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Jun 22, 1988 · Who Framed Roger Rabbit: Directed by Robert Zemeckis. With Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy, Charles Fleischer. When a cartoon rabbit is accused of murder, he enlists the help of a burnt out private investigator to prove his innocence.
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- Animation, Adventure, Comedy
- Robert Zemeckis
- 1988-06-22
Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a 1988 American fantasy comedy film directed by Robert Zemeckis from a screenplay written by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman. It is loosely based on the 1981 novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit? by Gary K. Wolf.
- $50.6 million
- Alan Silvestri
- June 22, 1988
Down-on-his-luck private eye Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins) gets hired by cartoon producer R.K. Maroon (Alan Tilvern) to investigate an adultery scandal involving Jessica Rabbit (Kathleen Turner ...
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- Robert Zemeckis
- PG
- Bob Hoskins
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Set in 1947 Hollywood, cartoon characters are known as Toons and most, if not all, toons are paid as actors there. They live in the animated megacity of Toontown, which is owned by businessman Marvin Acme. Perhaps one of the most famous stars in the business is Roger Rabbit, who co-stars with Baby Herman in comedy shorts. Lately, however, Roger's p...
Main article: List of cameos in Who Framed Roger Rabbit Bob Hoskins as Eddie Valiant: An alcoholic private investigator who strongly dislikes Toons. Years ago, Valiant's brother was killed by a Toon after a piano was dropped on his head. Producer Steven Spielberg's first choice for Eddie Valiant was Harrison Ford, but he asked for too much money. C...
Development
Walt Disney Pictures purchased the film rights to Gary Wolf's novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit? shortly after its publication in 1981. Ron W. Miller, then president of The Walt Disney Company, saw it as a perfect opportunity to produce a blockbuster. Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman were hired to write the script, penning two drafts. Robert Zemeckis offered his services as director in 1982, but Disney acknowledged that his previous films (I Wanna Hold Your Hand and Used Cars) were box office...
Casting
Harrison Ford was Spielberg's original choice to play Eddie Valiant, but was too expensive. Bill Murray was also considered for the part, but due to his method of receiving offers for roles, Murray missed out on it. Eddie Murphy reportedly turned down the role of Eddie, but later regretted it. Several other actors were also considered for the role of Eddie Valiant such as Chevy Chase, Robert Redford, Jack Nicholson, Sylvester Stallone, Wallace Shawn, Ed Harris, Charles Grodin, and Don Lane. T...
Writing
Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman were brought aboard to continue writing the script once Spielberg and Zemeckis were hired. For inspiration, the two writers studied the work of Walt Disney and Warner Bros. Cartoons from the Golden Age of American animation, especially Tex Avery and Bob Clampett cartoons. Chinatown influenced the storyline. In Wolf's novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit?, the Toons were comic strip characters rather than movie stars. Price and Seaman also created the urban politic...
Who Framed Roger Rabbit was originally going to be released by Walt Disney Pictures and be part of the Walt Disney Feature Animation lineup, but Michael Eisner complained that the film was too risqué with sexual innuendos. Eisner and Zemeckis disagreed over elements with the film, but since Zemeckis had final cut privilege, he refused to make alter...
Several mistakes were hidden in the film by its animators. Tape-based analog video such as VHS did not reveal these, but technologies with better image quality, such as the analog laserdisc, were said to reveal the phone number of then-Disney CEO Michael Eisner. Also, when Benny the Cab gets dipped and crashes and Eddie and Jessica roll out of him,...
Who Framed Roger Rabbit is widely considered one of the best movies of 1988. It is also seen as a landmark film that sparked the most recent era in American animation. The field of animation had suffered a recession during the 1970s and 1980s, to the point where even giants in the field such as The Walt Disney Company were considering giving up on ...
The success of Who Framed Roger Rabbitled to a moderate degree of merchandising for the film. In October 1989, McDonald's made a Halloween themed certificate offer for a free VHS copy of the film as well as a Roger Rabbit doll. Other memorabilia included cookie jars, Christmas ornaments, music boxes, snow globes, pin-back buttons, three video games...
This is the first Disney's live-action/animated hybrid film to be rated PG by the MPAA.Terry Gilliam was initially offered the job of directing this movie, but turned it down because he considered it "conceptually inauthentic to use the Looney Tunes genre/character stable as a spring...One of the things that makes Who Framed Roger Rabbitfamous is that it has non-Disney cartoon characters appear in a Disney film. Producer Steven Spielberg had negotiated deals with Warner Bros., Fl...Benny the Cab drives across a bridge while being pursued by the Weasels. The bridge is the "Hyperion Bridge," which crosses a freeway near the oldDisney Studio down in Hollywood; the one they had b...Who Framed Roger Rabbit on WikipediaWho Framed Roger Rabbit on Transcripts Wiki- 2 min
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GET DISNEY+. When Toontown's owner is found murdered, all fingers point to cartoon superstar Roger Rabbit. With nowhere else to turn—and the sinister, power-hungry Judge Doom hot on his tail—Roger begs the Toon-hating detective Eddie Valiant to find the real evildoer.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a media franchise owned by The Walt Disney Company and Amblin Entertainment, that began with the 1988 film, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, itself based on a book titled Who Censored Roger Rabbit? by Gary K. Wolf. The original film was released through Disney's Touchstone Pictures banner on June 22, 1988, and became a ...
