Talk:Roger Rabbit (Disney)

Rights
Who trully owns the rights to Roger Rabbit?



The previos answer is completly wrong, Amblin(Speilberg) co-produced the movie with Touchstone(Disney). Warner Bros. had nothing to do with it except the lending of the looney tunes charecters. Hes right disney theme parks do sell merchandise.

So the bottom line is Disney and Steven Speilberg own 50/50 of Roger Rabbit and realated charectors. Anonimous 26 July 2006


 * An excerpt from copyright.gov gives the following;

1. Registration Number: PA-368-781 Title: Who framed Roger Rabbit? / produced by Robert Watts & Frank Marshall ; directed by Robert Zemeckis. Description: 6 film reels : sd., col. ; 35 mm. Note: Based on the book Who censored Roger Rabbit? by Gary K. Wolf. Claimant: Touchstone Pictures, a.a.d.o. the Walt Disney Company, & acAmblin Entertainment, Inc. Created: 1988 Published: 20Jun88 Registered: 23Jun88 Author on © Application: Walt Disney Pictures and Television, Amblin Entertainment, Inc., employers for hire. Previous Related Version: Drawings of cartoon characters prev. reg. 1987, VA 272-999; literary work prev. pub.; songs also identified as preexisting material. Claim Limit: NEW MATTER: "all other cinematographic material." Special Codes: 4/X/N RicJac 14:17, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Organization
The organization of this page is a mess. The whole second half is a grab-bag of random trivia, half of which isn't even true (I maintained an episode guide for Tiny Toon Adventures back in the early 90's and I'm certain Roger Rabbit never appeared on the show).

There should be a factual rundown of Roger's appearances in the feature film and then the followup shorts (which aren't even mentioned in the current draft!!), along with substantial appearances in other media, like the comic books. The background story of the aborted sequel also needs a citation.

That said, the stuff about the book is good (not many people have acually read Who Censored Roger Rabbit), though it's hard to keep the movie and book story-lines straight in the current write. Maybe they should have separate sections. Invalidname 02:33, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

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I'm not entirely sure about the other trivia you mentoined, but I do know that Roger did appear in the Tiny Toon Adventures episode mentioned in the article, having seen the episode. Granted, his face isn't visible, but the guard specifically mentions the name "Roger" (The actual quote is 'good morning Roger') and Roger's P-bl-bl-bl-bl-bl phrase is also heard.

But I do agree with you, the second part of the article could be organised in a better way. Perhaps seperate the trivia into different headings.

Also, the site needs some resource lists, since some of the information could not be valid.

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I added two pictures of the early Roger Rabbit depiction in that Goofy/DuckTales mini-movie. ScummBuddy 01:35, 24 October 2007 (UTC)