Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
A compilation film inspired by Ghostbusters, featuring Daffy Duck as a paranormalist.
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Classic Warner Bros. cartoon shorts and new animated bridging sequences featuring Daffy Duck are combined in the 1988 compilation film Daffy Duck's Quackbusters.[1] Warner Bros. handled the theatrical distribution of this film.[1]
Making and release
The animators for the new sequences included Brenda Banks, Nancy Beiman, Dan Haskett, Mark Kausler, Norman McCabe, Rebecca Rees, Darrell Van Citters and Frans Vischer.[2] A DVD release in the United States followed on August 4, 2009, by Warner Home Video.[3] A VHS version of the film came out on July 19, 1989, a date that fell nine days after Mel Blanc passed away.[3] In the UK, the film became available on July 5, 2021, featuring the identical set of additional shorts.[3]
iTunes offers the film for purchase or rental.[3] January 28, 2025, marked the Blu-ray debut of the film through the Warner Archive Collection.[3]
What the cited sources add
The blu-ray.com review notes that the 1080p transfer was sourced from a newer 2K scan of a recent-vintage interpositive.[4] The review states the theatrical audio mix is apparently mono.[4] The Blu-ray release includes a "Matinee Version" playback option that begins with the original theatrical opening cartoon Night of the Living Duck.[4] The review describes the film's new jokes as landing occasionally and the way several shorts tie together as decently creative.[4]
Greg Ford and Terry Lennon directed the short Night of the Living Duck, which was produced specifically for this film.[4]
References
- Wikipedia, "Daffy Duck's Quackbusters" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Lenburg, "The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons", Checkmark Books, 1999, p. 175 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Daffy Duck's Quackbusters" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Lor., "Film Reviews: Daffy Duck's Quackbusters", September 28, 1988, p. 16 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Daffy Duck's Quackbusters" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Daffy Duck's Quackbusters Blu-ray (Warner Archive Collection)", blu-ray.com (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- "Daffy Duck's Quackbusters Blu-ray (Warner Archive Collection)", blu-ray.com. facts only, no text reused. blu-ray.com
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Sources
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- Wikipedia: Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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