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Yellow Submarine
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1968 film by George Dunning
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7.2The wicked Blue Meanies take over Pepperland, eliminating all color and music. As the only survivor, the Lord Admiral escapes in the yellow submarine and journeys to Liverpool to enlist the help of the Beatles.
Cast
- Paul Angelis as Ringo Starr / Chief Blue Meanie / George / Narrator (voice)
- John Clive as John Lennon (voice)
- Dick Emery as Jeremy Hillary Boob, Ph.D. - Nowhere Man / Lord Mayor / Max (voice)
- Geoffrey Hughes as Paul McCartney (voice) (as Geoff Hughes)
- Lance Percival as Old Fred (voice)
- Peter Batten as George (voice) (uncredited)
Themes
- submarine
- surreal
- musical
- liverpool, england
- blase
- admiral
- apple
- phantasmagoria
- color
- psychadelic
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Key facts
- Directed by
- George Dunning
- Screenplay by
- Lee Minoff Al Brodax Jack Mendelsohn Erich Segal
- Story by
- Lee Minoff
- Based on
- " Yellow Submarine ", by Lennon–McCartney
- Produced by
- Al Brodax
- Starring
- John Clive Geoffrey Hughes Paul Angelis Dick Emery Lance Percival
- Narrated by
- Paul Angelis
- Edited by
- Brian J. Bishop
- Music by
- Lennon–McCartney George Harrison
- Production companies
- Apple Films King Features Syndicate TVC London
- Distributed by
- United Artists
- Release dates
- 17 July 1968 ( 1968-07-17 ) (UK) 13 November 1968 ( 1968-11-13 ) (U.S.)
- Running time
- 89 minutes
- Countries
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- £ 250,000 ( $ 600,000)
- Box office
- £502,092.05 ($1.2 million)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- animated film
- Genre
- fantasy film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Yellow Submarine
- Director
- George Dunning
- Voice actor
- George Harrison
- Composer
- The Beatles
- Production company
- United Artists
- Filming location
- London
- Duration
- 90
- FilmAffinity ID
- 384300
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.thebeatles.com/film/yellow-submarine
- Image
- Corgi Yellow Submarine.jpg
Show 14 more facts
- fabrication method
- rotoscoping
- animator
- Heinz Edelmann
- distributed by
- Netflix
- publication date
- 1968-01-01
- title
- Yellow Submarine
- nominated for
- Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
- soundtrack release
- Yellow Submarine Songtrack
- different from
- Yellow Submarine
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- has characteristic
- cult film
- set in environment
- fictional country
- review score
- 96%
- capital cost
- 1000000
- Commons category
- Yellow Submarine (film)
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Encyclopedic overview
Yellow Submarine is a 1968 animated musical film inspired by the music of the Beatles, directed by George Dunning with art direction by Heinz Edelmann. Initial press reports stated that the Beatles themselves would provide their own character voices. However, apart from composing and performing the songs, the real Beatles' only participation was in the closing scene of the film; the voices of their animated counterparts were provided by voice actors.
The film received widespread acclaim from critics and audiences alike. Filmmaker and former Pixar and Disney chief creative officer John Lasseter has credited the film with generating wider interest in animation as a serious art form, as in the West it had been generally considered a children's medium at the time. Time commented that it delighted "adolescents and aesthetes alike". Half a century after its release, it is still regarded as a landmark of animation and among the greatest animated films of all time.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yellow Submarine” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.