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The Bugs Bunny/Road-Runner Movie (97 min)
Synopsis: Join Bugs in his 14-carrot mansion as he presents his cartoon cohorts in their laugh-out-loud chase fiascoes. Catch up with dim-witted space traveler Duck Dodgers (Daffy) as he challenges Marvin the Martian for ownership of Planet X. Then, slow down for a “witty wabbit” opera as Bugs upstages Elmer Fudd…again. And speed up with Wile E. Coyote as he pulls out all the stops chasing Road Runner on the long and winding road to disaster after disaster, despite many an ACME device.
Cast: Mel Blanc (Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Marvin The Martian, Wile E. Coyote, Pepe Le Pew, Dr. I.Q High, Hassan); Stan Freberg (Man); Joan Gerber (Cavewoman); Paul Julian (The Road Runner); Arthur Q. Bryan (Elmer Fudd); Nicolai Shutorev (Giovanni Jones - singing voice);
Directed by Chuck Jones
US Theatrical Release Date: September 14, 1979
US Home Media Release Dates: 1979 (VHS/Betamax); 1983 (VHS/Betamax); 1986 (VHS); February 3, 1998 (VHS/LD); 2005 (DVD);
Trivia:
• The film was released between April-May 1979 in some test markets as The Great American Chase.
• The film was released to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Bugs Bunny.
• The scene in which Bugs discusses his "several fathers" was written by Chuck Jones as a way to debunk fellow animation director Robert Clampett's claims throughout the 1970s that he alone created Bugs. Clampett's name is notably missing from Bugs's list. Also missing is Ben Hardaway, who created the earliest prototype of Bugs and was in fact the originator of the name "Bugs Bunny" (Bugs being Hardaway's own nickname), though in this case Jones later confirmed that the omission had simply been an oversight, and that he would have had no qualms about including Hardaway in the gallery.
• The film was dedicated to the memory of Chuck Jones' first wife, Dorothy Webster, who died before the film was released.
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The Bugs Bunny/Road-Runner Movie (97 min)
Synopsis: Join Bugs in his 14-carrot mansion as he presents his cartoon cohorts in their laugh-out-loud chase fiascoes. Catch up with dim-witted space traveler Duck Dodgers (Daffy) as he challenges Marvin the Martian for ownership of Planet X. Then, slow down for a “witty wabbit” opera as Bugs upstages Elmer Fudd…again. And speed up with Wile E. Coyote as he pulls out all the stops chasing Road Runner on the long and winding road to disaster after disaster, despite many an ACME device.
Cast: Mel Blanc (Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Marvin The Martian, Wile E. Coyote, Pepe Le Pew, Dr. I.Q High, Hassan); Stan Freberg (Man); Joan Gerber (Cavewoman); Paul Julian (The Road Runner); Arthur Q. Bryan (Elmer Fudd); Nicolai Shutorev (Giovanni Jones - singing voice);
Directed by Chuck Jones
US Theatrical Release Date: September 14, 1979
US Home Media Release Dates: 1979 (VHS/Betamax); 1983 (VHS/Betamax); 1986 (VHS); February 3, 1998 (VHS/LD); 2005 (DVD);
Trivia:
• The film was released between April-May 1979 in some test markets as The Great American Chase.
• The film was released to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Bugs Bunny.
• The scene in which Bugs discusses his "several fathers" was written by Chuck Jones as a way to debunk fellow animation director Robert Clampett's claims throughout the 1970s that he alone created Bugs. Clampett's name is notably missing from Bugs's list. Also missing is Ben Hardaway, who created the earliest prototype of Bugs and was in fact the originator of the name "Bugs Bunny" (Bugs being Hardaway's own nickname), though in this case Jones later confirmed that the omission had simply been an oversight, and that he would have had no qualms about including Hardaway in the gallery.
• The film was dedicated to the memory of Chuck Jones' first wife, Dorothy Webster, who died before the film was released.
The Copyright Laws of the United States recognizes a “fair use” of copyrighted content. Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act states: “Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.”
This video and the “Animation Compendia” YouTube channel in general may contain certain copyrighted works that were not specifically authorized to be used by the copyrighted holder(s), but which we believe in good faith are protected by federal law and the fair use doctrine for one or more of the reasons noted above.
