What's Opera, Doc?
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"What's Opera, Doc?" is a classic 1957 Warner Bros. animated short directed by Chuck Jones that parodies Richard Wagner's operas through a comedic showdown between Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd.
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| What’s Opera, Doc? | 4 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Looney Tunes cartoon
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animated short film ⓘ parody film ⓘ |
| animationDirector | Ken Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| backgroundArtist | Philip DeGuard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| director | Chuck Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ |
| famousFor |
dramatic ending with Bugs Bunny on a bier
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elaborate stylized animation ⓘ satirical use of Wagnerian opera ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Bugs Bunny
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Elmer Fudd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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musical ⓘ parody ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
comic romantic pursuit
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parody of grand opera conventions ⓘ |
| includedIn | The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| layoutArtist | Maurice Noble NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicAdaptedFrom | Richard Wagner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSongOrLine | Kill the wabbit GENERATED ⓘ |
| oftenRankedAs | one of the greatest animated cartoons of all time ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| parodies |
Der Ring des Nibelungen
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Tannhäuser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parodiesWorkBy | Richard Wagner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfEra | Golden Age of American animation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Edward Selzer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForSelection |
aesthetically significant
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culturally significant ⓘ historically significant ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1957-07-06 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1957 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 7 ⓘ |
| selectedFor | National Film Registry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| selectedForBy | Library of Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| selectedForYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| series | Looney Tunes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingStyle | expressionistic ⓘ |
| studio | Warner Bros. Cartoons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | What's Opera, Doc? NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesMotif | storm sequence with Ride of the Valkyries ⓘ |
| voiceActorForBugsBunny | Mel Blanc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| voiceActorForElmerFudd | Arthur Q. Bryan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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