Hi, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab...
I want every single cartoon that Warner Bros. put out, and I want them uncut. It’s that simple. So what are we going to get?
This is from Cartoon Research.com, the official website of Jerry Beck, Looney Tunes cartoon historian (and author of the comprehensive book "Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons"),
It was also reported HERE and HERE.
COMPLETE DETAILS of the LOONEY TUNES DVDs!
Here they come! October 28th is the street date. $64.92 is the suggested retail price (but you will be able to get a deal on Amazon.com and at other outlets). An all-new collection of 56 Looney Tunes classic cartoons, digitally re-mastered on DVD and packed with special features!
Four discs are contained in the first wave - entitled "The Looney Tunes Golden Collection" - each cartoon has been brilliantly restored and re-mastered to its original, uncut, anvil-dropping glory!
(Discs #3 and #4 below will also be sold seperately in a two-disc set called the "Premiere Collection" for SRP $26.99.)
Disc #1:
14 remastered Bugs Bunny cartoons.
A special opening greeting from Chuck Jones.
Audio track commentaries on these cartoons:
RABBIT SEASONING (Mike Barrier & audio from his rare interviews with animators), LONG HAIRED HARE (Mike Barrier), HIGH DIVING HARE (Greg Ford), BULLY FOR BUGS (Mike Barrier), WHAT'S UP DOC? (Greg Ford), RABBIT'S KIN (Stan Freberg), BIG TOP BUNNY (Mike Barrier), WABBIT TWOUBLE (Mike Barrier);
Separate music tracks for RABBIT SEASONING, WHAT'S UP DOC? and RABBIT'S KIN.
Featurettes on Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam, and Elmer Fudd with exclusive interviews.
THE BOYS FROM TERMITE TERRACE part 1 (rare John Canemaker documentary).
Animated sequences from MY DREAM IS YOURS and TWO GUYS FROM TEXAS.
THE BUGS BUNNY SHOW bonus materials: Bridging sequences from episode #1648 "A Star Is Bored"; Mel Blanc recording session from episode #1639 "The Astro-Nuts".
Bonus shorts:
FIFTY YEARS OF BUGS BUNNY IN 3 1/2 MINUTES (1989 short)
BLOOPER BUNNY (1991) with commentary by Greg Ford
Lobby Card still gallery
Trailers from 1950s theatrical compilation shows: BUGS BUNNY'S CARTOON FESTIVAL and BUGS BUNNY'S CARTOON JAMBOREE
Disc #2
14 remastered Porky and Daffy cartoons.
Audio track commentaries on DUCK AMUCK, DRIP-ALONG DAFFY, THE SCARLET PUMPERNICKLE, WEARING OF THE GRIN, and DUCK DODGERS by Mike Barrier using his exclusive interview audio with classic animators.
Separate music tracks for DUCK AMUCK, DRIP-ALONG DAFFY,THE SCARLET PUMPERNICKLE and RABBIT FIRE.
Bonus featurettes on BOB CLAMPETT, MARVIN MARTIAN, CHUCK JONES & DAFFY
THE BOYS FROM TERMITE TERRACE part 2
Lobby Card Still Gallery
Disc #3
Premiere Collection Vol. 1 includes 14 remastered Looney Tunes.
Audio track commentaries compiled by Michael Barrier for FAST & FURRY-OUS, HAIR RAISING HARE, HAREDEVIL HARE, FOR SCENT-I-MENTAL REASONS and BUGS BUNNY GETS THE BOID; FEED THE KITTY (commentary by Greg Ford), BUGS BUNNY AND THE THREE BEARS (Commentary by Stan Freberg).
Separate music tracks for BATON BUNNY and FEED THE KITTY
Featurettes on the ROAD RUNNER, MEL BLANC and CARL STALLING
TOONHEADS: THE LOST CARTOONS
Original storyboards for HAIR RAISING HARE and THE HYPO-CHRONDRI-CAT
Lobby Card Art Gallery
Disc #4
Premiere Collection Vol. 2 includes 14 remastered Looney Tunes.
Audio track commentaries compiled by Michael Barrier for TWEETY'S S.O.S. and THE FOGHORN LEGHORN and commentaries by Jerry Beck on CANARY ROW, DEVIL MAY HARE, CANNED FEUD and SPEEDY GONZALES.
Separate music tracks for PUTTY TAT TWOUBLE, BROKEN LEGHORN, and SPEEDY GONZALES.
Featurettes on SPEEDY GONZALES, FRIZ FRELENG AND TWEETY & SYLVESTER, and ROBERT McKIMSON AND FOGHORN LEGHORN.
Bonus all-new 45 minute documentary "Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes".
The complete "BOSKO THE TALK-INK KID" pilot
Virgil Ross pencil tests
Lobby Card still gallery.
...and this is only the first wave. :-)
Awesome, awesome news. Let’s hope this is just the studio testing the water to see what fans will do when given such a wonderful gift. My prediction? This is going to be one of the biggest titles of the year. I know I’ll be giving it as a gift this Christmas to all the Warner animation freaks I know.
Thanks for the heads-up on this one.
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