Bugs Bunny: Superstar
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| Directed by | Larry Jackson |
| Produced by | Larry Jackson |
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Bob Clampett Tex Avery Friz Freleng |
| Narrated by | Orson Welles |
| Music by | Ian Whitcomb |
| Cinematography | Gary Graver |
| Edited by | Brian King |
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Hare-Raising Films
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| Distributed by | United Artists |
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90 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Bugs Bunny: Superstar is a 1975 Looney Tunes documentary film narrated by Orson Welles and produced and directed by Larry Jackson. It was the first documentary to examine the history of the Warner Bros. cartoons, and includes nine Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies cartoons (six featuring Bugs Bunny) which were previously released during the 1940s:
Bugs Bunny: Superstar includes interviews with some legendary Warner Bros. animation directors of that period: Friz Freleng, Tex Avery and most prominently Bob Clampett. Clampett, whose collection of drawings, films, and memorabilia from the golden days of Termite Terrace was legendary, provided nearly all of the behind-the-scenes drawings and home-movie footage for the film; furthermore, his wife, Sody Clampett, is credited as the film's production co-ordinator. Robert McKimson, Mel Blanc, and Chuck Jones were intended to be interviewed for the film, but all three were ultimately not involved for various reasons. Freleng and Avery appear only fleetingly in the film; according to Jackson, Freleng was laconic and did not reveal much, and while Avery talked at length and was entertaining, relatively little of what he said could be used for the film.
Approximately 30 minutes of the film's 90-minute duration is made up of documentary footage.
Bugs Bunny: Superstar was the first of a series of Warner cartoon compilation movies released in the 1970s and 1980s. However, as a documentary, it does not fit the mold of the totally animated Warner Brothers compilation movies that began with 1979's The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie. Bugs Bunny: Superstar was not considered a "canon" compilation movie because it was produced by Larry Jackson's Hare-Raising Films, rather than by Warner Bros. (1982's Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales is actually the fourth Bugs film, if Bugs Bunny: Superstar were to be included.)
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