What has separated ‘Who framed Roger Rabbit‘ from other live-action/animation combination films is the extent to which interaction detail was added at times when ‘nobody was really looking.’ Kristian Williams outlined three reasons why ‘Who framed Roger Rabbit‘ has set the standard for both traditionally-animated films and CGI films… 1. …
The crews were invited to pre-release screenings of the film – on June 14 for the Burbank/Glendale screening and on June 19 for the London screening. An offer had been extended for attending the world premiere at Radio City Music Hall in New York City – it covered a …
The Los Angeles Conservancy organized a 30th anniversary charity screening of Who framed Roger Rabbit at the Los Angeles Theater on Broadway in historic downtown Los Angeles on June 16th. Over 1,500 people attended the screening in one of Los Angeles’ last grand movie palaces. Prior to the screening, …
Bob Zemeckis developed a real appreciation for vintage cartoons. The very early animators knew that their films would only ever be viewed on a theater screen for a period of weeks… and likely never seen again. Film rolls by at 24 frames per second and a single frame cannot be perceived consciously. …
Many people passed through the Roger Rabbit universe. Warwick Davis was at Elstree Studios, in the Traffic Department, for his school ‘gap year’ work term. Davis was 11-years-old when his grandmother heard a radio appeal for people under four-feet tall. It was a casting call for ewoks for ‘Return of the Jedi.’ Davis’ …
