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| Tweety's High-Flying Adventure | |
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| Directed by | Karl Torege Charles Visser James T. Walker Kyung Won Lim |
| Written by | Tom Minton Tim Cahill Julie McNally-Cahill |
| Based on | Looney Tunes byWarner Bros. |
| Produced by | Tom Minton James T. Walker |
| Starring | Joe Alaskey June Foray Jeff Bennett Jim Cummings Tress MacNeille Frank Welker Rob Paulsen |
| Cinematography | Amanda Atkinson |
| Edited by | Rob Desales |
| Music by | J. Eric Schmidt |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Home Video |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Tweety's High-Flying Adventure is a 2000 Americananimatedmusicalslapstickcomedy film produced byTom Minton and James T. Walker, written by Tom Minton, Tim Cahill and Julie McNally, and directed by James T. Walker, Karl Toerge, Charles Visser, and Kyung Won Lim, starringTweety (Joe Alaskey).[1]
The film also features otherLooney Tunes characters such asSylvester (as the main antagonist),Bugs Bunny,Daffy Duck (all three are also voiced by Alaskey),Yosemite Sam (Jim Cummings),Shropshire Slasher (as the secondary antagonist),Foghorn Leghorn (Jeff Bennett), andTaz (Cummings).Lola Bunny (Kath Soucie) also makes multiple cameo appearances as anews reporter. The animation was made overseas by the South Korean animation companyKoko Enterprises. The movie is an updated spoof based on the novelAround the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne.
On 2 October, Colonel Rimfire, at the Looney Club inLondon, announces his beliefs that cats are the most intelligent animals (after his many plans were foiled byCool Cat).Granny, hoping to raise money for a nearby children's park that closes in 80 days, makes a wager that herTweety can fly around the world in 80 days, collecting the pawprints of 80 cats in the process.Sylvester, still hoping to make Tweety his personal snack, is incensed at the thought of some other cat minions getting the little bird first. He vows to follow Tweety around the world and catch the canary himself; unbeknownst to either one, a thief is also present.
Tweety sets a course toParis, but is blown by a strong wind to the Swiss Alps, where he gets trapped, as does Daffy Duck, but Bugs Bunny saves them both. He goes back to Paris, this time successfully and outsmartsPenelope Pussycat, where he causesPepé Le Pew to mistake Sylvester for a female skunk. Tweety continues on toVenice, but grows overweight after eating too much bird seed. On alongboat, he faces a lot of cats, but he overpowers them and goes back to his normal size. While attempting to sleep inEgypt, he is chased into a tomb by Sylvester and his minions, but he escapes. Sylvester disguises himself as a dancing woman in a basket and takes it off as he catches Tweety, but when he seeshieroglyphics, Sylvester thinks he just sees images. Amummy cat army beats Sylvester as Tweety resumes to his escape. In the African jungle, he outsmartsPete Puma and a lion with help from the Minah Bird.
InTibet, he befriends another canary known as Aoogah (the name coming from her ability to imitate a horn), after rescuing her from a sacrifice usingHugo the Abominable Snowman. They are taken by more winds intoMexico,Brazil,Argentina andJapan and eventually make it onto a boat to the United States. However, Sylvester catches up with them, butHubie and Bertie cause him to slide into the water. Tweety and Aoogah are able to save him, but end up on a beach inAustralia. Sylvester meetsTaz and they team up and chase the two canaries, resorting to a motorcycle, but end up in the ocean with Taz holding the sign fromWile E. Coyote.
Tweety and Aoogah ride awindsurfer toSan Francisco. Sylvester hijacks a tram to chase them, but ends up onAlcatraz, to the fury ofYosemite Sam, who appears as the tram's driver. The two canaries make it safely on a train toLas Vegas, where they escape more cats. Afterwards, they go through more cities across the United States, finishing inNew York City. There, they trick Sylvester into getting onto aConcorde alone. The two canaries are caught up in an Atlantic hurricane and briefly washed up on an island, but outsmart more cats and escape back through the hurricane.
In apub in the English countryside, they discover the thief and manage to outsmart him. Sylvester attempts to frame Tweety by passing his license to fly for a stolenpassport. He almost succeeds, but the real passport is in his hand, thus getting himself arrested instead to frame Tweety and himself. Tweety and Aoogah believe they are a day late, but discover that it is the 21st of December because they crossed the international date line. They are able to get back to London, only to find that they managed to get just 79 pawprints. Tweety then realizes he forgot Sylvester so he flies into the prison truck taking him away and is able to get his pawprint, thereby saving the park. Tweety gets happily knighted by the Queen for helping find the missing royal passport and Sylvester goes to prison.
Four original songs were composed for the film alongside various national anthems and folk songs. The cast of the film doubles as the chorus.
All lyrics are written by Randy Rogel; all music is composed by J. Eric Schmidt.
| No. | Title | Performer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Around The World in 80 Puddytats" | Joe Alaskey,June Foray & Chorus | |
| 2. | "Tweety Don't Stand A Chance" | Joe Alaskey,Jeff Bennett & Chorus | |
| 3. | "We Got The Beat" | The Go-Go's | |
| 4. | "The Best Thing You Can Win is a Friend" | Joe Alaskey |
Avideo game adaptation ofTweety's High Flying Adventure was released byKemco in 2000 for theGame Boy Color to positive reviews.[2]
Aoogah, the original character of the film, returned in the 2022 direct-to-video filmKing Tweety, as the queen of an island paradise.[3]
