Yellow Submarine [Blu-ray]

Overview

This animated fantasy finds The Beatles on board the Yellow Submarine as they travels by water and air. With their faithful captain at the helm, they battle the Blue Meanies, who battle for a world without music and fun. Our heros travel to Pepperland where the power of love helps to defeat their animated adversaries. Eighteen songs are featured in this delightful animated musical. The Fab Four appear in a cameo reprisal at the end of the film. Musical director George Martin provides six of the background tunes while the others are Lennon/McCartney or George Harrison songs. The film was immensely popular with Beatle's fans and successful at the box office, just what was expected with a project with the most popular musical group the world has ever known.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/05/2012
UPC:	5099962146098
Original Release:	1968
Source:	Capitol
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[stereo, Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:30:00

Special Features

Audio Commentary Track by John Coates with Additional contribution by Heinz Edelmann; Featurette "Mod Odyssey" Original Theatrical Trailer; Three Storyboard sequences - including two not used in the final film; Original Pencil Drawings; Behind-the-Scenes photos; Interviews with the crew and vocal talents; Collectible booklet that dives behind-the-scenes of this landmark animated adventure

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

John Clive	John
Geoffrey Hughes	Paul
Peter Batten	George
Paul Angelis	Ringo/Chief Blue Meanie
Dick Emery	Lord Mayor/Nowhere Man/Max
Lance Percival	Old Fred
The Beatles	Voices,Composer
George Martin	Composer
John Lennon	Composer
George Harrison	Composer

Technical Credits

Al Brodax

Jack Mendelsohn

Lee Minoff

Erich Segal

Al Brodax	Producer,Screenwriter
George Dunning	Director
Charles Jenkins	Special Effects
Jack Mendelsohn	Screenwriter
Lee Minoff	Screenwriter
Alan Kozlowski	Executive Producer
Erich Segal	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

The merits of Yellow Submarine as an animated movie may be variable, even though its visual style is fascinating (to say the least) by dint of being such an explosion of approaches. The songs are the songs, of course, as good as ever, while George Martin's underscore is quite acceptable. Of more interest here is the effort put into this DVD release of the film. While the restoration was made available also in a videocassette version, the DVD really shines -- the brash color scheme of the film all but shines, and the multiplane work never looked better. The restored soundtrack is crisp and clear, with dialogue, effects and music well separated. The extras really help to make this disc an impressive effort. The restored film comes equipped with two alternate soundtracks, one providing the director's commentary (which turns out to be interesting and insightful, covering everything from deal-making to vanishing voice actors) and the other providing an isolated music track, so anyone who misses the old Yellow Submarine soundtrack album with its quota of George Martin music can scratch that itch. A documentary, The Beatles Mod Odyssey, is included (time has not treated this well), along with the theatrical trailer, interviews with animators and voice cast, storyboarded sequences, nifty animated menus, and more. While not really something for a casual viewer, it does provide literally hours of entertainment. [A Blu-Ray version was released in 2012.] ~ Steven McDonald