Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) - The Internet Animation Database

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Release Date : June 24, 1988

Cumulative rating:	(9 ratings submitted)

Associated Studio(s)

Amblin Entertainment

Walt Disney Animation UK Limited

Industrial Light & Magic

Synopsis

A human detective must clear a toon rabbit's name when he's framed for a murder.

Hashtag(s)

#NationalFilmRegistry

Characters

Roger Rabbit
(Voice: Charles Fleischer)

Jessica Rabbit
(Voice: Kathleen Turner)

Baby Herman
(Voice: Lou Hirsch)

Mickey Mouse
(Voice: Wayne Allwine)

Bugs Bunny
(Voice: Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc)

Donald Duck
(Voice: Tony Anselmo)

Daffy Duck
(Voice: Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc)

Tweety
(Voice: Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc)

Betty Boop
(Voice: Mae Questel)

Droopy
(Voice: Richard Williams)

Woody Woodpecker
(Voice: Cherry Davis)

Goofy
(Voice: Tony Pope)

Minnie Mouse
(Voice: Russi Taylor)

Yosemite Sam
(Voice: Joe Alaskey)

Sylvester
(Voice: Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc)

Wile E. Coyote

Road Runner

Daisy Duck

Speedy Gonzales

Pluto

Hyacinth Hippo

Benny the Cab
(Voice: Charles Fleischer)

J. Thaddeus Toad
(Voice: Les Perkins)

Big Bad Wolf
(Voice: Tony Pope)

Dumbo

Brer Bear

Tinker Bell

Pinocchio
(Voice: Peter Westy)

Toby Tortoise

Jose Carioca

Snow White

Dopey (II)

Marvin the Martian

Foghorn Leghorn

The Reluctant Dragon

The Do-Do Bird

Porky Pig
(Voice: Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc)

Clarabelle Cow

Caricatures

Steven Spielberg

Robert Zemeckis

Richard Williams

Frank Sinatra

Music Sources

Friend, Cliff and Dave Franklin : "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down "

Meskill, Jack, Charles O'Flynn & Max Rich : "Smile, Darn Ya, Smile "

McCoy, Joe : "Why Don't You Do Right? "

Coleman, Cy & Carolyn Leigh : "Witchcraft "

Liszt, Franz : "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 "

Awards

Won the 1988 Academy Award (Oscar): Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing

Won the 1988 Academy Award (Oscar): Best Film Editing (Arthur Schmidt)

Won the 1988 Academy Award (Oscar): Best Effects, Visual Effects

Nominated for the Academy Award (Oscar): Best Cinematography

Nominated for the Academy Award (Oscar): Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

Nominated for the Academy Award (Oscar): Best Sound

Won the 1989 Academy Award (Oscar): Special Achievement Award (Richard Williams) (For Animation Direction and Creation of the Cartoon Characters)

Won the 1990 Saturn Award: Best Fantasy Film

Nominated for the Saturn Award: Best Actor (Bob Hoskins)

Nominated for the Saturn Award: Best Supporting Actor (Christopher Lloyd)

Nominated for the Saturn Award: Best Supporting Actress (Joanna Cassidy)

Won the 1990 Saturn Award: Best Director (Robert Zemeckis)

Nominated for the Saturn Award: Best Writing (Jeffrey Price)

Nominated for the Saturn Award: Best Writing (Peter S. Seaman)

Nominated for the Saturn Award: Best Music (Alan Silvestri)

Won the 1990 Saturn Award: Best Special Effects

Nominated for the American Cinema Editors: Best Edited Feature Film

Won the 1988 Annie Award: Best Individual Achievement: Technical Achievement (Richard Williams)

Won the 1989 BMI Film & TV Awards: BMI Film Music Award (Alan Silvestri)

Nominated for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA): Best Screenplay - Adapted

Nominated for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA): Best Cinematography

Nominated for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA): Best Editing

Nominated for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA): Best Production Design

Won the 1989 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA): Best Special Effects

Milestones

First time that Disney and Warner Bros. characters appear on-screen together.

Trivia

Based on the novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit? by Gary K. Wolf.
According to Mark Kausler, Chuck Jones originally storyboarded the Donald Duck and Daffy Duck piano duel, but director Robert Zemeckis wasn't fond of them. Kausler and Joe Ranft reboarded the sequence to what is seen in the final film.
At an estimated budget of $70 Million, this was the most expensive film of the 1980's produced. It also had the longest on-screen credits for a film.
Among the actors that were considered for the role of Eddie Valiant were Dan Aykroyd, Robin Williams, Rowan Atkinson, Charles Grodin, Robert Redford, Harrison Ford (Steven Spielberg first choice for the character, but his price was too high), Sylvester Stallone, Jack Nicholson, Ed Harris, Steve Martin, Leslie Nielsen, Wallace Shawn, Eddie Murphy, Chevy Chase, Danny DeVito, John Travolta, Tom Hanks, Mickey Rourke, Richard Gere, Michael Keaton, Dudley Moore, Michael Biehn, Gene Hackman, Joe Pesci, Robert De Niro, kurt Russell, and Bill Murray. Robert Zemeckis recounts that he had stated in a newspaper interview that Bill Murray who was director Robert Zemeckis and executive producer Steven Spielberg's original choice for the role (according to a statement in a newspaper), but neither could get in contact with him in time. Bill Murray stated when he read the interview, he was in a public place, but he still screamed his lungs out, because he would have definitely accepted the role. In addition, Don Lane and Peter Renaday auditioned for the role. The latter in the test footage with an animated Jessica Rabbit (animated by Darrell Van Citters), resembled Eddie Valiant as he appeared in Gary K. Wolf's book: slender and with a beard.
Among the considerations for Judge Doom were Jon Voight, Robin Williams, Sting, Roddy McDowall, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Sir Christopher Lee who turned down the role. In addition, Tim Curry auditioned for the role but Robert Zemeckis, Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and Michael Eisner found his performance quite terrifying.
Paul Reubens and Eddie Deezen were considered for the voice of Roger Rabbit.