ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE - ISSUE 4.6 - SEPTEMBER 1999

Yellow Submarine's Second Strange Odyssey to the Screen
(continued from page 1)

Paul, Ringo, George and John
as cartoon characters.
A Big Event
In recent months the reissue of the video has become important industry news. The remixed and remastered sound track will also be used on a new record album. The album will include several new songs that replace instrumental numbers by George Martin on the original record. "Hey Bulldog," the "lost" song from the film, will return on the album, but will also be sold as a single.

On August 30, the Yellow Submarine reissue campaign begins in England with a Yellow Submarine Day in Liverpool. They expect 100,000 or possibly 200,000 fans to come for live concerts, to see the restored movie on the big screen, etc. The usual rumors are out about the remaining three Beatles being there. One has them playing music while floating down Liverpool's river on the deck of a submarine painted yellow.

New Beatles merchandise, licensed by Sony's licensing division (headquartered in San Francisco), is about to appear in stores around the world. There are Yellow Sub clocks, calendars and lots of other items. A British magazine has announced one item will be a Yellow Submarine cell phone ringer light.

Seeing the producer's video copy of the film projected to a large audience in Israel was a wonderful experience. The film is still fresh and exciting with brilliant and innovative visuals. The surreal animals, mechanical inventions, the use of words and numbers on the screen, and other playful touches remain wonderful whimsical creations. The awful puns and non-sequiturs remain delightfully corny. The simple plot is still plausible enough to take one along on this adventure to save Pepperland. Only a sour old cynic would want to see the Blue Meanies win. If you love the music of the Beatles, you'll probably have their tunes dancing around in your head for days after you see Yellow Submarine.
Paul, Ringo, George and John make a live appearance at the film's end.

You can see the Yellow Submarine in these locations, but keep an eye out as other dates and locations are hopefully added:
Boston: Brattle, September 1-9, 1999.
Seattle: Egyptian, September 1-16, 1999.
Los Angeles: Nuart, September 3-9, 1999.
Minneapolis: The Uptown, September 3-9, 1999.
San Francisco: Castro, September 3-15, 1999.
Chicago: Music Box, September 10-16, 1999.
San Diego: The Hillcrest, September 10-16, 1999.
New York: Union Square, September 10-17, 1999.
Denver: The Esquire, September 10-17, 1999.

Karl Cohen is President of ASIFA-San Francisco. His first book, Forbidden Animation: Censored Cartoons and Blacklisted Animators, is published by McFarland Publishers. He also teaches animation history at San Francisco State University.


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