Maroon tells Eddie that he blackmailed Acme into selling his company so he could sell the studio, then admits he only did so out of fear for the safety of the toons. Eddie goes to the studio to interrogate Maroon, leaving Roger to guard outside, but he is kidnapped by Jessica. As they leave with Dolores, Eddie sees a newsreel detailing the sale of Maroon Cartoons to Cloverleaf Industries, a mysterious corporation that bought the city's Pacific Electric transit system shortly before Acme's murder. They flee to a theater, where Eddie tells Roger about the tragic loss of his brother. Jessica approaches Eddie and says that Maroon forced her to pose for the photographs so he could blackmail Acme.ĭoom and his toon weasel henchmen discover Roger, but he and Eddie escape with help from Benny, a toon taxicab. Eddie reluctantly hides Roger in a local bar, where his girlfriend Dolores works. In his office, Eddie finds Roger, who begs him to help exonerate him. Eddie later runs into Roger's toon co-star, Baby Herman, who believes Roger is innocent and that Acme's missing will, which will give Toontown's ownership to the toons, may be the key to his murder. While investigating, Eddie meets Judge Doom, Toontown's sinister superior court judge, who uses a chemical substance capable of destroying the otherwise invulnerable toons known as "The Dip". The next morning, Acme is discovered dead in his factory and evidence points to Roger being responsible. After watching Jessica perform at an underground nightclub, Eddie secretly photographs her and Acme playing patty-cake in her dressing room, which he shows to Roger, who becomes distraught about his wife cheating on him. Maroon hires Eddie to investigate rumors about Roger's voluptuous toon wife Jessica being romantically involved with Marvin Acme, owner of both the Acme Corporation and Toontown. Maroon, head of Maroon Cartoon Studios, is concerned about the recent poor performances of one of his stars, Roger Rabbit. Private detective Eddie Valiant once worked closely with toons alongside his brother Teddy, but sank into depression and alcoholism after Teddy was murdered by a toon during a case. In 1947 Los Angeles, " toons" regularly interact with real people, act in animated shorts and films, and reside in an area known as Toontown.
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". 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. It brought a renewed interest in the Golden age of American animation, spearheading modern American animation and the Disney Renaissance. It grossed $329.8 million worldwide, becoming one of the highest-grossing films of the year. It received acclaim from critics, who praised its visuals, humor, writing and performances, with critics and audiences considering it to be "groundbreaking". The film was released through Disney's Touchstone Pictures banner on June 22, 1988. While filming, the production budget began to rapidly expand and the shooting schedule ran longer than expected. Production was moved from Los Angeles to Elstree Studios in England to accommodate Williams and his group of animators. Zemeckis was brought on to direct the film while Canadian animator Richard Williams was hired to supervise the animation sequences. Price and Seaman wrote two drafts of the script before Disney brought in executive producer Steven Spielberg and his production company, Amblin Entertainment. Walt Disney Pictures purchased the film rights for the film's story in 1981. 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 Acme Corporation's owner. The film stars Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Charles Fleischer, Stubby Kaye, and Joanna Cassidy. Wolf's 1981 novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit?.
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.
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