Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit reminds me of the days when Robert Zemekis used groundbreaking special effects to help tell his story – not to be his story. A remarkable achievement of live-action and 2D animation seamlessly blended, this film coined its own phrase within the special effects community - “bumping the lamp.”
The story follows detective Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins) as he investigates the murder of Marvin Acme, the owner of Toontown – a place where Disney and Warner Bros. characters film cartoons, and always share equal screen time. All signs of Acme`s murder point to one toon, the hysterically inept Roger Rabbit. Valiant, an avid toon-hater, must protect Roger and unearth the truth while navigating a bevy of unique characters in the Golden Age of Toontown (Hollywood). This is a film you have probably seen, but not recently, and is well worth another look.
