A magical blend of live-acting and animation that comes off brilliantly due to the super effort by Bob Hoskins in playing to imaginary “co-stars” who were drawn in later. Hoskins plays Eddie Valiant, a has-been gumshoe in the ‘40’s film noir mould who comes out of a self enforced “retirement.” Someone is out to steal Toon Town from the cartoon characters who inhabit the magical land. To get their hands on the valuable property they frame its biggest star, Roger Rabbit for murder. Detective Valiant must solve the case and save the toons. Co-starring Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy, Stubby Kaye and Charles Fleisher.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
37583
Language
English
Audience classification
PG
Subject categories
Adaptations
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Comic strip characters in motion pictures
Animation
Animation → Animated films - United States
Closed captioning
Comedy
Feature films
Feature films → Feature films - United States
Literature → Comic strip characters in motion pictures
Sound/audio
Captioned
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)