![]() ![]() ![]() Tom Wilhite, the young Disney Live-Action Studio Head, saw their frustration and did what he could to enable projects that would satisfy their creative juices and keep them at the studio. They were all frustrated with how Disney animation was functioning in the early-1980s. Bill was a young animator at the Disney studio prior to the first onslaught of CalArts grads, who included John Lasseter, Tim Burton, Brad Bird, Henry Selick, John Musker, Jerry Rees, and Darrell Van Citters. Many people in the animation industry credit the film with ushering in a silver age of feature animation.Īcademy member and veteran animation director Bill Kroyer introduced the screening. Who framed Roger Rabbit made animation ‘cool’ again…and it made money, which increased the enthusiasm of the studios. I would have been harassed unmercifully if my interest in Disney animation had become known to my dorm-mates. I was in university when Robin Hood was released. Mine – is that I had been a life-long animation enthusiast who found it difficult to share my enthusiasm with friends. There are ample reasons to delight in the film, and everybody has their own joys that they find in it. The enthusiasm for the film has some of the earmarks of coltishness, but it is not as though the adoration is a personal ‘find’ and a delight against all reason. ![]() The event attendees were polite and mature in their behavior, although many of them hadn’t been born when the film was released. I can’t take credit for the touchstone/Touchstone remark-that came from Rich Moore, director of Wreck-It Ralph, who was the moderator of the panel discussion that followed the film screening. The film was enormously popular when it was released and it has been a touchstone for film and animation enthusiasts ever since. When the tickets were made available on-line they sold out within a day or two. The preparation of the digital print coincides with the release of the 25th anniversary Blu-ray edition of the film, and the Academy hosted a terrific show. On Thursday evening, April 4th, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hosted the first public screening of the new digital print of Who framed Roger Rabbit. He wrote this piece exclusively for Cartoon Brew about the 25th anniversary screening of “Roger Rabbit” that took place last week in Los Angeles. Wolf’s novel and Disney’s early Roger Rabbit development unit, continuing with the production of “Who framed Roger Rabbit”, and through the follow-up shorts, merchandising and theme park presence, and development work on sequels. ROSS ANDERSON is currently writing the definitive book about the making of Roger Rabbit, beginning with Gary K. ![]()
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