Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a 1988 American live-action/animated comedy mystery film directed by Robert Zemeckis, produced by Frank Marshall and Robert Watts, and loosely adapted by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman from Gary K. Wolf's 1981 novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit?. The film stars Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Charles Fleischer, Stubby Kaye, and Joanna Cassidy. Set in a 1947 version of Hollywood where cartoon characters (commonly referred to as "toons") and people co-exist, the film follows Eddie Valiant, a private investigator who must exonerate Roger Rabbit, a toon who has been framed for the murder of the owner of the Acme Corporation. Walt Disney Pictures purchased the film rights for the film's story in 1981. Price and Seaman wrote two drafts of the script before Disney brought in executive producer Steven Spielberg and his production company, Amblin Entertainment. Zemeckis was brought on to direct the film while Canadian animator Richard Williams was hired to supervise the animation sequences. Production was moved from Los Angeles to Elstree Studios in England to accommodate Williams and his group of animators. While filming, the production budget began to rapidly expand and the shooting schedule ran longer than expected. The film was released through Disney's Touchstone Pictures banner on June 22, 1988. It received acclaim from critics, who praised its visuals, humor, writing and performances, with critics and audiences considering it to be "groundbreaking". It grossed $329.8 million worldwide, becoming one of the highest-grossing films in the year. It brought a renewed interest in the Golden age of American animation, spearheading modern American animation and the Disney Renaissance. It won three Academy Awards for Best Film Editing, Best Sound Effects Editing and Best Visual Effects and received a Special Achievement Academy Award for its animation direction by Williams. In 2016, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
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Suggested by ccarbe6062
Idea: Direct sequel of Who Framed Roger Rabbit with characters from Disney, Hanna Barbera, DreamWorks, Nintendo, the Pokémon company, Cartoon Network, My Little Pony G4, Muppets, Discovery Kids (Tutenstein & Kenny the Shark), Undertale(Toby Fox), Doraemon, Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (Rankin/Bass), Bendy and the Ink Machine, Five Nights at Freddy’s & Cuphead | PLOT: Someone has an urge to bring Judge Doom back from the dead in order to not only get rid of Toontown, but also to erase and delete every single Toon and Pixel as well. Not only that, but that same someone was framing Jabberjaw for that crime, seeing that he gets no respect. Now Roger Rabbit’s son, Johnny, and Eddie Valiant’s grandson, William had to join forces with Perry the Platypus, Stitch (Lilo and Stitch), Skipper (Penguins of Madagascar), Doraemon, Kirby(Nintendo), Pikachu(Pokémon) and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in order to solve this dangerous case and rescue Jabberjaw from being dipped and protect all Pixels (video game characters) and Toons (cartoon characters) everywhere along with humankind in the world.
