a contemporary star such as Harrison Ford.
Also considered were Robert Redford,
Jack Nicholson, and Ed Harris.
Said Bob, "I got the job because I'm a bit
cartoonish looking myself, don't you think?"
Before Roger Rabbit, Actor Bob Hoskins
was in Mona Lisa (1986), which drew acclaim
and an Academy Award® nomination.
This put producers on his trail
to cast him as Eddie Valiant.
Alan Tilvern (R.K. Maroon)
spent his early days
as a street market pitchman
where he learned to use his voice in
different ways to lure prospective customers.
Using this skill,
Tilvern appeared in more than 50 films,
including Bhowani Junction (1956)
Superman (1978), Little Shop Of Horrors (1986),
and the TV mini-series "Anno Domini."
Co-Executive Producer
Steven Spielberg had already
created seven of the top ten
grossing movies of all time
when he stepped in to help bring
Who Framed Roger Rabbit to the screen.
Spielberg drew top talent to this project.
He personally negotiated for
the appearance in one film of characters
owned by various movie studios- a first.
Trusting his Roger Rabbit production team,
Spielberg spent a good deal of this time in
China, directing Empire of the Sun (1987).
The musical chairs play
"Stars and Stripes Forever"
by John Philip Sousa.
This scene was the first completed
effects section. It generated tremendous
excitement and enthusiasm in the crew.
In what movie
did this elephant learn to fly?
Dumbo (1941) tells the story of
a baby elephant with ears so large he can fly.
In what film did
this ostrich ballerina make her debut?
The Ostrich ballet dancer
Mademoiselle Upanova was first seen
in the "Dance of the Hours" segment
of Fantasia (1940).
These famous brooms gave
Mickey Mouse a difficult time
in the "Sorcerer's Apprentice"
sequence in Fantasia (1940).
Hyacinth Hippo was the prima ballerina
in the "Dance of the Hours"
segment of Fantasia (1940).
Eddie's stroll through Maroon Studios
involved more than 180 individual elements.
When assembled, the various cel and
film pieces were in stacks eight feet tall
for only 30 seconds of screen time.
Maleficent's Goons
(Sleeping Beauty, Disney, 1959).
Brer Bear (Song of the South,
Disney, 1946); Koko the Clown
("Out of the Inkwell" series,
Fleischer, beginning 1919).
Co-Executive ProducerSteven Spielberg
asked screenwriters Jeffrey Price
and PeterS. Seamen for an underlying
subplot that motivates the villain.
Remembering the corrupt
water works officials in Chinatown
the writers developed
Judge Doom's scheme for the demise
of Los Angeles' transit systems.
Cloverleaf Industries is a take-off
on the name for the winding ramps
of freeway interchanges
which from an overhead view
resemble a four-leaf clover.
In 1935, Los Angeles had one of
the largest mass transit systems
in the world, known as the Red Car.
Each year more than 3,000 electric
trains carried 80 million passengers
efficiently over a 75-mile radius.
Roger Rabbit satirises how certain
American corporations collaborated
to use fake companies as fronts
to privatise the nation's streetcar systems
and drive them out of business.
This created a heavier reliance
on automobiles, which consume
more oil and rubber products.
In 1949, the bogus companies
were convicted of violating the Sherman
Antitrust Act and fined $5,000 each.
By 1960, 88% of the nation's highly efficient
transit systems had been eliminated.
Eddie is in the Terminal Bar,
representing the transportation terminal
that was in downtown Los Angeles.
You can hear a train running
on one of the underground lines.
Since Bob Hoskins normally
speaks with a bit of English cockney,
he had to learn to sound American.
"It was tough. Accents are a pain.
It takes time. I really have to work at it,"
said Hoskins.
Joanna Cassidy left
her New Jersey home at 27
for a career in Hollywood
making her debut in
The Laughing Policeman (1972)
with Walter Matthau.
Before Roger Rabbit,