Welcome, everyone, to another film review! This time, we’re going back further than we have in quite a while, to take a look at one of the biggest game-changers in animation history – Who Framed Roger Rabbit. The Russian Mafia begins to expand as the Soviet Union heads for collapseīirths of Skrillex, Rihanna, Brenda Song, Haley Joel Osment, Sara Paxton, Adele, Michael Cera, Mae Whitman, Julianne Hough, Sarah Geronimo, Princess Beatrice of York, Veronica Roth, Rupert Grint, Alicia Vikander, Candice Swanepoel, Emma Stone, Zoë Kravitz, Vanessa Hudgens and Hayley Williams The Lockerbie Bombing occurs over Scotland when Pan Am Flight 103 is blown up, killing 270 people (the perpetrators are believed to be Libyans) The Australian Capital Territory is granted self-government The first Fairtrade label, Max Havelaar, is launched in the Netherlandsīenazir Bhutto becomes the first Prime Minister of an Islam-dominated state (Pakistan) Two Victoria Police officers in their early twenties are gunned down and killed in the Walsh Street police shootings in Australia NASA resumes the Space Shuttle flights after two years in the wake of the Challenger Disaster, with the Space Shuttle Discovery Mehran Karimi Nasseri takes up residence in Terminal One of Paris’s Charles de Gaulle Airport, becoming known as the Terminal Man (and inspiring the Tom Hanks film) The Iran-Iraq War ends in a truce after nearly eight years of fighting The infamous terror group Al-Qaeda is founded by Osama bin Laden The Syringe Tide forces closures of many beaches on America’s Atlantic coast, during one of the hottest summers recorded in the area The Gare de Lyon rail accident occurs in Paris, killing fifty-six and injuring fifty-sevenġ67 people are killed in the Piper Alpha disaster when an oil rig (which accounted for ten percent of the North Sea’s oil and gas production) explodes The first National Cancer Survivors Day is celebrated on the fifth of June, and the first World AIDS Day is on the first of DecemberĪround thirty-six percent of Yellowstone National Park is destroyed in a series of devastating wildfires Microsoft releases its Windows 2.1x operating environment The Soviet Army finally begins withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan after more than eight years of fighting Roberts (FFG-58) is damaged by a mine, the retaliatory Operation Praying Mantis is launched, an attack on Iranian oil platforms and naval vesselsĬeline Dion wins the Eurovision Song Contest for Switzerland, singing Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi The America Sings attraction at Disneyland in California is permanently closedĪfter the USS Samuel B. The first Communist-run McDonald’s restaurant opens in Belgrade, Yugoslavia Michael Stone murders three people and injures over sixty more at a funeral for three Provisional IRA volunteers in the Milltown Cemetery attack in Belfast The Eritrean War of Independence escalates with the vicious Battle of Afabet King Jordan is elected as Gallaudet University’s first deaf president, a turning point in the Deaf Civil Rights Movement The Liberal Democrats, a new British political party, is formedĭr. The Nagorno-Karabakh War begins as the region tries to secede from Azerbaijan The 1988 Black Sea Bumping Incident (what a funny name) occurs, involving a dispute between the USS Yorktown and the Soviet frigate Bezzavetnyy The Phantom of the Opera opens two years after its West End debut and becomes Broadway’s longest-running show The World Health Organisation begins its mission to eradicate Polio (we’re getting close as of 2017) Hungary relaxes travel restrictions to the West, marking the start of the fall of The Iron Curtain Robert Tappan Morris creates “The Morris Worm,” the first computer virus to gain significant media attention and to be distributed via the Internet June 22 nd, 1988 in the USA and Canada (general release) June 21 st, 1988 in New York City, New York, USA (premiere) Sources of Inspiration – Who Censored Roger Rabbit?, an American novel by Gary K. Kathleen Turner – Jessica Rabbit (speaking)įrank Welker – Dumbo and additional voicesĪpril Winchell – Mrs. Mikul Robins – Cloverleaf Billboard Raiserįrank Sinatra – Singing Sword (archive sound) Tony Pope – Goofy (partial) and Big Bad Wolf Mickie McGowan – Mooing Cow and Flying WitchĬlarence Nash – Donald Duck (partial, archive sound) Morgan Deare – Editor and Bongo the GorillaĬharles Fleischer – Roger Rabbit, Benny the Cab, Greasy and PsychoĬhristine Hewett – Ink and Paint Club patron Mel Blanc – Daffy Duck, Tweety Bird, Bugs Bunny, Sylvester and Porky PigĬorey Burton – Judge Doom’s high-pitched voice
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