathroom window, Max is in the backround having a dilemma with the phone. He hangs up, picks up, stares at it, hangs up again before finally walking out.
During 'With a Little Help From My Friends' Max places a golf tee in Jude's mouth. He hits the ball on Jude's mouth and the tee is left untouched. Max is a pretty good golfer if he can hit a ball without hitting the tee. Especially with the force he was putting into it (I believe he grunted). Imagine if he did hit the tee… it would have knocked out his teeth or something, and then there would be a huge bloody mess. And then Jude could have given Lucy an example on people from Liverpool with funny teeth.
Haha.
That felt wrong… typing that, I mean.
Jude's also quite the womanizer… I mean, Molly, Prudence, random chick that Lucy is jealous of… AND Lucy? He's being kind of greedy when he spazzes out on Paco.
Lucy moves in with Paco. When she walks in on them making bombs, her bags are at the bottom of the stairs. This provokes questions about Paco/Lucy's secret affair (??). But honestly, who would cheat on Jude?
Some Random Places:
Katz Delicatessen
I wish that this was called 'Physcadelicatessan.' Woo hippies. It's the restaurant that Max burns the paper in.
Café Huh?
The place where Sadie's gigs take place.
Liverpool, England
For those who REALLY don't have a clue, this is where Jude's from (duh).
Detroit
Where Jojo's from.
There were a few more places, but I need to watch the movie again (for the millionth time?).
Got any questions on the 60's, ATU, or The Beatles, feel free to ask! This could be a multichapter fic if you, the reader, decide.
Think about that.
Thank you for reading; I hope I posted something you didn't know.
--Missy