 In writing the film, writers Jeffrey Price (qv) and  Peter S. Seaman (qv) were greatly inspired by the film  _Chinatown (1974)_ (qv). so much so that the car Jessica Rabbit  drives out of the Maroon Studios into Toontown is based on that  film, and Jack Nicholson (qv) was one of many considered for the  role of Eddie Valiant.