A Wild Hare (1940)

User Rating:

8.3/10   

Director:

Tex Avery

Writer:

Rich Hogan (story)

Release Date:

27 July 1940 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Short | Comedy

Plot:

Elmer is a dim-witted hunter whose "wooking for wabbits." Bugs proceeds to confuse, bamboozle, and otherwise humiliate the poor simp.

Plot Keywords:

Bugs Bunny | Elmer Fudd | Carrot | Hunting | Gunfire

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar.

Cast

Mel Blanc	...	Bugs Bunny / Skunk (voice) (uncredited)
Arthur Q. Bryan	...	Elmer Fudd (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Tex Avery		(as Fred Avery)

Writing credits
Rich Hogan		(story)

Produced by
Leon Schlesinger	....	producer

Original Music by
Carl W. Stalling		(uncredited)

Film Editing by
Treg Brown		(uncredited)

Sound Department
Treg Brown	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)

Animation Department
Virgil Ross	....	animator
Robert Givens	....	character designer (uncredited)
John Didrik Johnsen	....	background artist (uncredited)
Robert McKimson	....	animator (uncredited)
Rod Scribner	....	animator (uncredited)

Music Department
Carl W. Stalling	....	musical director
Milt Franklyn	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Leon Schlesinger Studios

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (1940) (USA) (theatrical)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1993) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Turner Entertainment  current owner

Also Known As:

The Wild Hare (USA) (reissue title)

Runtime:

8 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:G (Nova Scotia) | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | Australia:G | USA:Approved (certificate #3993)

Company:

Leon Schlesinger Studios

Trivia:

The first cartoon with Bugs Bunny in his final redesign. Also the first real teaming of Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny.

Quotes:

Elmer Fudd: Doggone you, old, mean wabbit!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Loverboy (2005)

Soundtrack:

The Girl I Left Behind Me

The first OFFICIAL BB cartoon!!!

Here is Tex Avery's magnificent film in which we are first introduced to a brownish-gray colored hare named Bugs, although we really don't hear his name spoken in this film. Yet that immortal phrase, "What's Up Doc???" is here, and Bugs is a sly, bold, incredibly smart woodland creature outfoxing that "wovable" hunter, Elmer Fudd. No more wacky prototypes. Bugs is at last fleshed out the way he should be. I appreciate his "Dad" and "Grandpa" very much. Someone's dream wouldn't have come true without them and our star might never have been born without them. Nevertheless, the star is Bugs Bunny!!! And after this film, he was well on his way to becoming what he is today.

Thank you Tex Avery!!!