Limelight Editions is very pleased to announce publication of the minute-by-minute, drink-by-drink, pop-by-pop, snort-by-snort, behind-the-scenes madcap memoir of the making of this animation classic, by the film's producer and co-writer, Al Brodax: UP PERISCOPE YELLOW: The Making of The Beatles Yellow Submarine.
Mr. Brodax, blessed with the chutzpah and humor of a man Brooklyn born, in UP PERISCOPE YELLOW takes the reader along for a wild ride, flying without wings or a safety net, with eleven months, one million dollars, two continents, an old Royal typewriter and dozens of inkers, artists, and latent ne'er do wells. Two hundred thirty-two souls in all produced a dozen pregnancies, three marriages and one motion picture, revolving in a world sometimes resembling a circus, other times an episode of the Pink Panther. In this setting Al Brodax managed to pull off a cinematic feat and produce a timeless celluloid canvas filled with the magic of the sixties and the musical genius of the world's darlings, The Beatles.
Yellow Submarine was a study in firsts - initiating production without a complete storyboard or script, a feature-length film using characters from living role models - and ingenious uses of rotoscoping, photography and layering. The artwork was brilliant in this pre-computer age, hand-drawn and embellished with watercolor inks of experimental, psychedelic colors, a timeless, painstaking exertion of human energy.
Among the many characters who appear repeatedly throughout UP PERISCOPE YELLOW are The Beatles, George Martin, Brian Epstein, and screenplay co-writer, Erich Segal, fresh off the Yale campus where he was teaching Greek and Latin literature, and soon destined for success in Hollywood with Love Story.
UP PERISCOPE YELLOW: The Making of The Beatles Yellow Submarine is currently available from most major book store chains and specialty book shops everywhere.
