Join the greatest band of all time in a mind blowing voyage you wont forget. Heralded as a cartoon landmark,(San Francisco Examiner), this visually stunning odyssey turned animation upside down.
Once upon a time...or maybe twice, the unearthly paradise of Pepperland was taken over by the evil Blue Meanies. All looked hopeless...until the fab four sailed in to save the day with humour, music, and of course, their yellow submarine.
Now restored with dolby digital 5.1 surround sound and featuring classic Beatles tunes, including a never before-seen animated sequence "Hey Bulldog", this visionary masterpiece is "a funny, fascinating, whiz bang tour de force." (Los Angeles Times)

Special Features
The mod Odyssey Behind-the -Scenes Featurette.
Full Length Audio Commentary.
Original Pencil Drawings.
Behind-the Scenes photos from the making of the film.
Interviews with the crew and vocal talents.
Original Theatrical Trailer.

Feature Run Time: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
Animation

The movie's style contrasts greatly with the efforts of Disney feature animation and other animated films previously released by Hollywood up until the time. The film uses a style of limited animation that deliberately defies reality and paints a landscape that could never exist in the real world; something that appealed greatly to the escapists of the 1960s.

George Dunning, who also worked on The Beatles cartoon series, was the overall director for the film, supervising over 200 artists for 11 months. He took personal charge of the 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' sequence.

The animation of Yellow Submarine has sometimes falsely been attributed to the famous psychedelic pop art artist of the era Peter Max; the film's art director was in fact Heinz Edelmann. Edelmann, along with his contemporary Milton Glaser, pioneered the psychedelic style for which Max would later become famous, but according to Edelmann and producer Al Brodax, as quoted in the book Inside the Yellow Submarine by Robert Hieronimus and Laura Cortner (2002) , Max had nothing to do with the production of Yellow Submarine.

Notable animators who worked on the film included Paul Driessen, Cam Ford, Anne Jolliffe, Tony Cuthbert, Geoff Collins, Jim Hiltz, Ron Campbell and Hester Coblenz.

In addition to the existing title song "Yellow Submarine," five new songs were commissioned for the movie: "All Together Now", (a football-crowd favourite); "It's All Too Much", (a George Harrison composition); "Baby You're a Rich Man", a song that made its public debut as the "All You Need Is Love" single B-side; "Only a Northern Song", a Harrison song originally recorded during sessions for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (the partial inspiration for this film); and "Hey Bulldog", a John Lennon piano romp echoing of "Lady Madonna", which was recorded at the same time (this song was originally included only in the European theatrical release, but restored for the US theatrical reissue in 1999).

The film's instrumental music was an orchestral score composed and arranged by George Martin. One of the film's cues, heard after the main title credits, was originally recorded as the introduction to "Don't Pass Me By", Ringo's composition for The Beatles (a.k.a. The White Album); it was later released as "A Beginning" on the Anthology 3 album.

 

 The Beatles' participation

The Beatles themselves were not enthusiastic in participating in a motion picture at the time. They had not enjoyed the production of their second feature film Help! and had just produced and starred in the disastrous TV special Magical Mystery Tour. They did, however, see an animated film as a favourable way to complete their commitment to United Artists for a third film. Voice actors were hired to imitate the Fab Four's voices in the film. However, the Beatles were impressed after seeing a rough cut of the film and agreed to make a live-action cameo appearance in the final scene. The cameo was originally intended to feature a post-production psychedelic background, but due to time and budget constraints a blank background remained in the final film.

Songs in Yellow Submarine

"Yellow Submarine"
Performed by The Beatles
Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Published by Apple Records
Courtesy of Apple Records

"Hey Bulldog"
Performed by The Beatles
Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Published by Apple Records
Courtesy of Apple Records

"Eleanor Rigby"
Performed by The Beatles
Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Published by Apple Records
Courtesy of Apple Records

"Love You To"
Performed by The Beatles
Written by George Harrison
Published by Apple Records
Courtesy of Apple Records

"All Together Now"
Performed by The Beatles
Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Published by Apple Records
Courtesy of Apple Records

"Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"
Performed by The Beatles
Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Published by Apple Records
Courtesy of Apple Records

"Think For Yourself"
Performed by The Beatles
Written by George Harrison
Published by Apple Records
Courtesy of Apple Records

"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
Performed by The Beatles
Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Published by Apple Records
Courtesy of Apple Records

"With A Little Help From My Friends"
Performed by The Beatles
Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Published by Apple Records
Courtesy of Apple Records

"Baby You're A Rich Man"
Performed by The Beatles
Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Published by Apple Records
Courtesy of Apple Records

"All You Need Is Love"
Performed by The Beatles
Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Published by Apple Records
Courtesy of Apple Records

"When I'm Sixty-Four"
Performed by The Beatles
Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Published by Apple Records
Courtesy of Apple Records

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

"It's All Too Much"
Performed by The Beatles
Written by George Harrison
Published by Apple Records
Courtesy of Apple Records

"Only a Northern Song"
Performed by The Beatles
Written by George Harrison
Published by Apple Records
Courtesy of Apple Records

Colour . 1968.