Roger Rabbit Memories
Sunday, September 28th, 2008In London for “Roger Rabbit” 1988
Words by Dorse Lanpher
Richard Williams got an Oscar for the animation and had a party at The Carriage House Restaurant in Burbank to celebrate.
Vera and I arrived in London during a very chilly and sometimes very wet early January, 1988. We were there to help on Who Framed Roger Rabbit. The movie was directed by Robert Zemeckis and the animation was directed by Richard Williams. Max Howard was the exceptionally friendly efficient and courteous British studio manager who welcomed us to The Forum. The Forum was a nice three story building in a pretty area of London with lots of restaurants and good Greek food. Our townhouse at the corner of Saint George’s Terrace and Regents Park Road wasn’t ready for us so we were housed in a very quaint, very British hotel. We had a car with a driver to cart us to work each day for our first week of work on the film. (more…)