The Great American Chase (1979)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Directors:

Chuck Jones
Phil Monroe

Writers:

Chuck Jones (writer)
Michael Maltese (writer)

Release Date:

30 September 1979 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Music | Comedy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

It's classic encounters of the funniest kind!

Plot:

The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie is basically a collection of Warner Bros. short cartoon features, "starring" the likes of Daffy Duck...

Plot Keywords:

Daffy Duck | Road Runner | Bugs Bunny | Road Runner Coyote | Self Described Genius

Cast

Mel Blanc	...	Bugs Bunny / Daffy Duck / Porky Pig / Marvin the Martian / Wile E. Coyote / Pepe le Pew / Dr. I.Q. High / Hassan (voice) (also archive footage)
Arthur Q. Bryan	...	Elmer Fudd (voice) (archive footage)

Also Known As:

The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (USA) (alternative title)
The Bugs Bunny/Road-Runner Movie (International: English title) (new title)

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:G | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Finland:S | Sweden:7 | USA:G | Canada:G (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Quebec) | UK:U

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

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.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: 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.

Quotes:

Wile E. Coyote: Allow me to introduce myself. My name is "Wile E. Coyote"... Genius. I am not selling anything nor am I working my way through college, so let's get down to cases. You are a rabbit, and I am going to eat you for supper. Now, don't try to get away. I am more muscular, more cunning, faster, and larger than you are... and I'm a genius, while you could hardly pass the entrance examinations to kindergarten. So, I'll give you the customary two minutes to say your prayers.
Bugs Bunny: I'm sorry, mac, but the lady of the house ain't home and besides we mailed you people a check last week!
[...]

Movie Connections:

Edited from Operation: Rabbit (1952)

Not sure if I watched a cut version, but some of these cartoons are cut!

That being said, I have to say that some of my favorite Looney Tunes cartoons are in this first collection of shorts released in the span of the late 70's and 80's (another I watched maybe more than this one was Daffy Duck's Quackbusters). Here and there I wondered if a couple of the shorts were complete; they seemed to cut down the Rabbit Fire episode down by half, an a couple others didn't seem 100% either. Still, I would highly recommend it to those looking to get into the series (if by some chance not through another route like DVD). The cartoons Duck Amuck (as Daffy goes ape against the vindictive animator) and the one involving Bugs and the Opera singer top the list, while a few others are also quite appealing like Bugs against the Bull, Daffy as a would-be Robin Hood, and at least half of the Road-Runner shorts. That part of the film, which while given 2nd billing in the title (The Bugs Bunny and Road Runner Movie), only lasts a full 20 minutes or less. The enjoyment of those shorts will depend on if you like the Roadrunner shorts to start with, but there are some choice segments that even had me laughing. Not overall a great collection of shorts, but certain shorts are stand-out here.