Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie

Plot synopsis:
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".
=== Act 1: Satan's Waitin' ===
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.
=== Act 2: The Unmentionables ===
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.
Bugs has problems finding Rocky's new hideout until word breaks out of farmer Porky Pig's golden egg, which was apparently laid by Daffy Duck. Upon reading of this news, Rocky and his men capture Daffy and demand him to lay a golden egg. He eventually does after Rocky shoots him in the head, and is then ordered to lay more to fill up their collection of egg cartons. Bugs and the police suddenly bust in and arrest Rocky's troop. But another law loophole sets Rocky free again.
Rocky then captures Tweety Bird and holds him for ransom, and Bugs appoints Sylvester to find Tweety and pins a badge on his chest leaving him yelping in pain. Sure enough, the pussycat finds Tweety in Rocky's hideout. After several failed attempts by Sylvester to get Tweety out of here, the police show up and surround Rocky's hideout. Sylvester ends up being hailed as a hero for having seemingly rescued Tweety, and Bugs brings Rocky to justice, but is forced to go to jail with him and Mugsy (who was likely arrested too) because he lost the keys to his handcuffs.
=== Act 3: The Oswalds ===
In the third and final act, Bugs introduces us to the Oswald Awards, an award ceremony created by Friz for cartoon characters. He then hosts the ceremony himself, announcing the nominees - the Wolf from Three Little Bops, Sylvester & Tweety, and himself. During Bugs' show, Daffy talks to an impressed Yosemite Sam, who then yells at him to shut up, which sends Daffy right into Granny's arms who glares at an angry Sam. After Sylvester and Tweety's show Clarence devours Tweety and Sylvester and Granny both grab Tweety back from him. During all this, Daffy Duck continually gripes about the fact that he has not been nominated. When Bugs wins the award, Daffy becomes furious and challenges Bugs to a talent showdown. Bugs seems to have the audience's favor, but Daffy eventually wins their applause by blowing himself up. Bugs gives the now-ghostly Daffy the award, with the duck responding, "It just goes to show you, you gotta kill yourself to win an Oswald in this town!"
=== "That's all Folks!" ===
There was no outro/send-off for this movie, because after the third and final act, Bugs Bunny, at first, does the "That's all Folks!" send-off, but then Porky tells Bugs that it was his line. Bugs then allows Porky to do the send off, but sadly, before he could do the chance, the Iris-Door was used in the opening credits of the movie, instantly closes on him, Porky just grumbles and says, "D-D-Dirty Guys" as the film fades out.

Tags: psychedelic

Review:
EXCELLENT FOLLOWUP TO BUGS BUNNY/ROAD RUNNER MOVIE.
Friz Freleng's "Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie" is an excellent followup to Chuck Jones' "Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie" which itself was a surprisingly good feature.
This film follows the same formula as the 1979 film: classic shorts are combined with new bridging material to create a new feature.Freleng's film is even better than the Jones film.
The first part showcases Freleng's classic Yosemite Sam/Bugs Bunny shorts.
The story is that Sam makes a deal with the Devil to bring Bugs to hell.
Included here is Sam vs Bugs in Rome (with the classic scene where Sam crosses the lions pit on stilts and Bugs tosses tools to the lions)and the unbearably funny short where Bugs impersonates Granny to save her fortune from a lecherous Sam. This segment is so well edited and timed that it could work as an episode of a Bugs Bunny sitcom.Part Two showcases Freleng's Rocky shorts, the small gangster who Bugs tangles with.
Included here are four of Freleng's all time best shorts: Birds Anonymous (the best Tweety/Sylvester cartoon), Three Little Bops (in its' entirety), High Diving Hare and Show Biz Bugs, the definitive Bugs/Daffy showdown with a memorable finale.This is an enormously entertaining movie.
I personally wouldn't say that "The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie" was the best Looney Tunes compilation ever, but it's still pretty entertaining.
It starts with "Knighty Knight Bugs" (in which Bugs tries to steal the Singing Sword from black night Yosemite Sam), and then Bugs explains that the cartoon was directed by Friz Freleng, who directed this movie.
In fact, Friz got an Oscar, but Bugs only got a carrot.Then, we go the compilations: Yosemite Sam tries to kill Bugs but keeps getting sent to Hell (Satan is only too happy about this); Bugs becomes a cop and busts gangsters Rocky and Mugsy; and then, an Oscars-style awards ceremony at which the characters arrive in the most ostentatious limos imaginable.
Then again, the Looney Tunes cartoons often made fun of Hollywood - just look at "The Scarlet Pumpernickel" - so they might be poking fun at the pomp and opulence inherit in the numerous award ceremonies every year.Overall, I pretty much liked "TLLLBBM".
Still, I can't help but wonder why they stressed Friz Freleng's cartoons; they should have had at least something about Chuck Jones's works.All in all, pretty worthy..
Some good cartoons in here but there are much better ways to see them that this messy presentation.
In a three-act presentation, Bugs Bunny presents some old stories in a modern film.
Act I sees Yosemite Sam deep in Hell with Satan.
In act II we see crime waves at a new high and Elegant Mess (Bugs) trying to stop the activities of mobster Rocky.
In act III, the Oswald Awards (Warner Brothers gave up on trying to win an Oscar and thus made these instead) are presented to the actors who have made the most difference in the world of animation - an award that Daffy would give his beak to get.I love the Warner Brother cartoons a great deal and will use any excuse I can get to watch the cartoons if I'm around - whether it be a hangover cure or entertaining kids when babysitting, I'll generally give them a try and find them funny.
Of these cartoons, 4 or 5 are worth seeing, 1 or 2 are pretty poor and 2 are really great so, for my money, the film was just about worth watching.
I have seen most of these cartoons before and my reviews are up for them on their specifics pages so I won't review them aside from my last comment, however what spoils them is the modern touches.Most of the linking stuff is poor at best and doesn't really work.
The `stories' are pretty poor and it would have been much better just to do this as a sort of flashback film where the cartoons are just honestly presented rather than twisted.
The worst is the bit where Bugs throws a can up to shot it and ends up shooting Sam in the face - here they remove that and have him shot the can full of corks.
The new Looney Tunes show that is currently on Cartoon Network just does not compare to the classics.
Even now, although I'm in my 20's, I still enjoy watching this movie (along with Quackbusters) any time I get the urge to watch Looney Tunes.If you are a fan of throwback episodes of the Looney Tunes like Yosemite Sam/Bugs Bunny, Sylvester/Tweety or Bugs Bunny/Daffy Duck, then I strongly suggest that you watch this movie if you haven't already.
I do like these compilation films a lot, my favourites being QuackBusters and Bugs Bunny/Road-runner Movie.
Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie is entertaining but it is rather uneven too, part of the reason why this is my least favourite of the Looney Tunes compilation films.I admit I quite liked Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie's story structure, which is done in the equivalent of three acts.
However, it served perfectly as a premise and in the context of this film, and the result is actually is an entertaining, well-timed and in general well-edited segment, if rather high on predictability.Act 2 focuses on Bugs and Rocky.
What lets it down, is that as an overall segment it is not as well-timed or edited.
Using an Oscar awards ceremony as the premise of the segment, it is quite a vicious but overall hilarious satire.
And also I think the best animation of the film is in this segment.The animation is mostly good, more in the cartoons featured than in the links, but there are some inconsistencies.
While the cartoons are beautifully animated mostly, there is one exception, and that's Devil's Feud Cake, it does look cheap compared to the rest and in all honesty despite having a cool idea and that it has Bugs and Sam in it it is one of the main reasons why I don't like that cartoon.The music however is absolutely wonderful, the writing funny and witty and the sight gags in general fresh and inventive.
The cartoons(Devil's Feud Cake excepted) range to good to outstanding, High Diving Hare and Birds Anomynous belonging in the outstanding category, while the characters are delightful.
7/10 Bethany Cox. Another classic Looney Tunes film!.
If you like the original Looney Tunes and animated films then I strongly recommend that you watch this movie today!.
The answer isn't so clear.Here we have some anarchic, action-packed, classic 5 minute long cartoons from the Golden Age of the studio...
All hacked up, and stuck into a peculiar three act storyline involving Yosemite Sam trying to avoid getting sent to Hell, Bugs Bunny as an FBI agent and an animation award ceremony.So, basically it's a clip show, with some newly added material...
The problem is, you can tell where the old stuff ends and the modern animation starts...
It isn't difficult, put it that way.It would help if the framing device for the old cartoons was better, as well...
In the end, you wish you were watching the classic shorts as a standalone product, instead of bothering with this diluted, overlong imitation.To calculate it up...
The original cartoons 8/10 Everything else 4/10 OVERALL 6/10 Great, now I can have me dinner....
Finally I got to see what I always wanted to see, the compilation of the best short films of Looney Tunes, the best jokes, best scenes, best characters, all the best.
Looking back at all of these Looney Tunes movies that were just compilations, I am starting to wonder if a full animated movie with all new material would have worked.
This film features roughly 14 minutes of new material.
It's divided into three parts, the best easily being the third.It features Bugs Bunny hosting an awards show.
They give us the Oscar winning "Knighty Knight Bugs" right from the get go as it was the only Bugs Bunny cartoon to win one.
It is odd how that isn't one of the more remembered "Looney Tunes" cartoons.
It showcases some classic moments for legendary animator Friz Freleng, while linking it all together with new material.Bugs kicks off the proceedings by introducing the short that won Freleng an Oscar, "Knighty Knight Bugs", in which the unflappable rabbit sets out to steal back the wondrous "Singing Sword" from the dastardly Black Knight (a.k.a. Yosemite Sam).From there the action is divided into three acts: "Satan's Waiting", in which great Bugs vs.
Sam was always my favorite Looney Tune character, and watching him stew and rant and persistently try to get back at Bugs is hilarious stuff."The Unmentionables" prominently features gangster character Rocky, as Bugs plays Eliot Ness parody Elegant Mess, crack Federal agent assigned to bring him down.
had had such success with gangster classics like "Little Caesar" and "The Public Enemy", so it was only natural for them to use the Looney Tunes to make fun of this particular genre.
This is fun stuff, but this viewers' least favorite segment of the movie.Finally, we get to a cracking conclusion, "The Oswald Awards", a spot on skewering of Hollywood awards shows.
There's some good material with Sylvester and Tweety, and viewers are treated to an especially amusing short, "The Three Little Bops", which offers up a catchy ditty / spin on the old Three Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf tale.It's still a treat to revisit these cartoon characters years later as an adult.
a knight named "Sir Osis of the Liver".Overall, a reasonably sharp and pretty funny collection of Looney Tunes insanity.Seven out of 10..
Excellent showcasing of a great animator's work..
The late and great Friz Freling was without a doubt one of Warner Brothers' best animation directors in the studio's history.
With a total of 5 Oscars and 2 Emmys under his belt (according to the film) while working for the Warners, he has created some of the most memorable animated shorts in film history, such as the Oscar-winning short "Knighty Knight Bugs" and the incredibly jazzy "Three Little Bops".
Since the success of Chuck Jones' "The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie" in 1978, it would only be fair if director Friz Freling had his own showcase film featuring some of his best work with the studio, thus the creation of "The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie" in 1981.As I mentioned before, this film is a showcase of Friz Freling's best work while working for Warner Brothers Pictures.
Because of this, the movie is split into three separate acts: "Satan's Waiting'", which focuses on Yosemite Sam's numerous failed attempts at catching/destroying Bugs, "The Unmentionables", which focuses primarily on shorts featuring the gangster Rocky, and finally "The Oswald Awards", which focuses on a fictional award ceremony specifically made for cartoon characters.
In-between the shorts are animated story arcs made for the movie that are also directed by Freling, which is always welcome.
However, a person who has viewed many a Looney Tunes short will notice that some of the shorts have been edited either for time constraints or to blend in with the current scenario, which I can understand.
Thankfully, all of these shorts in their complete form can be found on numerous Looney Tunes compilation DVDs and Blu-Rays.The main question is this, however, does this work in the movie's favor?
The answer is a definite yes, because this is the studio's own special way of saying "thanks" to one of their own for their dedication and hard work that got them to where they're at today as a motion picture studio that specializes in entertaining audiences of all ages, and since Looney Tunes shorts are viewed by both children and adults all over the globe, this would work extremely well as a family feature.
Anyone who is a dedicated fan of the Looney Tunes franchise will most likely enjoy this flick for what it is, and it is also a great addition for family movie nights..
Great cartoons, but a bad idea.
cartoons directed by Friz Freleng are mercilessly cut and spliced into a "movie" format and mixed with framing sequences animated in 1980-81.
The final sequence ("the Oswald Awards") makes the most sense, but overall this was just a bad idea.
The Looney Tunes Lose Their Magic in Feature-Length Form..
"The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie" is just a set of old cartoons from the post-World War II era that becomes linked by some new animation.
I've never seen a Looney Tunes movie better edited than this one.
The new footage in this film is worthless, but the first two acts are well enough edited to win an award for best editing.
I don't really like the new footage in Act I, but it doesn't take away the excitement of the good editing.
The second film for "The 80s Freling Compilations of Looney Tunes," I will start by saying that reviewing a part of this dusty trilogy that sports a bad idea and overall mixed results; The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie is kind of a hard film to review it.
I mean, most of the movie takes place in a ceremony were Looney Tunes characters are honored, or something.
I kind of forgot the plot, I haven't seen the film for a couple of years.Well, as much as I remember, it starts off with a 10 minute short, which ends with a brief narration by Bugs Bunny (the voice of Mel Blanc, of couse) which went by the lines of "..he got an Oscar, but as for me, I got a carrot."It then fades out to a flashy looking theater where the aforementioned ceremony is to be held.
All the Looney Tunes characters (well, almost all) walk out of their sleek, huge limos and walk around in pianist-esque tuxedos.Now with the film ceremony beginning, the old shorts start to reel.
The awards for the ceremony start.Yes it sounds like a troubled plot, right?
Man do I need to see it again, if only I could find my copy of it.Well, the old shorts are pretty good, and without a single doubt the best part of the film.
The editing is some of the best in the whole trilogy of these Friz Freling films, which still isn't saying much, as it always was good in these films.
And Freling manages to keep the spirit of the old shorts alive.So it is a film with plenty of good points but still includes a few points that kind of hurt the quality.
Taking away the Looney Tunes shorts however, and replace them with anything else, the film is nothing.
It really more focuses on showing competent Looney Tunes shorts than anything else, and that is why it would be nothing without them.Plot-5/10, Shorts-8/10, Idea-4/10, Editing-10/10, Directing-7/10, Humor-8/10, New bits-6/10.
This movie is for anyone wanting all kinds of your favorite Looney Tunes clips in one show all compacted together.
Anyone who isn't a Looney Tunes fan, or a big fan already this movie is for you !For being made in the early 80's it's a great film!
The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie.
It starts off with the really good Oscar winning Knighty Knight Bugs, and continues being a pretty good Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies compilation film.
The first sees Yosemite Sam facing Hell and the Devil, unless he can bring back someone to replace him, this is obviously Bugs Bunny.
The second part is a spoof of the Al Capone/Elliot Ness story called the Unmentionables starring Rocky and Mugsy gambling, trying to get a golden egg from Daffy Duck, and stealing the valuable Tweety Pie. The final part sees a spoof of the Oscar ceremony, called the Oswolds, with Bugs hosting and giving the awards to cartoons with The Three Little Pigs and Big Bad Wolf, Sylvester and Tweety himself.
Daffy Duck was number 30, Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies number 20 and Bugs Bunny number 10 on The 100 Greatest Cartoons.
This film is the equivalent to the Oscar nominations for the Looney Toones and it is nice to see who them are judge their work and the fun of seeing Daffy Duck trying desperately to win an award.
In other words it doesn't bother to give us expansions why these shorts are fun, we all know it ,the great part is when you these characters seating and watching themselves get hurt in more ways than one.
SO meta that I wander,if Deadpool has this flick in DVD!)!Secondary after we see for instance Sam try to kill Bugs Bunny in the scenes ,we see them after words in the theaters joke to each other that many think that are moral enemies, when they are just acting.
THis true even now thirty five years after the opening many fans still are convinced that the actors who try to kill each other on the screen act the same way in the real world, when just do normal stuff like, go to the market and sped time with their loved ones.Last but not least, apart from parodying the norm of Hollywood ,like Horror, crime and action clichés, the animosity between Duffy Duck and Bugs Bunny is funny as heel and we also see in what length are some people willing to go in order to win an award( What had to suffer poor DiCaprio with that Bear!!).
This time we focus on more of the Friz Freleng shorts.
It's just a compilation of shorts we all grew up with and not really a movie.Here they try more of a theme as opposed to the first one.
I love these cartoons, but I like to see something new and original when I see the word "movie" attached.I liked this movie a lot more than the BUGS BUNNY/ROAD RUNNER MOVIE but I still give it 4 out of 10 stars.Some highlights here include the infamous gangster, that was short in stature and based on gangsters from the 30's.