Looney Tunes: Back in Action
How do they solve a mystery when they don't have a clue?
Country
Production
Budget
$80 000 000
Box office
$68 514 844
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Paula Weinstein, Allison Abbate, Joel Simon, Bernie Goldmann, Christopher DeFaria, Larry Doyle, Christopher DeFaria
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Bill Brzeski, Mike Disa, Caroline Cruikshank
Audition
Mary Gail Artz, Barbara Cohen
Editing
Marshall Harvey, Rick Finney, Mary Bills
Whole Team (76)
Whole Team (76)
Short description
Fed up with all the attention going to Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck quits Hollywood, teams up with recently-fired stuntman Damien Drake Jr. and embarks on a round-the-world adventure, along with Bugs and The VP of Warner Bros. Their mission? Find Damien's father, and the missing blue diamond... and stay one step ahead of The Acme Corp., who wants the diamond for their own purposes.
What's left behind the scenes
- Brendan Fraser voiced Taz so well that he replaced the regular voice actor, Jim Cummings.
- When Daffy picks up his belongings, a photograph of the real Warner brothers – Jack Leonard (1892-1978) and Harry Morris (1881-1958), the founders of Warner Bros. studio – is visible in the box.
- As tradition dictates, all animated characters in the film were drawn by hand. Three-dimensional computer animation was only used to create objects such as spaceships, Wile E. Coyote's rocket, a robot dog, and Bugs Bunny's carrots.
- The car in the film is a Tuscan from the independent British company TVR. Approximately 1,000 such cars are assembled in the UK each year. At the time of the film's release, there was no talk of assembly in the United States.
- During the fight in the casino, Daffy advises DJ to bite someone's ear. This is a reference to the incident with Evander Holyfield's ear, which was bitten off by boxer Mike Tyson in 1997.
- The release date was extremely poorly chosen. Initially, the premiere was planned for July, but this decision had to be changed because the animated film "Finding Nemo" (2003) was released and became an instant box office success. The film was released in November, but that was immediately after the releases of "Brother Bear" and "Elf," and shortly before the premieres of "The Cat" and "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King." On top of everything, Warner Bros. had not yet recovered from the production problems and budget overruns, so they decided not to launch a major advertising campaign for "Looney Tunes: Back in Action."
- The film was planned as a sequel to "Space Jam" (Joe Pytka, 1996). Jackie Chan was considered for the lead role, but the idea never went beyond the initial concept.
- Elmer Fudd chases Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck through three world-famous paintings. These are Georges Seurat's (1859-1891) "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte" from the Art Institute of Chicago, Salvador Dalí's (1904-1989) "The Persistence of Memory" from the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and Edvard Munch's (1863-1944) "The Scream" from the Munch Museum collection in Oslo.
- When Elmer Fudd chases Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck through the museum, a suite from Modest Mussorgsky's (1839-1881) "Pictures at an Exhibition" cycle plays in the background – a kind of musical walk through an imaginary art gallery.
- The timing for the theatrical release was extremely unfortunate. Initially, the premiere was planned for July, but this decision had to be changed because the movie 'Finding Nemo' (2003) was released and became an instant box-office success. The film's release ended up falling in November, but this happened immediately after the release of 'Brother Bear' and 'Elf,' and shortly before the premieres of 'The Cat' and 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.' To top it all off, Warner Bros. had not yet recovered from production issues and budget overruns, so they decided against launching a loud promotional campaign for 'Looney Tunes: Back in Action'.
- Brendan Fraser voiced Taz so well that it was decided to replace the regular voice actor, Jim Cummings, with him.
- The film was planned as a sequel to 'Space Jam' (Joe Pytka, 1996). It was believed that Jackie Chan would play the lead role, but the project never progressed beyond the conceptual stage.
- During the casino fight, Daffy advises DJ to bite someone's ear. This is a reference to the incident with Evander Holyfield's ear, which boxer Mike Tyson bit off in 1997.
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