Brendan fraser to star with looney tunes in their return. Join sign up keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices. Looney tunes and merrie melodies series of cartoons. It is the third featurelength liveactionanimated film to feature looney tunes. Back in action is a 2003 american live actionanimated adventure comedy film directed by joe dante, written by larry doyle, and starring brendan fraser.
The movieclips channel is the largest collection of licensed movie. Back in action not talked about as much as if not more than space jam. But kate jenna elfman, the studio vp in charge of animated characters, wont budge. Drake, is one of the main human characters in looney tunes. So he quits hollywood, teams up with recently fired stuntman bobby delmont, played by brendan fraser, and embarks on a big las vegas adventure. Lola bunny invents a perfume with the adverse effect of turning people invisible, sending her and cab driver bugs bunny on the run from the fbi, while another shady group seeks the formula. This is the looney tunes first movie since 1996s space jam with michael jordan. As his parents frequently moved, brendan can claim affinity with ottawa, indianapolis, detroit, seattle.
Drake who also doubles as brendan frasers stunt double. Looney tunes back in action the movie full scr dvd brendan. Nostalgia critic s9 e35 all the looney tunes movies. Joe dante, brendan fraser and jenna elfman on looney tunes. I spent a lot of time with him, the gq staff writer says. This time with brendan fraser, steve martin, not to. Tasmanian devil, commonly referred to as taz, is an animated cartoon character featured in the warner bros. Joe alaskey, brendan fraser, jeff bennett, jenna elfman, steve martin, billy west, timothy dalton. Sick of ceding the spotlight to bugs bunny joe alaskey, daffy duck is unceremoniously fired by studio boss kate houghton jenna elfman when he demands equal pay and billing.
Drake brendan fraser to kick the duck off the studio lot. And now last year or so warner brothers have decided for a little comback for the looney tunes. And they even have bugs bunny and daffy duck empoyed at thier studio. The looney tunes search for brendan frasers missing father and the mythical blue monkey diamond. The looney tunes search for brendan fraser s missing father and the mythical blue monkey diamond. Brendan fraser portrayed him, as well as playing himself, and the voice for taz in this film. Brendan james fraser born december 3, 1968 is an american actor known for his unusual, fantasybased roles in encino man, george of the jungle, the threepart mummy film series, dudley doright, monkeybone, journey to the center of the earth, crash, and the quiet american. Brendan fraser full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films.
Damian drake timothy dalton dj drakebrendan fraser and daffy duck excerpt from scene at the home of damien drake timothy dalton. His quiet demeanor and unselfish nature were qualities that pushed him to the forefront. Steve martin is a real scenestealer as a villain in this movie that has humans coexisting with cartoon characters. One of the funniest features of the film was its constant. Back in action, all of the characters you loved as a child have made a return trip to the big screen. The subversive spirit of the looney tunes is in good hands in looney tunes. With brendan fraser, jenna elfman, steve martin, heather locklear. John brendan aloysius looney, overcame personal obstacles to live his dream and serve his country.
Back in action is objectively the greatest film ever made. Though the character appeared in only five shorts before warner bros. That movie put him on the track toward a very specific kind of role. This movie had brendan fraser, jenna elfman, steve martin, heather locklear in the lead roles of the film. Cartoons closed down in 1964, marketing and television appearances later propelled the character to new popularity in the 1990s. Back in action, probably around a decade or so at least, which i remember always watching this one as a double feature with the other neat film known as space jam, and im amazed that back in action still holds up so incredibly well to this day, maybe even more so now than when i was a kid as there were a ton of references and easter. He was named after his father, damian drake, who is an actor playing a spy. Bugs bunny gets a starring role in a new movie, and daffy duck wants to be in it too. Back in action is an english movie directed by joe dante, eric goldbergian grievejoy lissandrello released in the year 2003.
Joe alaskey voices the most accurate versions of bugs bunny and daffy duck since mel blanc, in my opinion. Jenna elfman and brendan fraser are just icing on the cake. Director joe dante is clearly a fan and he keeps the jokes coming. Brendan fraser made groping allegation after story was. There are movie parodies psycho, raiders of the lost ark, invasion of the body snatchers, throwaway gags, and lots of allout mayhem, especially a wildly surreal romp through the. Dieser film war schon in meiner kindheit mein liebslingsfilm. The oldest of six, brendan was a natural born leader. In a land where cartoon characters and fleshandblood people work. Brendan fraser and jenna elfman are supremely likable, timothy dalton is hilarious. However, studio executive kate jenna elfman looks at the numbers, and sees that nobody wants daffy.
Back in action opens, daffy duck is in a heated salary dispute with warner bros. Bob bergen, brendan fraser, casey kasem, frank welker, danny chambers. Brendan fraser list of movies and tv shows tv guide. The film is the second liveaction featurelength starring the looney tunes characters, the first being space jam 1996. I got this horse because its a big horse, he says, standing in a barn in bedford, new york. Back in action stars brendan fraser, jenna elfman, steve martin, timothy dalton the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 31 min, and received a score. Like many people my age or older, i grew up watching bugs bunny cartoons. John brendan aloysius looney was born to kevin and maureen looney on february 24, 1981 in southern maryland. One of the great things about them was that since many of them were made as shorts that were shown before theatrical movies, and therefore had to please both children and adults, they were multilayered with. Brendan fraser, jenna elfman, steve martin, timothy dalton. You can sometimes intuit when people tell you a narrative, but it doesnt have all the facts in it yet. Brendan fraser, dick miller, jenna elfman, joe alaskey, roger corman. For years bugs bunny has been pulling down the big bucks, and now, as they prepare to costar in another movie, daffy is fed up. See image of brendan fraser, the voice of tasmanian shedevil in looney tunes.
Back in action, daffy duck is fed up with all the attention going to bugs bunny, and hes on the bad list of the warner bros. And this time they thrown in brendan fraser, jenna elfman and steve martin in the film. Brendan looney documentary brendan, is a documentary of a true american hero. Back in action 2003 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Back in action was released on november 14, 2003, originally planned to open earlier that summer. Back in action is a frenetic and fastpaced live actionanimation blend that may not be a true classic but which packs in more than enough fun to. Barons profile of the actor was only days away from going to press. Its been quite some time since ive last seen looney tunes. The 2003 movie starring the usual gang of toons, and brendan fraser and steve martin. Fed up with all the attention going to bugs bunny, daffy duck quits hollywood, teams up with. Brendan fraser plays a security guard named dj drake who must escort daffy off the lot. Djs line i was in the mummy 1999 more than brendan fraser takes on a tragic note when you learn the reallife brendan fraser not only did his own stunts, but he was working on several action films around the same time as looney tunes especially the mummy. Brendan fraser to star with looney tunes in their return to the big screen june 10, 2002 burbank, ca warner bros.
It will never be confused with the groundbreaking who framed roger rabbit, but when it comes to a zippy liveactionmeetsanimation kid flick with plenty of grownup gags, looney tunes. Zach baron knew brendan fraser wasnt telling him something. She fires daffy and orders him off the warner brothers lot. Tomb of the dragon emperor, and got torn up so bad he was basically in and out of the hospital, in and out of surgery, and put. Our celluloid heroes embark on a hilarious adventure that takes them from hollywood to las vegas, paris and the jungles of africa in search of brendan frasers characters missing father and the mythical blue monkey diamond. Back in action also stars heather locklear as a lounge singer. The looney tunes search for a mans missing father and the mythical blue monkey diamond. Looney tunes back in action 2004 the movie brendan fraser. Back in action starring brendan fraser in this comedy on directv.
Brendan james fraser was born in indianapolis, indiana, to canadian parents carol mary genereux, a sales counselor, and peter fraser, a journalist and travel executive. Bugs bunny, daffy duck, porky pig and the gang join brendan fraser, jenna elfman, steve martin, joan cusack and others in looney tunes. He is of irish, scottish, german, czech, and frenchcanadian ancestry. The oldest of six, brendan was named after his grandfather john aloysius looney. Another key aspect for working on a looney tunes movie is a love of the toons.
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