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Fritz the Cat (1972)
IMDb Rating 5.6
Front Cover Actor Back Cover
Skip Hinnant Fritz the Cat [Voice]
Rosetta LeNoire (voice)
John McCurry (voice)
Phil Seuling (voice)
Ralph Bakshi Various voices (uncredited)
Judy Engles
Plot
In the hands of writer and director Ralph Bakshi, a popular underground comics character was the inspiration for the first X-rated animated feature in Hollywood history, over the strenuous objections of its creator, cartoonist Robert Crumb. Fritz is a feline college student of New York City in the '60s, using hippie buzzwords and fashion to score easy sex and drugs. After smoking some strong marijuana in Harlem, Fritz hallucinates and ignites a shooting incident with the police, resulting in the death of his friend Duke. Fritz flees across country in a Volkswagen Bug with a girlfriend and encounters a heroin addict biker rabbit and bomb-making terrorist radicals, obvious references to the Hell's Angels and the Black Panthers, respectively. A trippy journey through its anti-establishment times, Fritz the Cat (1972) was viewed as a must-see novelty, a radical departure from the juvenile, saccharine type of animation with which America was familiar. Nevertheless, the film was opposed by Crumb, who felt that his work had been bastardized. The film was followed by a sequel, The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat (1974). — Karl Williams
Movie Details
Genre Animation; Comedy; Crime; Drama; Action
Director Ralph Bakshi
Producer Steve Krantz
Writer Ralph Bakshi; Robert Crumb
Studio MGM / UA
Country USA
Language English
Audience Rating NR
Running Time 77 mins
Movie Release Date 1972
Color Color
Personal Details
Format DVD
Seen It Yes
Index 60
Collection Status In Collection
Location Shelf
Product Details
Region Region 1
Screen Ratio Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
UPC (Barcode) 027616869289
Chapters 16
Release Date 12/11/2001
Subtitles English; Spanish; French
Packaging Keep Case
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono [CC]
FRENCH: Dolby Digital Mono
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1
Extra Features
Original Theatrical Trailer
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