Bugs Bunny: Superstar documentary footage. "Bugs Bunny: Superstar" was the first of a series of Warner cartoon compilation movies released in the 1970s and 1980s. However, as a documentary, it does not fit the mold of the totally animated Warner Brothers compilation movies that began with 1979's "The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie". "Bugs Bunny: Superstar" was not considered a "canon" compilation movie because it was produced by Larry Jackson's Hare-Raising Films, rather than by Warner Bros. (1982's "" is actually the "fourth" Bugs film, if "Bugs Bunny: Superstar" were to be included.) The nine full-length cartoons featured in "Bugs Bunny: Superstar" were originally
Bugs Bunny: Superstar "Bugs Bunny: Superstar", drew the ire of Chuck Jones, who responded by writing a letter (dated 11 December 1975) and enlisting Tex Avery to make annotations (dated 22 December 1975). Jones's letter, which was publicly circulated, refers to "the grossly unfair misrepresentations of BUGS BUNNY SUPER STAR," adding, "Bugs Bunny: Superstar" was first released in theaters in late 1975. At the time of the film's release, the rights to the individual cartoons themselves were controlled by United Artists as part of their acquisition of the pre-1950 Associated Artists Productions (a.a.p.) library Warner Bros. films. The former a.a.p. library was later