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Author Topic: Yellow Submarine (request) Mathew Molloy Master Film Handler Posts: 357 From: The Santa Cruz Mountains Registered: Nov 2000 posted 11-20-2005 11:45 PM                     Current distributer anyone?  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 11-21-2005 05:15 AM                     "Yellow Submarine" flat-full frame (1.37/1) 5 reels Prints by DeLuxe 90 minutes mono sound Originally released in the US by United Artists in 1969 Now available on DVD by MGM video.  |  IP: Logged Jonathan M. Crist Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 531 From: Hershey, PA, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 11-21-2005 02:55 PM                     There are re-issue prints from about 1999 (I believe) that are Dolby Digital and DTS. Can't remember who the distributor was.  |  IP: Logged John Hazelton Film Handler Posts: 42 From: Oakland, CA, USA Registered: Jun 2001 posted 11-30-2005 10:31 PM                        Yellow Submarine was distributed by United Artists, who distributed all of the Beatles films. It was not framed to be shown 1.37, but rather 1.66. It plays okay at 1.85, though. The 1999 re-issue had a remixed 5.1 audio track, but only in DTS. No other digital format was used for this re-issue. The analog track was Dolby A compatible. Original US running time was 85 minutes, but the reissue added about 5 minutes of footage that was cut after the premiere. I believe UA is still the distributor.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 11-30-2005 11:09 PM                     Two clips below from the original '69 release... ..I ran "YS" in 1970 and these clips above are from that print..and this is where I drew my conclusion of the 1.37/1 frame topic. Original clips have gone to red, I retouched these scenes by adding in the cyan and reducing magenta and adding a touch of green... If a discussion is needed to continue talking about this release, let's head on over to the "Afterlife" forum and create one here about this, for this can be an interesting subject to talk about. (THX) -Monte  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 12-02-2005 03:28 PM                        Pretty good color correction on 35 year old prints made before Kodak introduced "low fade" dyes in color print film in the early 1980's.  |  IP: Logged John Hazelton Film Handler Posts: 42 From: Oakland, CA, USA Registered: Jun 2001 posted 12-04-2005 09:25 PM                        Good idea, Monte. I've continued the topic on the Afterlife Forum under the subject "Yellow Submarine Aspect Ratio."  |  IP: Logged Mathew Molloy Master Film Handler Posts: 357 From: The Santa Cruz Mountains Registered: Nov 2000 posted 12-07-2005 11:42 PM                     The Story So Far... Prior to Sony's ownership of the MGM library I was told by MGM that they no longer have rights to Yellow Submarine. So I did a bit of research without any luck. Recently I made another call, this time to Sony, asking if they knew who had the rights to this. I'm told they share rights with another party who aren't too keen on this film ever seeing the light of day again. Funny, I've found two theatres via google who have shown Yellow Submarine this past year - neither of which will tell me who they got the rights from to show the "film" - er, I should say movie as I doubt it was film they were showing. I made it clear we'd pull in a good amount of money showing Y.S. here and I hope that will light a fire under the butts of the folks who share the rights.  |  IP: Logged System Notices Forum Watchdog / Soup Nazi Posts: 215 Registered: Apr 2004 posted 01-22-2008 08:31 AM                 It has been 775 days since the last post.  |  IP: Logged Paul Gordon Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 580 From: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Registered: Aug 2005 posted 01-22-2008 08:31 AM                        Anyone played this in the last year or so? or Hard Days night for that matter.  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-08-2008 11:32 PM                        Have we figured out the correct aspect ratio for this yet? I ran one reel and it looks fine at Academy. IMDB says that it's 1.66. And a projectionist whom I trust who has run this for many midnight shows insists that it is 1.85. Who is right?  |  IP: Logged Paul Gordon Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 580 From: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Registered: Aug 2005 posted 05-09-2008 07:14 AM                        Who is the distributor for Yellow Sub anyway?  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-09-2008 08:44 AM                        No idea. It's a private screening. edit: it looks good at 1.85 and all titles are safe for 1.85 [ 05-10-2008, 03:52 AM: Message edited by: Scott Norwood ]  |  IP: Logged Jack Theakston Master Film Handler Posts: 411 From: New York, USA Registered: Sep 2007 posted 05-11-2008 06:21 AM                     Don't ever rely on IMDb for projection information such as aspect ratios. It is incredibly incorrect.  |  IP: Logged John Hazelton Film Handler Posts: 42 From: Oakland, CA, USA Registered: Jun 2001 posted 05-13-2008 11:05 PM                        I agree with Jack that IMDb is not a reliable source for technical information about movies. Still, I stand by my contention that the intended aspect ratio for "Yellow Submarine" is 1.66. When it was re-released in 1999, some of the cans carried a label from the distributor that stated "Original Ratio: 1.66, Recommended Ratio: 1.85" I think the 1.85 note was the distributor's recognition that no current multiplex would be equipped to run 1.66. I trust the information on that label, because it fits what looks best during projection. If you watch the movie 1.37, there's way too much head room in most scenes, and the composition feels off. It's definitely correct at 1.66. At 1.85, it's tight, but plays okay. You can see from Monte's frames that the top image is framed for wide screen, and the bottom one looks okay wide screen as well. Just because there's image in the entire frame doesn't mean it was meant to be projected, even in an animated work. I've seen plenty of cartoons that were unquestionably wide screen, but had a full-frame image.  |  IP: Logged

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