The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
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| Directed by | Friz Freleng |
| Produced by | Friz Freleng |
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John W. Dunn David Detiege Friz Freleng |
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Mel Blanc June Foray |
| Narrated by |
Ralph James (uncredited, Act 2: The Unmentionables) Frank Welker (uncredited, Act 2: The Unmentionables) |
| Music by | Robert J. Walsh Don McGinnis Carl Stalling (classic cartoons) Milt Franklyn (classic cartoons) William Lava (classic cartoons) Shorty Rogers (classic cartoons) |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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79 minutes |
| Country | United States |
The (Friz Freleng's) Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie is a 1981 Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies film with a compilation of classic Warner Bros. cartoon shorts and animated bridging sequences produced by Friz Freleng, hosted by Bugs Bunny. The new footage was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and the first Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies film with a compilation of classic Warner Bros. cartoon shorts to be produced by Warner Bros. Animation.
The film starts with a showing of the 1958 award winning cartoon Knighty Knight Bugs before going into its opening credits. This is followed up by Bugs narrating how Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies immediately replaced baggy-pants comedy before introducing us to "a warm-hearted humble little Introvert called Yosemite Sam".
Yosemite Sam courts Granny with evil intentions for the $50,000,000 she has inherited, but Bugs overhears his scheming and thwarts Sam under the guise of another suitor and later Granny herself. In the end, Sam dies after being crushed by a safe that Bugs drops on him and lands in Hell. Satan offers to give Sam another chance in life provided he sends someone in his place. Sam agrees to this and, as a Roman guard captain, a Saudi Arabian, and in his usual cowboy guise, attempts to kill Bugs. His attempts are unsuccessful, but when Satan keeps offering him one more chance, Sam refuses, stating Satan should get the rabbit himself and decides to stay.
Bugs Bunny explains about cops and robbers, as well as Gangster films. In Act 2, there will be three cartoons dedicated to the gangster character, Rocky.
Immediately after becoming a police detective (with the codename "Elegant Mess"), Bugs is captured by Rocky and his gang, who try to drown him. Bugs promptly escapes that and then infiltrates Rocky's birthday party that night, disguised as a showgirl. Rocky soon sees through Bugs' disguise and, accompanied by Mugsy, chases him into a cereal factory, where Bugs traps the pair on the cereal manufacturing machine. Afterwards, he brings Rocky to court, but thanks to some manipulations and obfuscating legalese by Rocky's sleazy and unethical lawyer at his trial, the mobster is free to go.
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