Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Special Edition) [1988] | ![Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Special Edition) [1988]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GGMYJQQPL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Robert Zemeckis
Actors: Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy, Charles Fleischer, Stubby Kaye
Studio: Touchstone Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 2100
Format: Animated, Collector's Edition, Pal
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), English (Subtitled), Swedish (Subtitled), Norwegian (Subtitled), Danish (Subtitled), Finnish (Subtitled), Icelandic (Subtitled), Russian (Subtitled)
Rating: Parental Guidance
Region: 2
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 99 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5017188886802
ASIN: B000085RPU
Theatrical Release Date: June 22, 1988
Release Date: September 8, 2003
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Amazon.co.uk Review
This zany, eye-popping, knee-slapping landmark in combining animation with live-action ingeniously makes that uneasy combination itself (and the history of Hollywood) its subject. Who Framed Roger Rabbit is based on classic Los Angeles private-eye movies (and, specifically, Chinatown), with detective Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins) investigating a case involving adultery, blackmail, murder, and a fiendish plot to replace LA's once-famous Red Car public transportation system with the automobiles and freeways that would later make it the nation's smog capital. Of course, his sleuthing takes him back to the place he dreads: Toontown, the ghetto for cartoons that abuts Hollywood and that was the site of a tragic incident in Eddie's past. In addition to intermingling cartoon characters with live actors and locations, Roger Rabbit also brings together the greatest array of cartoon stars in the history of motion pictures, from a variety of studios (Disney, Warner Bros, MGM, Fleischer, Universal, and elsewhere): Betty Boop, Bugs Bunny, Mickey Mouse, Woody Woodpecker, Droopy Dog, and more! And, of course, there's Maroon Cartoon's greatest star, Roger Rabbit (voice by Charles Fleischer), who suspects his ultra-curvaceous wife, Jessica Rabbit (voice by Kathleen Turner: "I'm not bad; I'm just drawn that way"), of infidelity. Directed by Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, Contact), not since the early Looney Tunes' "You Oughtta Be in Pictures" has there been anything like Roger Rabbit. --Jim Emerson
Amazon.co.uk Review
The words unique and groundbreaking are often bandied around in cinema, but on its original release in 1988, Who Framed Roger Rabbit was a genuine landmark in filmmaking. It remains a movie that has lost none of its impact. While many special effects in the cinema have a tendency to date, what is most noticeable here is how vibrant and fresh the combination of real actors and animation still appears. Created long before the days of CGI and other computer-enhanced aids, the hand-drawn characters have a real frisson and life to them that stems from their cartoon heritage (Jessica Rabbit must still rank as one of the all time great screen sex symbols). The human performances are also superb, from Hoskins' downtrodden PI to Christopher Lloyd's insane villain. Those experiencing this film for the first time will find as much to enjoy here as those who saw it years ago. On the DVD: Who Framed Roger Rabbit on disc focuses both on the film's fun element and its background. A collection of Roger shorts is included, along with a deleted scene and a clever interactive game. The documentary charting the history of the film is a little brief and presented in an annoyingly crazy style, yet is full of fascinating snippets, particularly the pre-animation footage and the secrets of the special effects team. It is slightly disappointing that there is so little input from any of the movie's key figures, though. Technically, the film's original print and soundtrack has been given a digital overhaul, allowing Spielberg and Zemeckis' astounding vision to burst into life on the small screen. But in the end this impressive package could have delivered even more. --Phil Udell
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Groundbreaking and unsurpassed November 7, 2008
Peter Scott-presland (London)
The plot has been well-summarised in other reviews, but hats off first to animator Richard Williams, the man who not only created the cartoon characters but made them interact so convincingly with the humans. Nowadays we take computer animation so much for granted it would be easy to underestimate the complexity and painstaking detail involved in not only reproducing so many well-loved cartoon characters but integrating them, and the original toon characters of the movie, frame by frame, 14 to the second, for the full 99 minutes. You only have to compare this with previous attempts like Gene Kelly's dance with Jerry the Mouse in "Anchors Aweigh" Anchors Aweigh [1945] (REGION 1) (NTSC)], or the Sinbad sequence in "Invitation to the Dance" (currently unavailable), or Disney efforts like "The Three Caballeros" [[ASIN:B00005U1XY The Three Caballeros [1944] to see that this is in another class altogether. For all our gadgetry now, it's never been equalled.
Thanks too to Gary Wolf, who came up with the concept in the original novel. The film butchers the novel, but in a good way, because concepts only work if they are worked out down to the last frame and line of dialogue.
That's down to Jeffery Price and Peter Seaman, who wrote such a brilliant parody of film noir that operated on all levels, for children and adults, creating both a plot which would do credit to Raymond Chandler and dozens of references for movie buffs, while throwing in a hard left hook at the contemporary concrete squalor that is Los Angeles. Best line in the movie is Jessica Rabbit's: "I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way."
Hats off too to Bob Hoskins who has to carry most of the movie. Not only is his Eddie Valiant a notable addition to the canon that includes Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe, he never for a moment looks like he's acting to thin air, which he must have been for most of the time.
I've seen this movie at least ten times, and never tire of it. You can mine it for deeper meanings about the nature of love and loyalty, but really it's a perfect pick-me-up when you're feeling a bit depressed. And that's one of the things movies are for.
Great comic spin on crime movies and cartoons October 5, 2008
Chris Wood (UK)
This is a very inventive, technically brilliant cartoon. It has a lot of incredibly funny scenes and a great many superb comic in jokes.
For the time this was made, the special effects are stunning. This is a great piece of entertainment.
Brilliant! June 11, 2008
Jake M (England)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
No matter how many times I watch this movie, it never fails to make me laugh.
"Who Framed Roger Rabbit" is a masterpiece, a classic and this DVD is one that everyone should own with so many special features and extras of which are great bonuses.
FANTASTIC!! May 14, 2008
Mr. Jonathon Holmes (UK)
This is a brilliant family film. Bob Hoskins is great in this & has superb comic timing matched up against Roger Rabbit. Kathleen Turner is also brilliant as the voice of the sexy Jessica Rabbit. Special mention also goes to Christopher Lloyd as the baddy Doom. Lloyd (who was at the time in between doing his stints as Doc Brown in BTTF) delivers his line faultlessly. I can't say enough good things about this film. Well recommended!!
roger rabbit dvd January 10, 2008
K. Wyatt (england)
i really enjoy this dvd it is great for people who remember the film and it is very good for the children A++++++++++++++++++++++++
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