THE BEATLES’ YELLOW SUBMARINE IN THEATERS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA THIS JULY TO CELEBRATE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY
Restored 4K Theatrical Version With Remixed 5.1 Stereo Surround Sound
Once upon a time…or maybe twice…there was an unearthly paradise called
Pepperland…
NEW YORK / LONDON / LOS ANGELES – APRIL 03, 2018 – Abramorama announced
today a deal with Apple Corps Ltd. and Universal Music Group (UMG) to
theatrically release The Beatles’ classic 1968 animated feature film,
Yellow Submarine, across North America this July in celebration of its
50th anniversary.
Abramorama, Apple Corps Ltd. and UMG have teamed to
give Beatles fans of all ages the opportunity to come together and share
in this visually stunning movie and soundtrack.
Abramorama originally
partnered with Apple Corps, Imagine Entertainment, White Horse Pictures,
StudioCanal and UMG’s Polygram Entertainment on the Ron Howard
documentary The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years.
Yellow Submarine was restored in 4K digital resolution by Paul Rutan Jr.
and his team of specialists at Triage Motion Picture Services and Eque
Inc. The film’s songs and score were remixed in 5.1 stereo surround
sound at UMG’s Abbey Road Studios by music mix engineer Peter Cobbin.
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.
Richard Abramowitz, CEO of Abramorama said, “We’re thrilled to have the
privilege of bringing Yellow Submarine back to the big screen so that 3
generations of happy Beatles fans can enjoy the ground-breaking
animation and classic tunes and that have long been part of our
collective cultural DNA.”
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.
Inspired by the generation’s new trends in art, the film resides with
the dazzling Pop Art styles of Andy Warhol, Martin Sharp, Alan Aldridge
and Peter Blake.
With art direction and production design by Heinz
Edelmann, Yellow Submarine is a classic of animated cinema, featuring
the creative work of animation directors Robert Balser and Jack Stokes
with a team of animators and technical artists.
Information on local screenings can be found here: http://www.yellowsubmarine.film/
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