What's Opera, Doc?

What's Opera, Doc? (1957)

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One of the most beloved of all Warner Brothers cartoons, What's Opera Doc? re-imagines the Elmer Fudd versus Bugs Bunny conflict as a German opera, complete with expressionist sets, tragic romance, and a majestic chorus of "Kill the wabbit!" Director Chuck Jones and writer Michael… More

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Jul 6, 1957 Wide

Critic Reviews

  • Bill Chambers, Film Freak Central

    By the end it's difficult to say whether Jones is lampooning Fantasia or merely envious of it.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Anthony L


    Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit... one of the best cartoons ever ever!!

  • Matthew Y


    Voted as the greatest cartoon ever made and Bugs Bunny's magnum opus. For me it is second to Duck Amuck but whatever. The film consists of Bugs eluding and irritating Elmer Fudd set to scenes and scores from Richard Wagner's famous operas. The ending is one of the more… More

  • Dimitris S


    Delirious,blasphemous and yet ravishingly innovative! Inspired by the likes of slapstick stars,musical numbers (did i forget to say the obvious William tell reference),there's not exactly a happy ending rather a diversion of functioned tragedy...and Mel Blanc drives the vehicle… More

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