Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 3

2014 American cartoon anthology From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 3 is a Blu-ray and DVD release by Warner Home Video. It contains 50 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements. It was released on Blu-ray on August 12, 2014,[1] and was released on DVD on November 4, 2014.[2]

Directed byFriz Freleng
Chuck Jones
Frank Tashlin
Bob Clampett
Robert McKimson
Maurice Noble
Arthur Davis
Abe Levitow
Hawley Pratt
Produced byLeon Schlesinger
Eddie Selzer
John W. Burton
David H. DePatie
StarringMel Blanc (voice)
Music by
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Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 3
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Directed byFriz Freleng
Chuck Jones
Frank Tashlin
Bob Clampett
Robert McKimson
Maurice Noble
Arthur Davis
Abe Levitow
Hawley Pratt
Produced byLeon Schlesinger
Eddie Selzer
John W. Burton
David H. DePatie
StarringMel Blanc (voice)
Music by
Distributed byWarner Home Video
Release date
  • August 12, 2014 (2014-08-12)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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As per Jerry Beck's remarks during an episode of Stu's Show, it was indicated that Volume 3 would likely serve as the final installment of the Platinum Collection series. This decision stemmed from the diminished sales figures of Volume 2 in 2012 and the absence of a budget allocated by Warner Bros. for remastering the four films that had not been previously released on DVD and Blu-ray. Notably, the Blu-ray edition of this volume comprises only two discs, a departure from prior releases. A 12-page booklet akin to the one accompanying Volume 2 is included.[3]

All cartoons released in this set are either an Academy Award winner or nominee or were listed in Jerry Beck's 2010 book The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes Cartoons. All but four cartoons — Honey's Money, Life with Feathers, Tree for Two, and Beep Prepared — were previously restored as part of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection, the Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection, or a Looney Tunes Super Stars DVD; of these four, three are new to Blu-ray and DVD, while one (Beep Prepared) had previously appeared unrestored as a bonus feature on the DVD release of Splendor in the Grass.[4]

Disc 1

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# Title Characters Year Director Series
1 Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt Bugs 1941 Friz Freleng MM
2 A Corny Concerto Bugs, Daffy, Elmer, Porky 1943 Bob Clampett MM
3 Falling Hare Bugs 1943 Bob Clampett MM
4 Little Red Riding Rabbit Bugs 1944 Friz Freleng MM
5 Hair-Raising Hare Bugs, Gossamer 1946 Chuck Jones MM
6 Acrobatty Bunny Bugs 1946 Robert McKimson LT
7 The Big Snooze Bugs, Elmer 1946 Bob Clampett LT
8 A Hare Grows in Manhattan Bugs 1947 Friz Freleng MM
9 Easter Yeggs Bugs, Elmer 1947 Robert McKimson LT
10 Slick Hare Bugs, Elmer 1947 Friz Freleng MM
11 Gorilla My Dreams Bugs 1948 Robert McKimson LT
12 High Diving Hare Bugs, Sam 1949 Friz Freleng LT
13 Hillbilly Hare Bugs 1950 Robert McKimson MM
14 Bunny Hugged Bugs, The Crusher 1951 Chuck Jones MM
15 Operation: Rabbit Bugs, Wile E. 1952 Chuck Jones LT
16 Bully for Bugs Bugs 1953 Chuck Jones LT
17 Bugs and Thugs Bugs, Rocky and Mugsy 1954 Friz Freleng LT
18 Knighty Knight Bugs Bugs, Sam 1958 Friz Freleng LT
19 Honey's Money[n 1] Sam 1962 Friz Freleng MM
20 The Hep Cat Willoughby 1942 Bob Clampett LT
21 Pigs in a Polka 1943 Friz Freleng MM
22 A Ham in a Role Goofy Gophers 1949 Robert McKimson LT
23 Dog Gone South Charlie, Colonel Shuffle 1950 Chuck Jones MM
24 A Bear for Punishment The Three Bears 1951 Chuck Jones LT
25 Steal Wool Ralph and Sam 1957 Chuck Jones LT
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Disc 2

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# Title Characters Year Director Series
1 Porky Pig's Feat Daffy, Porky, Bugs (cameo) 1943 Frank Tashlin LT
2 Scrap Happy Daffy Daffy 1943 Frank Tashlin LT
3 Plane Daffy Daffy 1944 Frank Tashlin LT
4 The Stupid Cupid Daffy, Elmer 1944 Frank Tashlin LT
5 Draftee Daffy Daffy 1945 Bob Clampett LT
6 Nasty Quacks Daffy 1945 Frank Tashlin MM
7 The Stupor Salesman Daffy 1948 Arthur Davis LT
8 Wholly Smoke Porky 1938 Frank Tashlin LT
9 Swooner Crooner Porky 1944 Frank Tashlin LT
10 Life with Feathers[n 1] Sylvester 1945 Friz Freleng MM
11 Canary Row Sylvester, Tweety, Granny 1950 Friz Freleng MM
12 Tree for Two[n 1] Sylvester, Spike and Chester 1952 Friz Freleng MM
13 Sandy Claws Sylvester, Tweety, Granny 1955 Friz Freleng LT
14 Dog Pounded Sylvester, Tweety, Pepé (cameo) 1954 Friz Freleng LT
15 Satan's Waitin' Sylvester, Tweety 1954 Friz Freleng LT
16 Birds Anonymous Sylvester, Tweety 1957 Friz Freleng MM
17 Mouse and Garden Sylvester 1960 Friz Freleng LT
18 The Pied Piper of Guadalupe Speedy, Sylvester 1961 Friz Freleng, Hawley Pratt LT
19 A Gruesome Twosome Tweety 1945 Bob Clampett MM
20 Guided Muscle Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner 1955 Chuck Jones LT
21 Beep Prepared[n 2] Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner 1961 Chuck Jones, Maurice Noble MM
22 Walky Talky Hawky Barnyard, Foghorn, Henery 1946 Robert McKimson MM
23 Rhapsody in Rivets 1941 Friz Freleng MM
24 High Note 1960 Chuck Jones LT
25 Nelly's Folly 1961 Chuck Jones, Abe Levitow, Maurice Noble MM
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Special features

Reception

A review at AnimeSuperhero found the collection offered "fifty classic, remastered cartoons and a lot of bonus features. However, it’s disappointing that there is very little “new” here for those who have been collecting the Golden Collection DVDs from the beginning."[5] Another review, at DVD Talk, praised and recommended the collection.[6]

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Notes

  1. [1]
    New to Blu-ray and DVD.
  2. [2]
    Newly restored.

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