Once upon a time … or maybe twice … there was an unearthly paradise called Pepperland …
Ready to take a trip aboard The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine? The 1968 animated film will be hitting stores on DVD and Blu-ray on May 29th, digitally restored to all its trippy glory. According to Apple, the work of restoring the film was done frame by frame by hand by Paul Rutan Jr and his Triage Motion Picture Services and Eque Inc team because of the “delicate nature of the hand-drawn original artwork.”
Yellow Submarine aficionado John Lasseter (who also happens to be Chief Creative Officer, Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios) wrote an essay that’s included in the 16 page booklet that’s part of the bonus material. “As a fan of animation and as a filmmaker, I tip my hat to the artists of Yellow Submarine, whose revolutionary work helped pave the way for the fantastically diverse world of animation that we all enjoy today,” states Lasseter.
Yellow Submarine Synopsis:
Once upon a time … or maybe twice, there was an unearthly paradise called Pepperland, a place where happiness and music reigned supreme. But all that was threatened when the terrible Blue Meanies declared war and sent in their army led by a menacing Flying Glove to destroy all that was good. Enter John, Paul, George and Ringo to save the day! Armed with little more than their humor, songs, and of course, their yellow submarine, The Beatles tackle the rough seas ahead in an effort to bring down the evil forces of bluedom.
The film’s songtrack album will also be reissued on May 29th.
Yellow Submarine Songtrack [CD]
1. Yellow Submarine
2. Hey Bulldog
3. Eleanor Rigby
4. Love You To
5. All Together Now
6. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
7. Think For Yourself
8. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
9. With A Little Help From My Friends
10. Baby, You’re A Rich Man
11. Only A Northern Song
12. All You Need Is Love
13. When I’m Sixty-Four
14. Nowhere Man
15. It’s All Too Much
Details on the DVD / Blu-ray Release:
Audio Commentary – Heinz Edelmann (Art Director) and John Coates (Producer)
Subtitle languages (feature only):
English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Finnish, Japanese
Extra features:
Mod Odyssey documentary [TRT: 7:30]
Original theatrical trailer [TRT: 3:30]
Storyboard sequences:
– Sea of Monsters (split screen footage) [TRT: 4:20]
– Battle of the Monsters [118 images]
– Pepperland [64 images]
Interviews:
– Paul Angelis (voice of Ringo and Chief Blue Meanie) [TRT: 1:39]
– John Clive (voice of John) [TRT: 2:03]
– David Livesey (key animator) [TRT: 1:11]
– Millicent McMillan (Heinz Edelmann’s assistant) [TRT: 1:12]
– Jack Stokes (animation director) [TRT: 3:42]
– Erich Segal (co-writer) [TRT: 1:38]
Original pencil drawings [29 images]
Behind-the-scenes photos [30 images]
