Who framed roger rabbit cast and crew cast photos and. Hes not a murderer, i should know, hes a dear friend of mine. Fandom may earn an affiliate commission on sales made from links on this page. If the story is a comedy, and it usually is, the characters tend to be genre savvy and recognize each other as belonging to either category. Greasy, roger rabbit, psycho, benny the cab charles fleischer greasy, roger rabbit, psycho, benny the cab stubby kaye marvin acme alan tilvern r. Characters from the film and related material of who framed roger rabbit. Having since married a human woman, jessica, whom he loves dearly, he becomes distraught when photos by eddie valiant suggest she has been cheating on. Roger rabbit jessica rabbit baby herman baby hermans mother. Tomorrow, our movie of the week forum digs into who framed roger rabbits plot, with its noir story, its extremely calculated choice of time and place, and its characters, from the familiar icons to the instant icons. This is one of the oldest special effects in hollywood the 1914 animated film, gertie the dinosaur. Fandom apps take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. One of the films most chilling sequences sees judge doom exacting his wrath. In 2019, judge doom was resurrected by the laughing gas and he was united with dick dastardly and the army of animated villains.
Jan 19, 2020 who framed roger rabbit will most likely always be my answer to the question what is your favorite movie. Roger rabbit is the titular character of the disney 1988 film, who framed roger rabbit. A toonhating detective is a cartoon rabbits only hope to prove his innocence when he. Following the efforts of a private eye to clear spastic cartoon star roger rabbit, the movie combines film noir elements with appearances by a host of established cartoon characters. Wolfs satirical noir novel, who framed roger rabbit blended liveaction and animation and introduced technology that set a benchmark for what movies could look like. Roger is a slender, white rabbit with large blue eyes, a pink nose, a tuft of red hair who wears red overalls, yellow gloves, and a blue bow tie with yellow polka dots. Lots of parallels between jessica rabbit and faye dunaway in terms of how. Like who framed roger rabbit, this spider movie, billed as a thrillomedy a thriller comedy in early 90s marketing speak, would be released by another disney imprint, hollywood pictures.
A toonhating detective is a cartoon rabbit s only hope to prove his innocence when he is accused of murder. Roger is hyperactive, friendly, talkative, naive, innocent, childish, clownish, cowardly, silly, funloving, dullwitted, cartoonish. Coyote shorts, which sent characters through a harrowing gauntlet of abuse. I first saw who framed roger rabbit in the theater more than 30 years ago and loved it.
Thought to contain the ultimate in technical innovation at the time of its release, the films landmark mixture of live action and animation is not as impressive today in light of the more sophisticated and complex computergenerated animation. Christopher lloyd as judge doom, a cold, intimidating judge who is secretly a criminal toon. Main the main characters of the film are roger rabbit, a cartoon rabbit, his cartoonhuman wife, jessica, and human detective eddie valiant and toon in human disguise villain judge doom. A masterful blend of live action and animation, the movie is a brilliant spin on the world of the beloved cartoon characters of our tv screens. The problem is i got a fifty year old lust and a three year old dinky. And on thursday, matthew dessem looks at an animated oddity from roger rabbits animation director, richard williams. Roger rabbit is the deuteragonist from who framed roger rabbit. Dec 03, 2019 the complicated method by which who framed roger rabbit presented the animated and the realworld together on screen required almost two years of work, stretched the boundaries of physical film. The complicated method by which who framed roger rabbit presented the animated and the realworld together on screen required almost two years of. Who framed roger rabbit 2 2022 film idea wiki fandom. This is a list of characters that appears in the series of roger rabbit.
Produced by steven spielbergs amblin entertainment, roger rabbit used groundbreaking filmmaking and animation techniques to make it feel like its human characters were interacting with its not. The familiar characters and setting, and unfamiliar character team. Roger rabbit, voiced by charles fleischer, and bob haskins in who framed roger rabbit 1988. The film takes place in hollywood in 1947, in a world where humans and toons exist side by side. Who framed roger rabbit is a 1988 american liveactionanimated comedy film directed by robert zemeckis, produced by frank marshall and robert watts, and written by jeffrey price and peter s. You went on the ride at disneyland, now find out what. Thought to contain the ultimate in technical innovation at the time of its release, the films landmark mixture of live action and animation is not as impressive today in light of the more sophisticated and complex computergenerated animation featured. The movie that popularized the term toon, who framed roger rabbit rightly deserved the four oscars it won for its imaginative visual effects. While the roger rabbit of the original book had some notable eccentric traits, the roger of the movie is a lot wackier and more, well, cartoony. Baby herman is rogers major costar in the animated shorts in which they appear. But im making the movie sound like homework for a film class.
Who framed roger rabbit as a beloved animated film from your childhood, but if. Following the efforts of a private eye to clear spastic cartoon star roger rabbit, the movie combines film noir elements with appearances by a host of established cartoon characters from disney, looney. Roger rabbit is a fictional animated anthropomorphic rabbit character. This film marks the last time mel blanc provided the voices of all the looney tunes characters in a film as he died a year later. A maroon cartoon in color baby herman and roger rabbit in somethins cookin. One of the problems chuck jones and a few other classic animators had with who framed roger rabbit.
Fandom may earn an affiliate commission on sales made from links. Hey, this movie is half cartoonanything is possible, even exploding butts. In who framed tom sawyer he is played by tom sawyer. Roger rabbit charles fleischer is a big studio star, but is troubled by. Things about who framed roger rabbit you only notice as an.
Whats holding back the who framed roger rabbit sequel. A film noir detective story combined with cartoon characters just shouldnt work. Roger rabbit is the titular deuteragonist of the 1988 hybrid feature film who framed roger rabbit and the main protagonist of the short films and comics spun off from it. Eddie, daniel, roger and jessica rabbit must stop judge doom, dick dastardly and his army of animated villains. Being a toon, he often comes to strange conclusions and talks about unusual topics. He was also the official mascot of the broadcast television network, the american broadcasting company abctv. Inspired designs on tshirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world. Bugs bunny and daffy duck also appeared with donald ducks nephews, the. Roger rabbit shows us both the benefits and the dangers of laughing your butt off. Our movie of the week coverage continues by looking at the. A toonhating detective is a cartoon rabbits only hope to prove his innocence when he is accused of murder. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. Mel blanc voiced bugs bunny, daffy duck, porky pig, tweety bird, and sylvester.
I only recently found it on dvd and, remembering how much i enjoyed it back then, decided to purchase it. Roger rabbit is the titular deuteragonist of disneyamblins 1988 oscarwinning hybrid family comedy, who framed roger rabbit. Its a film noir that gives the maltese falcon a run for its money in the harddrinking p. In the film version, roger is a cartoon character in hollywood during the. Who framed roger rabbit 1988 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. At the center of the story is roger rabbit, a toon movie star on the run from the police after having been accused of murdering marvin acme, a human. Apr 29, 2020 my favorite cartoon character of all time, who happened to star in my favorite movie. Its 1947 hollywood and eddie valiant bob hoskins, mona lisa a downonhisluck detective, is hired to find proof that marvin acme, gag factory mogul and o. In addition, this is the only film in which warner brothers and disney. Baby herman is roger s major costar in the animated shorts in which they appear. Who framed roger rabbit is a 1988 liveactionanimated film produced by touchstone pictures, loosely based on the novel who censored roger rabbit. Roger rabbit is an anthropomorphic rabbit and the titular deuteragonist of the 1988 hybrid film who framed roger rabbit and the main protagonist of all shorts and comics spun off from it. Who framed roger rabbit 2 is the new liveactionanimation film based on the characters from other movies and cartoons. Though it featured cartoon characters, it was risque enough to feel inappropriate.
The film combines live action and animation, and is based on gary k. Who framed roger rabbit is a 1988 american fantasycomedy film directed by robert zemeckis and released by amblin entertainment, and touchstone pictures in june 22, 1988. Hoskins wasnt the same after who framed roger rabbit. Jun 22, 2018 thirty years ago, director robert zemeckis who framed roger rabbit. Roger rabbit benny the cab greasy psycho voice stubby kaye. With its noir murdermystery plot and abundance of cartoon characters, the film seemed to float somewhere in between adult and child audiences, too childish for the former and too risque for the latter.
A special effect intended to show liveaction, fleshandblood performers interacting with animated characters within the context of a work of fiction. Like who framed roger rabbit, this spidermovie, billed as a thrillomedy a thriller comedy in early 90s marketing speak, would be released by another disney imprint, hollywood pictures. Originating from toontown, roger had made a name for himself starring in several productions by maroon cartoons. Earlier drafts had jessica rabbit as the villain, and at one point, judge doom was. He was voiced by charles fleischer who would also go on to voice boris. He is an amalgamation of various classic cartoon characters. Who framed roger rabbit is a 1988 comedyfantasy film, produced by touchstone pictures. It will be produced by walt disney animation studios and disneytoon studios in association with spielbergs amblin entertainment, walden media, zemeckis imagemovers, kennedys the kennedymarshall company, distributed by. Jessica rabbit list of cameos in who framed roger rabbit roger rabbit judge doom toon patrol lena hyena eddie valiant benny the cab. Community content is available under ccbysa unless otherwise noted.
The actor who played the voice of roger, charles fleischer, insisted on wearing a roger rabbit costume while on the set, to get into character. Santino joel silver raoul raoul, director betsy brantley jessica rabbit, performance model kathleen turner jessica rabbit uncredited amy irving jessica rabbits. Who framed roger rabbit 2 is an upcoming liveaction2d3d computer traditional animated fantasycomedy film and a sequel to the first 1988 film of who framed roger rabbit. Thirty years ago, director robert zemeckis who framed roger rabbit. The original wild hare of an idea of mixing animated characters with real ones came from the 1981 novel who censored roger rabbit. He is also based on the most famous cartoon characters who were popular during the.
But who framed roger rabbit is a movielovers dream. Groundbreaking interaction between the live and animated characters, and lots. Recognizing a cast and crew of just over 800, who framed roger rabbit featured the. Bob hoskins and charles fleischer in who framed roger rabbit 1988. Who framed roger rabbit creators on how they broke all the. Hidden easter eggs, cameos, shout outs to classic cartoons. Roger shall always be my favorite bunny, and he and his friends will never leave my mind and heart. Who framed roger rabbit creators on how they broke all. Emmet brickowski, wyldstylelucy, batman, metalbeard, princess unikitty, prince puppycorn, vixicroc, richmond, dr. Who framed roger rabbit is sheer, enchanted entertainment from the first frame to the last a joyous, giddy, goofy celebration of the kind of fun you can have with a movie camera.
Autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. Who framed roger rabbit movie quotes rotten tomatoes. Roger is the titular anthropomorphic rabbit of the filma frantic, overanxious type who sometimes stutters even while he is screaming. Having since married a human woman, jessica, whom he loves dearly, he becomes distraught when photos by eddie valiant suggest she has been.
Charles fleischer as the voices of roger rabbit, benny the cab, greasy, and psycho. He is an anthropomorphic rabbit of the film a frantic, overanxious type who often stutters even. But im leaving you with your favorite friend roger. Who framed roger rabbit all toons sing together youtube. See more ideas about roger rabbit, favorite cartoon character and rabbit. Eddie and roger are on two opposite sides of the humor spectrum. The film is loosely based on gary wolfs 1981 novel who censored roger rabbit.
With bob hoskins, christopher lloyd, joanna cassidy, charles fleischer. She is one of the regular characters in the disney animated circle of friends and family, though she has appeared on sporadically as a featured character. Directed by robert zemeckis, it is a loose adaptation of who censored roger rabbit. Jul 26, 2019 this video is about who framed roger rabbit.
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