Editing Who Framed Roger Rabbit (section)

{{Short description|1988 film by Robert Zemeckis}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Who Framed Roger Rabbit
| image = Movie poster who framed roger rabbit.jpg
| alt = Theatrical release poster depicting filmstrips shaped like Roger Rabbit. The title "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and a tagline "It's the story of a man, a woman, and a rabbit in a triangle of trouble." are shown at the left top of the image.
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Robert Zemeckis]]
| producer = {{plainlist|
* [[Frank Marshall (filmmaker)|Frank Marshall]]
* [[Robert Watts]]
}}
| screenplay = [[Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman|Jeffrey Price<br /> Peter S. Seaman]]
| based_on = {{Based on|''[[Who Censored Roger Rabbit?]]''|[[Gary K. Wolf]]}}
| starring = {{Plainlist|<!--Per poster billing.-->
* [[Bob Hoskins]]
* [[Christopher Lloyd]]
* [[Charles Fleischer]]
* [[Stubby Kaye]]
* [[Joanna Cassidy]]
}}
| music = [[Alan Silvestri]]
| cinematography = [[Dean Cundey]]
| editing = [[Arthur Schmidt (film editor)|Arthur Schmidt]]
| studio = {{plainlist|
* [[Touchstone Pictures]]<ref name=afi>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/59159|title=Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)|work=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]]|access-date=July 21, 2020|archive-date=July 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722204441/https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/59159|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Amblin Entertainment]]<ref name=afi/>
* [[Silver Screen Partners III]]<ref name=afi/>
}}
| distributor = [[Buena Vista Pictures Distribution]]<ref name=afi/>
| released = {{Film date|1988|6|21|New York City|1988|6|22|United States}}
| runtime = 104 minutes<ref name="bbfc">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/who-framed-roger-rabbit-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zmdu2ntc|title=''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' (PG)|work=[[British Board of Film Classification|BBFC]]|access-date=April 25, 2023}}</ref>
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $50.6 million{{refn|group=nb|The budget has been commonly reported as $70 million, including by ''The New York Times'' in 1991, which subsequently issued an [[erratum]] to state that both Amblin and Touchstone insist the budget was "about $50 million".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Greenburg |first=James |title=FILM; Why the 'Hudson Hawk' Budget Soared So High |date=May 26, 1991 |work=[[The New York Times]] |page=3 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/05/26/movies/film-why-the-hudson-hawk-budget-soared-so-high.html?pagewanted=3 |access-date=January 4, 2010 |archive-date=August 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812135130/http://www.nytimes.com/1991/05/26/movies/film-why-the-hudson-hawk-budget-soared-so-high.html?pagewanted=3 |url-status=live }}</ref> Publications of the film's accounts since then indicate that the exact production cost of the film was $58,166,000,<ref name="Block & Wilson">{{cite book|editor1-last=Block|editor1-first=Alex Ben|editor2-last=Wilson|editor2-first=Lucy Autrey|year=2010|title=George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-By-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets of Their Financial and Cultural Success|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|isbn=978-0-06-177889-6|page=[https://archive.org/details/georgelucassbloc00alex/page/615 615]|quote=Production cost (with overhead): $58,166 (Unadjusted $s in Thousands of Dollars)|url=https://archive.org/details/georgelucassbloc00alex/page/615}}</ref> including the production overhead which came to a total of $7,587,000, putting the net cost at $50,587,000.<ref name="Vogel">{{cite book |last=Vogel |first=Harold L. |year=2010 |title=Entertainment Industry Economics: A Guide for Financial Analysis |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |isbn=978-1-107-00309-5 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=BfyFFCyRvX0C&pg=PA208 208] |quote=Production cost: 50,579; Production overhead: 7,587 (Data in $000s)}}</ref>}}
| gross = $351.5 million<ref>{{cite web |title=The Numbers: Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988) |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Who-Framed-Roger-Rabbit#tab=international |website=The Numbers |publisher=Nash Information Services, LLC. |access-date=1 July 2022 |ref=box office}}</ref>
}}

'''''Who Framed Roger Rabbit''''' is a 1988 American [[fantasy comedy]] film directed by [[Robert Zemeckis]] from a screenplay written by [[Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/who-framed-roger-rabbit-vm1079401|title=Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)|website=Allmovie|access-date=April 22, 2023}}</ref> It is loosely based on the 1981 novel ''[[Who Censored Roger Rabbit?]]'' by [[Gary K. Wolf]]. The film stars [[Bob Hoskins]], [[Christopher Lloyd]], [[Stubby Kaye]], and [[Joanna Cassidy]], along with the voices of [[Charles Fleischer]] and an uncredited [[Kathleen Turner]]. Combining [[Live-action animated film|live-action and animation]], the film is set in an [[alternate history]] [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] in 1947, where humans and cartoon characters (referred to as "toons") co-exist. Its plot follows [[Eddie Valiant]], a private [[Detective|investigator]] with a grudge against toons, who must help exonerate [[Roger Rabbit]], a toon [[Frameup|framed for murder]].

[[Walt Disney Pictures]] purchased the [[film rights]] for the story in 1981. Price and Seaman wrote two drafts of the script before Disney brought in executive producer [[Steven Spielberg]] and his production company, [[Amblin Entertainment]]. Zemeckis was brought on to direct, and Canadian animator [[Richard Williams (animator)|Richard Williams]] was hired to supervise the animation sequences. Production was moved from [[Los Angeles]] to [[Elstree Studios (Shenley Road)|Elstree Studios]] in England to accommodate Williams and his group of animators. While filming, the production budget rapidly expanded, and the shooting schedule ran longer than expected.

''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' was released through Disney's [[Touchstone Pictures]] banner in the United States on June 22, 1988. The film received critical acclaim for its visuals, humor, writing, performances, and groundbreaking combination of live-action and animation. It grossed over $351 million worldwide, becoming the [[1988 in film|second-highest-grossing film of 1988]], behind ''[[Rain Man]]''. It brought a renewed interest in the [[golden age of American animation]], spearheading [[Modern animation in the United States|modern American animation]] and the [[Disney Renaissance]].<ref>{{cite news|last=King|first=Susan|title=Classic Hollywood: On the case of 'Roger Rabbit'|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-roger-rabbit-classic-hollywood-20130401,0,7123062,full.story|access-date=April 16, 2013|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|date=March 21, 2013|archive-date=April 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130404115801/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-roger-rabbit-classic-hollywood-20130401,0,7123062,full.story|url-status=live}}</ref> It won three [[Academy Awards]] for [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]], [[Academy Award for Best Sound Editing|Best Sound Effects Editing]] and [[Academy Award for Best Visual Effects|Best Visual Effects]] and received a [[Special Achievement Academy Award]] for Williams' animation direction.

In 2016, the film was selected for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]] by the [[Library of Congress]] as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Complete National Film Registry Listing |url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/|website=Library of Congress|access-date=May 14, 2020|archive-date=October 31, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031213743/https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0" />