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:

1.37 : 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:

The scene in which Bugs discusses his "several fathers" was written by Chuck Jones as a way to debunk fellow animation director Robert Clampett's claims throughout the 1970s that he alone created Bugs. Clampett's name is notably missing from Bugs's list.

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:

Bugs Bunny: So you see, that's how chases began, and that's how I came into the picture, just a mild mannered forest creature, shy, easily frightened. A quiet-living rabbit am I. And yet... I guess in a way I *am* an unusual rabbit on account of, uh... instead of having hundreds of children, like your ordinary run-of-the-mill rabbit, I had several fathers, fathers with odd names, like Tex Avery...

Movie Connections:

Edited from Operation: Rabbit (1952)

Ehhh! What's Up Doc? Lot's of fun here in this movie?

This movie puts the best of what Bugs and the gang got to share. Bugs Bunny explains the evolution of television in his own words, and the results are downright hilarious. He explains the characteristics of his friends and enemies in his world. Some of the cartoons they show are somewhat edited, but what's the big deal? This is the movie, and no one should be complaining about it. The only thing that was bugging Bugs is the "That's all Folks!" keeps coming on way too early, and Bugs doesn't play around when it's his movie being played. The Road Runner segments are always a classic, The Road Runner speeding New Mexico and Wile E. Coyote licking his chops to get that bird always leading to the Acme products backfiring on him every time. Though the chosen cartoons Warner Bros. used were perfect, and the documentary Bugs made was well made. Mel Blanc and other voice overs are golden. For Chuck Jones, he's the master of animation, and Phil Monroe deserves the hand shake for his part of making this movie a true golden hit. No Warner Bros. cartoon is truly original like Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tune gang. THAT'S ALL FOLKS! Rating 5 stars!