Cine y TV en HD: The Beatles: Yellow Submarine (1968) Blu-Ray USA

martes, 3 de julio de 2012

The Beatles: Yellow Submarine (1968) Blu-Ray USA - Director: George Dunning

Yellow Submarine es una película animada de 1968 basada en la canción de The Beatles. Fue dirigida por el animador canadiense George Dunning, y producida por United Artists y King Features Syndicate. Los mismos Beatles aparecen sólo en el casi final de la película, con los Beatles animados doblados con otros actores.
Este film fue vanguardista, excitante, algo realmente nuevo en el mundo de la animación y con un éxito muy grande. El argumento narra las peripecias de unos Beatles dibujados, sobre un universo irreal de fantasías psicodélicas, con seres y espacios evocadores de esta estética. Toda esta mezcla consiguió entusiasmar a los seguidores como nunca otra película lo había hecho.

The Beatles: Yellow Submarine (1968) Blu-Ray USA - Director: George Dunning
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En 1080p ocupa exactamente 1 DVD-5, un lujo. Ver: http://thepiratebay.se/search/yellow+submarine/0/3/207
El BR trae: Audio Commentary Track by John Coates With Additional Contribution by Heinz Edelmann, Featurette Mod Odyssey, Original Theatrical Trailer
Three Storyboarded Sequences Including Two Not Used In The Final Film, Original Pencil Drawings, Behind The Scenes Photos
Interviews With The Crew and Vocal Talents, Collectible Booklet That Dives Behind The Scenes Of This Landmark Animated Adventure
Y por supuesto subtítulos en español.

This summer, Apple Corps Ltd. and EMI Music will bring Yellow Submarine to Blu-ray. The animated film looks to the Beatles' "Yellow Submarine" song as inspiration for this fanciful adventure that finds the Fab Four battling the evil Blue Meanies in order to save Pepperland from their music-hating oppression.

From the official synopsis:
"Once upon a time ... or maybe twice, there was an unearthly paradise called Pepperland, a place where happiness and music reigned supreme. But all that was threatened when the terrible Blue Meanies declared war and sent in their army led by a menacing Flying Glove to destroy all that was good. Enter John, Paul, George, and Ringo to save the day! Armed with little more than their humor, songs, and of course, their yellow submarine, The Beatles tackle the rough seas ahead in an effort to bring down the evil forces of bluedom."

EMI's Blu-ray presents Yellow Submarine in its 1.66:1 original aspect ratio and includes a restored monaural soundtrack. The digital technicians at Triage Motion Picture Services and Eque Inc. have given the picture a 4K restoration, going through the picture frame by frame without automated software assistance as a means of preserving the original artwork.

The disc also contains the following supplements:

Commentary by art director Heinz Edelmann and producer John Coates
Mod Odyssey documentary
Storyboard sequences:

Interviews:

Original theatrical trailer
Twenty-nine original pencil drawings
Thirty behind-the-scenes photographs
Physical memorabilia:

Yellow Submarine is expected to street on May 29th, as is the reissue of the soundtrack album.

Audio Commentary Track by John Coates & Additional Contribution by Heinz Edelmann. Coates was the Production Supervisor (AKA Line Producer) on Yellow Submarine and Edelmann of course provided the iconic design for the film. Coates takes up the vast bulk of this commentary and he's incredibly informative and well spoken, going into great detail about preproduction, voice casting and animation. Edelmann's comments are rather brief by comparison, but he gets into some of his inspirations for his contributions.

Making of documentary: "Mod Odyssey" (HD; 7:40). This 1968 featurette provides some fun background on the picture and ties Yellow Submarine into such age old tales as The Odyssey.

Original Theatrical Trailer (HD; 3:45)

Storyboard Sequences include Sea of Monsters (HD; 4:31), Battle of the Monsters (1080i; 10:51) and Pepperland (1080i; 5:41). The "Battle of the Monsters" sequence is especially interesting in that it pre-dates Heinz Edelmann's involvement and features a quite different look from the finished feature. The "Pepperland" storyboard evidently reveals an alternate ending for the film that was commissioned by King Features following a dispute with TVC London.

Original Pencil Drawings (1080i; 8:33) include development drawings for the "All You Need is Love" sequence among other elements, and again feature a pre-Heinz Edelmann look with regard to the character design of Paul.

Behind the Scenes Photos (1080i; 2:45) are mostly culled from a November 1967 visit to the TVC animation studio by The Beatles.

Interviews include sit downs with:
Paul Angelis (voice of Ringo and Chief Blue Meanie) (1080i; 1:41)
John Clive (voice of John) (1080i; 2:07)
David Livesey (key animator) (1080i; 1:13)
Millicent McMillan (assistant to Heinz Edelmann) (1080i; 1:14)
Jack Stokes (animation director) (1080i; 3:44)
Erich Segal (co-writer) (1080i; 1:38)

Bonus Printed Items include a nicely illustrated 14 page glossy insert booklet with an introduction by Pixar's John Lasseter, senitypes featuring the animated Beatles, and decals.