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Yellow Submarine

Yellow Submarine

It's all in the mind y'know!

19687.21h 29m

Overview

The wicked Blue Meanies take over Pepperland, eliminating all color and music. As the only survivor, the Lord Admiral escapes in the yellow submarine and journeys to Liverpool to enlist the help of the Beatles.

Directed by George Dunning
Written by Al Brodax, Jack Mendelsohn, Lee Minoff
Produced by Al Brodax
Box OfficeBudget: $250KRevenue: $1.3M

Top Cast

Paul Angelis

Paul Angelis

Ringo Starr / Chief Blue Meanie / George / Narrator (voice)

John Clive

John Clive

John Lennon (voice)

Dick Emery

Dick Emery

Jeremy Hillary Boob, Ph.D. - Nowhere Man / Lord Mayor / Max (voice)

Geoffrey Hughes

Geoffrey Hughes

Paul McCartney (voice) (as Geoff Hughes)

Lance Percival

Lance Percival

Old Fred (voice)

P

Peter Batten

George (voice) (uncredited)

George Harrison

George Harrison

George (uncredited)

John Lennon

John Lennon

John (uncredited)

Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney

Paul (uncredited)

Ringo Starr

Ringo Starr

Ringo (uncredited)

Themes & Keywords

submarinesurrealmusicalliverpool, englandblaseadmiralapplephantasmagoriacolorpsychadelicmischievousplayfulabsurdhilariouscelebratoryexuberantoptimistic

About Yellow Submarine

Yellow Submarine is a music, animation, adventure, comedy, fantasy film released in 1968 exploring themes of submarine, surreal, musical, liverpool, england, blase, admiral. Directed by George Dunning, it stars Paul Angelis, John Clive, Dick Emery. The wicked Blue Meanies take over Pepperland, eliminating all color and music. As the only survivor, the Lord Admiral escapes in the yellow submarine and journeys to Liverpool to enlist the help of the Beatles.

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