Competitive oscars are separated from noncompetitive oscars i. The jester boldly enters the dark knight s castle, initially catching his adversaries napping, but when the singing sword wakes the knight and the dragon, can bugs complete his mission. Thanks to the academy policy of requiring films be submitted before they can be considered, this is the first bugs bunny film to be nominated since hiawathas rabbit hunt back in 1941. Winner of the academy award for best animated short film at the 50th academy awards, the film was produced by gaston sarault for the national film board of canada. He succeeded but in 1958, pitted against bugs bunny and silly sidney, this film never. Bugs bunny, the court jester of king arthur, must recover a singing sword from yosemite sam as the black knight and his firebreathing, often sneezing, dragon. The recent platinum bluray collection has sadly seen its final volume as of 2014. Friz freleng animation connection cartoon art cels cells. The short was later included in the 1981 compilation film the looney, looney, looney bugs bunny movie. He also played a crucial role in the development of bugs bunny, daffy duck, and. Bugs bunny is the hapless court jester who sets himself up for disaster by joking yuck, yuck, yuck, yuck.
If harley was supposed to be in a new batman film and you. 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 number shown on the hologram seal will not be the number that is shipped. It has been rumored that you were originally going to give harley the alias columbine. Bugs bunny is the hapless court jester who sets himself up for disaster by joking that only a fool would go after the.
Bugs has appeared in more films than any other cartoon character and is the ninth most portrayed film personality in the world. And other freleng cartoons such as sandy claws 1955, mexicali shmoes 1959, mouse and garden 1960, and the pied piper of guadalupe 1961 were oscar nominees. Looney tunes and merrie melodies cartoon in order of release. After playing a modern wb family entertainment logo updated, of course, for this dvd, the film gets started with 1958 s knighty knight bugs. Knighty knight bugs is a 1958 looney tunes short directed by friz freleng. Knighty knight bugs bugs bunny production cel and custom. We are currently working on reformatting and transferring all the files. If a film won the academy award for best picture, its entry is listed in a shaded background with a boldface title. Knighty knight bugs is a 1958 looney tunes cartoon directed by friz freleng and released by warner bros.
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. Apr 17, 20 knighty knight bugs is a looney tunes film starring bugs bunny as the court fool and yosemite sam as the black knight. Looney tunes cartoon checklist what follows is a very short and complete listing of every warner bros. Happy 60th anniversary to academy award winning cartoon short to knighty knight bugs. We want to know what you think, too feel free to share your own opinion we do want to hear from you. Every oscar winner for animated short subject, ranked. Dark knights castle, initially catching his adversaries napping, but when the singing sword wakes the knight and the dragon, can bugs complete his mission. Cartoons studio during the day to complete it it emerged in 1958.
Take a look and see what others have said about knighty knight bugs. Films that need to be in the national film registry. Three of chuck jones bugs bunny shortsrabbit fire, rabbit seasoning, and duck. 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. Dvd talk the 14th annual academy award movie challenge list thread checklist watch a film winner from the following decades. The 14th annual academy award movie challenge list thread. 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. Cue the cue music was the driving force in the early sound cartoons. Bugs bunny wins his first and only oscar for knighty knight bugs 1959. Knighty knight bugs is a looney tunes film starring bugs bunny as the court fool and yosemite sam as the black knight. In this, royal jester bugs defies the odds and has no trouble taking the fabled singing sword away from the black knight yosemite sam and his dragon. Bugs is best known for his starring roles in the looney tunes and merrie melodies series of animated short films, produced by. Mel blanc bugs bunny, yosemite sam, daffy duck, sylvester.
Knighty knight bugs 1958 letterboxd your life in film. Court jester bugs races against the black knight yosemite sam and his sneezing. Warner brothers studio original art and limited edition art. View the spreadsheet of looney tunes golden age laserdisc shorts. Stupid dragon yosemite sam dragon with tnt animation giclee limited edition giclee on paper entitled stupid dragon by warner brothers. Bugs bunny is the hapless court jester who sets himself up for disaster by joking that only a. Vynikajici kratky film s bugsem ac nejsem jeho fanda, prislo mi to. Cast and crew for knighty knight bugs 1958 previous cartoon next cartoon. 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 directed by. Mel blanc provided for the voices of all the characters in this cartoon. Knighty knight bugs features bugs bunny, yosemite sam, king arthur, sir osis of liver, sir loin of beef, the dragon. Knighty knight bugs is the only bugs bunny cartoon to win an academy award for best animated short film in 1959. Mel blanc provided for the voices of all the characters in this cartoon bugs bunny, the court jester of king arthur, must recover a singing sword from yosemite sam as the black knight and his firebreathing, often sneezing, dragon. Below are comments about this cartoon submitted by people who have seen this show.
That cartoon featured a character named sappy stanley, who held a grudge against bugs bunny because stanley lost a shloscar to him for knighty knight bugs. Includes fifteen bugs bunny cartoons, including 1958 s oscarwinning best cartoon short subject knighty knight bugs. Knighty knight bugs 1958 mel blanc in knighty knight bugs 1958 knighty knight bugs 1958. The film is a partial remake of frelengs earlier sahara hare, which was also largely about bugs inside a building in that case, a fort and sam on the outside, repeatedly trying and failing to get inside. It is unlikely we will ever see such a groundbreaking moment in film again. In the oscarwinning film opener knighty knight bugs, bugs bunny is as if. Mel blanc provided for the voices of all the characters in.
Gouache on celluloid, applied to a facsimile background, matted and framed. Seville 1950, and the oscarwinning knightyknight bugs 1958. This listing also includes movies and tv specials which feature the classic characters bugs, daffy, tweety, porky, etc. Bugs bunny of course is the official mascot of warner bros. The first volume was splitup onto multiple vhs tapes for a release on home video. Three of chuck jones bugs bunny shorts rabbit fire, rabbit seasoning, and duck. Thanks to the academy policy of requiring films be submitted before they can be considered, this is the first bugs bunny film to. Friz freleng depatiefreleng enterprises wiki fandom. The jester boldly enters the dark knights castle, initially catching his adversaries napping, but when the singing sword wakes the knight and the dragon, can bugs complete his mission. Bugs bunny, the court jester for king arthur, must recover the singing sword from yosemite sam the black knight and his fire breathing dragon. Animals in movies trivia questions page 8 something. Knighty knight bugs is a 1958 warner bros looney tunes cartoon directed by friz freleng, produced by warner bros. 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.
Once bruce and i sat down to create the mad love oneshot comic, we pretty much had harleys personality all completed. 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. The film was created with sand animation and sandcovered foam rubber puppets. 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. Bugs bunny 59 knighty knight bugs 1958 video dailymotion. None of the looney tunes animators won oscars for their best work. Other awards, honorary doctorates, film tributes and lifetime achievement awards are too numerous to list here, please refer to his fact sheet. These were released as the golden age of looney tunes collection. The rescuers down under becomes the first disney film completed with computerized ink and paint. Knighty knight bugs rodinny animovany kratkometrazni komedie.
Bugs bunny is an animated cartoon character, created in the late 1930s by leon schlesinger productions later warner bros. Alternately, it comes from false hair, as in a wig. Bugs bojuje proti yosemite samovi, ktery jezdi na neuveritelne roztomilem drakovi ktery chudak dostane pekne na frak o zpivajici mec. The future doesnt look bright for these old looney tunes.
He was directed by friz freleng, robert mckimson, arthur davis and chuck jones. Friz freleng won 3 academy awards while at warner bros. Knighty knight bugs is the only bugs bunny cartoon to win an academy award for best animated short film. Other articles where knightyknight bugs is discussed.
They were for speedy gonzales 1955, birds anonymous 1957 and knighty knight bugs 1958. 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. And it was one of their biggest successes as it won an academy award. Knighty knight bugs is a 1958 looney tunes cartoon directed by friz freleng, produced by warner bros. Knightyknight bugs animated film by freleng 1958 britannica. Typically, it was this one that captured the academys heart. Make offer knighty knight bugs bugs bunny 1958 35mm cartoon. Freleng won four oscars during his time at warner bros. The most unusual aftermath of this cartoon happened in 1990 when tiny toon adventure did an episode called who bopped bugs bunny. 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.
Knighty knight bugs is a 1958 looney tunes short starring bugs bunny. Knighty knight bugs is the only bugs bunny cartoon to win an academy award, in 1959, for best animated short film. Cartoon characters, cast and crew for knighty knight bugs. When his coworkers tease edmond by crowning him with a pair of donkey ears, he suddenly discovers his true nature. Get the best deals on 35mm family film stock when you shop the largest online selection at. Look at the donald and daffyor bugs and mickey sceneand you will see they are always at level and in the same shot.
Knighty knight bugs bugs bunny production cel and custom background warner brothers, 1958. 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 directed by friz freleng. In the early 1980s he directed several featurelength animated films including. Jan 07, 2018 as a result, you never see them moving apartthey are always in the same frame. Looney tunes cartoon checklist the internet animation. The film stars morgan freeman as detective alex cross, the officer tasked with the rescue of senators daughter megan rose, after she is kidnapped from school. Sep 04, 2016 knighty knight bugs is a 1958 looney tunes cartoon directed by friz freleng, produced by warner bros. Opening to the looney, looney, looney bugs bunny movie 1982 vhs 1985 reprint true hq duration. Jobs agreed, and the film wowed audiences when it premiered, even though the animation hadnt been completed.
Film editing adrienne fazan writing screenplaybased on material from another medium alan jay lerner music scoring of a musical picture andre previn. The 14th annual academy award movie challenge list. Cartoon characters, cast and crew for knighty knight bugs 1958. It seems to be fate that many of these cartoons will likely never be seen by the general public again. The kings jester, bugs bunny, says only a fool would try to steal it back, so the king orders him to try. Honorary award, special achievement award, juvenile award. For security purposes we do not show the limited edtion number that is on the piece you will receive. 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. Wabbit twouble is a 1941 merrie melodies short directed by wobewt cwampett. False hare is a 1964 looney tunes short directed by robert mckimson. Starting in 1991 warner brothers released five beautiful laserdiscexclusive box sets of uncut looney tunes containing a total of 338 shorts. The title is a play on words taken from the name of a type of german meatloaf, falscher hase in english, false hare.
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