Principal live-action filming was done at Elstree Studio in Borehamwood, near London. It was a 20-minute trip by rail from St. Pancras Station. The producers initially budgeted for one puppeteer to be on set for several days. Instead, a core crew of seven puppeteers were on set for the whole …
The Disney-MGM Studio theme park at Walt Disney World opened on May 1, 1989. Who framed Roger Rabbit had been released the previous summer and it was a bona fide hit. Disney/Amblin was following up with a theatrical short, Tummy Trouble, to build the Roger Rabbit brand. The Roger Rabbit …
At the conclusion of Trail Mix-Up, the third Roger Rabbit short, the Old Predictable Geyser blasts a giant boulder towards Mount Rushmore. Mount Rushmore is animated in a wild Tex Avery-style ‘take’ immediately before being hit by the boulder. The film cuts to a large sculpture of the wild take. …
The Disney Animation Department in the late 1970s and early 1980s was moribund in the opinion of Brad Bird, and he was quite vocal in his opinion. It ultimately got him fired. He worked on ‘The Plague Dogs’, which was produced in the San Francisco Bay area. ‘The Plague Dogs’ …
Pubs were a part of the London culture and the Roger Rabbit crew had several favorite pubs in Camden Town. The Edinboro Castle is located on Mornington Terrace, about a ten-minute walk from The Forum. It was the location of a Roger Rabbit crew reunion held on September 25, 2015.
Animation for Who framed Roger Rabbit was produced at The Forum, 74-80 Camden Street, in the Borough of Camden, London. The Who framed Roger Rabbit production eventually occupied the top three stories of the five-story Edwardian warehouse/office building.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) Oscar ceremony was held at the old Shrine Auditorium on March 29, 1989. Who framed Roger Rabbit had been nominated for six Oscars. It won for ‘Best Achievement in Visual Effects’ (with Ken Ralston, Edward Jones, George Gibbs, and Richard Williams receiving …
Who Censored Roger Rabbit? was Gary K. Wolf’s fourth published novel. It was intended as the fourth book of a four-book contract with Doubleday, but Doubleday rejected it. They said that it was ‘not categorizable’ and nobody would know where to put it on the bookstore shelves. Wolf asked them …
The Disney Roger Rabbit development unit was led by Darrell Van Citters, as director, and Marc Stirdivant, as producer. It included Mike Giaimo, designer. Peter Seaman and Jeffrey Price had completed a screenplay, Malta Wants Me Dead, which was eventually produced by Disney as Trenchcoat – although it was not released …
The first public mention of a Roger Rabbit film was in the 1981 Walt Disney Productions Annual Report. Page 26 shows an early character design for Roger Rabbit. The caption states that the film was scheduled for a 1983 release. Marc Stirdivant was slated to be the producer and Darrell …
