Looney Tunes: Back in Action 2003

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 91 min

genre: live-action

theme: animated

director: Joe Dante

Score: 5 / 10

Looney Tunes: Back in Action is a 2003 American live-action/animated comedy film produced by Warner Bros. Feature Animation and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is the second theatrical feature film in the Looney Tunes franchise, and was directed by Joe Dante from a screenplay by Larry Doyle. The film stars Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman, and Steve Martin; Timothy Dalton, Heather Locklear, and Bill Goldberg appear in supporting roles, while Joe Alaskey leads the voice cast. The film, which parodies action and spy film conventions, follows Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck as they become intertwined in a plot by the ACME Chairman (Martin) to transform the world's population into subservient monkeys using the Blue Monkey diamond. They accompany aspiring stuntman DJ Drake (Fraser) and Warner Bros. executive Kate Houghton (Elfman) on their journey to thwart the Chairman's plot, which doubles as a mission to rescue the former's abducted father, Damian (Dalton).

Plot

Weary of playing villainous roles in Bugs Bunny's cartoons, Daffy Duck demands his own animated film, but is dismissed by Vice President of Comedy Kate Houghton. Security guard and aspiring stuntman DJ Drake is ordered to escort Daffy from the studio; in the ensuing chase, a Batmobile demolishes the water tower, leading to DJ's dismissal. Daffy follows DJ home, where the latter receives a message from his father, actor Damian Drake, who DJ learns is a secret agent. Damian tells DJ to travel to Las Vegas, contact his associate Dusty Tails, and find the blue monkey diamond. Damian is then captured by the Acme Corporation, led by the eccentric Mr. Chairman. DJ and Daffy depart for Las Vegas.

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More details

author	Larry Doyle
contentLocation	Africa Area 52 Beverly Hills California Eiffel Tower Las Vegas Louvre Palace outer space Paris Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank
director	Joe Dante
editor	Marshall Harvey Rick W. Finney
genre	action adventure animation comedy fantasy live-action
keywords	acme corporation animate area 51 batmobile beaky buzzard bugs bunny capture daffy duck duck dodgers elmer fudd espionage granny kidnap looney tunes louvre marvin the martian mona lisa paint pointillism pointillist porky pig ray gun secret agent security guard short film stunt performer stuntman sylvester sylvester the cat tasmanian devil taz tvr tuscan tvr tuscan speed six tweety vice president villain warner bros. water tower water tower wile e. coyote yosemite sam
musicBy	Jerry Goldsmith
producer	Bernie Goldman Paula Weinstein
productionCompany	Baltimore Spring Creek Productions Goldmann Pictures Warner Bros. Feature Animation
publisher	Warner Bros. Pictures
recordedAt	Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank
theme	action comedy animated slapstick spy surreal urban