Up periscope yellow : the making of the Beattles Yellow submarine / Al Brodax.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brodax, Al.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yellow submarine (Motion picture).

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)

Physical Description:

vii, 267 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First Limelight edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Limelight Editions, 2004.

Summary:

If in the sixties the world of pop belonged to the Beatles, so too for a good part of that decade did Al Brodax. It was a tumultuous and wondrous time for all of them, crowned with the making of the now classic motion picture. Yellow Submarine, Al Brodax was the producer and, with Erich Segal and others, a co-author of the screenplay. In this book he recalls a frenzied, madcap escapade that came to be reflected in an enduring piece of screen history. The film "studio" was a dismal factory loft in London's Soho Square. In addition to John, Ringo, Paul and George, and Al, the "cast" included more than a dozen animators, platoons of inkers, background artists, soundmen, cameramen, and various essential expediters. Recruited from the U.S., Europe, Australia and all over the U.K., they produced, aside from the film, more than a dozen pregnancies and one or two marriages. The story of what else happened to them during those harried eleven months of creation has been culled by the author from a rich jumble of late-night, early-morning scribblings during production and from memories that continue to nourish him. His generously illustrated book is a special gift to fans of the Beatles, of Yellow Submarine and of spirited, flavorful writing about movies.

Contents:

Prologue

1. In the beginning

2. Hot ticket, short option, long odds

3. Baby you're a rich man

4. In the shadow of the dorch

5. Help! They need somebody

6. Writers ... the short list

7. Getting it together

8. The crucible ... August 1967

July 1968

And in the end.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy 1 has dustjacket retained.

Other Format:

Online version: Brodax, Al. Up periscope yellow.

ISBN:

0879109920

9780879109929

0879109939

9780879109936

OCLC:

53096981