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Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales

1982 · 74 min

A rapid-fire, silly cartoon romp that stitches classic shorts into a loose story, full of slapstick and wordplay.

Tagline: The movie that leaves all other sequels behind!
Overview: If Bugs Bunny were to direct his signature inquiry--"What's up, doc?"--toward the modern-day Warner Bros. creative team, he wouldn't be far off. For 1001 Rabbit Tales, they've doctored up a batch of classic cartoons featuring the carrot muncher and his bumbling comrades and bundled them, near seamlessly, into a feature-length film. Here's the premise: Bugs and Daffy, both book salesmen, are competing to sell the most copies of a kids' book. Instead of burrowing a beeline to his sales territory (he should have made a left at Albuquerque), Bugs ends up in the castle of Yosemite Sam, here a harem-leading honcho. Sam's pain-in-the-spurs son, Prince Abalaba, needs somebody to read him stories; Bugs, who'd sooner take the job than suffer the alternative, that involving being boiled in oil, signs on.

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Tone: whimsicalstrength 3 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
deception
family
freedom
ambition
Places: fantasy world
wilderness
single country house
Era: timeless
Audience: family
Form: animated
anthology
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	5
Horror	0
Humour	9
Realism	1
Romance	0
Tension	2
Darkness	1
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	2

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Genres: animation, comedy, family, adventure, music
Directed by: Chuck Jones, Robert McKimson, Friz Freleng
Written by: Warren Foster, John W. Dunn, Friz Freleng, David Detiege
Starring: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Arthur Q. Bryan, June Foray, Shepard Menken, Lennie Weinrib, William Roberts
Runtime: 74 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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