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Who Found Roger Rabbit Early Development Story Sketch (Walt Disney, 1988)....
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Who Found Roger Rabbit Early Development Story Sketch (Walt Disney, 1988). This is just about as RARE a piece of production art as you will ever find! This is an early story sketch for the "never-made" prequel to animated/live-action film Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Before Bob Hoskins was cast as Eddie Valiant, he was portrayed in publicity photos and story sketches by longtime Disneyland performer Peter Renaday and Disney animator Michael Gabriel. In early development Paul Reubens voiced Roger and Russi Taylor provided the voice for Jessica Rabbit. This gorgeous story sketch feature Eddie with Roger, Jessica Rabbit with Fleischer Studio's characters, Betty Boop, Koko the Clown, Flip the Frog, Bosco, and more! Rendered in graphite on 13.75" x 9.5" paper. The sketch is mounted to 19" x 16" black board.In 1981, then-Disney President Ron Miller, against the advice of then-CEO Card Walker, purchased the rights to Gary Wolf's book Who Censored Roger Rabbit for $25,000, even before it was published and put it into development. Disney management felt the word "censored" in the original title had a negative overtone. So, the word "framed" was suggested not only because of its connotations of an innocent person being falsely accused but because it related to showcasing art. In 1984, Michael Eisner and Frank Wells were now in the driver's seat at the Disney Studios. Work on Roger had continued for a while under Darrell Van Citters, one of Disney's top animation directors who was now working on the project Sport Goofy which would feature a brief cameo of Roger in the stands, but the project was ultimately halted. Later, Disney's number three man, Jeffrey Katzenberg did some digging around in the files and discovered the work that had been done on Roger Rabbit and shared it with Eisner who put the project back into development. At the time, to save on Disney's upfront costs, Eisner tried to interest outside talent in various co- productions. One such talent was Steven Spielberg. For a director, Spielberg chose Robert Zemeckis, who had just finished work on Back to the Future (1985). Spielberg didn't think the Disney animators could meet the needs of the film and looked at any animation director who had done live action and animation including such diverse talents as Don Bluth and Phil Roman. Finally, all parties agreed upon the award-winning director Richard Williams and work began - the rest is cinematic history!
This impressive story sketch is a must-have for any discerning collector of animation art! The level of detail in this piece makes it one of the best story sketches wen have seen. Fine condition.
More Information: EDIT: "Found" not Framed
Auction Info
2022 February 4 - 7 Animation Art Signature® Auction #7268 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
February, 2022
4th-7th
Friday-Monday
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