Rabid Rider
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Directed by | Matthew O'Callaghan |
Written by | Tom Sheppard |
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Music by | Christopher Lennertz |
Color process | Deluxe |
Production companies | Reel FX Creative Studios Warner Bros. Animation |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 3 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Rabid Rider is a 2010 3D computer-animated Looney Tunes short film featuring the characters Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner. Directed by Matthew O'Callaghan and written by Tom Sheppard,[1] the film was first shown in theaters before Warner Bros.' feature-length film Yogi Bear.[2] In 2014, Warner Bros. Animation published this short on YouTube.[3] The film also came before the 2018 theatrical re-release of Batman: Mask of the Phantasm.
A 4D version – enhanced with physical effects like vibration, flashing lights and blasts of air – runs in a specially equipped theatre at the Cincinnati Zoo.[4]
Plot[]
Wile E. Coyote intends to use an ACME Hyper Sonic Transport to catch the Road Runner, but the transport has inherent problems of its own.
Release[]
Rabid Rider was released theatrically by Warner Bros. with Yogi Bear.[5]
Home media[]
The short was also released on the Yogi Bear Blu-ray.[6]
The short was included on the Looney Tunes Super Stars' Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote: Supergenius Hijinks DVD. It was also included as a bonus on the DVD release of Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run.[7]
References[]
- ^ Desowitz, Bill (December 16, 2010). "Getting Looney About Road Runner and Coyote". Animation World Network. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
- ^ Maltin, Leonard (September 27, 2010). "Welcome Back, Wile E." Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
- ^ Warner Bros. Animation (2014-11-27), Rabid Rider - Looney Tunes, retrieved 2019-05-08
- ^ "RIDES & ATTRACTIONS". Cincinnati Zoo. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
- ^ Maltin, Leonard (September 27, 2010). "Welcome Back, Wile E." Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
- ^ "'Yogi Bear' Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D Detailed". High-Def Digest. February 14, 2011. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
- ^ Milligan, Mercedes (August 3, 2015). "'Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run' Hops to DVD Shelves". Animation magazine. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
External links[]
- Rabid Rider at IMDb
- Rabid Rider on YouTube
- 2010 films
- English-language films
- 2010 3D films
- 2010 animated films
- 2010s American animated films
- American films
- 2010s animated short films
- 4D films
- American animated short films
- Looney Tunes shorts
- Reel FX Creative Studios short films
- Short films directed by Matthew O'Callaghan
- Films scored by Christopher Lennertz
- Warner Bros. Animation animated short films
- Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner
- 3D animated short films
- 2010s Warner Bros. animated short films
- Animated films without speech