Bugs and Thugs
Bugs and Thugs | |
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Directed by | I. Freleng |
Story by | Warren Foster |
Produced by | Edward Selzer |
Starring | Mel Blanc |
Music by | Milt Franklyn |
Animation by | Manuel Perez Ken Champin Virgil Ross Arthur Davis |
Layouts by | Hawley Pratt |
Backgrounds by | Irv Wyner |
Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. The Vitaphone Corporation |
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Running time | 7 minutes |
Language | English |
Bugs and Thugsis a 1954Warner Bros.Looney Tunescartoon directed byFriz Freleng.[1]The short was released on March 13, 1954, and starsBugs Bunny,withRocky and Mugsy.[2]The film is a semi-remake of the 1946 cartoonRacketeer Rabbit.It is also the first Warner Bros short to featureMilt Franklynas a musical director.
In the film, Bugs mistakes thegetaway carof abank robberfor a taxi and enters it uninvited, being taken hostage as a result.
Reception
[edit]Jerry Beckwrites, "A remake of director Friz Freleng's earlier crime classicRacketeer Rabbit(1946), which featured caricatures ofEdward G. RobinsonandPeter Lorreas the gangsters,Bugs and Thugsis faster and funnier, has a great modern design (thanks to Hawley Pratt's layouts), and introduces two great new foils — Rocky and Mugsy — for Bugs Bunny. "[3]
Home media
[edit]Bugs and Thugsis available on the following DVDs:
- Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1
- Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 3
- Looney Tunes Centerstage: Volume 2
The short is also available to stream onMaxin some territories.
The short is also part of theUltra HD Blu-ray,Blu-rayandiTunesreleases ofGoodfellasas a part of aMerrie Melodies&Looney Tunesbonus features compilation that also includesRacketeer Rabbit.[4]
Cast
[edit]- Mel BlancasBugs Bunny,Rocky, Mugsyand police officers
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989).Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons.Henry Holt and Co. p. 259.ISBN0-8050-0894-2.
- ^Lenburg, Jeff (1999).The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons.Checkmark Books. pp. 60–62.ISBN0-8160-3831-7.Retrieved6 June2020.
- ^Beck, Jerry, ed. (2020).The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes Cartoons.Insight Editions. pp. 26–27.ISBN978-1-64722-137-9.
- ^Brown, Kenneth."GoodFellas Blu-ray (DigiBook)".Blu-ray.Retrieved25 March2024.
External links
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- 1954 films
- 1954 animated films
- 1954 short films
- 1950s Warner Bros. animated short films
- 1950s heist films
- American heist films
- Looney Tunes shorts
- Short films directed by Friz Freleng
- Films scored by Milt Franklyn
- Bugs Bunny films
- Cultural depictions of Edward G. Robinson
- 1950s English-language films
- Films about bank robbery
- Rocky and Mugsy films
- Films with screenplays by Warren Foster
- Films produced by Edward Selzer