| Daffy's Rhapsody | |
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 Poster for Daffy's Rhapsody. | |
| Directed by | Matthew O'Callaghan |
| Written by | Tom Sheppard |
| Story by | Matthew O'Callaghan[1] |
| Produced by | Spike Brandt Tony Cervone |
| Starring | Mel Blanc (archival recordings) Billy West James Arnold Taylor |
| Music by | Christopher Lennertz (adaptation score) Billy May, Warren Foster and Michael Maltese (song) |
| Color process | Deluxe |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 4 minutes |
Daffy's Rhapsody is a 2012 3D computer-animated Looney Tunes short film featuring the characters Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd. Directed by Matthew O'Callaghan and written by Tom Sheppard,[2] the film is an adaptation of the song of the same name which was sung by Mel Blanc and recorded in the 1950s by Capitol Records.[3] It also marked the return of Daffy Duck into his original screwball personality after decades of being miscast as a greedy, self-centered character in most of his post-1940s appearances since the Bugs Bunny short Rabbit Fire (1951). Daffy's Rhapsody was first shown in theaters before Warner Bros.' feature-length film Journey 2: The Mysterious Island.[4] Unlike the previous Looney Tunes 3-D shorts, Daffy's Rhapsody has not yet been released on home media. In 2016, the official Warner Bros. Animation uploaded the short to Google but eventually removed it, leaving unofficial uploads of the short being available.[5] It took until 2021 for the short to be officially available to purchase on Stars of Space Jam: Looney Tunes Collection.
Plot
Elmer Fudd goes to see an anti-duck hunting musical starring Daffy Duck to which upon seeing Daffy as the star of the show, his hunter instincts kick in and he chases Daffy throughout the short while Daffy (whilst singing to the tune of Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2) is initially unaware of Elmer but soon realizes the danger.
Voice cast
- Mel Blanc (archival recordings) as Daffy Duck.
- Billy West and James Arnold Taylor as Elmer Fudd.
Release
Theatrical
This short was initially scheduled to be released in theaters before Happy Feet Two in 2011, but Warner Bros. decided that I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat was more suitable for a film starring penguins.[6]
Home media
On August 14, 2021, Warner Bros released the short digitally on iTunes and Microsoft Movies and TV in Stars of Space Jam: Looney Tunes Collection, making it the first official home video release of the short.[7]
References
- ↑ "Happy Feet Two". June 24, 2023. Indiewire Retrieved August 4, 2016
- ↑ McLean, Thomas J. (June 8, 2011). "New Lonney Tunes short to feature original Mel Blanc songs". Animation Magazine. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
- ↑ Goldmark, Daniel; Taylor, Yuval, eds. (2002). The Cartoon Music Book. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 1569764123.
- ↑ "Daffy's Rhapsody (2012)". movieweb. January 31, 2012. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
- ↑ Beck, Jerry (June 8, 2011). "Warner Bros. announces new "Looney Tunes" 3D theatrical shorts". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
- ↑ B. Vary, Adam (November 14, 2011). "Tweety Bird and Sylvester the Cat do battle in new Looney Tunes short -- EXCLUSIVE CLIP". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
- ↑ "Buy Stars of Space Jam: Looney Tunes Collection, Season 1". Microsoft.
