From Hare to Eternity
| From Hare to Eternity | |
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Family Entertainment Warner Bros. Animation Chuck Jones Film Productions |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Release date | November 4, 1997 |
| Starring | Frank Gorshin Greg Burson |
| Producer(s) | Chuck Jones Linda Jones Clough Stephen Fossatti |
| Music composed by | George Daugherty (musical director) Cameron Patrick (original score) |
| Story by | Stephen Fossatti |
| Animation | Thomas E. Decker Claude Raynes Patrick Gleeson |
| Director(s) | Chuck Jones |
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From Hare to Eternity is the four hundred and eighty-sixth short in the Looney Tunes theatrical series. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures on November 4, 1997. It was written by Stephen Fossatti, co-produced by Linda Jones Clough and Fossatti, and it was both produced and directed by Chuck Jones.
Buccaneer Sam goes treasure hunting on a remote island, but when he finds Captain Kid's treasure chest, it turns out that Bugs Bunny is guarding it.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Chorus: Oh, we sail the ocean blue, and our jolly ship's a beauty... We're the honest men and true, and we always do our duty....
Sam: I'm the captain of this here ship and the owner and the first mate, too! The postman and the cook and the swab keeps a mooch, in fact, I'm the whole durn crew!
Chorus: He is the captain of this here ship and the owner and the first mate, too...
Sam: RIGHT!
Chorus: He's the postman and the cook, and the swab keeps a mooch...
Sam: Yep!
Chorus: In fact, he's the whole darn crew...
Sam: Right of the whole durn crew... I'm the captain of the Frisby Brig and right good a captain, too-ooh! Ah'm very, very good!
Chorus: He's very, very good!
Sam: AW, I JUST SAID THAT! I'm very, very good, at bein' understood.
Chorus: And he's very often sick at sea...
Sam: Why- I'M NEVER, NEVER SICK AT SEA! NEVER!!!
Chorus: What, never?!
Sam: Nope, never!
Chorus: What, never?
Sam: No, never!
Chorus: What, neverrrrrrrrrr....?
Sam: Well, uh... Hardly ever...
Chorus: He's very often sick at sea...
Sam: QUIET!
M.J. Frog: Hello, mah baby! Hello, mah honey! Hello, my ragtime gal!
Sam: OH, NO, YA DON'T! Not in my picture! I hate frogs...
Bugs: I'm called little butter cup, dear little buttercup, dough I could nevah tell why...
Sam: But still, you're called buttercup... Dear, lil' buttercup...
Bugs: Sweet, little, butter, cup, pie...
Bugs: Now dat looks like da beginnin' of a beautiful friendship. But what I don't understand is why anybody but me would want 18 carrots anyway?
Characters
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Locations
- Earth
- Kansas City, Homeport (mentioned)
- Captain Kidd's Treasure Island
Objects
- Metal truncheon
- Treasure map
- Michigan's box
- Blunderbuss gun
- Plank
- Barrel
- Mermaid costume
- Captain Kidd's treasure chest
Vehicles
Production
Development
Filming
It was copyrighted in 1997.
Music
The music was composed by George Daugherty and Cameron Patrick providing the musical score.
Most of the music in this cartoon involves songs from the classic musical, H.M.S. Pinafore.
Songs
- "Hello! Ma Ragtime Gal" by Ida Emerson and Joseph E. Howard
Crew credits
- Junior animators: Greg Whittaker, Ben Jones
- Assistant animation: Herman Sharaf, Warren O'Neill, Cory Wilson, Joe Achorn, Edy Benjamin, John Heashelwood, Martin Hopkin
- Production design: Bob Givens
- Color Consultant: Maurice Noble with Special Thanks to Virgil Ross
- Background paintings: Jill Petrilak
- Production manager: Malcolm Burke
- Assistant design: Tod Polson, Lawrence Marvitt
- Effects: Art Dent
- Sound designer: Rob Wenner
- Camera: Ted Bemiller
- Film editor Julie Anne Lau
- Facilities manager: Rose Long
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: November 4, 1997 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- The title is a pun of the 1951 novel and the 1953 film based on the novel, From Here to Eternity.
- Michigan J. Frog's voice singing "Hello, My Ragtime Gal" is briefly heard when Buccaneer Sam digs up for treasure, but is not physically seen, unless one counts the box labelled "M.J. FROG" containing him.
- Jeff McCarthy provides Michigan's singing voice in this scene, but is uncredited.
- This was issued as a tribute to Yosemite Sam's creator, Friz Freleng, who had died about two years beforehand.
- This is the last cartoon directed by Chuck Jones, ending a career that began in 1938. It is also the only Bugs and Sam cartoon that he directed.
Errors
- On some home video releases of this cartoon, the WB Logo and Max Steiner fanfare theme shown as the beginning of this cartoon had been cut out for unknown reasons. And it is currently unknown if and when this cartoon will fully restored with its WB Logo and fanfare intact.
Home availability
- In the United States:
- November 15, 2011: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 on Blu-ray.
