Synopsis
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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Cast
- Paul AngelisRingo Starr / Chief Blue Meanie / George / Narrator (voice)
- John CliveJohn Lennon (voice)
- Dick EmeryJeremy Hillary Boob, Ph.D. - Nowhere Man / Lord Mayor / Max (voice)
- Geoffrey HughesPaul McCartney (voice) (as Geoff Hughes)
- Lance PercivalOld Fred (voice)
- Peter BattenGeorge (voice) (uncredited)
- George HarrisonGeorge (uncredited)
- John LennonJohn (uncredited)
- Paul McCartneyPaul (uncredited)
- Ringo StarrRingo (uncredited)
Recommendations
- 100
Chicago Sun-Times
Perhaps because the Beatles were considered such a draw, perhaps because the songs were counted on to sell the film, there was no agenda to dumb down the material or hard-sell the story. Instead of contrived urgency, there's unpressured whimsy, and the movie exists as pure charm, expressed in fantastical imagery. And then there are the songs. - 100
Film Threat
For all of its groovy fun, Yellow Submarine offers a subliminal reminder that the power of love never goes out of fashion. - 89
Austin Chronicle
Visually inventive cartoon is complemented by clever, whimsical narration and 11 songs from the Beatles. - 80
Empire
A garish, gorgeous example of pop art at its finest. - 80
Time
If the result seems less a coherent story than a two-hour pot high, Submarine is still a breakthrough combination of the feature film and art's intimacy with the unconscious. - 75
Entertainment Weekly
Sure, some of the puns and in-jokes sound a little dated, but any movie that strings together lines from Shakespeare merely as a throwaway comic riff is, in my book, a film for the ages. - 75
TV Guide Magazine
A zesty, satisfying celebration of animation, fantasy, love, and the Beatles that pleases the eyes as much as the ears. - 70
Variety
This is a full length animated cartoon in which the prime factor is the appearance of the Beatles in caricature form. Here are all the ingredients of a novel entertainment.
