Adapted from a novel with a much darker plot than what we were able to discover on screen, Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a first in film history. Especially thanks to the talent of its director Robert Zemeckis and the address book of its producer Steven Spielberg, this outstanding feature film combines cartoons and live-action with unique encounters between the mascots of various animation studios.
Throughout the investigation, led by Detective Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins), to solve the murder of inventor Marvin Acme, the audience could see a piano number between Donald and Daffy Duck, a parachute jump with Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny, or meet characters as different as Dumbo, Woody Woodpecker, Betty Boop, Droopy, Tweety and Grominette or even Pinocchio on the streets of Hollywood.
However, despite the impressive number of animated characters in the cast of Roger Rabbit, not everyone could join the party. Indeed, as we learn by observing the plots of the recently revealed deleted scene in the film.
The drawings, signed by animator Mark Kausler, show the four characters (as well as Goofy) carrying Marvin Acme’s coffin during the latter’s funeral. scene — which was allegedly cut due to pacing, according to the article ComicBookMovie.com – Initially, it should have ended with the fight of these protagonists.
Would you like to see Popeye fight Brutus and Goofy at Marvin Acme’s funeral?
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