Who Framed Roger Rabbit
After the screening, join us for a discussion with Roger Rabbit creator Gary K. Wolf!
It's 1947 Hollywood, and Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins), a down-on-his-luck detective, is hired to find proof that Marvin Acme, gag factory mogul and owner of Toontown, is playing hanky-panky with femme fatale Jessica Rabbit, wife of Maroon Cartoon superstar, Roger Rabbit. When Acme is found murdered, all fingers point to Roger, who begs the Toon-hating Valiant to find the real evildoer.
About Gary K. Wolf:
Gary K. Wolf is an award winning science fiction and fantasy writer. He created the concept of Toontown and brought to life Toontown’s beloved inhabitants Roger Rabbit, Roger’s va-va-voom mate Jessica Rabbit, Baby Herman, Benny the Cab, and hard boiled private eye Eddie Valiant. Wolf’s first Toontown novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit? became a visual reality in Disney/Spielberg’s blockbuster film Who Framed Roger Rabbit. The film won four Academy Awards and the Hugo Award for Wolf. It has thus far grossed almost four hundred million dollars at the box office.
The film won four Academy Awards plus the Hugo award for Wolf The film launched a multiple-picture screen writing deal for Wolf with Walt Disney Pictures. In addition, his ideas inspired Toontown, the themed land at Disneyland and Tokyo Disneyland. Walt Disney Pictures purchased film rights to his second Toontown novel Who P-p-p-plugged Roger Rabbit? He recently published a fourth Toontown novel, Jessica Rabbit: XERIOUS Business.
With his childhood friend Catholic Archbishop John J. Myers, Wolf co-wrote Space Vulture, a well-received and highly reviewed old-school, throwback, pulp science fiction novel. Wolf is currently working on a number of projects including an animated/live action Jessica Rabbit movie, an animated/live action sequel to Who Framed Roger Rabbit, an animated/live action Roger and Jessica Rabbit TV series, and a fifth Toontown novel with hard boiled private eye Eddie Valiant and Roger rabbit.
