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directed by George Dunning
UK 1968
The Beatles’ classic 1968 animated feature film, Yellow Submarine, has been digitally restored for DVD and Blu-ray release. Yellow Submarine is a fantastic tale brimming with peace, love, and hope, propelled by Beatles songs, including “Eleanor Rigby,” “When I’m Sixty-Four,” “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds,” “All You Need Is Love,” and “It’s All Too Much.” When the film debuted in 1968, it was instantly recognised as a landmark achievement, revolutionising a genre by integrating the freestyle approach of the era with innovative animation techniques. The film has been restored in 4K digital resolution for the first time by Paul Rutan Jr. and his team of specialists at Triage Motion Picture Services and Eque Inc. Due to the delicate nature of the hand-drawn original artwork, no automated software was used in the digital clean-up of the film’s restored photochemical elements. This was all done by hand, frame by frame. *** Inspired by Beatlemania, this was the first feature-length animated movie made in Britain for 14 years, and it seemed determined to give a break to all those valiant animators who had been sweating to produce under-budgeted shorts throughout the '60s. Which is doubtless why there's such a wide disparity of graphic styles from sequence to sequence. Some of them, though, still look terrific: director George Dunning's own contribution is the 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' fantasia, with swirling, colour-washed couples counterpointing the song in a totally unexpected way. Speculation: maybe the banality of the over-long 'Love Conquers All' finale has less to do with John Lennon than with Erich (Love Story) Segal, who had a hand in the script. |
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Theatrical Release: 17 July 1968
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Runtime | 1:26:18 (4% PAL speedup) | 1:29:47.340 |
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1.68:1 Original Aspect Ratio |
1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 41,464,359,888 bytesFeature: 31,972,564,992 bytes Video Bitrate: 33.95 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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Audio | English DD 5.1 (448 kb/s), German DD 5.1 (448 kb/s), Italian DD 5.1 (448 kb/s), English DD 2.0 mono (some stereo) (192 kb/s), Commentary Track DD 2.0 (192 kb/s), Music Only Track DD 5.1 (448 kb/s) Two Soundbite samples (in MP3) - HERE and HERE |
DTS-HD Master Audio English 4382 kbps
5.1 / 48 kHz / 4382 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509
kbps / 24-bit) Dolby Digital Audio German 640 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps Dolby Digital Audio Italian 640 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps LPCM Audio English 2304 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit LPCM Audio English 2304 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit Commentary: Dolby Digital Audio English 448 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 448 kbps |
Subtitles | English, English for the Hearing Impaired, German, German for the Hearing Impaired, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Danish, Portuguese, Polish and none | English, English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, none |
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Release Information: Studio: MGM Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details: Chapters 36 |
Release Information: Studio: Capitol Aspect Ratio: 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 41,464,359,888 bytesFeature: 31,972,564,992 bytes Video Bitrate: 33.95 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details:
Vintage featurette: The Mod Odyssey (7:40)
16 page booklet, reproductions of film cells of each
of the four Beatles characters + stickers Chapters 37 |
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NOTE: The below Blu-ray captures were ripped directly from the Blu-ray disc. ADDITION: MGM - Blu-ray (May 2012): The official line on this is: "The Beatles' classic 1968 animated feature film, Yellow Submarine, has been digitally restored for DVD and Blu-ray release. The film's songtrack album CD is also being re-issued.Currently out of print, the film has been restored in 4K digital resolution for the first time by Paul Rutan Jr. and his team of specialists at Triage Motion Picture Services and Eque Inc. Due to the delicate nature of the hand-drawn original artwork, no automated software was used in the digital clean-up of the film's restored photochemical elements. This was all done by hand, frame by frame. Bonus features for the Yellow Submarine DVD and Blu-ray include a short making-of documentary titled Mod Odyssey" (TRT: 7:30), the film's original theatrical trailer, audio commentary by producer John Coates and art director Heinz Edelmann, several brief interview clips with others involved with the film, storyboard sequences, 29 original pencil drawings and 30 behind-the-scenes photos. Both Digipak packages will include reproductions of animation cels from the film, collectible stickers, and a 16-page booklet with a new essay by Yellow Submarine aficionado John Lasseter (Chief Creative Officer, Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios). Directed by George Dunning, and written by Lee Minoff, Al Brodax, Jack Mendelsohn and Erich Segal, Yellow Submarine began its voyage to the screen when Brodax, who had previously produced nearly 40 episodes of ABC's animated Beatles TV series, approached The Beatles' manager Brian Epstein with a unique vision for a full-length animated feature. Yellow Submarine, based upon a song by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, is a fantastic tale brimming with peace, love, and hope, propelled by Beatles songs, including "Eleanor Rigby," When I'm Sixty-Four," Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds," All You Need Is Love," and "It's All Too Much." When the film debuted in 1968, it was instantly recognized as a landmark achievement, revolutionizing a genre by integrating the freestyle approach of the era with innovative animation techniques."
My only additional comment would be that the video is
fully mesmerizing but the lossless audio is incredible and I would have
bought the disc solely for that. Fabulous Blu-ray
package - the restoration is a huge success and this is strongly
recommended!
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