Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2003 film directed by Joe Dante
Looney Tunes: Back in Action is a 2003 live-action/animated spy comedy movie directed by Joe Dante.
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Plot
changeAt the Warner Bros. Movie Studios, Daffy Duck reads a script for a Looney Tunes cartoon and was unhappy that he gets blasted by Elmer Fudd multiple times in the script. Stuntman DJ Drake chased him as Daffy Duck takes a Batmobile and crashes it to the Warner Bros. water tower. Daffy and DJ get fired from the studios.
Cast
change- Brendan Fraser as Damian "D. J." Drake, Jr. / himself
- Fraser also voiced Tasmanian Devil and Tasmanian She-Devil[1]
- Jenna Elfman as Kate Houghton
- Steve Martin as Mr. Chairman
- Heather Locklear as Dusty Tails
- Joan Cusack as Mother
- Timothy Dalton as Damian Drake
- Bill Goldberg as Bob Smith
- Don Stanton as Mr. Warner
- Dan Stanton as Mr. Warner's Brother
- Dick Miller as Security Guard (cameo)
- Roger Corman as Hollywood Director (cameo)
- Paula Abdul as herself (cameo)
- Jeff Gordon as himself (cameo)
- Kevin McCarthy as Dr. Miles Bennell (cameo)
- Michael Jordan as himself (cameo via archive footage from Space Jam)
- Marc Lawrence as Acme VP, Stating the Obvious
- Ron Perlman as Acme VP, Never Learning
- Robert Picardo as Acme VP, Rhetorical Questions
Voice cast
change- Jeff Bergman as Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, and Sylvester
- Joe Alaskey as Sylvester, Beaky Buzzard, and Mama Bear[1]
- Jeff Bennett as Foghorn Leghorn, Yosemite Sam, and Nasty Canasta[1]
- Billy West as Elmer Fudd and Peter Lorre[1]
- Eric Goldberg as Marvin the Martian, Speedy Gonzales, and Tweety[1]
- Bruce Lanoil as Pepé Le Pew[1]
- June Foray as Granny[1]
- Bob Bergen as Porky Pig[1]
- Charlie Adler as Buster Bunny[1]
- Rob Paulsen as Yakko Warner, and Digeri Dingo[1]
- Jess Harnell as Wakko Warner[1]
- Tress MacNeille as Dot Warner, and Babs Bunny[1]
- Frank Welker as Ralph the Security Guard[1]
- Julie Brown as Minerva Mink[1]
- Scott Bakula as Danny Cat[1]
- Jasmine Guy as Sawyer Cat[1]
- Eric Idle and Don Rickles as Devon and Cornwall the Two-Headed Dragon[1]
- Derrick Stevens as MC Skat Kat[1]
- Dr. John as Yakety Yak[1]
- Melba Moore as Tibi the Take it Back Butterfly[1]
- Kevin Conroy as Batman[1]
- Loren Lester as Robin[1]
- Mark Hamill as The Joker (archive recordings)[1]
- Danny Chambers as Cottontail Smith[1]
- Stan Freberg as Junior Bear[1]
- Will Ryan as Papa Bear[1]
- Danny Mann as Robo Dog and Spy Car[1]
- Mel Blanc as Gremlin Car (archive recordings)[1]
- Paul Julian as Road Runner (archive recordings) (uncredited)
- Bill Roberts as Michigan J. Frog (archive recordings) (uncredited)
- Jackie Morrow as Owl Jolson (archive recordings) (uncredited)
Production
changeThe movie was originally going to be called Spy Jam but it was changed to Looney Tunes: Back in Action to prevent associations with Space Jam.
Reception
changeCritics and audiences loved it but it didn't do well at the box office.[source?]
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