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9 unusual facts about Who Framed Roger Rabbit?


Arthur P. Schmidt

One of Schmidt's sons, Arthur R. Schmidt, is also a notable film editor who has won Academy Awards for Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and Forrest Gump (1994).

Chic Johnson

The picture, a movie within a movie within a play within a movie, foreshadowed a style of comedy that would later find its way into the films of Mel Brooks, Who Framed Roger Rabbit and TV’s Mystery Science Theater 3000.

George and Junior

A grey or purple version of George made a cameo appearance in a brief headshot during the final scene of Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Goofy Gymnastics

The cartoon is also shown in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) during the scene where Roger and Eddie hide in a cinema.

Greasy

Greasy Weasel, the second-in-command of the Toon Patrol from the 1988 fantasy/comedy film, Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Ken Ralston

Ralston has won five Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, including a Special Achievement Oscar for the visual effects in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, and regular awards for his work on Forrest Gump, Death Becomes Her, Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Cocoon.

Mars Needs Moms

Simon Wells had known Zemeckis since the mid-1980s when he was supervising animator and storyboard artist for Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

National City Lines

The company ultimately dismantled these systems and replaced them with bus systems in what became known as the 'Great American streetcar scandal' and formed the inspiration for the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Warren Franklin

Warren's vfx credits include E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, The Witches of Eastwick, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and others.


America's Suitehearts

Wentz also stated that the music video was inspired by director Federico Fellini, as well as the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit?.

Cel

For example, a large "pan" cel depicting numerous characters from the finale of Who Framed Roger Rabbit sold for $50,600 at Sotheby's in 1989, including its original background.

Development of Bugs Bunny

In the Touchstone Pictures and Amblin Entertainment film, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the character can be seen walking through the Maroon Cartoon studio lot for a few seconds before the shot changes.

Fred Haggerty

He never played a major role, but appeared in few well-known films, including From Russia with Love (1963), The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) and did stunts in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988).

Live action

The term is also used within the animation world to refer to non-animated characters: in a live-action/animated film such as Space Jam, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, or Mary Poppins in which humans and cartoons co-exist, "live-action" characters are the "real" actors, such as Bob Hoskins and Julie Andrews, as opposed to the animated "actors", such as Roger Rabbit himself.

Randy Waldman

He has performed on hundreds of major studio film soundtracks including Forrest Gump, Back to the Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Ice Age, The Bodyguard, Beetlejuice, Mission: Impossible, Romancing the Stone, The Abyss, and Titanic.

Tadeo Jones

The mother (who is the caretaker of the family) was influenced by Lara Croft and the baby (who becomes the main enemy) was influenced from Who Framed Roger Rabbit and the eyes came from Dash from The Incredibles.

The Return of the Pink Panther

Richard Williams, the creator of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Thief and the Cobbler, and Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure, did the animated open and close titles for this picture and The Pink Panther Strikes Again, due to DePatie-Freleng's work on the Pink Panther shorts and other cartoon projects for TV and film.

Tony Anselmo

(Taylor voiced the nephews in DuckTales, Mickey's Once and Twice Upon a Christmas, Mickey's Speedway USA, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit).

Wally Walrus

Wally also made a cameo appearance amongst the crowd of Toons in a brief headshot during the final scene of Who Framed Roger Rabbit.


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