Duck Amuck

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Duck Amuck is a classic 1953 Warner Bros. animated short film in which Daffy Duck is tormented by an omnipotent, unseen animator who constantly alters his reality.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Looney Tunes short
Warner Bros. cartoon
animated short film
animationType traditional hand-drawn animation
backgroundArtist Philip DeGuard NERFINISHED
colorProcess Technicolor
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Chuck Jones NERFINISHED
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures
endReveal Bugs Bunny is revealed as the animator at the end NERFINISHED
featuredIn various Looney Tunes compilation films
featuresCharacter Bugs Bunny NERFINISHED
franchise Looney Tunes NERFINISHED
genre comedy
metafiction
slapstick
hasParody Duck Dodgers and other Looney Tunes media references
hasSetting constantly changing backgrounds and environments
homeMediaRelease Blu-ray
DVD
VHS
includedIn Looney Tunes Golden Collection NERFINISHED
inspired video game "Looney Tunes: Duck Amuck" for Nintendo DS NERFINISHED
layoutArtist Maurice Noble NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Daffy Duck NERFINISHED
musicBy Carl Stalling NERFINISHED
narrativeDevice breaking the fourth wall
self-referential humor
notableFor direct interaction between cartoon character and animator
frequent breaking of the fourth wall
innovative use of metafiction in animation
originalLanguage English
plotSummary Daffy Duck is tormented by an omnipotent, unseen animator who constantly alters his reality.
producer Edward Selzer NERFINISHED
recognizedAs classic Warner Bros. cartoon
one of the most acclaimed Daffy Duck cartoons
releaseDate February 28, 1953
releaseYear 1953
runtimeMinutes 7
series Looney Tunes NERFINISHED
studio Warner Bros. Cartoons NERFINISHED
theme conflict between creator and creation
instability of animated reality
title Duck Amuck NERFINISHED
uncreditedAnimatorWithinStory Bugs Bunny NERFINISHED
usesDevice alteration of sound and image by animator
erasure of character by animator
voiceActor Mel Blanc NERFINISHED

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