Yellow Submarine (1968)

Regisseur:

George Dunning

Drehbuchautoren:

Lee Minoff (story)
John Lennon (song) ...

Premierendatum:

13. November 1968 (USA)

Genre:

Trickfilm | Abenteuer | Komödie | Familienfilm | Fantasy | Musik

Werbezeile:

The forces of good! The forces of evil!

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

The Beatles | Evil Clown | John Lennon | Psychadelic Image | Title Based On Song

Filmpreise:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Second only to "Fantastia" as the greatest animated feature of all time

Besetzung

The Beatles	...	Themselves (as Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band)
Paul Angelis	...	Chief Blue Meanie / Ringo (voice) (as Paul Angels)
John Clive	...	John (voice)
Dick Emery	...	Jeremy Hilary Boob, Ph.D - Nowhere Man / Lord Mayor / Max (voice)
Geoffrey Hughes	...	Paul (voice) (as Geoff Hughes)
Lance Percival	...	Young / Old Fred (voice)

Alternativ:

The Beatles' Yellow Submarine (USA) (complete title)

Länge:

90 Min | USA:85 Min

Produktionsland:

UK | USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.66 : 1

Tonverfahren:

DTS (re-release) | Dolby Digital (re-release) | Mono (original release) (Westrex Recording System)

Altersfreigabe:

Canada:G (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Quebec) | Iceland:L | Canada:F (Ontario) | Singapore:PG | Finland:S | France:U | Sweden:11 | UK:U | USA:G | West Germany:6 (nf) (w)

Firma:

Apple Corps

Dies und das:

The scene in the museum when Ringo Starr and Old Fred watch King Kong grabbing a screaming blonde out the window from her bed refers to a sequence in King Kong (1933), which, at the time, had been cut from American prints: Kong mistakes the girl for Fay Wray and grabs her, dropping her to her death when he realizes she isn't.

Dialogzitate:

John: If I could come in, here, I think the theory put forward by Einstein...
Paul: [singing] Einstein, Einstein, any-any-any old Einstein...
John: Could well be applied here. The people in the ball are obviously extensions of our own personalities, suspended, as it were, in time, frozen in space...
George: Uh, John...
John: ...According to the now-famous theory of relativity...
George: John...
John: Which, briefly explained...
George: John!
John: Is simply a matter of taking two eggs...
George: JOHN!
[...]

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Soundtrack:

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Second only to "Fantastia" as the greatest animated feature of all time

The psychedelic era made many classic films, including "2001", "El Topo", and "Head". However, the greatest (and most definitive) representation of the joy of the hallucinogenic generation may well be this wonderful animated feature. I may be in the minority here, but this has almost anything from the Disney studio beat. Its second only to their "Fantastia" as the greatest animated feature of all time. I'm usually a fan of gritty and more depressing films, but every now and than I need something to lift my spirits up. "Yellow Submarine" is just like the music of The Beatles in the fact its both an amazing artistic achievement and it puts a smile on your face. It remains joyous without ever becoming sappy or kitschy. Few G-rated animation features can have such appeal to all ages. Simply put, this is a masterpiece.

Some have complained about the fact that The Beatles don't provide their own voices. Sure, the impersonators may not sound too much like the distinctive voices of the fab four, but you'll certainly overlook this within a minute or two of their appearances. As an animated film, its one of the most innovative ever. The combination of Salvador Dali landscapes and the pop-art of Peter Max works very well and is always fascinating to behold. This is as much an artistic achievement as animation could ever hope to make. Plus, as we all know, The Beatles wrote some of the best pop songs ever and the action on screen always fits perfectly with the soundtrack. Whenever I'm feeling down, I can always depend on "Yellow Submarine" to cheer me up. (10/10)