Who Framed Roger Rabbit PG 1988 ‧ Family/Comedy ‧ 1h 44m

Great film

David Ridley

I remember watching this on BBC1 at Christmas 1993. Scared the absolute sh1t out of me! I was only 8 at the time and I remember that part where he fets reinflated! Terofied me!

David Ridley

When it looks like Angelo is going to rat out Roger in the bar, but then says the rabbit he's seen is Harvey right next to him. It's a fair assumption that this is a reference to another film called Harvey. Which is about a man who's seeing an invisible rabbit. At the time this film is set, Harvey was only a play which premiered four years previously in 1944. The first film didn't come out until 1950.

Daryl

oh its James B. Campbell

girlsdrinkfeck

only just realised ,lot of the music sounds the same as back to the future ,same music composer ?

girlsdrinkfeck

guess the movie is like smash bros. franchise ,even nintendo rivals will licence out their own IPs to be in the game

girlsdrinkfeck

And to answer your questions: 1) They built robots and puppets that moved real world items then animated over the animatronics. For example when Roger is smashing plates on his head in the bar, it's a robot arm that picks up the plate and smashes it on a spike. here is a behind the scenes photo https://video-images.vice.com/_uncategorized/1490298718161-image05.jpeg?resize=800:* 2) It's Disney made, but they licensed characters from Fleischer, MGM and Warner (And used Felix the cat in a photo without getting permission). Apparently the Warner lawyers were timing the amount Bugs and Mickey were on screen with stop watches to make sure they got perfectly Equal time. By all accounts it was nightmare to keep all the studios happy and probably why a sequel was never made. Can I suggest the movie Hook (1991) to be added to the movie poll Josh?

Danny

Oh wow, that is awesome. I really enjoyed that scene.

After Work Reactions

My favorite movie, there has never been a movie before or since that combines the live action and cartoon elements in such a way that you completely forget the actors can't see them, in this it's completely convincing.

Danny

There's an absolutely filthy joke towards the end of the film, where Jessica says "Roger, I've always loved you, more than any woman has ever loved a rabbit". Note that the rabbit vibrator range of sex toys (best known today for the Rampant Rabbit vibrator) were first launched in 1984, 4 years prior to this film's release. In fact, the connection came full circle following the release of the film, when the Jessica Rabbit vibrator was released into the market.

Right Said Brett

PATTYCAKE PATTYCAKE PATTYCAKE

Richard M

FUN FACT #2: Judge Doom's killer dip is stated as having ingredients consisting of a mixture turpentine, benzene and acetone, all of which are the paint thinners commonly used by 2D animation artists in order to erase animation cells.

Right Said Brett

I look forward to watching this back! Been years since I've seen it! Thanks Josh! I have a recommendation for you, Josh, especially for Christmas. I see that Britbox UK now has "Bernard and the Genie" available to watch. Not sure if it's a recommendation you've been given before. It's a Christmas made for TV film starring Alan Cumming, Lenny Henry and Rowan Atkinson and written by Richard Curtis (who co-wrote Blackadder.) . Atkinson is in his element as the villain and it's a story about a man and a Genie set in the lead up to Christmas. That's all you need to know really but I genuinely think it's one you'd love. It's quite short, not quite feature length, at 70 minutes. I still have a copy on VHS and have watched almost every year since it was released at Christmas 1991.

Ash Jeffries

There are some good making of things on this film, well worth watching. Bob Hoskins used to say making this messed with his head for months afterwards. He'd learned to hallucinate to make the movie but couldn't shut it all off afterwards.

Mr K

The version I saw as a kid recorded from TV had the bit with the shoe going into the dip cut out - wasn't until I was in my 20s that I saw the full thing. They also cut a lot of the scarier Doom scenes towards the end, crucially the big reveal of who he really was

DS292

That scene with the poor shoe in the dip is so graphic. Watching it as a kid I felt like I shouldn't be watching it, like it was something out some R rated movie or something. I still feel bad seeing it now

Danny

Josh: You mentioned not seeing Disney in the credits. That's because this film marked an unusual occasion in Hollywood whereby various studios all agreed to license their cartoon characters for use in the film, but there were some wild stipulations. For example, Disney and Warner Bros. only agreed to license their characters providing that they each receive equal screen time. So, the filmmakers had to ensure that the likes Daffy Duck and Donald Duck got equal screen time, to the second. Incidentally, the scene of said characters having a rival piano contest in the bar is an allusion to the rivalry between Disney and Warner Bros.

Right Said Brett

I think everyone was scared by the baddie as a kid weren't they? Esp. the bit at the end.

Saul

"This movie is technically very impressive, in the thirty-something years since it's been released, no other movie has really improved upon the format of live action and animation combined." Totally agree. The consistency of the live action stuff and the cartoon stuff, the way they both work together without ever jarring, it's stunning. That's the thing that's stuck with me after I grew up, how amazing it looks.

Saul

Have you seen Back to the Future Josh? I almost assume everyone has seen it, but I figured I'd mention it as it's the same director as this. If you haven't seen it I'd recommend it for the poll. This movie is technically very impressive, in the thirty-something years since it's been released, no other movie has really improved upon the format of live action and animation combined. In answer to one of your questions near the beginning Josh, it's not a Disney movie, but both Disney and WB agreed to let their characters be used, as long as they each had equal screen time. For example, Bugs Bunny has the same amount of scenes has Mickey Mouse. This was a surprising win, but I'd much rather see movies like this on here compared to stuff like Mean Machine ... actually Josh mentioned the Super Mario Bros movie, I'd rather see that than whatever genre Mean Machine is, and I'm not kidding!

Ben

It's kinda depressing to think that to most Americans, Bob Hoskins simply is "that Mario guy", given that it's arguably the worst movie of his entire career (and certainly the one that Hoskins was most ashamed to have starred in). Guy was a national treasure to us Brits and he appeared in many superb films and TV series throughout his career.

Right Said Brett

Haha, 'that's Mario'. I think you mean the 'it's good to talk guy' lol. That's Bob Hoskins (or Hos Bobskins as my mates call him). In the 90's he used to be the face of BT (British Telecom) ads, with the catchphrase 'It's good to talk'. Among a whole career of different films etc.

Steve Read

FUN FACT: Judge Doom's true toon identity is Pistol Packin' Possum. A poster for said character can be seen on the wall of R.K Maroon's office in the scene where an assassin (Judge Doom) murders R.K. Maroon. The camera makes a point of aligning the reflection of the gun used to murder R.K. Maroon with the gun being brandished by Pistol Packin' Possum on the poster and it's the same gun. Furthermore, Pistol Packin' Possum has the same crazy red eyes as Judge Doom. It's a great subtle detail in a fantastic movie.

Right Said Brett

Same here 😂

Liam

I don't know whether to watch this or not lol