Yellow Submarine

1968
G
1h 25m

IMDb RATING

7.4/10

29K

YOUR RATING

The Beatles agree to accompany Captain Fred in his Yellow Submarine and go to Pepperland to free it from the music hating Blue Meanies.

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The Beatles agree to accompany Captain Fred in his yellow submarine and go to Pepperland to free it from the music-hating Blue Meanies.The Beatles agree to accompany Captain Fred in his yellow submarine and go to Pepperland to free it from the music-hating Blue Meanies.The Beatles agree to accompany Captain Fred in his yellow submarine and go to Pepperland to free it from the music-hating Blue Meanies.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

7.4/10

29K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations

Paul
(uncredited)

George Harrison

George
(uncredited)

Ringo Starr

Ringo
(uncredited)

John Lennon

John
(uncredited)

The Beatles

The Beatles
(singing voice)
(as Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band)

Paul Angelis

Ringo Starr
(voice)
…

John Clive

John Lennon
(voice)

Dick Emery

Jeremy Hillary Boob, Ph.D. - Nowhere Man
(voice)
…

Geoffrey Hughes

Paul McCartney
(voice)
(as Geoff Hughes)

Lance Percival

Old Fred
(voice)

Peter Batten

George
(voice)
(uncredited)

Storyline

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Trivia
In summer 1967, director George Dunning brought German artist Heinz Edelmann to London to work as production designer on this movie. The script wasn't ready, and Edelmann wasn't given a specific assignment. After two months of inactivity, he decided to quit. He vented his frustrations by drawing a series of villainous characters, which these became the Blue Meanies, the Apple Bonkers, and The Glove. Dunning loved the sketches. From then on, Edelmann was a guiding force in the production, designing most of the characters and backgrounds and helping to develop the story. He let his imagination run rampant and cultivated a style of "visual overload" (his words) to cover the plot holes and maintain interest. Many viewers assumed Edelmann got his ideas from using hallucinogens. He said, "I had never taken any drugs. I'm a conservative, working class person who'd stick to booze all his life. And so I just knew about the psychedelic experience just by hearsay. And I guessed what it was."

Goofs
The Beatles spot five Apple Bonkers taking apples off a tree. Only four Bonkers march and sound off before a Meanie Squad Leader.

Quotes
Ringo: Hey, I wonder what'll happen if I pull this lever.
Old Fred: Oh, you mustn't do that now.
Ringo: Can't help it. I'm a born "Liver-pooler."

Crazy credits
The lyric "All Together Now" is shown in several different languages while the song plays at the end.

Alternate versions
The American version had several alternative shots during the "All You Need Is Love" song, among others: the population of Pepperland moves in at the Blue Meanies; Paul McCartney doing a somersault, a brief scene of Old Fred and the Mayor dancing together happily. The UK version featured alternate footage, like George floating down from Sgt Pepper's head, saying "It's all in the mind, you know".

Connections
Edited from Dancing Lady (1933)

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

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Featured review

Inventive, hilarious, and visually extraordinary

'Yellow Submarine' is a visual stunner and an extremely well-scripted movie. There are lots of Beatles in jokes, George's fascination with Indian music and John's fascination with scientific theories are lampooned, the Beatles' power is joked about ("Nothing's Beatle Proof!") and poor old Ringo is just plain made fun of. The movie itself is arguably the most psychedelic ever made. The Beatles' descent into Pepperland is just one psychedelic scene after the other. The animation isn't great, but everything is just done so strange and fun that it becomes absolutely irresistible. The colors, landscapes, and creatures are just really different and vivid and vibrant. The songs are fit in very, very well (although "Nowhere Man" is undoubtedly the best sequence). Overall this works great as a musical or as an animated film, and there's definitely a lot of priceless, subtle dialog. I would name it one of the top 20 animated films of all time, really. Definitely worth watching, just because there simply isn't any movie like it.

10/10