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Looney Tunes: Back in Action is a 2003 Warner Bros. film that combines live-action and animation to tell the story of a hapless stuntman, DJ Drake (played by Brendan Fraser), who stumbles his way into a plot to possess a mysterious blue diamond in the course of rescuing his famous actor father (played by Timothy Dalton). In his globe-trotting adventure, he is aided (and confounded) by his animated Hollywood friends, Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, as well as the studio executive who fired him (played by Jenna Elfman). Written by Larry Doyle and directed by Joe Dante, this film is essentially a feature-length Looney Tunes
cartoon, with all the wackiness and surrealism typical of the genre. Grossing around US$21 million (US$68 million worldwide), it was a considerably large bomb, partially due to stiff competition from Elf
and The Cat In The Hat, but earned relatively positive reviews from critics, including those that gave Space Jam
bad reviews.

Notably, the film was Jerry Goldsmith's last as composer. Due to Goldsmith's failing health, much of the film was actually scored by John Debney, though Goldsmith was the only credited composer.

Story

Daffy Duck is fired from his job at the Warner Bros. Studio by Kate Houghton (Jenna Elfman). DJ Drake (Brendan Fraser), son of the famous Damian Drake (Timothy Dalton), is also fired after failing to escort Daffy out of the studios and causing mayhem in a film set and destroying the studio water tower is the process.

Bugs Bunny is also facing Kate's wrath as she is trying to change his usual pattern by getting a female co-star to act alongside Bugs in the new film. Bugs counters by doing his famous crossdressing act. Other characters such as Porky Pig and Speedy Gonzales are having difficult times.

DJ returns to his house and discovers Daffy had hitched a ride. DJ accidentally activates a video screen and speaks to his father who is actually a spy, and is being attacked by evil villains in Las Vegas. He tells DJ to find the Blue Monkey, a special diamond with magical powers. Damian is then cut off, but manages to tell DJ to get to Las Vegas and ask help from Dusty Tails. DJ sets off to Las Vegas with Daffy in their old Gremlin Car.

Kate is fired from her job for firing Daffy, after she and the Warner Brothers watch a new episode including the "Rabbit Season, Duck Season gag," but Elmer Fudd shoots Bugs after he gets confused with his lines. Kate promises to bring Daffy back to the studios, so she can get her job back.

DJ and Daffy drive through the desert and Bugs rings, but Daffy refuses to return to Los Angeles and tells Bugs his plan. However, the ACME Corporation have been listening to the plan and the evil leader of the corporation, Mr. Chairman (Steve Martin) wants the Blue Monkey for his own evil schemes.

Kate travels to DJ's house and finds Bugs waiting for her. The two go after DJ and Daffy to Las Vegas.

DJ and Daffy arrive in Las Vegas and stop in the Wooden Nugget Casino, owned by none other than Yosemite Sam who is actually an operative for ACME. On a video screen, Mr. Chairman talks to him and his minion, Mr. Smith (Bill Goldberg). DJ finds Dusty Tails (Heather Locklear) and she gives him a playing card and tells him about the ACME Chairman's plan. Yosemite Sam and two cowboys attack the group and DJ and Daffy flee from them. The two cowboys battle DJ, but they lose the playing card in the process. The card flies into a card game, run by Foghorn Leghorn. DJ and Yosemite Sam play and Sam keeps telling Foghorn to "hit him" and he literally does by hitting him with a plank. DJ gets the card and he and Daffy run into Las Vegas, their car exploded as soon as DJ started it up.

Bugs and Kate arrive in Las Vegas and find Daffy and DJ, who take over the car and drive through the city, with Yosemite Sam and his minions chasing them in a sports car. The heroes manage to escape them by activating some jet rockets on the spy car and fly into the sky, heading for a person known as "Mother." Yosemite Sam crashes into his casino and is blown sky high by a room full of dynamite.

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