Chariots of Fur
| Chariots of Fur | |
|---|---|
| Looney Tunes (Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner) series | |
| Directed by | Chuck Jones |
| Produced by |
Chuck Jones Linda Jones Clough |
| Voices by |
Maurice LaMarche Paul Julian (uncredited) |
| Music by |
George Daugherty Cameron Patrick |
| Studio |
Warner Bros. Family Entertainment Warner Bros. Animation Chuck Jones Film Productions |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Release date(s) | December 21, 1994 (USA) |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Running time | 7 minutes |
| Language | English |
Chariots of Fur is a seven-minute Looney Tunes short released in 1994 by Warner Bros. It features Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner and was directed by Chuck Jones, who introduced the pair in 1949. As in other shorts of the Road Runner series, Wile E. tries to catch his potential prey through use of various devices. This film's soundtrack uses music from the Bedřich Smetana opera The Bartered Bride. It was released in American and Canadian theaters preceding the film, Richie Rich. It was the first time a new short of Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner that had been released theatrically since 1980. This was the final Coyote/Road Runner short to be directed by Jones as well as it being the final Coyote/Road Runner short to be released before Paul Julian's death in the next year. The title is a parody of Chariots of Fire.
The Road Runner, known as Boulevardius Burnupius, giving Wile E. a "come-on" to chase him, and the camera moves to Wile and freezes to show he is Dogius Ignoramii for this cartoon. The chase continues until the coyote stops to read a sign, But the Road Runner pulls up behind him and beeps the coyote into another headache.
Not deterred by this one bit, the coyote continues his dastardly plans: he leaves the Road Runner a free snack on the edge of a cliff while he sneaks up behind his enemy and tries to eat him. However, sensing the danger, the Road Runner extends his neck all the way around the screen and beeps in the back of the coyote.
In a similar scheme to one used in the previous cartoon, Wile now locks and loads an ACME Giant Mouse Trap and leaves it in the road for the Road Runner to trip.
Despite his failures with it, the coyote loads himself into a spring attached to a rock and lets go as the Road Runner passes. Voice of Spring plays on the music track as Wile E. ends up being carried across the plateau. Wile E. eventually moves into thin air, and soon catches on to the situation, gulps, and falls. The coyote leaves this with his neck also coiled up like a Slinky.
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