"Yellow Submarine" To Become Children's Book
Posted: April 27, 2004 12:56 pm
From Billboard.com:
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The Beatles' psychedelic cartoon "Yellow Submarine" is being adapted for a children's book, according to the group's record label. Apple Corps Ltd. said it had joined with Walker Books to create the book, which is expected to arrive in stores in September -- 36 years after the original animated feature film was released.
The book was inspired by the success of the release in 1999 of a digitally restored DVD version of the 1968 cult classic.
"'Yellow Submarine' was made as a psychedelic film in the '60s, but it has had a timeless appeal, particularly for children, over the last four decades," reads an Apple Corps. statement.
The film followed the 1966 release of the "Yellow Submarine" single, which was a hit in Britain, Australia, Canada, Germany, Holland, Norway, New Zealand and Sweden. It was translated into many languages, including Yiddish and Latin, and was taken up as an anthem by American activists opposing the war in Vietnam.
http://tinylink.com/?vhjIy9kM12
The Beatles' psychedelic cartoon "Yellow Submarine" is being adapted for a children's book, according to the group's record label. Apple Corps Ltd. said it had joined with Walker Books to create the book, which is expected to arrive in stores in September -- 36 years after the original animated feature film was released.
The book was inspired by the success of the release in 1999 of a digitally restored DVD version of the 1968 cult classic.
"'Yellow Submarine' was made as a psychedelic film in the '60s, but it has had a timeless appeal, particularly for children, over the last four decades," reads an Apple Corps. statement.
The film followed the 1966 release of the "Yellow Submarine" single, which was a hit in Britain, Australia, Canada, Germany, Holland, Norway, New Zealand and Sweden. It was translated into many languages, including Yiddish and Latin, and was taken up as an anthem by American activists opposing the war in Vietnam.