The Bugs Bunny/Road-Runner Movie (1979)

Bugs Bunny reflects on his past cartoon exploits.

Directors:

Chuck Jones, Phil Monroe

Writers:

Michael Maltese, Chuck Jones,

Stars:

Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan, Paul Julian

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Mel Blanc	...	Bugs Bunny / Daffy Duck / Porky Pig / Marvin the Martian / Wile E. Coyote / Pepe le Pew / Dr. I.Q. High / Hassan (voice)
Arthur Q. Bryan	...	Elmer Fudd (voice) (archive footage)
Paul Julian	...	Road Runner (archive sound)
Nicolai Shutorov	...	Giovanni Jones (singing voice) (archive footage)

Storyline

The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie is basically a collection of Warner Bros. short cartoon features, "starring" the likes of Daffy Duck, Porky Pig and Wile.E.Coyote. These animations are interspersed by Bugs Bunny reminiscing on past events and providing links between the individual animations which are otherwise unconnected. The Road Runner feature at the end consists of sketches from various RR separates (well it does in the 78-minute version anyway).

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Plot Keywords:

road runner | road runner the character | reference to daffy duck | cartoon rabbit | reference to marvin the martian | 

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Taglines:

It's classic encounters of the funniest kind!

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Genres:

Animation | Family | Music | Comedy | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

G

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 September 1979 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Great American Chase

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Bugs's house, which is cantilevered over a carrot-juice waterfall, is modeled on Frank Lloyd Wright's "Fallingwater" house in Bear Run, Pennsylvania.

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Goofs

About 5 minutes into the movie as Bugs relates the beginning of man and he points out our fourth rate star, the Sun, you can see "Start 56+0 Filter 16 Yellow" written in the middle of the Sun.

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Quotes

Bugs Bunny: So you see, that's how chases began, and that's how I came into the picture, just a mild mannered forest creature, shy, easily frightened. A quiet-living rabbit am I. And yet... I guess in a way I *am* an unusual rabbit on account of, uh... instead of having hundreds of children, like your ordinary run-of-the-mill rabbit, I had several fathers, fathers with odd names, like Tex Avery... uh, Friz Freleng... Chuck Jones... and Bob McKimson, the ones who directed most of me pictures. Fathers like ...

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Crazy Credits

Dedication on the end credits: "The Bugs Bunny Road-Runner Movie is dedicated to Dorothy."

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Connections

Followed by Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981)

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Soundtracks

"The Flying Dutchman Overture"
(uncredited)
Music by Richard Wagner

User Reviews

Wonderful compilation of Chuck Jones' best

Skip the unctuous opening and fast-forward to the highlights: Bugs battling a bull; Daffy Duck battling an unseen animator; and the all-time great WHAT'S OPERA, DOC?, in which the usual Bugs-and-Elmer chase is done in best operatic style