| Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Betsy Brantley |
Jessica Rabbit, performance model
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| Joanna Cassidy |
Dolores
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| Charles Fleischer |
Psycho [Voice] / Benny the Cab [Voice] / Greasy [Voice] / Roger Rabbit [Voice]
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| Bob Hoskins |
Eddie Valiant
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| Stubby Kaye |
Marvin Acme
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| Richard Le Parmentier |
Lt. Santino
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| Christopher Lloyd |
Judge Doom
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| Joel Silver |
Raoul Raoul, Director
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| Alan Tilvern |
R.K. Maroon
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| Kathleen Turner |
Jessica Rabbit (uncredited) [Voice]
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Animation; Comedy; Fantasy |
| Director |
Robert Zemeckis |
| Studio |
Buena Vista |
| Series |
(Vista Series) |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| Running Time |
104 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
| IMDb Rating |
7.4 |
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| Plot |
It's the story of a man, a woman, and a rabbit in a triangle of trouble.
In Robert Zemeckis's trailblazing combination of animation and live-action, Hollywood's 1940s cartoon stars are a subjugated minority, living in the ghettolike "Toontown" where their movements are sharply monitored by the human power establishment. The Toons are permitted to perform in a Cotton Club-style nightspot but are forbidden to patronize the joint. One of Toontown's leading citizens, whacked-out Roger Rabbit, is framed for the murder of human nightclub owner Marvin Acme (Stubby Kaye). Private detective Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins), whose prejudice against Toons stems from the time that his brother was killed by a falling cartoon piano, reluctantly agrees to clear Roger of the accusation. Most of the sociopolitical undertones of the original novel were weeded out out of the 1988 film version, with emphasis shifted to its basic "evil land developer" plotline —and, more enjoyably, to a stream of eye-popping special effects. With the combined facilities of animator Richard Williams, Disney, Warner Bros., Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, and George Lucas's Industrial Light and Magic, the film allows us to believe (at least for 90 minutes) that "toons" exist, and that they are capable of interacting with 3-dimensional human beings. Virtually every major cartoon character of the late 1940s shows up, with the exceptions of Felix the Cat and Popeye the Sailor, whose licensees couldn't come to terms with the producers. Of the film's newly minted Toons, the most memorable is Roger Rabbit's curvaceous bride Jessica (voiced, uncredited, by Kathleen Turner). The human element is well-represented by Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, and Joanna Cassidy; also watch for action-film producer Joel Silver as Roger Rabbit's Tex Avery-style director. — Hal Erickson |
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| Product Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
Standard 1.33:1 Color
Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic) |
| Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
786936073386 |
| Release Date |
2/3/2004 |
| Subtitles |
Danish; English; English for the hearing impaired; French; Icelandic; Norwegian; Russian; Swedish |
| Packaging |
Custom Case |
| Audio Tracks |
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
ENGLISH: DTS 5.1 [CC]
FRENCH: Dolby Digital Stereo
SPANISH: Dolby Digital Stereo |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
2 |
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Extra Features
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| Widescreen Dolby DTS Surround Sound |
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