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Yellow Submarine

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Yellow Submarine (1968)

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Reviews Counted:35

Fresh:33

Rotten:2

Average Rating:7.6/10

Consensus: A joyful, phantasmagoric blend of colorful animation and the music of the Beatles, Yellow Submarine is delightful (and occasionally melancholy) family fare.

Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins

Genre: Childrens

Synopsis: In this animated feature with the Fab Four, the magical Pepperland is invaded by the Blue Meanies, who have declared war on all that is good--especially music. At the request of a befuddled... In this animated feature with the Fab Four, the magical Pepperland is invaded by the Blue Meanies, who have declared war on all that is good--especially music. At the request of a befuddled emissary from Pepperland, the lads from Liverpool take a ride in their yellow submarine to aid the besieged residents in their battle. Peter Max designed the distinctive look of the animation, and the real-live Beatles themselves appear in a brief sequence at the film's end. Includes the songs "Yellow Submarine," "Just A Northern Song," "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," "Eleanor Rigby," "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," "Nowhere Man," "A Day in the Life," and others, as well as several orchestral numbers by noted Beatle producer George Martin. [More]

Starring: Beatles

Starring: Beatles

Director: George Dunning

Director: George Dunning
Producer: Al Brodax
Screenwriter: Al Brodax, Lee Minoff, Erich Segal, Jack Mendelsohn

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Release:

Sep 14, 1999

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DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Letterbox - 1.85

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
  • Dolby Digital Mono

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary
  • Additional Animated Song - "Hey Bulldog"
  • Featurette: Behind The Scenes Featurette - THE MOD ODYSSEY
  • Isolated Music Score
  • Trailers: Theatrical Trailer

Interviews:

  • 1. Crew
  • 2. Vocal Talents

Text/Photo Galleries:

  • Behind-the-Scenes Photos
  • Original Pencil Drawings
  • Storyboards (Including 2 Not Used in the Film)

Additional Products:

  • Collectible Booklet
 
 
 
 

Reviews for Yellow Submarine

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11/12/02
Nicolas Lacroix
Nicolas Lacroix
Showbizz.net

A charming little fable with great Beatle songs and animation

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08/26/02
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

No review available.

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08/10/02
Rob Vaux
Rob Vaux
Flipside Movie Emporium

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08/01/02
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

[The film embidies] exactly what the Beatles represented emotionally and philosophically in the mid-'60s: artistic daring, cheeky non-sentimentality, a new generation taking over, naively confident the world was 'getting better all the time.'

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
04/03/02
William Arnold
William Arnold
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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Full Review Source: Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies | comment Comment
02/21/01
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

To this reviewer the film went down easier when the world seemed a lot simpler.

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02/13/01
Dak
Dak
culturevulture.net

This psychedelic trip into the minds of the Beatles is certainly memorable, but you have to wonder what this movie would be like without the awesome collection of Beatles tunes punctuating the soundtrack.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

Yellow Submarine is less a movie, in fact, than a series of connected music videos, animated in a dazzling variety of styles.

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01/01/00
MaryAnn Johanson
MaryAnn Johanson
Flick Filosopher

The movie's boggling matter-of-factness is a key to its enduring -- no, its deepening -- charm.

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01/01/00
Michael Sragow
Michael Sragow
Salon.com
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Almost 20 years after its release, this charming fable chronicling the Beatles' battles to save Pepperland from the Blue Meanies is one of the best testaments ever to the redeeming value of good music.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
01/01/00
Richard Harrington
Richard Harrington
Washington Post

A music-based animated film for the ages.

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01/01/00
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Scott A. Mantz
Scott A. Mantz
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It's a credit to the art direction by Heinz Edelmann that this feature has retained its entirely distinctive look decades later

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01/01/00
Shane Burridge
Shane Burridge
rec.arts.movies.reviews

A certified classic.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
01/01/00
Urban Cinefile Critics
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Urban Cinefile

More than any other musical, animated or otherwise, Yellow Submarine is enhanced by its 11 Beatles ditties rather than justified by it.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Examiner | comment Comment
01/01/00
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
San Francisco Examiner
 
 
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