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The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979)

The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie poster
Directed by
Chuck Jones
Genre
animation, comedy, family, music, science fiction
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 38m
Rated
G
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 225 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Bugs Bunny hosts a collection of classic cartoon shorts from the 1940s and 1950s directed by Chuck Jones. The film connects the cartoons with new scenes showing Bugs in his carrot-filled house above a waterfall.

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What happens

The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (originally entitled as The Great American Chase) is a 1979 American animated comedy package film directed by Chuck Jones, consisting of a compilation of classic Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies shorts (specifically those that Jones himself directed) and newly animated bridging sequences hosted by Bugs Bunny. The bridging sequences, which had been produced in 1978, show Bugs at his home, which is cantilevered over a carrot-juice waterfall (modeled on Frank Lloyd Wright's "Fallingwater" house in Bear Run, Pennsylvania). The film was released to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Bugs Bunny. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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