Tummy Trouble
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| Tummy Trouble | |
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| Directed by | Rob Minkoff |
| Produced by | Don Hahn; executive producers: Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Steven Spielberg |
| Written by | Kevin Harkey, Mark Kausler, Bill Kopp, Rob Minkoff, Patrick A. Ventura; based on characters created by Gary K. Wolf |
| Starring | Charles Fleischer, April Winchell, Lou Hirsch, Kathleen Turner |
| Music by | James Horner |
| Cinematography | Hiro Narita (live-action sequence) |
| Editing by | Donald W. Ernst |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 1989 |
| Running time | 7 minutes |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) |
| Followed by | Roller Coaster Rabbit (1990) |
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Tummy Trouble (1989) is the first of three animated Roger Rabbit shorts, produced after the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit. It was produced and created by The Walt Disney Company and Amblin Entertainment.
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[edit] Plot
Baby Herman swallows a rattle and is rushed to the hospital for surgery. Roger is shocked and sad about this. The rattle comes falling down into Roger's mouth after the baby burps it out after his milk break, and Roger swallows it. When the surgeon comes in to get Baby Herman ready for surgery, he thinks Roger is the patient that swallowed the rattle and much zany madness breaks loose.
[edit] History
Disney released Tummy Trouble in an effort to build up the Roger Rabbit character so he could be a draw in amusement parks and for merchandising. Paired with the feature Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, it took in $14 million (US) on opening weekend.[1] It was the first cartoon short Disney had produced in 25 years to run with a feature film, since Goofy's Freeway Trouble in 1965. The short took 70 animators nine months to produce.[2]
[edit] Adaptations
An adaptation of this short appeared in the graphic novel Roger Rabbit: The Resurrection of Doom.
[edit] Trivia
The hospital this short takes place at is "St. Nowhere", possibly an homage to the 1980s television show "St. Elsewhere"[3].
[edit] References
- ^ Aljean Harmetz, "Marketing Magic, With Rabbit, for Disney Films," New York Times, Jul 19, 1989. pg. C15
- ^ Maria Eftimiades, "It's Heigh Ho, as Disney Calls the Toons to Work; After a long absence, animated shorts are on their way back, thanks to the popularity of Roger Rabbit.," New York Times, 1990-04-29, pg. H26
- ^ The Who Framed Roger Rabbit 2-Disk DVD set
