“The movie that leaves all other sequels behind!”
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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Cast
8 people
Mel Blanc
Bugs Bunny / Daffy Duck / Porky Pig / Yosemite Sam / Sylvester / Sylvester, Jr. / Speedy Gonzales / Tweety / Genie / Hassan / Big Bad Wolf / Beanstalk Giant / Elvis Gorilla / Stork (voice)
Known for
The Flintstones
The Jetsons
Bea Benaderet
Witch Hazel (voice)
Known for
The Flintstones
Book Revue
Arthur Q. Bryan
Elmer Fudd (voice)
Known for
Samson and Delilah
The Devil Bat
Joe Alaskey
Yosemite Sam
Known for
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Rugrats
June Foray
Granny / Mother Gorilla / Goldimouse (voice)
Known for
DuckTales
The Smurfs
Shepard Menken
Old Storyteller (voice)
Known for
Killers from Space
The Phantom Tollbooth
Lennie Weinrib
Prince Abba-Dabba (voice)
Known for
Hong Kong Phooey
Rambo: The Force of Freedom
William Roberts
Michigan J. Frog (archive footage) (singing voice) (uncredited)
Known for
One Froggy Evening
Lady in the Lake
Chuck Jones Director · Robert McKimson Director Friz Freleng Director
Worldwide gross $78K · United States release November 19, 1982 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$78,350
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Portuguese
Release dates
United States · November 19, 1982
Theatrical
Germany
August 25, 1994 · Theatrical
Netherlands
March 9, 1984 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
March 9, 1984 · Theatrical
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