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This 1988 film, is based off the novel Who Censured Roger Rabbit by Gary K. Wolf. Detective Eddie Valiant used to work with his brother in solving the crime's that plagued Toon Town, until his brother's death at the hands of a toon. Years later, Eddie is pulled into another case after being hired by R.K. Maroon to take some dirty photo's of Roger Rabbit's wife, Jessica Rabbit, and Marvin Acme. After taking the photo's Eddie receives news that Roger Rabbit is accused of murdering Marvin Acme out of jealousy. Eddie quickly finds himself pulled into a strange toony mystery.
Hard to believe this Touchstone Pictures produced film was released the summer that I was born. I suppose it's even harder to believe how few of today's audiences actually know about this film. This film was directed by Robert Zemeckis. This film pushed the limits of filmmaking and computer animated technology of the era. Between Bob Hoskins acting, the animation used, and the great voice acting this film is still amazing to watch in modern times. It even goes so far as to rival current films. From a brief synopsis I read about the novel it's not highly loyal to it, but keeps the characters. The story is a great mystery film that started oddly. It opens with a full fledged cartoon that reminds people of the classic cartoons from the 1940's (that pretty much no longer exist). When this film was first presented to audiences, most audience's walked out of the screening because they thought it was only a cartoon. The story remains at its heart a murder mystery with the classic film noir characters. It can be cheesy at moments, and can be overly comical with the toon characters. This film also has a great mix of toons from the Looney Tunes and Walt Disney toons, plus several others. It is mainly surprising because of the constant conflict this created between the two networks. Although there was conflict, it was great to see Donald Duck and Daffy Duck, and Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny, paired up in two scene's. The main musical score was great for adding that classic noir feel to it. The major complication with this film is that it isn't fully cartoon nor is it fully murder mystery. It pays a ton of homages to classic cartoons, and creates a few of its own.
The acting was well done for this film. The acting made this film highly believable. Bob Hoskins played the leading role of Eddie Valiant. Christopher Llyod played the character Judge Doom. He did great creating this menacing character who was truly terrifying. Charles Fleischer did the voices for Roger Rabbit, Benny the Cab, Greasy (weasel), and Psycho (weasel). He is great voicing these very different roles. Katleen Turner did the voice for Jessica Rabbit. She did great voicing this femme fatale. Lou Hirsch voiced Baby Herman. He did a great job creating a character caught between being a fifty year old man and trapped being a cartoon baby.
I give this film 5 out of 5 stars! It's got great technology, especially for its era. It has a great unique storyline that pays homage to the classics. Its also a great family film.
Answer to last blog: The name of the band that was featured in the film The Crow was called Hangman Joe's.
Que: What other film did actor Christopher Llyod and directed Robert Zemeckis work on together a year later?
Romancing the Stone
Back to the Future
The Pagemaster
The Addams Family
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This 1988 film, is based off the novel Who Censured Roger Rabbit by Gary K. Wolf. Detective Eddie Valiant used to work with his brother in solving the crime's that plagued Toon Town, until his brother's death at the hands of a toon. Years later, Eddie is pulled into another case after being hired by R.K. Maroon to take some dirty photo's of Roger Rabbit's wife, Jessica Rabbit, and Marvin Acme. After taking the photo's Eddie receives news that Roger Rabbit is accused of murdering Marvin Acme out of jealousy. Eddie quickly finds himself pulled into a strange toony mystery.Hard to believe this Touchstone Pictures produced film was released the summer that I was born. I suppose it's even harder to believe how few of today's audiences actually know about this film. This film was directed by Robert Zemeckis. This film pushed the limits of filmmaking and computer animated technology of the era. Between Bob Hoskins acting, the animation used, and the great voice acting this film is still amazing to watch in modern times. It even goes so far as to rival current films. From a brief synopsis I read about the novel it's not highly loyal to it, but keeps the characters. The story is a great mystery film that started oddly. It opens with a full fledged cartoon that reminds people of the classic cartoons from the 1940's (that pretty much no longer exist). When this film was first presented to audiences, most audience's walked out of the screening because they thought it was only a cartoon. The story remains at its heart a murder mystery with the classic film noir characters. It can be cheesy at moments, and can be overly comical with the toon characters. This film also has a great mix of toons from the Looney Tunes and Walt Disney toons, plus several others. It is mainly surprising because of the constant conflict this created between the two networks. Although there was conflict, it was great to see Donald Duck and Daffy Duck, and Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny, paired up in two scene's. The main musical score was great for adding that classic noir feel to it. The major complication with this film is that it isn't fully cartoon nor is it fully murder mystery. It pays a ton of homages to classic cartoons, and creates a few of its own.
The acting was well done for this film. The acting made this film highly believable. Bob Hoskins played the leading role of Eddie Valiant. Christopher Llyod played the character Judge Doom. He did great creating this menacing character who was truly terrifying. Charles Fleischer did the voices for Roger Rabbit, Benny the Cab, Greasy (weasel), and Psycho (weasel). He is great voicing these very different roles. Katleen Turner did the voice for Jessica Rabbit. She did great voicing this femme fatale. Lou Hirsch voiced Baby Herman. He did a great job creating a character caught between being a fifty year old man and trapped being a cartoon baby.I give this film 5 out of 5 stars! It's got great technology, especially for its era. It has a great unique storyline that pays homage to the classics. Its also a great family film.
Answer to last blog: The name of the band that was featured in the film The Crow was called Hangman Joe's.
Que: What other film did actor Christopher Llyod and directed Robert Zemeckis work on together a year later?
Romancing the Stone
Back to the Future
The Pagemaster
The Addams Family
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