Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2
| Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2 | |
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| Directed by | Chuck Jones, Bob Clampett, Friz Freleng, Robert McKimson, Tex Avery, Arthur Davis, Ben Hardaway, Cal Dalton |
| Produced by | Leon Schlesinger, Eddie Selzer, John W. Burton |
| Starring | Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Porky Pig, Sylvester, Mel Blanc (voice) |
| Music by |
Norman Spencer Carl Stalling Milt Franklyn |
| Distributed by | Warner Home Video |
Release dates | (Blu-ray and DVD) October 16, 2012 (United States) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2 is a Blu-ray and DVD box set by Warner Home Video released on October 16, 2012. It contains 50 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements.[1] Disc 3 is exclusive to the Blu-ray version of the set. Unlike Volume 1, which was released in a digibook, Volume 2 was released in a standard 1 movie case.
Disc 1
| # | Title | Characters | Year | Director | Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Wild Hare | Bugs, Elmer | 1940 | Tex Avery | MM |
| 2 | Buckaroo Bugs | Bugs | 1944 | Bob Clampett | LT |
| 3 | Long-Haired Hare | Bugs | 1949 | Chuck Jones | LT |
| 4 | Ali Baba Bunny | Bugs, Daffy | 1957 | Chuck Jones | MM |
| 5 | Show Biz Bugs | Bugs, Daffy | 1957 | Friz Freleng | LT |
| 6 | The Wise Quacking Duck | Daffy | 1943 | Bob Clampett | LT |
| 7 | What Makes Daffy Duck? | Daffy, Elmer | 1948 | Arthur Davis | LT |
| 8 | Book Revue | Daffy | 1946 | Bob Clampett | LT |
| 9 | Deduce, You Say | Daffy, Porky | 1956 | Chuck Jones | LT |
| 10 | Porky in Wackyland | Porky | 1938 | Bob Clampett | LT |
| 11 | You Ought to Be in Pictures | Daffy, Porky | 1940 | Friz Freleng | LT |
| 12 | Porky in Egypt | Porky | 1938 | Bob Clampett | LT |
| 13 | Back Alley Oproar | Elmer, Sylvester | 1948 | Friz Freleng | MM |
| 14 | Little Red Rodent Hood | Sylvester | 1952 | Friz Freleng | MM |
| 15 | Canned Feud* | Sylvester | 1951 | Friz Freleng | LT |
| 16 | Gift Wrapped | Granny, Sylvester, Tweety | 1952 | Friz Freleng | LT |
| 17 | Birdy and the Beast | Tweety | 1944 | Bob Clampett | MM |
| 18 | Home Tweet Home* | Sylvester, Tweety | 1950 | Friz Freleng | MM |
| 19 | Going! Going! Gosh! | Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner | 1952 | Chuck Jones | MM |
| 20 | Zipping Along | Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner | 1953 | Chuck Jones | MM |
| 21 | Scentimental Romeo | Penelope, Pepé | 1951 | Chuck Jones | MM |
| 22 | The Foghorn Leghorn | Barnyard, Foghorn, Henery | 1948 | Robert McKimson | MM |
| 23 | The High and the Flighty | Barnyard, Daffy, Foghorn | 1956 | Robert McKimson | MM |
| 24 | Tabasco Road | Speedy | 1957 | Robert McKimson | LT |
| 25 | Mexicali Shmoes | Speedy | 1959 | Friz Freleng | LT |
(*) - The original opening sequence has been restored
Special features
Behind the Tunes
- Man from Wackyland: The Art of Bob Clampett
- Bosko, Buddy, and the Best of Black and White
- Leon Schlesinger: The Merrie Cartoon Mogul (provided in HD)[2]
Alternate Audio Tracks
- Audio commentaries
- Michael Barrier on Buckaroo Bugs, Long-Haired Hare, Book Revue, Porky in Wackyland and The Foghorn Leghorn
- Eddie Fitzgerald, John Kricfalusi, and Kali Fontecchio on Buckaroo Bugs
- Greg Ford on A Wild Hare, Ali Baba Bunny, Show Biz Bugs (with pre-score music), Back Alley Oproar, Scent-imental Romeo and The High and the Flighty
- Jerry Beck on You Ought to Be in Pictures, Canned Feud, Tabasco Road and Mexicali Shmoes
- Mark Kausler on Porky in Egypt and Birdy and the Beast
- Constantine Nasr on Deduce, You Say
- Music-only tracks include: Ali Baba Bunny, The High and the Flighty, Tabasco Road and Mexicali Shmoes
- Music-and-effects tracks include: Scent-imental Romeo
Disc 2
| # | Title | Characters | Year | Director | Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wabbit Twouble | Bugs, Elmer | 1941 | Bob Clampett | MM |
| 2 | Rabbit Fire | Bugs, Daffy, Elmer | 1951 | Chuck Jones | LT |
| 3 | Rabbit Seasoning | Bugs, Daffy, Elmer | 1952 | Chuck Jones | MM |
| 4 | Duck! Rabbit, Duck! | Bugs, Daffy, Elmer | 1953 | Chuck Jones | MM |
| 5 | Drip-Along Daffy | Daffy, Nasty Canasta, Porky | 1951 | Chuck Jones | MM |
| 6 | My Little Duckaroo | Daffy, Nasty Canasta, Porky | 1954 | Chuck Jones | MM |
| 7 | Barbary Coast Bunny | Bugs, Nasty Canasta | 1956 | Chuck Jones | LT |
| 8 | Tortoise Beats Hare | Bugs, Cecil | 1941 | Tex Avery | MM |
| 9 | Tortoise Wins by a Hare | Bugs, Cecil | 1943 | Bob Clampett | MM |
| 10 | Rabbit Transit | Bugs, Cecil | 1947 | Friz Freleng | LT |
| 11 | Porky's Hare Hunt | Porky, Proto-Bugs | 1938 | Ben Hardaway | LT |
| 12 | Hare-um Scare-um** | Egghead, Proto-Bugs | 1939 | Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton | MM |
| 13 | Prest-O Change-O | Proto-Bugs | 1939 | Chuck Jones | MM |
| 14 | Elmer's Candid Camera | Elmer, Proto-Bugs | 1940 | Chuck Jones | MM |
| 15 | Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid | Bugs, Beaky | 1942 | Bob Clampett | MM |
| 16 | The Bashful Buzzard | Beaky | 1945 | Bob Clampett | LT |
| 17 | The Lion's Busy* | Beaky | 1950 | Friz Freleng | LT |
| 18 | Strife with Father* | Beaky | 1950 | Robert McKimson | MM |
| 19 | An Itch in Time | A. Flea, Elmer | 1943 | Bob Clampett | MM |
| 20 | A Horsefly Fleas* | A. Flea | 1947 | Robert McKimson | LT |
| 21 | Hollywood Steps Out | 1941 | Tex Avery | MM | |
| 22 | Page Miss Glory | 1936 | Tex Avery | MM | |
| 23 | Rocket-bye Baby | 1956 | Chuck Jones | MM | |
| 24 | Russian Rhapsody | 1944 | Bob Clampett | MM | |
| 25 | Dough Ray Me-Ow | 1948 | Arthur Davis | MM |
(*): The original opening and ending title sequences have been restored for this release, replacing the Blue Ribbon reissue titles[3]
(**): Original ending restored which had been cut before its theatrical premiere[3]
(***): Uncredited
Special features
Behind the Tunes
- Forever Befuddled
- A-Hunting We Will Go: Chuck Jones' Wabbit Season Twilogy
- Looney Tunes Goes Hollywood
- A Conversation with Tex Avery
- Looney Tunes Go to War!
Alternate Audio Tracks
- Audio commentaries
- Michael Barrier on Wabbit Twouble, Rabbit Seasoning, Drip-Along Daffy, Tortoise Beats Hare and Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid
- Greg Ford on Rabbit Fire and Hollywood Steps Out
- Eric Goldberg on Duck! Rabbit, Duck!
- Chuck Jones on Tortoise Beats Hare[4]
- Mark Kausler on Tortoise Wins by a Hare and Russian Rhapsody
- Jerry Beck on Porky's Hare Hunt, Elmer's Candid Camera and Dough Ray Me-Ow
- Paul Dini on The Bashful Buzzard
- John Kricfalusi and Bill Meléndez on An Itch in Time
- Will Friedwald on Page Miss Glory
- Constantine Nasr on Rocket-bye Baby
- Music-only tracks include: Rabbit Fire, Drip-Along Daffy, Barbary Coast Bunny
- Music-and-effects tracks include: Duck! Rabbit, Duck!
Disc 3: Bonus Materials
- King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution
- Tex Avery, the King of Cartoons
- Friz on Film
- ToonHeads: The Lost Cartoons
- Real American Zero: The Adventures of Private Snafu
- The World of Leon Schlesinger[2]
- Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid (1929)
- Sinkin' in the Bathtub (1930)
- Cryin' for the Carolines (1930)
- It's Got Me Again! (1932)
- Haunted Gold title sequence
- Schlesinger Productions Christmas Party with optional commentary by Martha Sigall and Jerry Beck
- Friz at MGM - Captain and the Kids cartoons[2]
- Poultry Pirates (1938)
- A Day at the Beach (1938)
- The Captain’s Christmas (1938)
- Seal Skinners (1939)
- Mama’s New Hat (1939)
- The Best of the Rest of Tex - a selection of Tex Avery's best cartoons from MGM[2]
- Blitz Wolf (1942)
- Red Hot Riding Hood (1943)
- Screwball Squirrel (1944)
- Swing Shift Cinderella (1945)
- King-Size Canary (1947)
- Bad Luck Blackie (1949)
- Señor Droopy (1949)
- Wags to Riches (1949)
- Symphony in Slang (1951)
- Magical Maestro (1952)
- Rock-a-Bye Bear (1952)
- Private Snafu cartoons[2]
- Coming!! Snafu (1943)
- Gripes (1943)
- Spies (1943)
- The Goldbrick (1943)
- The Home Front (1943)
- Rumors (1943)
- Snafuperman (1943)
- Censored (1944)
- Mr. Hook cartoons[2]
- The Good Egg (1945)
- The Return of Mr. Hook (1945)
- Tokyo Woes (1945)
See also
- 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
- ↑ "The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour - Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Volume 2 Announced". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Looney Tunes DVD News". Dohtem.com. Retrieved 2012-11-30.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Volume 2 this October!!!!". Intanibase.com. Retrieved 2012-11-30.
- ↑ According to the packaging for Golden Collection, Volume 2