Who Framed Roger Rabbit ( Benny the Cab ) 1988
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a 1988 American fantasy comedy film[2] directed by Robert Zemeckis. The film combines live action and animation. The screenplay by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman is based on Gary K. Wolf’s novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit?, which depicts a world in which cartoon characters interact directly with human beings and animals.
“Why Don’t You Do Right (Get Me Some Money Too)”
You let other women make a fool of you
Why don’t you do right, like some other men do
Get out of here and get me some money too
You’re sittin’ down and wonderin’ what it’s all about
You ain’t got no money, they will put you out
Why don’t you do right, like some other men do?
Get out of here and get me some money too
If you had prepared twenty years ago
You wouldn’t be a-wanderin’ now from door to door
Why don’t you do right, like some other men do?
Get out of here and get me some money too
I fell for your jivin’ and I took you in
Now all you got to offer me’s a drink of gin
Why don’t you do right, like some other men do
Get out of here and get me some money too
Why don’t you do right, like some other men do
Like some other men do
Since the movie was being made by Disney, Warner Brothers would only allow the use of their biggest toon stars, Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, if they got an equal amount of screen time as Disney’s biggest stars, Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. Because of this, both sets of characters are always together in frame when on the screen.
CAST
Bob Hoskins … Eddie Valiant
Christopher Lloyd … Judge Doom
Joanna Cassidy … Dolores
Charles Fleischer … Roger Rabbit / Benny the Cab / Greasy / Psycho (voice)
Stubby Kaye … Marvin Acme
Richard LeParmentier … Lt. Santino (as Richard Le Parmentier)
Lou Hirsch … Baby Herman (voice)
Betsy Brantley … Jessica’s Performance Model
Charles Fleischer provides the voice of Roger Rabbit, an A-list Toon working for Maroon Cartoons. Roger is framed for the murder of Marvin Acme, and requests Eddie’s help in proving his innocence. To facilitate Hoskins’ performance, Fleischer dressed in a Roger bunny suit and ‘stood in’ behind camera for most scenes. Animation director Richard Williams explained Roger Rabbit was a combination of ‘Tex Avery’s cashew nut-shaped head, the swatch of red hair…like Droopy’s, Goofy’s overalls, Porky Pig’s bow tie, Mickey Mouse’s gloves and Bugs Bunny-like cheeks and ears.’ Fleischer also provides the voices of Benny the Cab and two members of Doom’s Weasel Gang, Psycho and Greasy. Lou Hirsch, who supplied the voice for Baby Herman, was the original choice for Benny the Cab, but was replaced by Fleischer
Although the film’s title is a question, no question mark appears in the title, as this is considered bad luck in the industry.
The three ingredients of the dip which ‘kills’ toons, (turpentine, benzene and acetone) are all paint thinners which are used to remove animation from cels
Eddie Valiant: You crazy rabbit! I’m out there risking my neck for you, and what are you doing? Singing and dancing!
Roger Rabbit: But I’m a toon. Toons are supposed to make people laugh.
Eddie Valiant: Sit down!
Roger Rabbit: You don’t understand. Those people needed to laugh.
Eddie Valiant: Then when they’re done laughing, they’ll call the cops. That guy Angelo would rat on you for a nickel.
Roger Rabbit: Not Angelo. He’d never turn me in.
Eddie Valiant: Why? Because you made him laugh?
Roger Rabbit: That’s right! A laugh can be a very powerful thing. Why, sometimes in life, it’s the only weapon we have.
[first lines]
Mrs. Herman: Mommy’s going to the beauty parlor, darling, but I’m leaving you with your favorite friend, Roger. He’s going to take very, very good care of you, because if he doesn’t… HE’S GOING BACK TO THE SCIENCE LAB.
[the Toons gather around Judge Doom’s remains]
Mickey Mouse: Gosh, I wonder who he really was?
Bugs Bunny: I’ll tell you one thing, Doc. He weren’t no rabbit.
Daffy Duck: Or a duck.
Goofy: Or a dog.
Pinocchio: Or a little wooden boy.
Big Bad Wolf: Or a… sheep.
Woody Woodpecker: Or a woodpecker.
Sylvester: Or a pussy.
Executive Producer Steven Spielberg’s first choice for Eddie Valiant was Harrison Ford, but Ford’s price was too high.t.
Mel Blanc voiced Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety and Sylvester, while Joe Alaskey voiced Yosemite Sam in place of the elderly Blanc (Who Framed Roger Rabbit was one of the final productions in which Blanc voiced the Looney Tunes characters before his death in 1989). Animation director Richard Williams voiced Droopy. Wayne Allwine voiced Mickey Mouse, Tony Pope voiced Goofy (the latter of which was also partially voiced by Bill Farmer) and The Big Bad Wolf, Russi Taylor voiced Minnie Mouse and some birds, Cherry Davis voiced Woody Woodpecker, Tony Anselmo voiced Donald Duck, Frank Welker voiced Dumbo, Mae Questel voiced Betty Boop, Pat Buttram, Jim Cummings, and Jim Gallant voiced several of Valiant’s animated bullets, Les Perkins voiced Mr. Toad, Mary Radford voiced Hyacinth Hippo from Fantasia, Nancy Cartwright voiced a Dipped shoe, and Peter Westy voiced Pinocchio.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit stars Bob Hoskins as private detective Eddie Valiant, who investigates a murder involving the famous cartoon character, Roger Rabbit.
The film co-stars Charles Fleischer as the eponymous character’s voice; Christopher Lloyd as Judge Doom, the villain; Kathleen Turner as the voice of Jessica Rabbit, Roger’s cartoon wife; and Joanna Cassidy as Dolores, the detective’s girlfriend.
Info
Production
companies |
Touchstone Pictures Amblin Entertainment Silver Screen Partners |
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Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution |
Release date
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June 22, 1988 |
Running time
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104 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $50.6 million |
Box office | $329.8 million |
Trivia
This movie is the first (and only, as of 2021) time cartoon characters from Walt Disney and Warner Brothers have appeared together on-screen.
QUIZ 1
Charles Fleischer did the voice of Benny The Cab and other voices in Who framed Roger rabbit. Which other Movie did he work with Christopher Lloyd ?
A. A million ways to Die in the West
B. Piranha 3DD
C. Back to the Future Part 2
D. Addams Family Values
Press for Answer
C. Back to the Future Part 2
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QUIZ 2
Which actor was almost cast as Eddie Valiant
A. Dan Aykroyd
B. Bill Murray
C. Robin Williams
D. Dustin Hoffman
Press for Answer
B. Bill Murray
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QUIZ 1
Charles Fleischer did the voice of Benny The Cab and other voices in Who framed Roger rabbit. Which other Movie did he work with Christopher Lloyd ?
A. A million ways to Die in the West
B. Piranha 3DD
C. Back to the Future Part 2
D. Addams Family Values
QUIZ 2
Which actor was almost cast as Eddie Valiant
A. Dan Aykroyd
B. Bill Murray
C. Robin Williams
D. Dustin Hoffman
On the Special Edition DVD, Robert Zemeckis recounts that he had stated in a newspaper interview that Bill Murray was his and executive producer Steven Spielberg’s original choice for the role of Eddie Valiant, but neither could get in contact with him in time. Bill Murray, in turn, has stated that 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
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