The Unruly Hare is a 1945 Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Frank Tashlin. (This was the only Bugs Bunny short in which Frank Tashlin is credited, and one of two Bugs Bunny shorts directed by Frank Tashlin.)
This is the final Bugs Bunny cartoon to use the 1941-45 rendition of Merrily We Roll Along. This is also the final Bugs Bunny cartoon not to have expanded credits, simply only crediting Supervision, Musical Direction, Story, and Voice Characterizations.
Today, the ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like to acknowledge one of the most controversial film in the past 50 years (seldomly watched nowadays), featuring one of the world's largest rock stars in his film debut, opened in the US this week in 1970, to nearly universally bad reviews. The film was was controversial that it had been shelved for almost two years due it the graphic violence and sex contained in the film. During a preview of the film in 1968, a film executive's wife vomited during the screening, and audiences were offered their money back.
Performance was panned by critics on its initial release, but its reputation has improved over the years. The film’s influence can be seen in the work of directors such as Martin Scorsese, Guy Ritchie, Jonathan Glazer and Quentin Tarantino and can be seen as the genesis of many a British cinematic gangster. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching this surprisingly almost forgotten cult classic. So we would like you to sit back (quick, find the most comfortable seat on the sofa,) get a snack and a beverage and join The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour in watching Performance, (but make sure you get permission from your folks - it is an adult film).
The sex scenes between Mick Jagger and Anita Pallenberg upset Jagger's fellow The Rolling Stones member Keith Richards. Richards, who was Pallenberg's lover at the time, was reported to have lurked outside the set in a foul mood. Pallenberg had previously been the partner of another Stones member, Brian Jones, who partly inspired the character of Turner. Keith Richards was so angry about the sex scenes between Mick Jagger and his girlfriend Anita Pallenberg that he refused to play while the Stones recorded Memo from Turner for the soundtrack. Ry Cooder filled in, giving the song its signature slide guitar accompaniment.
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