Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation

Name: Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
Director: Margaret Selby
Released: 2000
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Ken Burns, Linda Jones Clough, Joe Dante, Marian Dern, Roger Ebert

2000 · 90 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 296 VOTES · DIR. Margaret Selby

Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation poster

Overview

This biography, shown on American television as part of the PBS ""Great Performances"" series, examines the life works of one of Hollywood's most celebrated animators, Chuck (Charles M.) Jones. He is best known for Warner Brothers cartoons featuring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Porky Pig, Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote, and Pepe LePew. Included are plenty of behind-the-scenes descriptions of how an animated film is made, and (best of all) many clips from Chuck's cartoons.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,217 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:09 I'm a red-hot sportsman after wild game.

00:04:19 It was his sense of character and the relationships.

00:07:30 So by doing that, they go away happy, and I get my dollar.

00:10:42 ...from his first films to his first great films, I don't know.

00:14:03 "Dan Backslide, coward, bully, cad, and thief...

00:16:44 They always screened the pictures for us.

00:20:23 The idea of Bugs playing the femme...

00:23:46 I...

00:27:03 And then when I got to Daffy Duck...

00:30:13 ...for showing the American dysfunctional family...

00:34:06 I mean, you can identify with that hunger...

00:38:48 The impact of the cuts and the choices, they're not just functional.

00:42:22 That gives them the clear road that they're traveling...

00:45:25 That Road Runner country.

00:48:57 That's it! Hold it right there!

00:52:18 The rest of it could be dead.

00:56:36 The main reason for using that kind of music...

01:00:33 ... and I didn't know anything about music.

01:04:02 I mean, that is just hugely funny...

01:07:41 They're right with you.

01:10:49 ... she was perfect.

01:14:07 Dr. Seuss, that is Ted Geisel.

01:17:42 He has said many, many times...

01:23:08 ...that film didn't exactly break.

Cast & Characters

Ken Burns Self Linda Jones Clough Self Joe Dante Self Marian Dern Self Roger Ebert Self June Foray Self Stan Freberg Self Robert Givens Self Eric Goldberg Self Whoopi Goldberg Self

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,217

Dialogue density13.5 lines / min

First line00:00:09

Final line01:23:08

Production Record

DirectorMargaret Selby

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes296