Three of jones films rabbit fire, rabbit seasoning, and duck. Minnelli had almost forty films to his credit by 1958, but this was his first and only. Ed stephan king arthurs kingdom and the knights of the round table are in the doldrums since the dark knight stole the singing sword and put it under the protection of a firebreathing dragon. He tricks elmer fudd into thinking its really rabbit season. A tribute to friz freleng kevin mccorrys home page. Knighty knight bugs looney tunes characters, looney tunes.
The bugs bunny short knighty knight bugs 1958, in which a medieval bugs bunny trades blows with yosemite sam and his firebreathing dragon which has a cold, won the academy award for best short subject cartoons of 1958. The bugs bunny short knighty knight bugs 1958, in which a medieval bugs bunny traded blows with yosemite sam and his firebreathing dragon which has a cold, won the academy award for best short subject. Knighty knight bugs 1958 the only bugs bunny cartoon to get an oscar, knighty knight bugs is the animated equivalent of al pacino winning for scent of a woman instead of dog day. Knighty knight bugs is a 1958 looney tunes short directed by friz freleng. Spotlight collection double feature volume 2 thats right, go ahead and laugh at them.
Bugs bunny also has an actual star on the walk of fame. And here we are, the first of the trio of chuck jones films casually known by. Knighty knight bugs brought bugs bunny his first oscar and friz freleng his. Channel in the late1990s, scenes from golden yeggs were completely cut. King arthur is sitting with his knights of the round table, complaining about hard times that have befallen the kingdom ever since the black knight has stolen the singing sword.
Here you will find tons of highdefinition screen captures from classic looney tunes shorts. The best and biggest movie continuity mistakes of 1958, as voted by visitors to. In the short superrabbit, bugs becomes a marine at the end. In 1996, the cinema film space jam followed, in which basketball player michael jordan, among others, participated. Knighty knight bugs is a 1958 looney tunes short starring bugs bunny. Film editing adrienne fazan writing screenplaybased on material from another medium alan jay lerner music scoring of a musical picture andre previn. Knighty knight bugs looney tunes characters, looney. Now, hare this knighty knight bugs prehysterical hare baton bunny. This site is neither endorsed by nor affiliated with the academy of motion picture arts and sciences. Frelengs knighty knight bugs 1958, in which a medieval bugs trades blows with yosemite sam and his firebreathing dragon which has a cold, won an academy award for best cartoon. According to the company, some 110,064 separate frames of computer animation were made, and 800,000 machine hours were needed overall, creating at a maximum rate of 3. Court jester bugs races against the black knight yosemite sam and his sneezing dragon in pursuit of the singing sword.
Knighty knight bugs 1958 approved 6min animation, short, comedy 23 august 1958 usa court jester bugs races against the black knight yosemite sam and his sneezing dragon in pursuit of the singing sword. Frelengs knighty knight bugs 1958 in which a medieval bugs trades blows with yosemite sam and his firebreathing dragon which has a cold, won an academy award for best cartoon short subject becoming the first bugs bunny cartoon to win said award. Mel blanc provided for the voices of all the characters in. In fact, hes one of the most famous cartoon characters in the world. He was directed by friz freleng, robert mckimson, arthur davis and chuck jones. The academy awardwinning rabbit bugs finally won his first oscar after a few nominations for knighty knight bugs in the short film finds a medieval bugs trading blows with yosemite sam and his firebreathing dragon. Bugs bunny is an animated cartoon character, created in the late 1930s by leon schlesinger productions later warner bros. As one of the biggest stars of the socalled golden age of american. Three of chuck jones bugs bunny shortsrabbit fire, rabbit seasoning, and duck. The short knighty knight bugs 1958, in which a medieval bugs trades blows with yosemite sam and his firebreathing dragon which has a cold, won the academy award for best animated short film. Cast and crew for knighty knight bugs 1958 previous cartoon next cartoon. Similar to the looney looney looney bugs bunny movie, which was preceded with the oscarwinning knighty knight bugs 1958, quackbusters is preceded with the exclusive short the night of the living duck 1988. Similar to the looney looney looney bugs bunny movie, which was preceded with the oscarwinning knighty knight.
This blog is devoted entirely to that wascally wabbit we all know and love. Happy 60th anniversary to academy award winning cartoon short to knighty knight bugs. Hed been referred to as bugs s bunny from the beginning, but it was only in elmers pet rabbit 1941, directed by chuck jones, that he was first called bugs bunny onscreen. Frelengs knighty knight bugs 1958, in which a medieval bugs trades blows with yosemite sam and his firebreathing dragon which has a cold, won an academy award for best cartoon short subject becoming the first bugs bunny cartoon to win said award. Bugs bunny is the hapless court jester who sets himself up for disaster by joking yuck, yuck, yuck, yuck. World war ii was over at this point for a long time and so freleng foster and blanc were really unpolitical again with their work here. Bugs bunny southern fried rabbit original version 1953.
Friz freleng was an american animation director, most famous as one of the legends who worked for warner brothers looney tunes series. World war ii was over at this point for a long time and so freleng foster and. Bugs bunny is the hapless court jester who sets himself up for disaster by joking that only a. Knighty knight bugs opens with the knight of the round table and the king talking about the singing sword, the black knight and his dragon. Knighty knight bugs features bugs bunny, yosemite sam, king arthur, sir osis of liver, sir loin of beef, the dragon.
The silliness picks up where it never left off in vol. Hed been referred to as bugss bunny from the beginning, but it was only in elmers pet rabbit 1941, directed by chuck jones, that he. The bugs bunny short knighty knight bugs 1958, in which a medieval bugs bunny trades blows with yosemite sam and his firebreathing dragon which has a cold, won the academy award. The short knighty knight bugs 1958, in which a medieval bugs trades blows with yosemite sam and his firebreathing dragon which has a cold, won the academy award for best animated short film in 1959. Knighty knight bugs is the only bugs bunny cartoon to win an academy award for best animated short film. We want to know what you think, too feel free to share your own opinion we do want to hear from you. After bugs convinces him that he a fricassee rabbit and needs a license to be able to shoot, elmer realizes he has no. Freleng won four oscars during his time at warner bros. The short was later included in the 1981 compilation film. Bugs bunny, cartoon rabbit created by warner brothers as part of its looney tunes animated short film series. Seville 1950, and the oscarwinning knightyknight bugs 1958. When kirk douglas smashes through the chapel window near the end of the film. Most of them had bugs bunny and daffy duck in the lead role. Bugs bunny is the modern american trickster and easily the biggest star of the looney tunes and merrie melodies cartoons.
Cartoons and released by warner bros knighty knight bugs is the only bugs bunny cartoon to win an academy award for best animated short film in 1959. Below are comments about this cartoon submitted by people who have seen this show. Bugs bunny in the 1958 warner brothers cartoon short knighty knight bugs. Take a look and see what others have said about knighty knight bugs. Disc 1 showcases the longeared star extraordinhare with 15 bugs bunny cartoons, including 1958s oscarawinning best cartoon short subject knighty knight bugs.
This brilliant photo is like a shooting star, totally unique. Directed by friz freleng, it won an academy award for best animated short in 1959 in the court of king arthur, the king asks for one of his knights of the round table to retrieve the singing sword from the clutches of the black knight played by yosemite sam, but none of them dare to face the black knight and his fierce. Bugs bunny is the hapless court jester who sets himself up for disaster by joking that only a fool would go after the. Looney tunes is worlds best cartoon animated series ever. Looney looney looney bugs bunny movie also known as friz frelengs looney looney looney bugs bunny movie is a 1981 looney tunes film with a compilation of classic warner bros. Gouache on celluloid, applied to a facsimile background, matted and framed. And it was one of their biggest successes as it won an academy award. Looney looney looney bugs bunny movie looney tunes wiki. In 1988 the looney tunes had guest roles in the cinema film who framed roger rabbit. Directed by friz freleng, it won an academy award for best animated short in 1959 in the court of king arthur, the king. In the 1958 minimovie knighty knight bugs, your favorite bunny proved it, and now you can relive the adventure on this wild flume ride. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Bugs bunnys origin was as a goofy antagonist for porky pig in the warner bros.
And thats just what happens in knighty knight bugs. Knighty knight bugs 1958 letterboxd your life in film. Cartoon characters, cast and crew for knighty knight bugs 1958. As one of the biggest stars of the socalled golden age of american animation 1928c. Bugs also received an oscar nomination for hiawathas rabbit hunt 1942, and won the award for knighty knight bugs 1958. Three of chuck jones bugs bunny shorts rabbit fire, rabbit seasoning, and duck. Most memorable quotes from foghorn leghorn, a movie based on film. Pixar animation studios produced the first featurelength completely computeranimated work, toy story 1995, distributed by disney. Finally revisiting 1981s the looney, looney, looney bugs bunny movie the second of five compilation films released between 1979 and 1988 for the first time as an adult, i now see the. Every oscar winner for animated short subject, ranked. But bugs tricks them and takes over the castle, leading sam to pull several embarrassing stunts attempting to reenter. Frelengs knighty knight bugs 1958 in which a medieval bugs trades blows with yosemite sam and his firebreathing dragon which has a cold, won an academy award for best cartoon. Knighty knight bugs 1958 court jester bugs races against the black knight yosemite sam and his sneezing dragon in pursuit of the singing sword. Cartoon characters, cast and crew for knighty knight bugs.
The film begins with a showing of the 1958 award winning cartoon knighty knight bugs before going into its opening. The short was later included in the 1981 compilation film the looney, looney, looney bugs bunny movie. Oscar and academy awards and oscar design mark are the trademarks and service marks and the oscar statuette the ed property, of the academy of motion picture arts and sciences. Also its bugs bunny and yosemite sam only academy award win and third nominations for bugs bunny.
Hed been referred to as bugss bunny from the beginning, but it was only in elmers pet rabbit 1941, directed by chuck jones, that he was first called. All of a sudden, bugs appears on the scene and is told by the king that if he does not bring back the singing sword, he will be executed. Every boy of every generation has his heroes, and from the tender age of three to the more sophisticated level of school grade 4. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Bugs bunny the reader wiki, reader view of wikipedia. The looney looney looney bugs bunny movie wikipedia. Jones would do much better with this premise in 1958s cat feud. Knighty knight bugs is the only bugs bunny cartoon to win an academy award for best animated short film in 1959. Three of jones films rabbit fire, rabbit seasoning and duck. Knighty knight bugs is a 1958 warner bros looney tunes cartoon directed by friz freleng, produced by warner bros. Knighty knight bugs is the only bugs bunny cartoon to win an academy award, in 1959, for best animated short film. After daffy shows elmer where bugs bunny lives, elmer is about to shoot bugs.
But what you can know for sure is that these 4 discs and 60 cartoons contain some of the best laugh riots ever conceived by the feverish minds at warners termite terrace. Posed as a before and after sequence, these two images featuring bugs bunny, yosemite sam and the dragon comes from knighty knight bugs, the 1958 academy awardwinning cartoon. Sep 04, 2016 knighty knight bugs is a 1958 looney tunes cartoon directed by friz freleng, produced by warner bros. Looney looney looney bugs bunny movie also known as friz frelengs looney. The academy awardwinning rabbit bugs finally won his first oscar after a few nominations for knighty knight bugs in the short film finds a medieval bugs trading blows with yosemite sam. A tribute to friz freleng written by kevin mccorry. Bugs bunny, the court jester for king arthur, must recover the singing sword from yosemite sam the black knight and his fire breathing dragon. Daffy duck is tears down and burns duck season signs. The film starts with a showing of the 1958 awardwinning cartoon knighty knight bugs before going into its opening credits. Specifically, when bugs finds the singing sword, it literally starts singing, and sam comes after him with his pet dragon.
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