Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)

The Looney Tunes search for a man's missing father and the mythical Blue Monkey diamond.

Director:

Joe Dante

Writer:

Larry Doyle

Stars:

Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman, Steve Martin

9 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Brendan Fraser	...	DJ Drake / Himself / Voice of Tasmanian Devil and She-Devil
Jenna Elfman	...	Kate
Steve Martin	...	Mr. Chairman
Timothy Dalton	...	Damien Drake
Heather Locklear	...	Dusty Tails
Joan Cusack	...	Mother
Bill Goldberg	...	Mr. Smith
Don Stanton	...	Mr. Warner
Dan Stanton	...	Mr. Warner's Brother
Dick Miller	...	Security Guard
Roger Corman	...	Hollywood Director
Kevin McCarthy	...	Dr. Bennell
Jeff Gordon	...	Himself
Matthew Lillard	...	Himself
Mary Woronov	...	Acme VP, Bad Ideas

Storyline

Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are up to their feuding ways again. Tired of playing second fiddle to Bugs, Daffy has decided to leave the Studio for good. He is aided by Warner Bros.' humor impaired Vice President of Comedy, Kate Houghton, who releases him from his contract and instructs WB security guard/aspiring stunt man DJ Drake to capture and "escort" Daffy off the studio lot. Suddenly a sidekick without a hero, the duck decides to ally himself with DJ, whether he likes it or not. Consequently, Daffy is on the scene when DJ discovers that his famous movie star father was Damian Drake, known for playing suave international spies onscreen, is actually a suave international spy in real life--and has been kidnapped by the evil insane nerdy, prancing villain known as Mr. Chairman of the equally nefarious Acme Corporation. It seems that Damian knows the whereabouts of the mysterious magical and powerful Blue Monkey Diamond, and the Chairman will do anything to get his hands on it! With ...

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Plot Keywords:

diamond | duck | monkey | spy | looney tunes | 

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Taglines:

The biggest animated adventure ever to hit real life

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some mild language and innuendo

Details

Official Sites:

Warner Bros. Warner Bros. [Japan]

Country:

USA Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 November 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Looney Tunes Back in Action: The Movie

Filming Locations:

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$80,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£926,447 (UK) (13 February 2004)

Gross:

£5,153,828 (UK) (19 March 2004)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros., Baltimore Spring Creek Productions, Goldmann Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jenna Elfman's character, Kate Houghton, is named after Katharine Hepburn. Houghton was Hepburn's middle name.

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Goofs

Daffy Duck is thrown out of Warner Bros. Studios. As a consequence of Daffy's reckless actions, D.J. is also thrown out. He follows D.J. home and finds an issue of "The Hollywood Reporter", detailing the events that just occurred earlier that day, even though D.J. had just gotten home.

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Quotes

Daffy Duck: You live with Daddy?
DJ Drake: Yeah, so? only... temporarily...
Daffy Duck: Oh, I've hit rock-bottom. I'm hanging out with a security guard who lives with his father.

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Crazy Credits

During the end credits, rough pencil test animation from the movie is shown.

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Connections

Spoofs Dumbo (1941)

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Soundtracks

"We're in the Money"
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Al Dubin

User Reviews

What The Yosemite Sam Were Those Naysayers Talking About?!

What movie did those negative reviewers see?! It sure wasn't the affectionate, screamingly funny, devilishly clever animation/live-action comedy-adventure my family and I saw! Perhaps you need to be a Looney Tunes lover like our household and director Joe Dante to best appreciate this zany romp, because when we weren't laughing hysterically over the wall-to-wall gags (often delightfully inventive, like the sequence in the Louvre and the space climax -- and don't you dare leave before the end credits finish rolling!), the various pop culture references had us grinning, and not just the cameos by more obscure Looney Tunes characters (and I don't just mean Nasty Canasta and Cottontail Smith as Vegas casino owner Yosemite Sam's strong-arm boys, either!); spy flicks and action-adventure flicks come in for some sharply funny ribbing, too. Also, keep your eyes peeled for a couple of other beloved animated characters owned by Time-Warner these days. The humans are up to the task of acting opposite the irrepressible 'toons, too (Joe Dante fans, keep an eye out for cameos by his favorite actors and a certain B-movie director), especially hilariously ridiculous villain Steve Martin (as the head of the Acme Corporation -- which explains a lot :-) and Brendan Fraser, who good-naturedly sends up his own role in a certain movie franchise as well as simply being full of the muffiny goodness that long ago won our household's collective heart! :-) Don't listen to those flinthearted critics -- just see LOONEY TUNES... and have a big ol' laughariffic time!