![]() ![]() And I bought the book the movie was based on, “Who Censored Roger Rabbit?” (rejoice, for there is a question mark!), though I must admit I never made it through that.Īll of that is to say I was a pretty huge “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” fan in 1988. I also remember pre-ordering my VHS copy of “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” which I think was the second and last time I did that (actually, it might technically be the only I think the pre-order of “Good Morning, Vietnam” was mainly my dad’s doing). ![]() (In decidedly more embarrassing news, the Strawberries two doors down from the Fairview is where I bought my first and only piece of Grateful Dead music, the grey 45 of “Touch of Grey” I’m sure I have told you this already, but I need to unburden myself of this information on a regular basis.) I first saw it at the legendary Fairview Cinema in Hudson, NY, at which I’m pretty sure I saw only three movies: “Dragnet,” “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” and “My Blue Heaven.” All three of those are classics to me (though “WFRR” is a distant third behind “Dragnet”), so the Fairview will always hold a special place in my heart. I likely bought all of these after seeing the movie a second time, at the UA in Staten Island (during which my sister fell asleep…apparently she was not as swept up in the fever). I do, however, still have one of my all-time favorite mugs, derived from one of Roger’s lines in the movie. And I’ve also misplaced my McDonald’s collector’s cup. So much for my million-dollar pencil collection. They are currently either shoved inside a box in my mom’s house or in a landfill somewhere. I dared not sharpen these pencils, lest they lose their value. One was Baby Herman in his carriage, another was Benny the Cab, and the third was Roger Rabbit twirling away from a can of The Dip (the only way to kill a toon, in case this fact has slipped your mind in the last 20 years). I’m pretty sure I had a T-shirt, but I know I had a series of three pencils that all had twirling tops where the erasers would be. The malls were flooded with Roger Rabbit-related items, and I was happy to spend my parents’ money securing said items. “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” was also likely helped along in its quest to be James Sigman’s Summer Movie Obsession over “The Great Outdoors” by the immense marketing push it got as a Disney (via Touchstone) production (but, oh, how I wish there were “Great Outdoors” action figures). ![]() Plus it would feature cartoon characters from different worlds (Warner Brothers, Disney, etc.) interacting with each other. That would be “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” (that missing question mark still rankles me a bit), a movie that one-upped the massive feat that was bringing John Candy and Dan Aykroyd together by combining live action and animation. In 2018, she reunited with Soderbergh, appearing in a supporting role in his horror film Unsane.Starring: Bob Hoskins, Charles Fleischer, Christopher Lloyd, Kathleen Turner, and Joanna Cassidyįor all the joy that the release of “The Great Outdoors” brought, it was not the Summer Movie of 1988 for me. From 2006 to 2007, she starred in the Broadway production of The Coast of Utopia. She subsequently appeared in the independent films Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001) and Adam (2009). In film, she starred in the ensemble comedy Deconstructing Harry (1997), and reprised her role in The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999) before co-starring opposite Michael Douglas in Steven Soderbergh's crime-drama Traffic (2000). Irving went on to appear in the original Broadway production of Broken Glass (1994) and the revival of Three Sisters (1997). In 1988, she received an Obie Award for her Off-Broadway performance in a production of The Road to Mecca, and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance in the comedy Crossing Delancey (1988). She was cast in Barbra Streisand's musical epic Yentl (1983), for which she was nominated for both an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and a Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actress. In 1980, Irving appeared in a Broadway production of Amadeus and the film Honeysuckle Rose (1980), receiving a Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actress. Irving subsequently studied theater at San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater and at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art before making her feature film debut in Brian De Palma's Carrie (1976), followed by a lead role in the 1978 supernatural thriller The Fury (1978). In New York, she made her Broadway debut in The Country Wife (1965–1966) at age 13. Born in Palo Alto, California, to actors Jules Irving and Priscilla Pointer, Irving spent her early life in San Francisco before her family relocated to New York City during her teenage years. ![]()
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