note That being said, The Other Wiki claims that some of it is due to Daffy acting like his old screwball self, à la Bob Clampett, instead of the greedy Jerkass, Fake Ultimate Hero that Jones made him into Jones, who apparently wasn't a fan of Clampett's, was angry to have all the Character Development he put into Daffy completely undone. He called it an obnoxious, witless misunderstanding of the old cartoons it set out to honor, and he even accused Robert Zemeckis of robbing Richard Williams of any creative input - and for apparently ruining the piano sequence that he and Williams had planned together. Chuck Jones received a credit as "animation consultant", but disavowed the movie for the rest of his life, complaining that there was something wrong with a movie where the live-action hero got more sympathy than the animated-cartoon star did.The Hungarian title is also a pun: Roger nyúl a pácban means Roger Rabbit in Trouble but "nyúl pác" also means "marinated rabbit"."Who Wants the Skin of Roger Rabbit" (an informal expression for wanting to kill someone - turned into a pun on Roger's presumed pelt). Known in France as Qui veut la peau de Roger Rabbit, i.e.Cast the Runner-Up: In addition to voicing Baby Herman, Lou Hirsch was the original voice for Benny the Cab, but was replaced by Charles Fleischer.Eddie, Roger, and Benny almost crash into the Hyperion Bridge. The area outside of Eddie's office is Hope Street in L.A. In addition, the exterior of the former Desilu Studios was used as that of Maroon Cartoons. The interior of the tunnel in this film was a model, as the real tunnel is rather short. The scene where Eddie enters Toontown, however, was shot at the Griffith Park tunnel, also used in Back to the Future Part II and The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, among other films. California Doubling: It's set in 1940s Los Angeles, but most of the movie was actually filmed in England.Presumably, the former scene was filmed before Jessica's design was finalized, and was not reshot or edited in post to correct this. Compare this with the earlier scene in Maroon's office where Eddie shows Roger the photos, which correctly depict Jessica's appearance. Blooper: In the scene where Eddie Valiant first notices Acme's will, Jessica Rabbit has a very Off-Model appearance in the newspaper ◊ and photographs, where she is wearing a different dress and has a more modern art style.Approval of God: Gary Wolf, author of the book the movie is kind of based on, loved the movie in fact he liked it so much that he wrote a sequel to the original book more or less retconning the first and making the books closer to the movie.Actor-Shared Background: Much like Eddie Valiant, Bob Hoskins had circus training, although he was a fire-eater rather than a clown.The cheek-quiver ("P-p-p-p-please!") and the lisp in Roger's voice were Charles Fleischer's ideas, a sort of tribute to all the other famous toons with speech impediments he didn't think he'd be allowed to keep both of them.Christopher Lloyd came up with the idea of Judge Doom never blinking to foreshadow the fact that he's wearing fake human eyes.In the Hungarian dub, Ádám Lux voices three weasels (Greasy, Psycho and Wheezy) and Woody Woodpecker.In the Japanese dub, Kōichi Yamadera voices both Roger Rabbit and Donald Duck.Alejandro Abdallah voices both Baby Herman and Bongo the Gorilla.Juan Alfonso Carralero voices Roger Rabbit, Benny the Cab, Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig and Woody Woodpecker.Russi Taylor does Minnie Mouse and the Hummingbirds. April Winchell provides both the voice of the mother and Baby Herman's baby noises at the beginning of the film.The late Tony Pope voices most of Goofy's dialogue as well as the Big Bad Wolf.Morgan Deare not only voices Bongo the Gorilla Bouncer, but appears in live-action as the movie editor in R.K.June Foray voices both Wheezy and Lena Hyena.Charles Fleischer voices not only Roger Rabbit but Benny The Cab and the Toon Patrol's Greasy and Psycho.Technically, his last performances as the Looney Tunes was the "Bugs Bunny's Wide World of Sports" TV special. In his swan song, Mel Blanc voices Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, and Sylvester the Cat, ending his Looney Tunes career on a high note.
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