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John W. Dunn is a Scriptwriter, Title Designer and Animation born on 25 february 1919 at Coatbridge (United-kingdom)
John W. Dunn (February 25, 1919 - January 17, 1983) was a Scottish screenwriter and animator for animated cartoons, from 1955 to 1983.
Dunn began his career at the Walt Disney cartoon studio, where his first story credit—Man in Space—received an Oscar nomination. He moved to Warner Brothers Cartoons in 1960; there, he began with The Pied Piper of Guadalupe, which was also nominated for an Oscar. He replaced Warner Brothers top writers Michael Maltese and Warren Foster after they went to Hanna Barbera to receive higher billing in the sixties.
After the Warner's cartoon studio closed in 1963, Dunn joined DePatie-Freleng Enterprises; in 1964, he crafted the story for The Pink Phink, which earned the Oscar as Best Animated Short. Many of his DePatie-Freleng cartoons re-use plots from Warner Brothers cartoons. He was a prolific story man over the next 19 years and also did some animation work for the 1967 Spider-Man cartoon series.
Dunn died in San Fernando, California of heart failure in 1983.
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Birth 25 february 1919 at Coatbridge (United-kingdom)
Death 17 january 1983 (at 63 years) at San Fernando (USA)
Death 17 january 1983 (at 63 years) at San Fernando (USA)
Dunn began his career at the Walt Disney cartoon studio, where his first story credit—Man in Space—received an Oscar nomination. He moved to Warner Brothers Cartoons in 1960; there, he began with The Pied Piper of Guadalupe, which was also nominated for an Oscar. He replaced Warner Brothers top writers Michael Maltese and Warren Foster after they went to Hanna Barbera to receive higher billing in the sixties.
After the Warner's cartoon studio closed in 1963, Dunn joined DePatie-Freleng Enterprises; in 1964, he crafted the story for The Pink Phink, which earned the Oscar as Best Animated Short. Many of his DePatie-Freleng cartoons re-use plots from Warner Brothers cartoons. He was a prolific story man over the next 19 years and also did some animation work for the 1967 Spider-Man cartoon series.
Dunn died in San Fernando, California of heart failure in 1983.
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Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988)
, 1h18Directed by Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, Robert McKimson, Maurice Noble, Greg Ford
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about religion, Films about pigs, Films about birds, Ghost films, Vampires in film, Children's films
Actors Mel Blanc, Betty Jean Ward, Patrick Guillemin, June Foray, Guy Piérauld, Mel Tormé
Rating69%
The film opens with the 1988 short, The Night of the Living Duck. This short is exclusive to this film.
Directed by Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, Robert McKimson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about birds, Children's films
Actors Mel Blanc, June Foray, Les Tremayne
Roles Story
Rating68%
The premise of the framing animation was a general parody of the popular 1970s/1980s television series Fantasy Island, with Daffy and Speedy playing caricatures of that series' principal characters, Mr. Roarke and Tattoo (respectively). They even wear the white suits worn on that show by Mr. Roarke and Tattoo.
, 1h17Directed by Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, Robert McKimson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Mel Blanc, June Foray, Bea Benaderet, Arthur Q. Bryan, Lennie Weinrib, Shepard Menken
Roles Writer
Rating70%
Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck have to sell books for Rambling House. They go their separate ways and experience many wacky things. For instance, while flying through a winter storm, Daffy ran into a house owned by Porky Pig and briefly stayed there while taking place of a stuffed duck which he merely destroyed. Meanwhile, Bugs burrowed his way to a jungle where he pretended to be a baby ape to an ape couple. One half of the couple wanted to do Bugs in, but manages to divert him after he accidentally dropped a boulder on his wife's head.
, 1h19Directed by Friz Freleng, Phil Monroe
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Mel Blanc, June Foray, Bea Benaderet, Stan Freberg, Ralph James, Frank Nelson
Roles Writer
Rating70%
The film starts with a showing of the 1958 award winning cartoon Knighty Knight Bugs before going into its opening credits. This is followed up by Bugs narrating how Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies immediately replaced baggy-pants comedy before introducing us to "a warm-hearted humble little Introvert called Yosemite Sam".
, 1h38Directed by Chuck Jones, Ron Jeremy, Phil Monroe
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Mel Blanc
Roles Writer
Rating72%
Bugs Bunny, while giving a tour of his home, talks about some of the famous rivalries, battles, and chases from the Looney Tunes shorts, which serves as introductions to footage from the classic short subjects. The final segment of the film consists of an extended chase sequence between Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner.
Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol (1979)
, 8minutesDirected by Friz Freleng
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Christmas films, Time travel films, Ghost films, Children's films
Actors Mel Blanc
Rating65%
Scrooge (Yosemite Sam) is counting money in the counting house of his firm when Bob Cratchit (Porky) comes in, wanting to borrow a lump of coal as he is freezing. Scrooge refuses, and just after this Bugs comes in with Christmas decorations and mistletoe. He is tossed out, and decides that "somebody oughta teach that little humbug some Christmas spirit". Bugs then borrows a piece of coal and places it in the office of Cratchit, who graciously thanks him.
Directed by Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Christmas films
Actors Mel Blanc, June Foray
Roles Writer
Rating68%
Un téléfilm spécial qui compile quelques épisodes de Looney Tunes autour d'un épisode de Christmas Carol, avec le rôle de Scrooge joué par Yosemite Sam.
Hiss and Hers (1972)
, 6minutesDirected by Gerry Chiniquy
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Actors Larry D. Mann, June Foray
Roles Writer
Rating57%
La femme de Flèche Bleue le réveille et l’envoie manger. Il rencontre le scarabée japonais et essaie de manger et de capturer le scarabée encore et encore, mais échoue. Premier dessin animé de Flèche Bleue
Pinto Pink (1967)
, 7minutesDirected by Hawley Pratt
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Actors Mel Blanc
Roles Writer
Rating63%
La Panthère rose désire se rendre à Anaheim mais n'a pas de voiture. Elle décide de faire de l'auto-stop sans succès puis trouve un cheval dans un pré. Elle décide donc de monter l'animal mais le problème c'est qu'il a un sale caractère et la Panthère aura toutes les peines du monde pour tenter de domestiquer l'animal.
The Pink Blueprint (1966)
, 7minutesDirected by Hawley Pratt
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Actors Mel Blanc
Roles Writer
Rating70%
Sur le site de construction d'un bâtiment qu'un petit homme peint, la Panthère rose décide d'utiliser une couleur rose pour peindre les murs mais quand le petit homme s'aperçoit de la catastrophe créée par l'animal, il décide de remettre la couleur d'origine. Entre les deux, c'est la guerre à qui fera la peinture de son choix. Au final, la Panthère décide de construire sa maison avec le matériel du petit homme et continue à peindre en rose.
Pink Ice (1965)
, 7minutesDirected by Hawley Pratt
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Actors Rich Little
Roles Writer
Rating61%
En Afrique du Sud, La Panthère propriétaire d'une mine de diamants doit affronter les propriétaires voisins d'une autre mine de diamants concurrente. Les deux criminels depuis des jours volent La Panthère mais cette dernière, tout en flegme n'aura aucun mal à faire tomber les deux escrocs.
Bully for Pink (1965)
, 7minutesDirected by Hawley Pratt
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Roles Writer
Rating62%
La Panthère rose a décidé de devenir matador mais ne disposant pas d'un drap rouge pour entrer dans l'arène décide de voler la cape d'un magicien, ce qui va lui provoquer des catastrophes lorsqu'il se retrouve devant un veritable taureau.
The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964)
, 1h39Directed by Arthur Lubin, Robert McKimson
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Political films
Actors Don Knotts, Carole Cook, Jack Weston, Andrew Duggan, Charles Meredith, Larry Keating
Roles Story Supervisor
Rating64%
The story begins September 1941 just before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Shy bookkeeper Henry Limpet loves fish with a passion. When his friend George Stickle enlists in the United States Navy, Limpet attempts to enlist as well, but is rejected. Feeling downcast, he wanders down to a pier near Coney Island and accidentally falls into the water. Inexplicably, he finds he has turned into a fish. Since he never resurfaces, his wife, Bessie, and George assume he has drowned.
False Hare (1964)
, 6minutesDirected by Robert McKimson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Mise en scène d'un lapin ou d'un lièvre, Court métrage de Bugs Bunny, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Mel Blanc
Roles Story
Rating65%
Un loup et son neveu fabriquent un club de lapin dans le but d'attraper Bugs Bunny mais il ne se laisse pas faire
The Pink Phink (1964)
Directed by Hawley Pratt, Friz Freleng
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Roles Story
Rating75%
The Pink Panther and an unnamed painter (known as the "Little Man") compete over whether a house should be painted blue or pink. Each time the painter attempts to paint something blue, the panther thwarts him in a new way, and paints the object/area pink. At the end, the exasperated painter inadvertently turns the house and everything around it pink (first by repeatedly shooting at the elusive panther with a shotgun that the panther had poured pink paint into, and then by burying the panther's pink paint cans in the soil outside the house, where they "sprout"), and the panther moves in. But just before he moves in, he paints the white man completely pink. The painter gets upset and bangs his head against the mailbox outside. The Pink Panther then walks into the house as the sun (also turned pink) sets.