KEN RALSTON: Somewhere out there,
there's an entire motion picture of Roger,
where instead of cartoon characters in the shot,
there's big, full-size rubber sculptures of every character.
Stop that laughing!
ROBERT ZEMECKIS: Crash. And Chris.
Have you forgotten what happened last time?
Say, boss, you want we should “disresemble” the place?
ZEMECKIS: Get in more, Paul.
No, Sergeant. Disassembling the place won't be necessary.
The rabbit is going to come right to me.
(KNOCKING TUNE)
No Toon can resist the old Shave and a Haircut trick.
STEVE STARKEY: We had a life-size model or puppet
of every character created that could be placed in the set
and actually dance around and mimic the actions
of the way Bob described them
and the way that the character was supposed to act.
Officers, arrest that man.
Does the condemned have anything to say before his sentence is carried out?
ZEMECKIS: Well, those were basically invented just to give us
an idea of the size of the cartoon character in the frame
and how the light would fall on him.
And as far as movement,
of course, they can't move anything like the cartoons are going to move.
Hey, Judge!
Doesn't a dying rabbit get a last request?
Yeah! Nose plugs, diving bell, submarine?
No, I think you want a drink.
- How 'bout it, Judge? - Well, why not.
I'm feeling magnanimous today.
- Happy trails, - No, thanks, Eddie.
I may be a Toon, but I'm gonna show you I can go out like a man.
I don't want to see you go out like a man, I want to see you drink the drink.
No, really, Besides, I'm trying to cut down.
- Drink the drink! - But I don't want the drink.
He doesn't want the drink.
- He does! You do! - I don't!
- I don't! I don't! - You do!
- You do! You don't. - I don't!
- I do! - You don't!
Listen, when I say "I do," that means I do!
You got that? Do! Capital D-O-O. Do!
RICHARD WILLIAMS: The reference they mainly used for lighting.
Then they just take this big rubber doll and shake it up and down.
But it's actually very helpful for us for sizes and also perspective,
even though we're gonna probably draw the rabbit very different.
You'd be surprised when the head comes forward to the lens
how far forward it is.
And animators tend to conventionally keep everything flat.
And this thing has got push and pull.
It's going to come right at you and right away from you.
So it's a big help.
ZEMECKIS: Weasel up on the table.
And tip!
And...
Come on, Eddie, let's get out of here!
Move it, pops! Yikes!