Director: George Dunning

Summary: The Beatles embark on a mission to save Pepperland from the Blue Meanies in an animated psychedelic musical adventure. Includes the animated song 'Hey Bulldog' which has never been seen before. The tracklist includes ''Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds', 'All You Need Is Love', 'Eleanor Rigby' and 'Yellow Submarine'.

In this animated tale featuring 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 Beatles themselves appear in a brief sequence at the film's end. The film includes songs "Yellow Submarine," "It's All Too Much," "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," "Eleanor Rigby," "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," "Nowhere Man," "All Together Now," and others, as well as several orchestral numbers by noted Beatle producer George Martin. YELLOW SUBMARINE was the first feature-length animated British film in 14 years.

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This restored, animated valentine to the Beatles offers viewers the rare chance to see a work that's been substantially improved by its technical facelift, not just super-sized with extra footage. Recognising that its song-studded soundtrack alone makes Yellow Submarinea video annuity, United Artists has lavished a frame-by-frame refurbishment of the original feature, while replacing its original monaural audio tracks with a meticulously reconstructed stereo mix that actually refines legendary original album versions.

What emerges is a vivid time capsule of the late 1960s and a minor milestone in animation. The music represents the quartet's zenith--Rubber Soul, Revolverand Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The story line, cobbled together by producer Al Brodax and a committee of writers, is a broad, feather-light allegory set in idyllic Pepperland, where the gentle citizens are threatened by the nasty, music-hating Blue Meanies and their surreal arsenal of henchmen, with the Beatles enlisted to thwart the bad guys. Visually, designer Heinz Edelmann mixes the biomorphic squiggles, day-glo palette and Beardsley-esque portraits of Peter Max with rotoscoped still photographs and film; Edelmann's animated collages also nod to Andy Warhol and Magritte in properly psychedelic fashion, which works wonderfully with such terrific songs.

High-orthodox Beatlemaniacs can still grouse that the animated Fab Four are (literally) flat archetypes, but that's missing the sheer bloom of the music or the giddy, campy fun of the visuals. Making sense of the story is second to submerging blissfully in the sights and sounds of this video treat. --Sam Sutherland

Aspect Ratio:	4:3 Full Frame, 1.66 Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	The Mod Odyssey Featurette, Music Only Track, 3 Storyboarded Sequences, 2 Sequences Never Seen Before, Original Pencil Drawings, Behind The Scenes Photos, Interviews, Behind The Scenes Booklet
Year:	1968
Release Date:	February 1, 2000
Runtime:	90 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	15934 D V D
Keywords:	Music, Animated, Beatles, Films, Yellow, Shows, Submarine, Animation, Performing, Musicals, Arts
Genre:	Music/Performing Arts