Yellow Submarine (1968) [G]

Psychedelic!! Sit back and enjoy this wonderful animated film. Starring The Beatles, this is a treat for the eyes and the ears. This clever and entertaining movie is full of puns, double entendres, and Beatle jokes. The real Beatles show up at the end of the movie, with souvenirs of their journey.

The story is simple: The lovely Pepperland, under the protection of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, is attacked by the music-hating Blue Meanies. The band is sealed inside a music-proof bubble, the people are frozen into stone, and the land is drained of color (colour, as the British say!). It's Old Fred, Ringo, Paul, John and George to the rescue!
 

The soundtrack is incredible, with classics such as Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, When I'm Sixty-Four, All You Need is Love, Nowhere Man, Eleanor Rigby, and many more.

A great musical film, the animation was like nothing ever seen before. 

Full of love, fun, music, friendship, and goodness, with just a touch of melancholy, this is a great family film. If your kids don't understand what the big fuss is about The Beatles, this is the way to introduce them to both the music and the sensibility of the times. For us older folks, this is a real trip down memory lane.




DIRECTOR: George Dunning.  CAST: The Beatles, Paul Angelis, John Clive, Dick Emery, Geoffrey Hughes, Lance Percival.

AWARDS: 2 awards and 2 nominations.