Looney Tunes Super Stars' Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire is a DVD of 15 new-to-DVD Bugs Bunny cartoons released on August 10, 2010.[1] Along with Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl, these two DVDs are the successor to the Looney Tunes Golden Collection series. None of the cartoons featured in this DVD were previously found on the Golden Collection sets.
| Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire | |
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| Directed by | Friz Freleng, Robert McKimson, Chuck Jones |
| Produced by | Eddie Selzer, John W. Burton, David H. DePatie |
| Starring | Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam, Tasmanian Devil, Granny, Daffy Duck, Marvin the Martian, Mel Blanc (voice) |
| Distributed by | Warner Home Video |
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Running time | 125 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Contents
edit- All cartoons on this disc star Bugs Bunny.
| # | Title | Co-stars | Year | Director | Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mutiny on the Bunny | Sam | 1950 | Friz Freleng | LT |
| 2 | Bushy Hare | 1950 | Robert McKimson | LT | |
| 3 | Hare We Go | 1951 | Robert McKimson | MM | |
| 4 | Foxy by Proxy | Willoughby | 1952 | Friz Freleng | MM |
| 5 | Hare Trimmed | Granny, Sam | 1953 | Friz Freleng | MM |
| 6 | ^Lumber Jack-Rabbit | 1953 | Chuck Jones | LT | |
| 7 | ^Napoleon Bunny-Part | 1956 | Friz Freleng | MM | |
| 8 | ^Bedevilled Rabbit | Taz | 1957 | Robert McKimson | MM |
| 9 | ^Apes of Wrath | Daffy (cameo) | 1959 | Friz Freleng | MM |
| 10 | ^From Hare to Heir | Sam | 1960 | Friz Freleng | MM |
| 11 | ^Lighter Than Hare | Sam | 1960 | Friz Freleng | MM |
| 12 | ^The Million Hare | Daffy | 1963 | Robert McKimson | LT |
| 13 | ^Mad as a Mars Hare | Marvin | 1963 | Chuck Jones, Maurice Noble | MM |
| 14 | ^Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare | Taz | 1964 | Robert McKimson | MM |
| 15 | ^False Hare | Foghorn (cameo) | 1964 | Robert McKimson | LT |
(^) - Cropped to widescreen.[2]
Controversies
editThis was one of two first Looney Tunes Super Stars that released the majority of some of the cartoons but in a 1:85 widescreen format. Warner Bros. has stated the reason for this was because that was how the post-1953 cartoons were shown in theaters, which made many collectors upset as they were filmed in Academy full-screened ratio, not widescreen.
In 2011 Bedevilled Rabbit, Mad as a Mars Hare and Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare were re-released as part of the Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 DVD and Blu-Ray set presenting them in their original 4:3 aspect ratios.
In 2018, Apes of Wrath was released as part of the Stars of Space Jam: Bugs Bunny DVD, and later in 2020 was re-released on the Looney Tunes Parodies Collection DVD set: both releases presenting the short in its original 4:3 aspect ratio. Also in 2020, Lumber Jack-Rabbit, Napoleon Bunny-Part, From Hare to Heir, The Million Hare and False Hare were included as part of the Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection Blu-Ray set, and were once again presented in their original 4:3 aspect ratios.
In 2024, Lighter Than Hare was re-released in its correct 4:3 aspect ratio as part of the Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 4 Blu-Ray - officially correcting all the cartoons cropped to widescreen on the Hare Extraordinaire DVD.
References
edit- ↑ Long Delays for 'Hare Extraordinaire' and 'Frustrated Fowl' Archived 2010-03-24 at the Wayback Machine, tvshowsondvd.com, March 17, 2010
- ↑ WHV Provides VERY Different Shorts Lists for 'Super Stars' DVDs Archived 2010-01-15 at the Wayback Machine, tvshowsondvd.com, January 12, 2010