Because today is my hubby's 50th birthday - Happy Birthday, Babe - I'm featuring one of his favorite old films. Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a 1988 live-action/animated film which blends traditional animation and live action. It is based on the 1981 novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit? by Gary K. Wolf. The film stars Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy, Stubby Kaye and the voices of Charles Fleischer and Kathleen Turner. This film was one of the last for voice artists Mel Blanc. The film's artists and technicians won four Oscars at the 61st Academy Awards ceremony in 1989. The film takes place in fictionalized Los Angeles during 1947, and animated "toons" are real beings who live and work alongside humans in the real world.
(From IMDB) It's the story of a cartoon character named Roger Rabbit (voice of Charles Fleischer) who exists along side of real humans. Eventually, it is revealed that Marvin Acme (Stubby Kaye), the owner of the Acme Company and of Toontown, has been murdered! But all fingers point to Roger Rabbit, a Toon star at Maroon Cartoons. But unfortunately the only person who can prove Roger's innocence is Toon hating Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins), a washed-up, alcoholic private detective who is reluctantly forced into helping when Roger hides in his apartment. It's up to Eddie to clear Roger's name and find the real evildoer before the villainous, power-hungry Judge Doom (Christopher Lloyd) goes on a mission to bring Roger to justice!
The character of Jessica Rabbit (Roger's wife) consists of several different actresses: Kathleen Turner as the speaking voice, Amy Irving as the singing voice, and Betsy Brantley as the performance model.
Although rated PG, this film does contain some mild profanity and violence.
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Happy Birthday to your hubby!
Forgot to mention that 'Roger Rabbit' was playing at the theatre where I met my husband (we both worked there.) We have a favorite line from that film that we say all the time: Roger says 'I do!' with his lips puckered out.
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