Who framed Roger Rabbit

'Who framed Roger Rabbit' was one of my favourite films as a child- I even had the bed sheets! This film made 25 years ago based on the novel 'who censored roger rabbit' by Gary K. Wolf in 1981, crossed live action with animation, not only that but this was the film where some of Disney's characters appeared on screen together for the first time (though they had to have the same amount of airtime). This was considered 'a milestone in film making history'.

These animations were all hand drawn- over 80,000 images- which is remarkable considering how fabulously they fit with the live action and interact perfectly. 

Something I found out whilst researching this was the the ingredients of the dip (turpentine, benzene and acetone) were all paint thinnerd used to remove animation from cels. I thought this was so clever! It's like killing the characters because it would remove them! I love finding out little things like that! I also love how in this they make a point that they are drawings not humans like in the classic line 'I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way'. Their two worlds are depicted as being two real places, the cartoons come from a foreign land kind of thing not out of a pencil. I think its so creative!!

Although for it's time this film was something phenomenal, today it hasn't got quite the recognition it deserves. 

This film was also daring, risky and smart, and all under the Disney banner! Something a little different from the innocent animals came this attractive, curvaceous lady who used her assets to get what she wanted.

Richard Williams ( the animator) received a special achievement award at the Oscars for this film- and rightly so, without him the film wouldn't work.

This was the most expensive film of the 1980's, but worth every penny for something so daring and new and still a big impressive thing 25 years later.