| War and Pieces | |
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| Directed by | Chuck Jones Maurice Noble (co-director) |
| Story by | John Dunn |
| Produced by | David H. DePatie (uncredited) |
| Starring | Paul Julian (uncredited) |
| Music by | Bill Lava |
| Animation by | Ken Harris Richard Thompson Bob Bransford Tom Ray |
| Layouts by | Dave Rose |
| Backgrounds by | Philip DeGuard |
| Color process | Technicolor |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 6 minutes |
War and Pieces is a 1964Warner Bros.Looney Tunes theatrical animated short directed byChuck Jones.[1] The short was released on June 6, 1964, and starsWile E. Coyote and the Road Runner.[2] It was the lastLooney Tunes/Merrie Melodies cartoon directed byChuck Jones until 1979'sFreeze Frame.
The title is a pun on theLeo Tolstoy novelWar and Peace.
1.Wile E. Coyote (Caninus nervous rex) attempts to hurl ahand grenade at theRoad Runner (Burn-em upus asphaltus), but it rebounds off asaguaro, and explodes on the Coyote. He walks away, planning his next scheme.
2. Wile E. is at another cliff, attempting to use abow with apulley to shoot himself at the Road Runner, with his tail being tied by arope attached to the pulley. The pulley rope then rips the lower part of his hide off, exposing him in his underwear, and with him hanging onto the bow until it breaks. He then lands feet first on a large rock just a bit down the bottom of the cliff. Wile E. walks off in relief, until the rock breaks and falls down to the ground, taking Wile E. with it.
3. Wile E. attempts to use ahydraulic press activated by anelectric eye, when the Road Runner attempts to run through the light at the eye, the hydraulic presses can crush him after he passes. The Road Runner stops in front of the eye. The Coyote gets impatient and runs at the Road Runner, but the Road Runner walks through the eye, activating the hydraulic presses, flattening Wile E.
4. Wile E. paints himself withACMEInvisiblePaint. He hears the Road Runnerbeeping, jumps onto the road, but the beeps were from atruck, which runs over the Coyote. Wile E. staggers off acliff into apond. The splash causes Wile E. to be visible again, and he lies down on the sea floor, injured. Afish swims by and looks at him, but the Coyote shoos it away by showing a "GET LOST!"sign at the fish.
5. Wile E. uses adouble-barreled shotgun as a look-through attraction called "Secrets of a Harem". The Road Runner looks through the holes of the shotgun while turning a handle, while Wile E. prepares to fire the shotgun. The Road Runner, however, seems to be enjoying an actual peep show. Wile E. pushes him away to see for himself, only for the shotgun to fire into his face.
6. Wile E. throws agrappling hook with a rope straight up at the cliff. The hook gets caught on something, and the Coyote climbs the rope. The hook is not caught on a cliff, but acloud above, the hook lets go of the cloud and tears it open, causinglightning to strike the Coyote, who slides down to the ground.
7. The Coyote rides arocket up the cliff, but the shape of the cliff causes the rocket to go the wrong way and sends the Coyote into the ground. After barreling underground, he ends up inChina, where he meets a Chinese Road Runner wearing aconical hat andChinese wooden slippers. The Coyote attempts to catch him, but the Chinese Road Runner subdues him with agong. The Coyote falls back down the hole toward the desert. He flies up the hole and falls face first to the ground. The Chinese Road Runner pops his head out of the hole and ends the cartoon with a "Beep-beep!" noise with Chinese characters, which translate "The End, old Chinese proverb".