One of the best ‘80s movies , as well as a prime example of live-action/animation hybrids working out, director Robert Zemeckis ’ Who Framed Roger Rabbit? is still a landmark hit in the Disney canon. And part of the reason is because the movie is extremely quotable, thanks to lines such as these feeling fresh every time you hear them. “Marvin Acme.
The rabbit cacked him last night.” As Lt. Santino (Richard LeParmentier) breaks this news to one of the movie detectives you’d call to solve a murder , Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins) sees the story, and the tone, shifting into the central murder mystery.
It’s a sharp transition from Eddie celebrating a job well done to the conspiracy that’s about to unravel. “Didn’t you used to be Eddie Valiant? Or did you change your name to Jack Daniels.” Eddie’s traumatic past has led our hero to have a bit of a drinking problem, which we’re reminded of through some memorable pieces of dialogue.
And one of them comes from a forensic tech on the scene (Joel Cutrara), who drops this burn that pleases his crowd of fellow cops. “Nose? That don’t rhyme with walls?” One of the perfect set-ups for a double entendre in the Disney universe, Who Framed Roger Rabbit sees one of the Toon Patrol’s finest question Eddie Valiant’s rhyming scheme in a song, which leads to a painful moment that fills in the blank rather comedically. “I’m not bad.
I’m just drawn that way.” The world still has a crush on Jessica Rabbit (Kathl.