Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1
| Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 | |
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| Directed by | Chuck Jones, Robert McKimson, Bob Clampett, Friz Freleng, Tex Avery, Cal Dalton, Arthur Davis, Cal Howard, Abe Levitow |
| Produced by | Leon Schlesinger, Eddie Selzer, John W. Burton, David H. DePatie, Friz Freleng |
| Starring | voice of Mel Blanc |
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| Distributed by | Warner Home Video |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 is a Blu-ray Disc and DVD box set by Warner Home Video. It was released on November 15, 2011. It contains 50 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements.[1][2][3] A DVD version of the box set was released on July 3, 2012, but contained no extras.[4]
All but seven cartoons included on this volume - Lovelorn Leghorn, The Hasty Hare, Hare-Way to the Stars, Bill of Hare, A Witch's Tangled Hare, Feline Frame-Up, and From A to Z-Z-Z-Z - were previously released as a part of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection or a Looney Tunes Super Stars DVD. Three others were released as part of other sets.
A second volume was released in 2012, and was followed by a third volume in 2014.
Disc 1
[edit]| # | Title | Characters | Year | Director | Series | DVD release[5] |
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| 1 | Hare Tonic | Bugs, Elmer | 1945 | Chuck Jones | LT | Golden Collection v3 |
| 2 | Baseball Bugs | Bugs | 1946 | Friz Freleng | LT | Golden Collection v1 |
| 3 | Buccaneer Bunny | Bugs, Sam | 1948 | Friz Freleng | LT | Golden Collection v5 |
| 4 | The Old Grey Hare | Bugs, Elmer | 1944 | Bob Clampett | MM | Golden Collection v5 |
| 5 | Rabbit Hood | Bugs | 1949 | Chuck Jones | MM | Golden Collection v4 |
| 6 | 8 Ball Bunny | Bugs, Playboy | 1950 | Chuck Jones | LT | Golden Collection v4 |
| 7 | Rabbit of Seville | Bugs, Elmer | 1950 | Chuck Jones | LT | Golden Collection v1 |
| 8 | What's Opera, Doc? | Bugs, Elmer | 1957 | Chuck Jones | MM | Golden Collection v2 |
| 9 | The Great Piggy Bank Robbery | Daffy | 1946 | Bob Clampett | LT | Golden Collection v2 |
| 10 | A Pest in the House | Daffy, Elmer | 1947 | Chuck Jones | MM | Golden Collection v5 |
| 11 | The Scarlet Pumpernickel | Daffy Melissa, Porky, Sylvester, Elmer (cameo), Henery (cameo), | 1950 | Chuck Jones | LT | Golden Collection v1 |
| 12 | Duck Amuck | Daffy, Bugs (Cameo) | 1953 | Chuck Jones | MM | Golden Collection v1 |
| 13 | Robin Hood Daffy | Daffy, Porky | 1958 | Chuck Jones | MM | Golden Collection v3 |
| 14 | Baby Bottleneck | Daffy, Porky | 1946 | Bob Clampett | LT | Golden Collection v2 |
| 15 | Kitty Kornered | Porky, Sylvester | 1946 | Bob Clampett | LT | Golden Collection v2 |
| 16 | Scaredy Cat | Porky, Sylvester | 1948 | Chuck Jones | MM | Golden Collection v1 |
| 17 | Porky Chops | Porky | 1949 | Arthur Davis | LT | Golden Collection v1 |
| 18 | Old Glory | Porky | 1939 | Chuck Jones | MM | Golden Collection v2 |
| 19 | A Tale of Two Kitties | Tweety | 1942 | Bob Clampett | MM | Golden Collection v5 |
| 20 | Tweetie Pie | Sylvester, Tweety | 1947 | Friz Freleng | MM | Golden Collection v2 |
| 21 | Fast and Furry-ous | Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner | 1949 | Chuck Jones | LT | Golden Collection v1 |
| 22 | Beep, Beep | Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner | 1952 | Chuck Jones | MM | Golden Collection v2 |
| 23 | Lovelorn Leghorn | Foghorn, Prissy, Barnyard | 1951 | Robert McKimson | LT | N/A |
| 24 | For Scent-imental Reasons | Penelope, Pepé | 1949 | Chuck Jones | LT | Golden Collection v1 |
| 25 | Speedy Gonzales | Speedy, Sylvester | 1955 | Friz Freleng | MM | Golden Collection v1 |
Special features
[edit]Behind the Tunes
[edit]- Wagnerian Wabbit: The Making of What's Opera, Doc?
- Twilight in Tunes: The Music of Raymond Scott
- Powerhouse in Pictures
- Putty Problems and Canary Rows
- A Chuck Jones Tutorial: Tricks of the Cartoon Trade
- The Charm of Stink: On the Scent of Pepé Le Pew
Alternate audio tracks
[edit]- Audio commentaries
- Eric Goldberg on Baseball Bugs, Buccaneer Bunny, Rabbit Hood, Rabbit of Seville, Robin Hood Daffy, Scaredy Cat
- Greg Ford on The Old Grey Hare
- Jerry Beck on 8 Ball Bunny, Speedy Gonzales
- Chuck Jones, Maurice Noble and Michael Maltese on What's Opera, Doc?
- Daniel Goldmark on What's Opera, Doc?
- John Kricfalusi on The Great Piggy Bank Robbery
- Paul Dini on A Pest in the House
- Michael Barrier and Mel Blanc on The Scarlet Pumpernickel
- Michael Barrier and Chuck Jones on Duck Amuck
- Michael Barrier and Bob Clampett on Baby Bottleneck, A Tale of Two Kitties
- Michael Barrier on Kitty Kornered, Beep, Beep
- Jerry Beck and Martha Sigall on Old Glory
- Greg Ford and Friz Freleng on Tweetie Pie
- Michael Barrier, Michael Maltese and Treg Brown on Fast and Furry-ous
- Michael Barrier and Michael Maltese on For Scent-imental Reasons
- Music-only tracks include: What's Opera, Doc?, The Scarlet Pumpernickel, Duck Amuck, Robin Hood Daffy, Speedy Gonzales
- Vocal-only tracks include: What's Opera, Doc?
Disc 2
[edit]Special features
[edit]Behind the Tunes
[edit]- It Hopped One Night: The Story Behind One Froggy Evening
- Wacky Warner One-Shots
- Mars Attacks! Life on the Red Planet with My Favorite Martian (provided in HD)
- Razzma-Taz: Giving the Tasmanian Devil His Due (provided in HD)
- The Ralph Phillips Story: Living the American Daydream (provided in HD)
Alternate Audio Tracks
[edit]- Audio commentaries
- Michael Barrier, Corny Cole, Chuck Jones, Maurice Noble and Michael Maltese on One Froggy Evening
- Jerry Beck and Stan Freberg on Three Little Bops
- Eric Goldberg on I Love to Singa, Chow Hound, Bewitched Bunny, From A to Z-Z-Z-Z, Boyhood Daze
- Michael Barrier, John McGrew, Paul Julian and Gene Fleury on The Dover Boys at Pimento University
- Michael Barrier and Pete Alvarado on Haredevil Hare
- Michael Barrier and Maurice Noble on Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century
- Jerry Beck on Devil May Hare
- June Foray on Broom-Stick Bunny
- Greg Ford on Feed the Kitty
- Amid Amidi on From A to Z-Z-Z-Z
- Music-only tracks include: One Froggy Evening, Three Little Bops, Hare-Way to the Stars, Ducking the Devil, A Witch's Tangled Hare, Feed the Kitty and Boyhood Daze
- Music-and-effects tracks include: Bewitched Bunny, Broom-Stick Bunny and Feline Frame-Up
- Vocal-only tracks include: Three Little Bops
Disc 3: Bonus Materials
[edit]- A Greeting from Chuck Jones
- Chuck Amuck: The Movie
- Chuck Jones: Extremes & In-Betweens, a Life in Animation
- Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood
- The Animated World of Chuck Jones (9 Cartoons)
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Pencil Test
- The Door (provided in HD)
- Bonus Cartoons (9 Cartoons)
- The Fright Before Christmas from Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales
- Spaced Out Bunny from Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over
- Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century from Daffy Duck’s Thanks-for-Giving (censored version)
- Another Froggy Evening
- Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension
- Superior Duck
- From Hare to Eternity
- Father of the Bird
- Museum Scream (provided in HD)
See also
[edit]- Looney Tunes Golden Collection
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1929–1939)
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1940–1949)
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1950–1959)
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1960–1969)
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1970–present and miscellaneous)
References
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- ^ "Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume One (Ultimate Collector's Edition) [Blu-ray]: Movies & TV". Amazon. Retrieved 2012-11-30.
- ^ "The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour DVD news: Announcement for The Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Volume 1 Blu-ray". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-30. Retrieved 2012-11-30.
- ^ The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour DVD news: Announcement for Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Vol. 1 on DVD | TVShowsOnDVD.com Archived 2012-03-17 at the Wayback Machine
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