It was to be the greatest animated film of all time. Not just an eye-opener, but a game-changer. Richard Williams demanded nothing less, investing nearly three decades into his movie masterpiece. From as early as 1964 he ploughed most of the profits right back into his pet project, a feature inspired by the Arabian Nights and provisionally known as Mullah Nasruddin. He assembled a team of inspired young artists—and brought in the best Hollywood craftsmen to teach them—and devised what would be the most elaborate, kaleidoscopic, mind-boggling visual sequences ever committed to celluloid. Years passed. Potential financiers came and went. Work continued. But it was only after Roger Rabbit that Williams had a studio budget to corroborate the munificence of his imagination.

Per più di un quarto di secolo, il visionario animatore Richard Williams, direttore dell'animazione di Chi ha incastrato Roger Rabbit?, si impegnò nella progettazione di quello che sarebbe dovuto essere il suo capolavoro solo per vederselo poi strappare dalle mani. Unendo animazione, raro materiale d'archivio e interviste esclusive a coloro che hanno collaborato con Williams, il regista Kevin Schreck ricostruisce la storia del più grande film d'animazione mai realizzato.