Yellow Submarine 1968

Yellow Submarine


King Features; Subafilms (U.K.), 1968, Color, 90 minutes, ***

Released July, 1968 (UK)

Released November, 1968 (USA)



When the happiness-hating Blue Meanie and his monstrous allies overrun Pepperland, it's John, Paul, George and Ringo (or, at least, their animated likenesses; actors supplied their voices) to the rescue in this psychedelic animated odyssey. Along with the previously unavailable "Hey, Bulldog," the Fab Four score includes "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," "When I'm 64," "Eleanor Rigby" and more; co-written by Erich Segal ("Love Story").



Producer: Al Brodax

Associate Producer: Mary Ellen Stewart

Director: George Dunning

Screenplay: Al Brodax, Lee Minoff, Erich Segal and Jack Mendelsohn (based on a story by Lee Minoff, from the song by John Lennon and Paul McCartney)

Music Director: George Martin

Art Direction: Heinz Edelmann

Special Effects: Charles Jenkins

Animation: Robert Balser and Jack Stokes

Cinematography: John Williams

Editor: Brian J. Bishop



Cast (voices): Singing Voices: The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr); Dialog voices: 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]



Musical Program: Yellow Submarine (The Beatles); Hey Bulldog (The Beatles); Eleanor Rigby (The Beatles); Love You To (The Beatles); All Together Now (The Beatles); Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds (The Beatles); Think for Yourself (The Beatles); Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (The Beatles); With a Little Help from My Friends (The Beatles); Baby You're a Rich Man (The Beatles); Only a Northern Song (The Beatles); All You Need Is Love (The Beatles); When I'm Sixty-Four (The Beatles); Nowhere Man (The Beatles); It's All Too Much (The Beatles)