Other names tossed around included Robert Redford, Jack Nicholson, Sylvester Stallone, Wallace Shawn, Ed Harris, and Charles Grodin. Among those considered for the curmudgeonly private eye were Harrison Ford (who was too expensive), Chevy Chase (who was not interested in the part), and Bill Murray (who allegedly never got the message and was dismayed to learn he had missed such an opportunity). BOB HOSKINS WAS NOT THE FIRST PICK FOR EDDIE VALIANT.ĭirector Robert Zemeckis and producer Steven Spielberg communicated with a number of big name actors in regard to the casting of human protagonist Detective Eddie Valiant. The film’s credits ran for over 10 minutes, even without attribution for Jessica Rabbit’s voice actor, Kathleen Turner. Recognizing a cast and crew of just over 800, Who Framed Roger Rabbit featured the longest closing credit reel ever upon its release. THE FILM ALSO BROKE THE RECORD FOR LONGEST END CREDITS. ![]() Roger Rabbit held the designation until July 1991, ultimately falling to Terminator 2: Judgment Day, which cost $100 million. It topped the previous record holder, Rambo III (which had come out less than a month earlier), by about $12 million. ![]() IT WAS THE MOST EXPENSIVE MOVIE EVER MADE.Īt the time of its release on June 22, 1988, Who Framed Roger Rabbit boasted the highest budget of any film to date: a whopping $70 million (nearly $150 million in today's dollars). Here are a few interesting nuggets about the cartoon-live action classic, on the 30th anniversary of its release. I’ll be keeping my own eyes peeled for Judge Doom’s unbroken stare next time I sit down to watch this instant classic - which is kind of a funny thing to call Who Framed Roger Rabbit when you consider the early receptions for the film.As both a groundbreaking feat for the world of animation and an enjoyable crime comedy, Who Framed Roger Rabbit stands in a class all its own. I just like to find little things that make him even more evil, and that was that. It wasn’t really difficult, I’d just keep my eyes open as long as I could, try to time it out with the next take and all that. It makes him even more ominous, more scary, if he’s just looking like that. They’re not human, so I just felt Judge Doom should never blink. I just felt a toon doesn’t have to blink their eyes to remoisten their eyeballs. In 2020, the Back to the Future cast member revealed in the following quote from a Twitter video during a Disney+ Q&A why he decided to abstain from blinking when portraying the odd and sinister character: However, perhaps the real MVP of the (mostly) live action Who Framed Roger Rabbit cast is Christopher Lloyd, who went unnecessarily (but admirably) far with his performance as Judge Doom - who not only turns out to be the one who framed Roger Rabbit, but is really the Toon who killed Eddie’s brother in disguise. ![]() (Image credit: Disney) Christopher Lloyd Avoided Blinking While Filming Who Framed Roger Rabbit were able to retain the same look and feel of old school cartoons and still feel authentic in a three-dimensional world. So drawn animation, by its own nature, you have to invent.īy making these two-dimensional creatures "2.5-dimensional," as Richard Williams called it, Roger Rabbit and co. By doing it 2.5 dimensional, it looks like the old stuff, and the old stuff is inventive. It’s the invention, especially when you’re looking at those old cartoons, they’re doing crazy stuff. However, a year earlier, he was able to dish on his ideas of how to make the Toons appear especially life-like with what he described to The Wrap as "old stuff inserted into new stuff." He elaborates on this in the following quote: (Image credit: Disney) Animator Richard Williams Aimed To Make The Toons "2.5-Dimensional"Įarning a special Academy Award for his work on Who Framed Roger Rabbit was the film’s Canadian animation director, Richard Williams, who unfortunately passed away in 2019 at the age of 86.
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