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Brief Synopsis
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An animated feature which begins, ends and occasionally combines with, live-action filmed on location. A white dropout struggles to create comics and animated films, drawing inspiration from the harsh, gritty world around him. Still sharing his run-down apartment with his middle-aged parents, an oafish slob of an Italian father and a ditzy nut-case of a Jewish mother, he is ridiculed and looked down upon by his friends, hypocrites who run with violent gangs and the Italian Mafia, and a shallow Black girl who makes her living downtown with the pimps and pushers. This cartoonist gets a chance to pitch a film idea to a movie mogul, but the story proves too outrageous: a far-future Earth, destroyed by war and pollution, where a mutant antihero challenges and kills God. Complications ensue when the cartoonist's parents react in irrational ways to his various involvements.
Cast & Crew
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Ralph Bakshi
Director
Carol Graham
Voice
Frank De Kova
Robert Easton
Voice
Kim Hamilton
Voice
John Bleifer
Voice
Film Details
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Drama
Release Date
1973
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 18m
Sound
Mono
Color
Color (DeLuxe)
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.66 : 1
Synopsis
Michael wants to make it as a big-time cartoonist, but first he'll have to contend with his Italian father, his Jewish mother, his black girlfriend and the characters that populate the gritty city streets. When he gets his big chance, will he buckle under the pressure?
Director
Ralph Bakshi
Director
Cast
Carol Graham
Voice
Frank De Kova
Robert Easton
Voice
Kim Hamilton
Voice
John Bleifer
Voice
Lillian Adams
Phyllis Thompson
Voice
Beverly Hope Atkinson
Mary Dean Lauria
Joseph Kaufmann
Candy Candido
Voice
Morton Lewis
Voice
William Keene
Voice
Bill Strigolis
Voice
Helene Winston
Voice
Terri Haven
Jim Bates
Voice
Peter Hobbs
Voice
Charles Gordone
Voice
Lee Weaver
Voice
Jay Lawrence
Voice
Michael Brandon
Voice
Film Details
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Drama
Release Date
1973
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 18m
Sound
Mono
Color
Color (DeLuxe)
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.66 : 1
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1996
Released in United States Winter January 1, 1973
Film is a combination of animation and live action.
Released in United States 1996 (Shown in New York City (Film Forum) as part of program "Out of the Seventies: Hollywood's New Wave 1969-1975" May 31 - July 25, 1996.)
Released in United States Winter January 1, 1973
