![]() In fact, it was said at one point that the actors were completely outclassed by a bunch of four-inch-tall plastic models. The film was a mixture of live action, with real actors (including such Hollywood superstars as Peter Fonda and Alec Baldwin 1), playing alongside the original TV models - the special effects were not at all upgraded for the cinema and the film was widely slated by the critics as being too slow, having a confusing plot and the human actors were 'more plastic than the trains'. The word 'railroad' in the title is an instant warning that this 'quintessentially British' children's tale had been 'Americanised'. In 2000, Gullane Entertainment released a full-length feature film entitled Thomas and the Magic Railroad. Director: George Dunning Cast: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Paul Angelis, John Clive, Geoffrey Hughes, Dick Emery, Lance Percival. Meanwhile, when the show was broadcast in the USA, Thomas was voiced by American actor George Carlin. Yellow Submarine (also known as The Beatles: Yellow Submarine) is a 1968 animated musical comedy adventure film inspired by the music of the Beatles, directed by animation producer George Dunning, and produced by United Artists and King Features Syndicate. Coincidentally, in 1968, Michael's brother Paul had voiced a cartoon Ringo for the animated movie Yellow Submarine. In 1968 when I experienced The Beatles Yellow Submarine, it was common to sit through several showings of the picture, watching it over and over. Voice castEdit John Clive as John Lennon Geoffrey Hughes as Paul McCartney George Harrison (uncredited) Paul Angelis as Opening Narrator / Chief Blue Meanie. One of the charming things about the television series is that, due to budget constraints and technological restrictions, although the engines move and talk and their expressions change from one scene to the next, their mouths' never actually move, thus keeping a tenuous link to the original illustrations.įrom 1992 - 1995, fellow Liverpudlian Michael Angelis replaced Ringo as the voice of Thomas and his friends. In order to be truly appreciated, The Beatles Yellow Submarine is a film that has to be experienced rather than just watched. The show was narrated by Ringo Starr, the ex-drummer for The Beatles and featured many of the original tales, as well as some new ones. Based on the Rev W Awdry's books about an island (Sodor) populated by steam trains, the series was filmed using a beautifully detailed, custom-made model of the Sodor railway network, built on a scale of 1:48. ![]() ![]() In 1984 Gullane Entertainment, owners of the Sooty television show, Guinness World Records and Captain Pugwash, launched the Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends series. | The Books and the Characters Television ![]()
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