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It's the story of a man, a woman, and a rabbit in a triangle of trouble.
Production
Go behind the scenes on the 1988 Family movie starring Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Charles Fleischer, Joanna Cassidy
Kathleen Turner, Mel Blanc, Stubby Kaye, Nancy Cartwright, Amy Irving, Frank Sinatra Update Cast
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Joel Silver's cameo as the director of the Baby Herman cartoon was a prank on Disney chief Michael Eisner by Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg. Eisner and Silver hated each other from their days at Paramount Pictures in the early '80s, particularly after the difficulties involved in making 48 Hrs. (1982). Silver shaved off his beard, paid his own expenses and kept his name out of all initial cast sheets. When Eisner was told, after the movie was complete, who was playing the director - Silver was nearly unrecognizable - he reportedly shrugged and said, "He was pretty good."Rewind Archive
Bob Hoskins watched his young daughter to learn how to act with imaginary characters. He later had problems with hallucinations. Hoskins son was reportedly furious that his father hadn't brought any of his cartoon co-stars home to meet him.Rewind Archive
Jessica Rabbit's speaking voice was performed by Kathleen Turner, and her singing voice was performed by Amy Irving. Turner was uncredited.Rewind Archive
Terry Gilliam considered directing this film, but decided it would be too difficult.Rewind Archive
Benny the Cab drives across a bridge while being pursued by the weasels. The bridge used crosses the freeway that runs by the Walt Disney Studio lot on Buena Vista Ave, in Burbank of Los Angeles County, California.Rewind Archive
This movie was in development as early as 1981. Charles Fleischer sounds zany enough as the eponymous star of this movie, but his unique tones weren't first pick. Disney was actually looking to use the voice of Paul Reubens, alias Pee Wee Herman, for the voice of Roger. I said it before and I'll say it again: Oh, what the possibilities could've been.Rewind Archive
Some scenes of Eddie Valiant in the taxi are actually drawings of Eddie Valiant instead of pictures of Hoskins.Rewind Archive
During filming, Charles Fleischer sometimes delivered Roger Rabbit's lines out of camera range while wearing a pair of rabbit ears, yellow gloves and orange over-alls.Rewind Archive
Judge Doom's conspiracy is based on a true story. In the 1930's, GM, Firestone Tires, Standard Oil, Phillips Petroleum and Mack Truck entered into a conspiracy to buy up trolleys nationwide and replace them with buses (running on their own products). The companies were convicted of violating the Sherman Antitrust Act in 1949 and fined $5,000 each.Thanks to John Edward Kilduff
Scenes were worked on that would've featured the Popeye characters, but they never made it into the final cut.Thanks to Michael Gardiner
Reportedly Disney stated that Mickey Mouse had to have exactly the same lines and air time as Bugs Bunny. Hence them being in all their scenes together.Thanks to Michael Gardiner
Reportedly Disney stated that Mickey Mouse had to have exactly the same lines and air time as Bugs Bunny. Hence them being in all their scenes together.Thanks to Bellina
Props carried by cartoon characters were puppeteered either with rods going downward or wires.Next Section: Deleted Scenes
Deleted Scenes
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Alternate Versions
Sometimes, there will be several versions of a movie floating about on cable, tv or video etc. Other times, a Director may release a special cut of the movie on Blu-ray or DVD.
The following versions of Who Framed Roger Rabbit are apparently real. If you disagree or have additional info, please update us.Thanks to Maria
Remember circa 1994, when the tech-savvy were watching movies on LaserDisc? There was this huge scandal that on the LaserDisc version of "Roger", there was a scene where, using freeze frame, a viewer could see up Jessica Rabbit's dress! Suddenly everyone was buying up the LaserDisc copy just for this 'extra feature'! Of course upon learning this, Disney immediately recalled the movie and erased this scene.Rewind Archive
Some versions have an extra scene: Eddie Valiant had gone into Toontown, ambushed by the weasels and had a pig's head "tooned" onto his. He went home and took a shower during which Jessica walks into his apartment. This scene was cut from the original release, but did appear in theatrical trailers and a television broadcast.Jump To: Filming Locations
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