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What’s Opera, Doc? poster
UNITED STATES · 1957

What’s Opera, Doc?

Chuck Jones
Classical Hollywood opera parody hunter vs rabbit Wagner adaptation slapstick comedy classic cartoon rivalry
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Synopsis

Elmer Fudd is again hunting rabbits - only this time it's an opera. Wagner's Siegfried with Elmer as the titular hero and Bugs as Brunnhilde. They sing, they dance, they eat the scenery.

Year1957
CountryUnited States
DirectorChuck Jones
MovementClassical Hollywood
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