A fully restored and remastered special edition set will be released on the 25th of March.
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The supplements are as follows:
Commentary by director Robert Zemeckis and producer Frank Marshall
"Who Made Roger Rabbit" featuette
Set-top game, "Trouble in Toontown"
Deleted scene, "The Pig Head Sequence"
Making-of documentary "Behind the Ears"
Toontown Confidential--pop-up style trivia viewing mode
The Valiant Files--interactive set-top gallery
Split screen comparison
Companion booklet and collictable glossy
Roger Rabbit shorts: "Tummy Trouble," "Rollercoaster Rabbit," and "Trail Mix-Up"
I promise ya, the Roger Rabbit shorts are funny as hell!
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I cant wait, its about time Disney had something to look forward to. Whats the deal with the sequel? Is it dead or are they planning on ruining it?
and dont forget in the list of features...
An opening long ass montage of disney's movies that toot the company's horn while you wait for the actual dvd to begin.
Quote from: 82and dont forget in the list of features...
An opening long ass montage of disney's movies that toot the company's horn while you wait for the actual dvd to begin.
That's what the 'Menu' button is for.
Quote from: MacGuffinQuote from: 82and dont forget in the list of features...
An opening long ass montage of disney's movies that toot the company's horn while you wait for the actual dvd to begin.
That's what the 'Menu' button is for.
usually they have it disabled.. you need to fast foreward beyond it.
Quote from: 82That's what the 'Menu' button is for.
usually they have it disabled.. you need to fast foreward beyond it.[/quote]
Then that's what the 'Next' button is for.
It may even have been Mac that posted this on the old board, but is it true that they're taking out the "naughty" frames?
Quote from: RegularKarateIt may even have been Mac that posted this on the old board, but is it true that they're taking out the "naughty" frames?
that's what the pause button is for
what are the naughty frames?
werent the naughty frames taken away long ago?
this is what imdb has to say about it: "A shot, allegedly animated by two Disney practical-jokers (who were subsequently fired), of Jessica's vagina during her dance sequence was inserted into the first laserdisc print."
Several brief, offcolor jokes are allegedly hidden within the film, detectable only by viewing the film frame-by-frame on a high-quality VCR or laserdisc player. Some of these gags -- if they ever indeed existed -- were removed before the movie was released to the home video market. The scenes most often mentioned include the following:
An incident that occurs during the scene in which Jessica Rabbit is riding through Toon Town with Bob Hoskins in an animated cab. As the taxi runs into a lamp post, Jessica and Hoskins are both thrown from the car; Jessica lands spinning, which causes her red dress to start hiking up her body. For a few frames of Jessica's second spin her underwear supposedly disappears, revealing Jessica's unclothed nether regions.
The frames in question are frames 2170-2172 on side 4 of the laserdisc version; in these frames Jessica's pubic region is colored darker than the surrounding flesh-colored areas. Whether this coloration was intended to suggest nudity or was the result of a paint error is unknown. The intention might have been to paint the darker regions a color representative of underwear, but an error in the color markup chart produced some ambiguous images instead.
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A scene at the beginning of the film depicts a diaper-clad Baby Herman stomping off the set and underneath the dress of a woman. Watched frame-by-frame, the scene reveals Baby Herman extending his middle finger just before jumping underneath the skirt and re-emerging with a spot of drool on his upper lip. This scene can indeed be seen on the home video release and was clearly intentional.
In another scene, Bob Hoskins steps into a Toon Town men's room. Graffiti on the wall reads "For a good time, call Allyson Wonderland", with the phrase "The Best Is Yet to Be" appearing underneath it. Allegedly, Disney chairman Michael Eisner's phone number replaces the latter phrase for one frame. Although the "Allyson Wonderland" graffiti is clearly visible on laserdisc, Eisner's phone number is not. If the phone number was in the film originally (as rumor has it was), it was removed before the home versions of the movie were made available.
There was also this done in The Rescuers:
On 8 January 1999, Disney announced a recall of the the home video version of their 1977 animated feature The Rescuers because it contained an "objectionable background image." Approximately 38 minutes into the film, as rodent heroes Bianca and Bernard fly through the city in a sardine box strapped to the back of Orville, proprietor of Albatross Air Charter Service, the photographic image of a topless woman can be seen at the window of a building in the background in two different (non-consecutive) frames: first in the bottom left corner, then at the top center portion of the frame.
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Unlike most rumors of risque words images hidden in Disney's animated films, this one is clearly true, and the images in question were undeniably purposely inserted into the movie.
The two "topless woman" frames have reputedly been present in the film ever since its original 1977 theatrical release (a fact apparently confirmed by Disney, whose spokesperson said that the tampering "was done more than 20 years ago"), although Disney claims that they were not included in the 1992 home video version because "it was made from a different print." Disney also claimed that the images were not placed in the film by any of their animators, but were inserted during the post-production process. The company decided to recall 3.4 million copies of the video "to keep our promise to families that we can trust and rely on the Disney brand to provide the finest in family entertainment."
anyone buy this yet? i wanna know it it's worth picking up...
Quote from: dufresneanyone buy this yet? i wanna know it it's worth picking up...
Unless you want the edition without extras or no copy at all, I'd say buy this. The commentary alone is worth it.
you know what i really want. i want to see them mess up the aspect ratio of this like they did with the other zemeckis films 'back to the future' and then they can say 'who MISFRAMED roger rabbit?' ahahahahahahahahaha i kill me
what's up with that? i bought the bttf dvd's when they first came out, how can i get the good ones?
Quote from: bonanzatazwhat's up with that? i bought the bttf dvd's when they first came out, how can i get the good ones?
Please send Back to the Future disks 2 and 3, without the case, and a letter with the following information: Name, Full Mailing Address, Daytime Phone Number, Reason for Return and Return Address. Send to:
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Thank you,
Universal Studios Customer Service
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i'm not a big fan of Disney or Michael Eisner, and the Disney "vault" is really offensive.
Quote from: moonshineri'm not a big fan of Disney or Michael Eisner, and the Disney "vault" is really offensive.
And Im just not a big fan of Eisner
'Roger Rabbit' Sequel Still In The Offing? Stay Tooned, Says Producer
Source: MTV
Ask Judge Doom: no toon can resist the old "Shave-and-a-Haircut" gag. But when plans went around Hollywood for a sequel to the 1988 classic "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," a lot of powerful people suddenly realized it would take more than the promise of "Two-bits" for Roger to come busting through the door.
Now, nearly twenty years after "Roger Rabbit" first exploded onto the big screen, producer Frank Marshall told MTV News that he's still "open" to the possibility of another film, derailed in the mid-90s because of what would have then been cost-prohibitive special effects.
But don't hate Roger for the fact that the movie didn't get made in the first place. He's not expensive...he's just drawn that way.
"It came pretty close. We shot a test. We had a script. But unfortunately, we didn't have computer generated animation quite yet - it was just too expensive," Marshall explained of the untitled sequel project, "Roger Rabbit 2." "If you think about it, in the original movie there's really only 48 minutes of animation and in the new movie - or in that movie - he was in everything. So it went from 48 minutes of animation to over 100 minutes of animation.
"I remember we shot the test to try and see how much we could do with digital props - We weren't even into digital characters yet," Marshall continued. "The idea was to see what we could do with digital props as opposed to what we did in the original movie where everything was puppeted - all the props were puppeted by strings and wires and poles."
For the first time ever, Marshall also revealed details of the plot of "Roger Rabbit 2," and if you thought Toontown was a trip, you should have seen where they were sending Roger next.
"New York!" Marshall enthused of the setting for the second film. "Roger was a song and dance man in New York City [when he] discovered that he wanted to be in the movies and so he came across the country. I remember there being a big dance number. He came out with a troupe of sort of Busby Berkeley dancers on a train and they got to Hollywood and he and Baby Herman moved in together. And that's when he met Eddie Valiant."
Sounds too good to pass up, especially now that studios like Pixar exist (and under Disney no less), to help with Computer Animation. So ok, Mr. Marshall, what if we say "P-p-p-p-p-please!"
"Definitely," Marshall playfully responded. "I'll put in a call to [Pixar chief John] Lasseter after I hang up."
EXCLUSIVE: Robert Zemeckis 'Buzzing' About Second 'Roger Rabbit' Movie
Source: MTV
"Who Framed Roger Rabbit" came out 20 years ago and grossed $330 million worldwide, and for all the talk about another big screen venture for the animated bunny and his voluptuous sweetheart Jessica, nothing over the last two decades moved into production. And it was starting to seem like nothing ever would.
But when MTV News caught up with director Robert Zemeckis recently, he dropped a news bomb that had our eyes popping cartoon-style out of our sockets. "I'll tell you what is buzzing around in my head now that we have the ability—the digital tools, performance capture—I'm starting to think about 'Roger Rabbit,'" he told us.
Combing traditional animation with live-action, "Roger Rabbit" was a staggering achievement that employed cutting-edge technology without sacrificing the demands of first-rate storytelling. It won four Oscars, including nods for visual effects, editing and a special achievement award for animation direction. But Zemeckis hasn't toiled in live-action since 2000's "Cast Away", preferring instead to work with performance capture in films like "The Polar Express" and the upcoming Jim Carrey vehicle, "A Christmas Carol."
All of which had us desperate for any more info Zemeckis could provide about a new "Roger Rabbit." When pressed, however, he demurred.
P-p-p-please?!
"I can't give you more details," Zemeckis said, letting us down gently.
Okay, then, we'll air our questions here. How exactly will performance capture factor in? When we spoke recently with Michael Lantieri, the special effects supervisor on the original "Roger Rabbit," he talked about how very soon filmmakers will be able to combine performance capture with outdoor, real-time photography. Might the new "Roger Rabbit" employ this technology? Will the story be lifted from the long-rumored, never-produced "Roger Rabbit" sequel script? Or will Zemeckis commission a new screenplay? And casting! Will the man who voiced, Roger—Charles Fleischer—reprise his role? And might Bob Hoskins as private investigator Eddie Valiant return?
So many questions that shall, alas, remain unanswered for the moment. You'll just have to, er, stay tooned...
Exclusive: 'Roger Rabbit' Writers Working On Sequel, Robert Zemeckis Says
Director reveals that original scribes Jeffrey Price and Peter Seaman are developing a script.
Source: MTV
In the spring, and out of nowhere, Robert Zemeckis exclusively revealed to MTV News that new digital tools like performance-capture technology had him buzzing about finally making a sequel to "Who Framed Roger Rabbit." But there's a big difference between being excited about a project and actually moving forward with it.
MTV News has now exclusively learned that Zemeckis is not only pumped to bring the flustered cartoon bunny back to the big screen after 20 years, but that he has commissioned a script. And guess who's writing it? Original scribes Jeffrey Price and Peter Seaman.
"There's a script that's being developed," he revealed, adding, "We've got the original writers that are working on it now — Seaman and Price."
There have been many false starts on another "Roger Rabbit" over the years, with potential sequels and prequels cropping up in rumors but never becoming realities — and for those who think only Zemeckis should helm the second "Roger" helping, that's a good thing. The director said he was never involved in any of those other ideas.
"I think there was a time right after the movie came out that the Disney regime at the time — it was a point in the life of the studio where if you made a successful movie they could no longer afford to hire you back," he laughed. "I guess there were some projects that I don't know anything about."
We learned a bunch more about the upcoming film, info we'll be rolling out in the next couple of days. Just how will Zemeckis employ those new digital tools as he marries cartoons with real people? Which characters from the past — Jessica Rabbit? Eddie Valiant? — will we see? As Zemeckis said with a smile at one point during the interview, "You're gonna have to wait!"
Someone needs to lock Bob Zemeckis in a room with some crayons and some scratch paper for a year so he can get this bullshit out of his system and get back to making cool movies.
motion-capturing roger rabbit is a perversion of science. any rational man would feel this in his gut.
Mo-cap? We don't need no stinkin' mo-cap!