Fritz the Cat
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Audience Rating: X (Mature Audiences Only)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780792851547
Format: Anamorphic, Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792851544
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 11, 2001
Running Time: 79 minutes
Sales Rank: 5416
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: April 12, 1972
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Editorial Review:
Description:
Maverick writer-director Ralph Bakshi (Heavy Traffic) made his feature-length film debut with this 'startling and audacious' (The Hollywood Reporter) foray into adult-content animation,creating the first X-rated cartoon and one of the most successful animated features of its time! Based on a legendary character created by underground comic book artist-writer R. Crumb, Fritz the Cat is a brilliant commentary on '60s life and a 'snarling satire that stubbornly refusesto curl up in anyone's lap' (Playboy). It's the age of awakening and Fritz, one way-cool cat and NYU student, loves to embrace every experimental experience that crosses his path. Embarking on a fantastic journey of self-discovery, he indulges in everything from multiple bedroom follies to a wild joy ride through a dangerous Harlem. But when Fritz joins a group of radically aggressive hippies, he finds himself holding the dynamite that will detonate the ultimate '60s statement one that could cost him his life!
Amazon.com:
Advertised as 'X-rated and Animated,' Fritz the Cat earned an impressive $25 million in 1972. Screenwriter-director Ralph Bakshi based the film on three of Robert Crumb's stories about a superficial college student who tried to seduce anything in a skirt. The gritty, often gross film shocked U.S. audiences accustomed to innocent flirtations and slapstick comedy in cartoons. Thirty years later, Fritz looks less shocking than puerile. The violence grafted onto Crumb's innocent stories feels gratuitous, and the racial imagery tasteless. As dated as a Nehru jacket, the film will interest students of animation history and American pop culture. Crumb detested the film: he drew Fritz as a decadent Hollywood star, who was exploited by caricatures of Bakshi and producer Steve Krantz--and murdered by a bitter ex-girlfriend. 'Another casualty of the '60s...' --Charles Solomon
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- Feel good movieThis movie is really uplifting, it just puts a smile on your face whenever. There are some really ... Read More
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- Real life cartoonI saw this movie the first time when I was stationed in San Diego back in 1973. I couldn't believe ... Read More
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- I thought that I'd love this.I love crude humor. I have seen some of Bakshi's animation work/drawings, and I liked what I saw... ... Read More
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- To understand U.S, circa 1972, watch thisIf you want to know America, watch its cartoons. There is so much more reality in any episode of "The ... Read More
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- Thank you Mr. Bakshi for another masterpieceFritz the Cat is the second panel of Mr. Bakshi's animated triptych about life in the United States during ... Read More
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