Looney Tunes: Back in Action (Dante, 2003): Prince Charles Cinema, 6.15pm
Wow! An ultra-rare screening (and in 35mm) of this Joe Dante romp is a thrill.
Chicago Reader review:
Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck costar with Brendan Fraser (playing the
hapless son of superspy Timothy Dalton) and Jenna Elfman (playing a
Warners executive who fires Daffy) in this spirited, quintessential, and
often hilarious Saturday matinee romp by Joe Dante (Gremlins, Small Soldiers). The movie scavenges from Who Framed Roger Rabbit
for its mix of animated and live-action characters and from the Austin
Powers movies for its espionage spoof and over-the-top villain (Steve
Martin), but actually it’s more indebted to 50s and early-60s pop
cinema: Frank Tashlin’s Son of Paleface, Hope and Crosby’s Road to Bali, and assorted cartoon, horror, and SF touchstones of the period (everything from This Island Earth to Psycho), referenced both in Larry Doyle’s script and in peripheral visual details. I had a ball.
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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