“35th anniversary of WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBiT (1988) in 35mm + voice of Roger Rabbit Charles Fleischer IN-PERSON” June 10, 2023
The evening will showcase Disney’s archival 35mm print of WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBiT + a very special in-person Q&A with Roger Rabbit himself, Charles Fleischer + three Roger Rabbit short films, all screened in 35mm: TUMMY TROUBLE (1989), ROLLER COASTER RABBiT (1990) and TRAiL MiX-UP (1993).
5:00pm – Box Office Opens
5:30pm – Early Entry Doors
6:00pm – Doors Open
7:00pm-7:15pm – David Hegarty, Castro Theatre Organist
7:15pm-7:30pm – INTRO
7:30pm-9:14pm – WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBiT (1988) (PG) 1h 44m
9:14-10:00pm – Q&A w/ Charles Fleischer (voice of Roger Rabbit) hosted by Jesse Hawthorne Ficks
10:00-10:23pm – Roger Rabbit shorts – TUMMY TROUBLE (1989) (G) 7m + ROLLER COASTER RABBiT (1990) (G) 8m + Roger Rabbit short – TRAiL MiX-UP (1993) (G) 8m
Who Framed Roger Rabbit 7:00 pm
Released in 1988, Rated PG, 104 minutes long
Directed by Robert Zemeckis, Richard Williams, Steven Spielberg Written by Jeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman Cinematography by Dean Cundey Containing Bob Hoskins, Charles Feischer, Kathleen Turner, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy, Mel Blanc, Stubby Kaye
WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBiT (1988 – 35th Anniversary) (PG) 1h 49m
Bring the whole family to celebrate the 35th Anniversary of one of the most extraordinary films ever made with an extremely rare presentation of Walt Disney’s archival 35mm print. This utterly groundbreaking combination of live action and animation, follows private detective Eddie Valient (performed with gusto by Bob Hoskins) as he attempts to uncover a murder mystery in “Toontown”, all the while being handcuffed to the unstoppably hilarious Roger Rabbit (Charles Fleischer, who gives a career defining performance.) Let’s not forget one of the sexiest femme fatales ever to grace the silver screen, Jessica Rabbit (Kathleen Turner) nor one the most diabolically evil villains, Judge Doom (Christopher Lloyd.)
Directors Robert Zemeckis & Richard Williams, along with producer Steven Spielberg, managed to convince Walt Disney studios to incorporate hundreds of characters from almost every animated studio throughout the history of cinema. The results are a stunningly sincere, psychotically silly and surprisingly subversive PG-rated kids flick, that helped kickstart Walt Disney’s second renaissance (The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King), as well as arguably doing the same for the neo-Film Noir explosion of the 1990s (Basic Instinct, L.A. Confidential, Lost Highway.) Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime experience! 1988, 104 minutes.
