Yellow Submarine (1968)

The Beatles agree to accompany Captain Fred in his Yellow Submarine and go to Pepperland to free it from the music hating Blue Meanies.

Director:

George Dunning

Writers:

Lee Minoff (original story), John Lennon (based upon a song by)

Stars:

Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr

2 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
The Beatles	...	(singing voice) (as Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band)
Paul Angelis	...	Ringo / Chief Blue Meanie / George / Narrator (voice)
John Clive	...	John (voice)
Dick Emery	...	Jeremy Hilary Boob, Ph.D. - Nowhere Man / Lord Mayor / Max (voice)
Geoffrey Hughes	...	Paul (voice) (as Geoff Hughes)
Lance Percival	...	Old Fred (voice)

Storyline

When the music hating Blue Meanies take over Pepperland and freeze everyone within it, including the protectors, Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. Captain Fred and his Yellow Submarine recruit The Beatles to help save Pepperland. Along the way, they fall through the Sea of Time, Sea of Nothing, Sea of Holes and more. They meet Jeremy Hillary Boob Ph.D. and take him with them along the adventure. When at Pepperland, the Beatles "rally the land to rebellion" and take down the Blue Meanies, the four-headed Meanie dog and the Dreadful Flying Glove (with the songs "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band", "With A Little Help From My Friends", "Hey Bulldog", "All You Need is Love"). In the end, we see all four live-action Beatles singing "All Together Now".

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Plot Keywords:

the beatles | submarine | journey | song | psychedelic | 

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Taglines:

The Beatles Have Grown Up...They're Adults Now!

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Musical

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Certificate:

G

Details

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 November 1968 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Beatles' Yellow Submarine

Filming Locations:

Studios of TVC London, London, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

£250,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$107,105, 8 July 2018, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$987,463, 23 September 2018

Company Credits

Production Co:

Apple Corps,King Features Production,TVC London

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

DTS (re-release) Dolby Digital (re-release) Mono (original release) (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In 2012, Robert Zemeckis, who was set to do a 3-D computer animated remake of this film, said he was no longer interested. He told Moviehole, "That would have been a great one to bring the Beatles back to life. But it's probably better not to be remade - you're always behind the 8-ball when you do a remake."

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Goofs

In the beginning when the Chief Blue Meanie is holding up Max and scolding him, the colors/stripes on Max's boots switch back and forth a couple times.

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Quotes

Paul: What's the matter fellows? Blue Meanies?

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Crazy Credits

The lyric "All Together Now" is shown in several different languages while the song plays at the end.

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Connections

Spoofed in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)

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Soundtracks

Nowhere Man
Performed by The Beatles
Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Published by Apple Records
Courtesy of Apple Records

User Reviews

Still Innovative, Unbelievably Colorful

Over 35 years later, this is still an innovative animated film: colorful, clever and different. In fact, you'd have to look hard to find a more colorful film ever made.

The Beatles characters are fun, spouting a number of good puns and inside jokes concerning lyrics from some of their past songs. The bad guys here, the "Blue Meanies," are also fun to watch and really different from anything you've seen.

This is wild stuff which can appeal to adults even more than kids. The only improvement I would have made would have been to shorten it a bit. Even at a fairly short 90 minutes, some could have been trimmed.

The DVD is fine, except for the last 30 minutes when it gets grainy. However, the 5.1 surround sound more than makes up for that, affording the viewer to hear all these famous Beatles songs in a better format that surrounds you as a CD could never do.