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6 Edelmann states categorically that “I never thought of Mr. The design of Yellow Submarine is sometimes credited, by himself as well as others, to the artist Peter Max, but he did not become well known until a bit later and had no influence on the film.
1 However, Yellow Submarine quickly developed a strong cult following, not least among those looking for an appropriate film to watch while on an acid trip. box office, compared to the $11.5 earned in the United States during its initial run by Disney’s The Jungle Book (Wolfgang Reitherman, 1967), which had been released the year before. Perhaps because it was reviewed seriously by critics and perceived as more geared toward adults than children, it was on its immediate release only a modest hit (earning under $1 million at the domestic U.S. In an era when the genre was dominated by Disney, it was something completely different, an exuberant explosion of styles that abandoned Disney-style realism and, instead of the show tunes typically used in these films, had at its heart a collection of rock ‘n’ roll songs by what was then the most popular band in the world. The animated feature film Yellow Submarine (George Dunning, 1968) was an unusual film for its time. A Deep Dive in a Yellow Submarine Some Notes on the Filmmakers and References in the Classic Animated Featureīy David Hanley Volume 26, Issue 1-2 / February 2022 17 minutes (4222 words)