The Beatles 'Across the Universe'
"The Strange World of Planet X"(1957)is memorable mainly for the insect attacks which arrive only during the last 20 minutes,very slow going up to that point.There is one bit of interesting trivia that no one else seems to have noticed: in each of the scenes where the little girl goes insect hunting in the woods,the chirping of the birds is exactly the same every time.Not only that,but it's the same chirping sounds that The Beatles used to open their original 1968 recording of Lennon's "Across the Universe".It is repeated in all of the child's wanderings,even in Smith's introductory scene,and gradually becomes somewhat comical.Evidentally,the filmmakers used the same generic library recording that was also utilized by the Beatles.The film was completed in 1957,and the song first saw release in 1969.
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