“Yellow Submarine is 50!” – And looking good. [MOVIE REVIEW]
The Beatles in Pepperland. Photo courtesy of Subafilms Ltd. For a time, in the late 60’s, we all lived in a Yellow Submarine and played in Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band dreaming about when we’d be 64. Well, many of us are on the other side of 64 and no longer have the satin epaulettes but, thanks to the digital restoration of this special animated film, we can again ride in said submarine. Historic at the time for its animation, told in the freeform style of the Beatles’ live action films – A Hard Day’s Night (1964), Help! (1965), and Magical Mystery Tour (1967) – Yellow Submarine is a riff on a Lennon/McCartney song, much like the aforementioned films. The writers of this fairy tale were quite varied, although one has to wonder why it took four of them. Erich Segal would become famous for writing Love Story in 1970, a book that would become a box office hit starring Ali McGraw and Ryan O’Neal. Alan Brodax created a Beatles animated TV series that ran from 1965-67, among other animated series including “Beatle Bailey,” “Cool Mc Cool,” “Krazy Kat,” and “Popeye.” Lee Minoff had a short-lived Broadway play under his belt in 1967 called Come Live with Me that starred Soupy…
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