Tag: Who Framed Roger Rabbit
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Why Has Disney Never Made a Feature-Length Mickey Mouse Film?
Mickey Mouse and Disney are, in a word, inseparable. Mickey and his iconic mouse ears are peppered throughout Disney theme parks, toys, clothing, and more. He is the world’s most famous personality, with market researchers pegging his recognition rate at 97% in the U.S. alone, which is even higher than old Saint Nick. As far…
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Why Christopher Lloyd Wanted His Disney Villain, Judge Doom, To Give You Nightmares
The 1980s was probably the most weird-ass decade of Disney films in the studio’s history. It was also yours truly’s favorite era from a young age, a time in which the House of Mouse released some of the scariest and most twisted films it’s ever made in the hopes of regaining its cultural foothold after…
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Arthur Schmidt, Oscar-Winning Film Editor of ‘Forrest Gump,’ ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit,’ Dies at 86
Arthur “Artie” R. Schmidt, who won Oscars for editing Robert Zemeckis films “Forrest Gump” and “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” died Saturday at his home in Santa Barbara. He was 86.Schmidt and Zemeckis were longtime collaborators, having worked on a total of ten films together, including “Forrest Gump” (1994), the “Back to the Future” trilogy (1985-1990),…
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit & the Eternal Struggle For a Sequel
Released in 1988, Who Framed Roger Rabbit became a massive enough box office hit to become one of the biggest movies of the 1980s. It was a perfect storm of influences, mining nostalgia for classic cartoons with groundbreaking visual effects techniques to create truly unprecedented entertainment. Given that every scrap of 1980s media has been…
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‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ Coming to 4K Ultra HD
Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the groundbreaking comedy that blended animation and live-action in a way that blew everyone’s minds back in 1988, is coming to 4K. The Robert Zemeckis-directed film will make its 4K debut this December, loaded with special features and a reminder that once upon a time, Zemeckis made really cool movies and…
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Water Cooler: Ju-on: Origins, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, How To Sell Drugs Fast (Online), Muppets Now, Indiana Jones, Star Trek, Love on the Spectrum, The Boys, Ocean Waves
On the July 31, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson and writer Hoai-Tran Bui to discuss what they’ve been up to at the Water Cooler. Opening Banter: Comic Con at home, and Ben’s Lost-inspired office. At…
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Richard Williams, ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ Animator, Dies at 86
Renowned animator Richard Williams, best known for his work on “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” died Friday at his home in Bristol, England, Variety has confirmed. He was 86.Williams was a distinguished animator, director, producer, author and teacher whose work has garnered three Oscars and three BAFTA Awards. In addition to his groundbreaking work as the…
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Bob Hoskins Invented the Modern Blockbuster Performance in ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’
There is a man squatting at the lowest point of his personal and professional life. He’s a classic film-noir detective living from job to job in Hollywood in the late 1940s, the dark hero of an ’80s neo-noir. The man used to be on the Lapd, but now he’s just a hacky private investigator who’s…