Chuck Jones - Extremes and In-Betweens, a Life in Animation
by Chuck Jones, Margaret Selby
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Actor: Joe Dante, Ken Burns, Linda Jones Clough, Mel Blanc, Roger EbertDirector: Chuck Jones, Margaret Selby
Brand: Warner Brothers
Writer: Margaret Selby
Producer: Anthony Chapman
Producer: Anu Krishnan
Writer: Greg Ford
Writer: Michael Maltese
Writer: Paul Bacon
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Letterboxed, Live, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 85 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-10-22
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of Chuck Jones - Extremes and In-Betweens, a Life in Animation
Movie Review: Complete list of excerpted toons
Summary: 5 Stars
Besides a wealth of cartoon samples, the always interesting CHUCK JONES: EXTREMES AND IN-BETWEENS is chaptered with such headings as Music, Backgounds, Characters, Story, Facial Expressions, Animation techniques, et al.
Certain works receive special attention: "The Dover Boys," "Duck Amuck," "High Note," "The Dot and the Line," "The Rabbit of Seville" and "One Froggy Evening," which a certain unnamed "critic" with the initials "LM" thinks is the Citizen Kane of animation.
Pardon me, but I'd take just about any 1940s WB toon over "Froggy" (not that it's NG-- some of us prefer the older shorts, when Daffy used to hoot and hop around, Bugs had a harder edge and Elmer was voiced by the great Arthur Q. Bryan).
Here's a complete list of cartoons excerpted during this 90-minute documentary:
FROM A TO Z-Z-Z-Z (1953) - Ralph Phillips
LITTLE ORPHAN AIREDALE (1947) - Porky Pig/Charlie Dog/Rags McMutt
FLIP THE FROG - (unidentified early '30s b&w short)
SNIFFLES TAKES A TRIP (1940)
DRAFT HORSE (1942) - (Chuck's first comic animation)
THE DOVER BOYS AT PIMENTO UNIVERSITY OR THE RIVALS OF ROQUEFORT HALL (1942) - ("Limited animation" here angered WB)
THE UNBEARABLE BEAR (1943) - Sniffles/Mama Bear/Officer Bar/Burglar
THE ARISTO-CAT (1943) - Hubie & Bertie (one mouse has a Leo Gorcey-ish voice)/Madam/Meadows
PRESTO CHANGE-O (1939) - (Second appearance of silent rabbit that would become Bugs)
A WILD HARE (1940) - (Tex Avery toon with Elmer and a newly-created Bugs has first use of "What's up, Doc?")
HARE CONDITIONED (1945) - BB/Gildersleeve
CASE OF THE MISSING HARE (1942) - BB/Ala Bahma
LONG-HAIRED HARE (1949) - BB/Giovanni Jones
SUPER-RABBIT (1943) - BB/Cottontail Smith/Prof. Canafrazz/Texas Rabbit
BULLY FOR BUGS (1953)
MISSISSIPPI HARE (1949)
RABBIT FIRE (1951) - BB/Daffy/Elmer
DRIP-ALONG DAFFY (1951) - DD/ Porky/Nasty Canasta
RABBIT SEASONING (1952) - BB/DD/EF
ROBIN HOOD DAFFY (1958) - DD/PP
DUCK AMUCK (1953) - DD/BB
DUCK DODGERS IN THE 24th˝ CENTURY (1953) - DD/PP/Marvin the Martian
ROCKET SQUAD (1956) - DD/PP/George 'Mother' Machree/Chief
THE SCARLET PUMPERNICKEL (1950) - DD/PP/EF/Sylvester/Highwayman/J.L.
CAT'S BAH (1954) - Pepé le Pew
SCENT-IMENTAL ROMEO (1951) - Pepé
LITTLE BEAU PEPE (1952)
MOUSE WRECKERS (1948) - Hubie & Bertie/Claude the Cat
BEAR FEAT (1949) - Pa (Billy Bletcher), Ma (Bea Benederet) and Junyer (19-year-old Stan Freberg) Bear
A BEAR FOR PUNISHMENT (1951) - Ma, Pa and Junyer
ZIPPING ALONG (1953) - Road Runner/Wile E. Coyote
SCRAMBLED ACHES (1957) - RR/WEC
GEE WHIZ-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z (1956) - RR/WEC
ZOOM AND BORED (1957) - RR/WEC
STOP! LOOK! AND HASTEN! (1954) - RR/WEC
HIP HIP-HURRY (1958) - RR/WEC
FASTEST WITH THE MOSTEST (1960) - RR/WEC
WHOA, BE-GONE! (1958) - RR/WEC
READY..SET.. ZOOM! (1955) - RR/WEC
HOPALONG CASUALTY (1960) - RR/WEC
BROOM-STICK BUNNY (1956) - BB/Witch Hazel/Genie
FEED THE KITTY (1952) - Marc Anthony (bulldog)/Kitten/Mistress (Bea Benederet)
THE DUCKSTERS (1950) - DD/PP
HIGH NOTE (1960)
RABBIT OF SEVILLE (1950) - BB/EF
WHAT'S OPERA, DOC? (1957) - BB/EF
THE DOT AND THE LINE: A ROMANCE IN LOWER MATHEMATICS (1965) - (Oscar-winning MGM animation)
HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! (1966) - (Boris Karloff as narrator and Grinch)
ONE FROGGY EVENING (1955) - Michigan J. Frog
(Note: Jones reprised this character in 1995 when he was age 73 in "Another Froggy Evening.")
Summary of Chuck Jones - Extremes and In-Betweens, a Life in Animation
The most famous animated characters and the stars who love them unite to celebrate Chuck Jones the living legend of animation. Showcases all of your favorite characters: Bugs Bunny Daffy Duck Road Runner Wile E. Coyote and more. Celebrity appearances by WHOOPI GOLDBERG MATT GROENIG RON HOWARD JOHN LASSETER LEONARD MALTIN STEVEN SPIELBERG ROBIN WILLIAMS and more! Year: 2000Running Time: 86 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY UPC: 085391885825Similar DVD Movies
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