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Production company | DePatie–Freleng Enterprises |
Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release date | February 27, 1965 |
Run time | 6:30 |
Starring | Mel Blanc Paul Julian |
Producer(s) | David H. DePatie Friz Freleng |
Music composed by | Bill Lava |
Story by | John Dunn Chuck Jones |
Animation | Norm McCabe Don Williams Manny Perez Warren Batchelder LaVerne Harding |
Director(s) | Friz Freleng |
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The Wild Chase is the four hundred and ninety-ninth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures on February 27, 1965. It was written by Friz Freleng and Hawley Pratt, produced by Freleng and David H. DePatie, and directed by Freleng.
During a racing competition between the Road Runner and Speedy Gonzales, Wile E. teams up with Sylvester to catch their respective targets, with backfiring results.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Announcer: Buenos días, señores y señoras. It is time for the start of the big race between the fastest mouse of Sonora county, Speedy Gonzales, and for the pride of the great state of Texas, the Road Runner! At last, the big question of who is the fastest can be settled. And now, coming to the starting line, Speedy Gonzales and the Road Runner!
Characters
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Locations
- Earth
- Mexico
- Sonora
- United States
- Texas
- Mexico
Organizations
Objects
- Boulders and Wedge Poles
- Acme Bird Seed
- Acme Iron Pellets
- Cheese Slices
- Grenade-mounted, magnet-powered roller-skate
- Flat Boulder
- Detonator and Dynamite
Vehicles
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was scored by Bill Lava.
Crew credits
- Co-direction: Hawley Pratt
- Layout: Dick Ung
- Backgrounds: Tom O'Loughlin
- Film editor: Lee Gunther
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: February 27, 1965 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- This only Friz Freleng-directed cartoon to feature Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote, Speedy Gonzales and Sylvester together, and the only Coyote and Road Runner cartoon to be directed by Friz Freleng.
- This is one of a few cartoons where Speedy and/or Sylvester don't have much dialogue other than Speedy yelling as he runs. The other short that is similar is the 1966 Merrie Melodies cartoon, A Taste of Catnip
- This short reuses animations from the previous entries Zoom and Bored, Wild About Hurry and Hopalong Casualty.
- This is the last DePatie-Freleng cartoon to be directed by Friz Freleng, and to use his musical methods and techniques. For the rest of the cartoons in the era, he would be the producer until the 1967 Merrie Melodies cartoon, Daffy's Diner. He would later direct three televised shorts from 1979 to 1980, and three compilation films in 1981 and 1982.
- This is also the last cartoon to pair Speedy Gonzales with Sylvester, and even though A Taste of Catnip featured them, it did not count.
Everlasting Influence
- Sylvester and Wile E. Coyote would once again team up to catch Speedy and Road Runner in the Looney Tunes (DC Comics) series.
Errors
Critical reception
Home availability
- In the United States:
- November 14, 2006: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4 on DVD.
References
- Films
- 1965
- Directed by Friz Freleng
- Directed by Hawley Pratt
- Merrie Melodies (theatrical shorts)
- Road Runner theatrical shorts
- Speedy Gonzales theatrical shorts
- Sylvester theatrical shorts
- Warner Bros. Cartoons
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Wile E. Coyote theatrical shorts
- Written by John Dunn
- Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote series