What's crazy is the fact that this movie STILL looks as real as it did back then... there are some recent movies that pale in comparison. These guys were geniuses.
DwRockett Always wondered. This and T2 really raised the bar for computer effects. I realize this isnt cgi but hand drawn which blows my mind. But you look at this and T2 with what they had and I think nothing today should look fake. This documentary cements Roger Rabbit in my top 10
Boondock Cleric This movie was actually pretty old fashioned when it comes to special effect techniques...and it's completely done with optical compositing while T2 entirely uses digital compositing. But these are great movies, no matter what went into making them.
@@thegreatagitator4675 @Boondock , yep, basically its done with the same tech as Star Wars and Jedi had premiered 5 or 6 years before when Roger finally hit the movie theatres so..its almost no difference between A New Hope in 1977 and this one in '88
Bob Hoskins was simply amazing, it's unbelievable how good he was. Looking at those dailies is eye opening. The whole movie could work without the animation, it would really be an invisible man movie or the story of a crazy guy who hallucinates a rabbit haha. A lot of actors had to deal with acting with CGI characters in later years but it's important to remember that they had guys in green or blue suits there or puppets that would be simply erased by computers. It's a whole different thing when you have nothing to look at and Bob just looks away and then finds the spot to look at flawlessly again.
I've seen some good movies that combined animation with live-action like Space Jam,Looney Tunes:Back In Action,Enchanted,Tom And Jerry,Cool World(Cool World was a truly insane underrated movie that a lot of people just didn't understand at all)and so on but Who Framed Roger Rabbit has not been topped to this day,I would absolutely agree with that.
This is by far one of the best films I’ve ever seen. I still can’t comprehend how they put this all this together despite this amazing behind the scenes. I love this movie!
The makers of the film were kind of tip-toeing around it with Jessica Rabbit but I'm sure that it occurred to the filmmakers and the animators that there were people who wanted to.... well,you get the idea. It was the same thing at play with the movie ''Cool World'' and the character ''Holli Would''. So of course that Jazz band would have that kind of music theme for Jessica Rabbit.The music theme for her is pretty much porno music(fittingly, I guess).
Part of what makes this film so special is how far the production team went to make it work. It was a combined effort of everyone involved which resulted in the masterpiece this is. I don't think we'll ever get a movie this good that combines animation and live action in such a masterful way.
engy.K I don't know what book it is but now I must have it becuase I would looooooooooove to animate like him and draw like him. What is the name of the book?
I'm taking a lot of his advice and applying it to comic books that I'll be writing(in some of the comics that I'll be writing,I'm going to have characters who are ''real people'' interacting with cartoon characters and there'll also be a dimension of living cartoon characters).
Alan Silvestri also worked on other films, such as the "Back to the Future" trilogy, "Forrest Gump", "Stuart Little", "Stuart Little 2", "Captain America: The First Avenger", "Marvel's The Avengers", and "The Croods."
Nobody knew it at the time but this movie laid a lot of the groundwork for future films where CG characters had to interact with live actors. So Roger Rabbit, JAR JAR BINKS IS YOUR FAULT!
It also was responsible for starting the Disney Renaissance of the 90s. If it wasn't for this film, Disney wouldn't have made "The Little Mermaid" as they wouldn't have the confidence to release another animated movie.
It's basically responsible for all animation that came forward after its release. It basically jumpstarted the Second Golden Age of Animation like Disney Channel, Kids WB, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon and so fourth. Not to mention the Disney Renaissance, the boom of other studios releasing cartoon movies and shaping up the modern day live action/animated movies (including Space Jam, Rocky and Bullwinkle movie, Looney Tunes Back in Action), etc. Yeah it's safe to say its influence is pretty significant haha. A massive movie ahead of its time. It deserved to be preserved by the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 2016.
And now, after 3 years of your comments, when the Last Jedi came out, JarJar doesn't seem as bad as before :) enter: Rose Tico, Snooke Admiral Holdo and worst of all... . . . (drumroll) . . . (the new) Leia "Spacewalk" Organa
the animation was brilliant. kids probably thought that you could go to CA and there would be toontown where toons live amongst people. Even the shadows on the animated characters was perfect.
I loved this movie! I think Bob Hopkins did a wonderful job in this movie :) I wish they would of made a Who Framed Roger Rabbit 2...i think it would of been an amazing movie to see. But im sad that Bob Hopkins died because he was an amazing guy and actor.
Bob Hoskins should've won an Oscar for Who Framed Roger Rabbit. And the fact that he wasn't even nominated, proves that the Academy Awards doesn't respect animation at all.
What a great movie, and very impressive how they made it. Between roger rabbit and home alone, there are no movies i have spent more time watching. lol
I watch this movie in 2020, and search this documentary, to make more appreciate the movie and to know how make this possible? and the answer is "all great because hard work".
If they think I'm wearing a diaper, they got another thing coming. XD This is no way I'm walking around on the set with a diaper on. 12:02 that cracks me up
I think that the voice actor for Roger Rabbit came across as being a little....off. Especially with wearing that ridiculous bunny outfit and that look in his eyes in the interview. Just because you're voice-acting a character doesn't mean that you have to dress up like them,I'm sorry but that's absurd and idiotic, quite frankly and it makes him sound crazy.... BUT hey,I guess whatever works for you and he did give a great performance voicing Roger Rabbit so I guess it worked out in the end.
Dose any1 realise how much the actors had 2 focus on a cartoon that isn’t real it’s amazing god bless bob hoskins. This film made me love bob hoskins he’s amazing what a great loss
Tron and Who Framed Roger Rabbit were both groundbreaking films of the 1980s because they were pioneers in special effects. Both films were made by the Walt Disney Company.
I would suggest you check out The Amazing World of Gumball. This was a big inspiration for the creator of that show as it uses mixed media as well and is very creative
James Cameron once said of Neyteri in Avatar to the concept designer of the movie and special effects people that ''the audience has to want to f*** her''. There's absolutely no way that I'm going to ever believe that the filmmakers and animators weren't thinking that about Jessica Rabbit when they made Who Framed Roger Rabbit. It must have crossed their minds with designing the character that way. They never say anything even close to that in the interviews but I'm sure that was part of their logic with drawing Jessica the way that they did-it's the same thing with ''Holli Would'' in ''Cool World''.
Yes Steven it was a brake though amazing film when it was made plus the toons really look like there right with the real actors amazing & plus the late great bob hoskins best man & actor every 2 play Eddie
would be interesting in how they would make Who Framed Roger Rabbit now a days.. same actors everything.. would it be more like Toy Story 3 and such...
I don't think that it could be made now. Mixing all of the Intellectual Properties would be really hard nowadays. I think that it could be done with public domain characters but not with trademarked characters the way that Who Framed Roger Rabbit did it.
@@JR-ju3kj no it would not be made today, just look at sony and Marvel in how they deal with each other about who own spiderman lol this movie is a once in a life time event
@@BenJabituya You don't understand. Back to the Future was made FIRST before the other two Back to the Future. While Who Framed Roger Rabbit was made FIRST before Back to the Futures 2 & 3.
Mr. Fleischer's method acting is so tame by todays standards in comparison to the like of, say, Jared Leto's Joker. Imagine that, a cartoon rabbit being more believable than a clown? Wacky!
What's crazy is the fact that this movie STILL looks as real as it did back then... there are some recent movies that pale in comparison. These guys were geniuses.
In short, this film was an ABSOLUTE miracle. This film will be infinitely timeless. One of THE most important films for film & animation PERIOD!
This was the movie that made me want to be an animator, but it was this documentary that confirmed it.
Every single time I watch this movie I’m floored by the effort and attention to detail invested by the creators.
Today Bob Hoskins has died at the age of 71. He was not only a great actor but a great man.
Erik Nelson RIP Bob Hoskins.
And Richard Williams died a few days ago
@@troyandrew6154 more like a year ago…🥲
Both are geniuses. Btw Bob was basically british which was pretty surprising for me.
@@BrandonKohout
Hard to believe he died before Christopher Lloyd. If we ever get a sequel it is going to have a completely new human cast.
Man, the way they managed to do this, still incredibly impressive
DwRockett Always wondered. This and T2 really raised the bar for computer effects. I realize this isnt cgi but hand drawn which blows my mind. But you look at this and T2 with what they had and I think nothing today should look fake. This documentary cements Roger Rabbit in my top 10
Boondock Cleric
This movie was actually pretty old fashioned when it comes to special effect techniques...and it's completely done with optical compositing while T2 entirely uses digital compositing. But these are great movies, no matter what went into making them.
@@thegreatagitator4675 @Boondock , yep, basically its done with the same tech as Star Wars and Jedi had premiered 5 or 6 years before when Roger finally hit the movie theatres so..its almost no difference between A New Hope in 1977 and this one in '88
This movie holds up. It will for 1,000,000,000+ years. timeless.
Bob Hoskins was simply amazing, it's unbelievable how good he was. Looking at those dailies is eye opening. The whole movie could work without the animation, it would really be an invisible man movie or the story of a crazy guy who hallucinates a rabbit haha. A lot of actors had to deal with acting with CGI characters in later years but it's important to remember that they had guys in green or blue suits there or puppets that would be simply erased by computers. It's a whole different thing when you have nothing to look at and Bob just looks away and then finds the spot to look at flawlessly again.
Roger Rabbit Minus Roger Rabbit?
So no judge doom? bc hes a toon
And plus does that mean that Jessica and roger aren't really tied up by judge doom?
The thought of having Disney and Looney Tunes characters together was amazing
I don't think that a movie like Who Framed Roger Rabbit could be made today.
I agree and is actually why I looked up the making of. Because I seen bugs bunny and Mackey mouse 🤯
I remember seeing this on I think HBO as a kid. I was in awe of cartoons & people interacting & living together. I'm still in awe of this movie.
To this day this is the most impressive animation work I’ve seen. Has not been topped.
I've seen some good movies that combined animation with live-action like Space Jam,Looney Tunes:Back In Action,Enchanted,Tom And Jerry,Cool World(Cool World was a truly insane underrated movie that a lot of people just didn't understand at all)and so on but Who Framed Roger Rabbit has not been topped to this day,I would absolutely agree with that.
Would anyone else love to see the film without the toons just to appreciate all the practical effects?
This is by far one of the best films I’ve ever seen. I still can’t comprehend how they put this all this together despite this amazing behind the scenes. I love this movie!
One of the biggest surprises in this documentary is that Bob Hoskins is British
Great film... the scene where Lloyd put the shoe in the acid, crushed me as a child.
I STILL cant watch that scene... so sad.
:(
@@ptcreations8947 same ☹️
He could of used a non living toon object like that mallet with the extractable armed boxing glove
I don't know how the effects still hold up so well 34 years later.
Meanwhile CGI for movies 5 years ago don't hold up anymore.
The way that Jazz band did the music theme for Jessica Rabbit... they nailed it! haha
The makers of the film were kind of tip-toeing around it with Jessica Rabbit
but I'm sure that it occurred to the filmmakers and the animators that there were people who wanted to.... well,you get the idea.
It was the same thing at play with the movie ''Cool World'' and the character ''Holli Would''.
So of course that Jazz band would have that kind of music theme for Jessica Rabbit.The music theme for her is pretty much porno music(fittingly,
I guess).
Part of what makes this film so special is how far the production team went to make it work. It was a combined effort of everyone involved which resulted in the masterpiece this is. I don't think we'll ever get a movie this good that combines animation and live action in such a masterful way.
Who framed Roger rabbit is like one of my favourite films. Watching it yesterday. Love it every time I see it
Never would have expected such a complicated rig for the cigar.
fr........i was thinking it on some springy type thing
This movie is just superb - Grandiose - even 25 years after.
If my calculations are correct, when Who Framed Roger Rabbit hits 30th Anniversary, you're gonna see some serious shit.
Brandon Kohout we haven’t seen anything at all ...
Richard Williams is a great animator until now learning from his books the rules of animation!
engy.K I don't know what book it is but now I must have it becuase I would looooooooooove to animate like him and draw like him. What is the name of the book?
@@bigboomer1013 he said the title "the animators survival kit"
@@bigboomer1013 you should also get disney's "illusion of life"
I'm taking a lot of his advice and applying it to comic books that I'll be writing(in some of the comics that I'll be writing,I'm going to have characters who are ''real people'' interacting with cartoon characters and there'll also be a dimension of living cartoon characters).
The special effects are so perfect as to blend, so you DONT NOTICE the physical interaction. The rooms seem physical
Rest in peace, Bob Hoskins.
Alan Silvestri also worked on other films, such as the "Back to the Future" trilogy, "Forrest Gump", "Stuart Little", "Stuart Little 2", "Captain America: The First Avenger", "Marvel's The Avengers", and "The Croods."
I was 11yo when I saw this movie. I loved it then.... I still love it now. A forever classic.
Seeing the gun floating in the middle of air just made me giggle.
This movie turns 30 this year!
SHIT WAS INCREDIBLE!! Who framed Roger Rabbit is a fucking classic
Damn Right This Film Set The Tone For The Little Mermaid a Year Later in 1989 With Who Framed Roger Rabbit Was a Box Office Hit!
Nobody knew it at the time but this movie laid a lot of the groundwork for future films where CG characters had to interact with live actors.
So Roger Rabbit, JAR JAR BINKS IS YOUR FAULT!
It also was responsible for starting the Disney Renaissance of the 90s. If it wasn't for this film, Disney wouldn't have made "The Little Mermaid" as they wouldn't have the confidence to release another animated movie.
It's basically responsible for all animation that came forward after its release. It basically jumpstarted the Second Golden Age of Animation like Disney Channel, Kids WB, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon and so fourth. Not to mention the Disney Renaissance, the boom of other studios releasing cartoon movies and shaping up the modern day live action/animated movies (including Space Jam, Rocky and Bullwinkle movie, Looney Tunes Back in Action), etc.
Yeah it's safe to say its influence is pretty significant haha. A massive movie ahead of its time. It deserved to be preserved by the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 2016.
And now, after 3 years of your comments, when the Last Jedi came out, JarJar doesn't seem as bad as before :)
enter:
Rose Tico,
Snooke
Admiral Holdo
and worst of all...
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(drumroll)
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(the new) Leia "Spacewalk" Organa
the animation was brilliant. kids probably thought that you could go to CA and there would be toontown where toons live amongst people. Even the shadows on the animated characters was perfect.
Nostalgia... Life has changed.
The transition from cartoon to live action in the opening scene still floors me me. It’s just so impressive the way it was shot.
Rest in Peace Arthur Schmidt, editor, who died yesterday
Absolutly fantastic. Where there is a vision, there is a way.
i cant help but re-watch this. This is just so AMAZING!!!!!
This movie is one of a kind 🎥
Behind the scenes, the production with the dummies looked really hilarious to me for some reason XDDD
this film was indeed a breakthrough, and way ahead of it's time!
I loved this movie! I think Bob Hopkins did a wonderful job in this movie :) I wish they would of made a Who Framed Roger Rabbit 2...i think it would of been an amazing movie to see. But im sad that Bob Hopkins died because he was an amazing guy and actor.
CountryGirl2388 they was going to make a second movie but the toons are going to be cgi. It got canceled
Bob Hoskins should've won an Oscar for Who Framed Roger Rabbit. And the fact that he wasn't even nominated, proves that the Academy Awards doesn't respect animation at all.
_Who Framed Roger Rabbit_ actually won the Oscar for the Best Film Editing.
Well, at least he was nominated into the Saturn Awards.
What a great movie, and very impressive how they made it.
Between roger rabbit and home alone, there are no movies i have spent more time watching. lol
I never know Bob Hoskins was British! AND I DIDN'T KNOW HE DIED. DARN IT!
I watch this movie in 2020, and search this documentary, to make more appreciate the movie and to know how make this possible? and the answer is "all great because hard work".
Wow Eddie is British
His actor is British not Eddie.
Dajuon Bowen That’s because that’s Bob Hoskins. RIP Bob.
Went cinema to see this as a kid. Brilliant memory. Love it still. Bob Hoskins pure Genius.
Happy 35th Anniversary to my favorite Disney movie of all-time, WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Amblin.
@@arc7375 Yes. Roger Rabbit is owned by both Disney and Amblin.
Wow, never knew the Zodiac suspect did the voice for Roger Rabbit.
I had no idea Hoskins was not an american. His accent fooled me.
Its lovely to see bob Hoskins again(26 October 1942 - 29 April 2014), sadly missed R.I.P Bob.
Holy shit. Never realised the voice of Roger Rabbit was also a potential Zodiac suspect!
This alone is the reason that this specific movie alone was revolutionary and one of a kind!
who's here from RLM?
Everybody worried the project would never see completion. Richard Williams must have been rolling his eyes "Oh, please"
If they think I'm wearing a diaper, they got another thing coming. XD This is no way I'm walking around on the set with a diaper on. 12:02 that cracks me up
I think that the voice actor for Roger Rabbit came across as being a little....off.
Especially with wearing that ridiculous bunny outfit and that look in his eyes in the interview.
Just because you're voice-acting a character doesn't mean that you have to dress up like them,I'm sorry but that's absurd and idiotic,
quite frankly and it makes him sound crazy.... BUT hey,I guess whatever works for you and he did give a great performance voicing Roger Rabbit so I guess it worked out in the end.
Bob Hoskins 10:10 reactions to roger are so believable that even i can imagine there being a roger there
RIP Bob Hoskins
Dose any1 realise how much the actors had 2 focus on a cartoon that isn’t real it’s amazing god bless bob hoskins. This film made me love bob hoskins he’s amazing what a great loss
Tron and Who Framed Roger Rabbit were both groundbreaking films of the 1980s because they were pioneers in special effects. Both films were made by the Walt Disney Company.
Exactly
a cinematographic technique whereby the camera is repeatedly stopped and started, for example to give animated figures the impression of movement.
This is amazing even so many years later
Bob Hoskins and Christopher Lloyd were incredible in this movie
This movie was absolutely fantastic..........
love this movie, saw it I theaters
This movie was absolute milestone never to be done again
Bob Hoskins was amazing in this, going in and believing in the animation the whole thing through.
Rip Richard Williams
The greatest movie ever made in 1988 Rest In Peace Bob Hoskins
We definitely have "no pain, no pain" when we reconnect with our favorite crime solving toon star and changing of heart detective. Stay safe everyone!
So wonderful
TL;DR "IT WAS FUCKNG HARD!"
Appreciate this masterpiece guys, it took a LOT of hard work and talent to pull off.
Exactly lol! They did something and used techniques that had never been done or even created before so there was a lot of trial and error.
Who's here after Red Letter Media
Just me
That's okay I didn't know this behind the scenes existed and I'm happy it does
When GOD EMPEROR Rich Evan´s recomends to watch something you do as he wishes. that makes now two
@@chezuz1981 internet high five 🙏
Same here
I LUV THIS MOVIE.
This movie was so amazing on so many levels
People are just not this extraordinary and creative anymore
I would suggest you check out The Amazing World of Gumball. This was a big inspiration for the creator of that show as it uses mixed media as well and is very creative
This was my first movie I saw at the Drive Inn in Illinois.
"If they think I'm wearing a diaper....they have another thing coming"😂😂😂😂😂
20:43 is Jessica rabbit part
flute lover She’s not bad, she’s just drawn that way.
I so much LOVE this movie!!!!!!!
RIP Richard Williams
Richard Williams, greatest animator to have ever lived
thank you for this amazing upload :)!
Those guys are geniuses!
Can't say I really liked this film.
But I certainly appreciate it's technical and acting brilliance.
They didn't mention that Disney release the film using the Touchstone Pictures logo because of the sexuality thrown in the movie.
nor did they mention the film was loosely based on a book called who censored roger rabbit.
Love this movie so much bob hoskins is amazing really miss him
Ken Ralston also worked on "Forrest Gump" and "Men in Black 3."
They didn’t want to make Jessica Rabbit too realistic...and they didn’t want to make her too cartoony.
*Visible confusion*
James Cameron once said of Neyteri in Avatar to the concept designer of the movie and special effects people that ''the audience has to want to f*** her''.
There's absolutely no way that I'm going to ever believe that the filmmakers and animators weren't thinking that about Jessica Rabbit when they made Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
It must have crossed their minds with designing the character that way.
They never say anything even close to that in the interviews but I'm sure that was part of their logic with drawing Jessica the way that they did-it's the same thing with ''Holli Would'' in ''Cool World''.
This is the live action/animated film to end all live action/animated films.
My Childhood Wonderful Movie
Yes Steven it was a brake though amazing film when it was made plus the toons really look like there right with the real actors amazing & plus the late great bob hoskins best man & actor every 2 play Eddie
would be interesting in how they would make Who Framed Roger Rabbit now a days.. same actors everything.. would it be more like Toy Story 3 and such...
I don't think that it could be made now.
Mixing all of the Intellectual Properties would be really hard nowadays.
I think that it could be done with public domain characters but not with trademarked characters the way that Who Framed Roger Rabbit did it.
@@JR-ju3kj no it would not be made today, just look at sony and Marvel in how they deal with each other about who own spiderman lol this movie is a once in a life time event
I think it is fantatic how they made this movie
Before Robert Zemeckis directed Forrest Gump, Disney’s A Christmas Carol, Beowulf, and The Polar Express.
You can't forget "Back To The Future", either.
@@BenJabituya Actually, that was AFTER Robert Zemeckis directed Back to the Future. Seriously.
@@BrandonKohout I was talking about all 3 "BTTF" titles.
@@BenJabituya You don't understand. Back to the Future was made FIRST before the other two Back to the Future. While Who Framed Roger Rabbit was made FIRST before Back to the Futures 2 & 3.
@@BrandonKohout I was talking about the second and third Back To The Future movies.
I can't believe that they used Dummies.
This movie is hard to made
At 1:27 Richard Williams almost looks like Bob Hope.
Strangely enough
Mr. Fleischer's method acting is so tame by todays standards in comparison to the like of, say, Jared Leto's Joker. Imagine that, a cartoon rabbit being more believable than a clown? Wacky!
amazing
Bravo to everyone.
Daws Butler passed away near the end of production of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, although he never voiced characters in the film.