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.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations
Paul McCartney
- 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)
Geoffrey Hughes
- Paul McCartney
- (voice)
- (as Geoff Hughes)
Lance Percival
- Old Fred
- (voice)
Peter Batten
- George
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe Beatles hated "The Beatles (1965)," the television cartoon show of them, which was also produced by Al Brodax and George Dunning. When the producers approached them about this movie, the group agreed only as an easy way of completing their movie contract. They contributed a few old songs and four quickly produced numbers: "Only a Northern Song", "Hey Bulldog", "All Together Now", and "It's All Too Much". They were so impressed by the finished movie that they decided to appear in a short live-action epilogue to the movie.
- GoofsThe Beatles spot five Apple Bonkers taking apples off a tree. Only four Bonkers march and sound off before a Meanie Squad Leader.
- Crazy creditsThe lyric "All Together Now" is shown in several different languages while the song plays at the end.
- Alternate versionsThe 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".
- ConnectionsEdited from Dancing Lady (1933)
- SoundtracksYellow Submarine
Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Performed by The Beatles
Published by Apple Records
Courtesy of Apple Records
Featured review
Fantastic animated film
I consider myself fortunate to have seen "Yellow Submarine" in London right after its world premiere in July 1968. I was a young teenager at the time, and my father had brought my sister, brother, and me to Europe for our first visit. The picture was showing at a large cinema called the London Pavilion in the heart of Piccadilly Circus, and The Beatles themselves had attended the opening just a few days before. It was great to see this movie on a big screen with a good sound system. We loved the music and vivid colors. When we saw it again in Boston a few months later, we were angry that the "Hey Bulldog" number and a few other bits had been cut to reduce viewing time. I think the "Eleanor Rigby" number is best. The animated montage shown during the "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" number was partly taken from the 1933 Hollywood musical "Dancing Lady" and in 2006 I saw this old film on Turner Classic Movies, instantly bringing back memories of "Yellow Submarine." The girl on the merry-go-round horse was none other than the leading actress Joan Crawford .... who was beautiful indeed in 1933, despite becoming a horror much later. No wonder John Lennon's character in the cartoon liked her so much in his psychedelic dream!
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- DennisJOBrien
- May 1, 2006
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- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- The Beatles' Yellow Submarine
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Box office
- Budget
- £250,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $992,305
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $107,105
- Jul 8, 2018
- Gross worldwide
- $1,273,261
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