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Ralph Bakshi is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Additional Photography and Animation Department Coordinator American born on 29 october 1938 at Haifa (Israel)

Ralph Bakshi

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Birth name Ralph Bakshi
Nationality USA
Birth 29 october 1938 (86 years) at Haifa (Israel)

Ralph Bakshi (born October 29, 1938) is an American director of animated and live-action films. In the 1970s, he established an alternative to mainstream animation through independent and adult-oriented productions. Between 1972 and 1992, he directed nine theatrically released feature films, five of which he wrote. He has been involved in numerous television projects as director, writer, producer and animator.

Beginning his career at the Terrytoons television cartoon studio as a cel polisher, Bakshi was eventually promoted to director. He moved to the animation division of Paramount Pictures in 1967 and started his own studio, Bakshi Productions, in 1968. Through producer Steve Krantz, Bakshi made his debut feature film, Fritz the Cat, released in 1972. It was the first animated film to receive an X rating from the Motion Picture Association of America, and the most successful independent animated feature of all time.

Over the next eleven years, Bakshi directed seven additional animated features. He is well known for such films as Wizards (1977), The Lord of the Rings (1978), American Pop (1981) and Fire and Ice (1983). In 1987, Bakshi returned to television work, producing the series Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures, which ran for two years before it was canceled due to complaints from a conservative political group over perceived drug references. After a nine-year hiatus from feature films, he directed Cool World (1992), which was largely rewritten during production and received poor reviews. Bakshi returned to television with the live-action film Cool and the Crazy (1994) and the anthology series Spicy City (1997).

He founded the Bakshi School of Animation and Cartooning in 2003. During the 2000s, he has focused largely on painting. He has received several awards for his work, including the 1980 Golden Gryphon for The Lord of the Rings at the Giffoni Film Festival, the 1988 Annie Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Art of Animation, and the 2003 Maverick Tribute Award at the Cinequest Film Festival.

Biography

Jeunesse et premières armes à la télévision
Ralph Bakshi est né le 29 octobre 1938 à Haïfa, aujourd’hui en Israël, mais qui faisait alors partie de la Palestine mandataire. En 1939, sa famille émigra à New York pour échapper à la Seconde Guerre mondiale, et c’est dans le quartier de Brownsville, circonscription de Brooklyn, qu’il grandit. Enfant, Bakshi était passionné par les bandes dessinées et par l’art en général. Pendant son adolescence, il pratiqua également la boxe. Bakshi fréquenta d’abord le « Thomas Jefferson High School », mais partit plus tard suivre les cours de la « School of Industrial Art » — « École des arts industriels » —, un établissement situé dans le quartier de Manhattan et qui porte aujourd’hui le nom de « High School of Art and Design » ; il en sortit diplômé en 1957, avec une mention dans la branche bande dessinée/ animation. À l’âge de 18 ans, Bakshi fut engagé comme polisseur de cellulos par les studios Terrytoons ; là il gravit progressivement les échelons, passant du poste de peintre de cellulos, à celui d’encreur, avant de finalement devenir animateur. À l’âge de 25 ans, il réalisait des programmes télévisés avec des personnages tels que Super Souris (Mighty Mouse), Heckel et Jeckel (Heckle and Jeckle), Deputy Dawg, et Foofle.

En 1966, durant une série de réunions de lancement avec CBS, après que toutes les propositions de Terrytoons eurent été rejetées, Bakshi, qui n’avait rien préparé, suggéra l’idée d’un dessin animé parodique ayant pour personnage principal un super-héros. CBS donna le feu vert à la série, appelée The Mighty Heroes , et la production débuta avec Bakshi comme réalisateur. En 1967, Bakshi fut nommé à la tête de Famous Studios, le département animation de Paramount Pictures. Deux ans plus tard, il fonda Ralph's Spot, son propre studio, qu’il établit comme une alternative à ce qui se faisait habituellement dans le domaine, en produisant des films à sa manière, et en donnant un coup de pouce à la carrière d’animateur de femmes et de personnes issues de minorités ; ses employés recevaient aussi un salaire plus élevé que dans n’importe quel autre studio. Associé au producteur Steve Krantz , Bakshi travailla sur un certain nombre de séries télévisées à petit budget, comme Robin Fusée (Rocket Robin Hood), produite au Canada et aux États-Unis et diffusée an Amérique de 1966 à 1969, et L'Araignée (Spider-Man), diffusée de 1967 à 1970 aux États-Unis et à partir de 1977 en France.


Fritz the Cat et Heavy Traffic
En 1971, Krantz donna son accord pour produire le premier long-métrage de Bakshi. Ensemble, ils arrêtèrent leur choix sur une adaptation de Fritz le Chat (Fritz the Cat), la bande dessinée underground à succès de Robert Crumb. Au départ, Bakshi était réticent à l’idée de la réaliser, étant donné que cela faisait plusieurs années qu’il travaillait sur des films d’animation avec des personnages animaliers et qu’il souhaitait se concentrer davantage sur des personnages humains. Pour la réalisation du film, Bakshi eut recours à plusieurs techniques d’animation expérimentales, qu’il continuera à exploiter tout au long de sa carrière, notamment l’emploi de plans en prise de vue réelle et de photographies, et le recours à des procédés d’enregistrement dans le style documentaire. Le doublage original fut assuré par Skip Hinnant, Rosetta LeNoire, John McCurry, Phil Seuling et Judy Engles. Quand il sortit, Fritz the Cat fut le premier dessin animé classé X aux États-Unis. Ce fut également le premier film d’animation indépendant à engranger une recette de plus de 100 millions de dollars américains.

Les critiques furent en grande partie positives. Vincent Canby, du New York Times, écrivit à propos du film : « [Il est] drôle d’un bout à l’autre […] [On y trouve] de quoi choquer à peu près tout le monde. » Dans le Hollywood Reporter, Paul Sargent Clark le qualifia de « puissant et audacieux », alors que pour Newsweek, ce n'était qu'une « une saga anodine, stupide, pro-jeunes, conçue pour secouer uniquement le box-office ». La critique du Wall Street Journal à propos du film fut mitigée, de même que celle de Cue. Plusieurs animateurs bien connus firent paraître une annonce en pleine page dans Variety pour critiquer le contenu adulte de l’œuvre ; et même Robert Crumb, créateur du personnage de Fritz, désavoua celle-ci.

Au sujet de Fritz the Cat, Bakshi déclara que « beaucoup de gens étaient devenus dingues. Les responsables de la structure du pouvoir [...] ont pensé que j’étais un pornographe, et ils m’ont rendu les choses difficiles. C'est à des gens plus jeunes, à ceux qui pouvaient accepter les idées nouvelles, que je m’adressais. Je ne m’adressais pas au monde entier. Pour ceux qui l’ont aimé, ce fut un énorme succès ; et quant aux autres, ils voulaient tous me tuer. »

En 1973, Bakshi entama la production de Heavy Traffic, une histoire personnelle racontant la vie des rues dans les quartiers déshérités. Le film intégra dans sa réalisation bon nombre de techniques qui étaient devenues la marque de fabrique de Bakshi depuis ses débuts. Lors du tournage, celui-ci se lia très rapidement d’amitié avec le producteur Albert S. Ruddy (au cours d’une projection du Parrain), et lança l’idée de Harlem Nights, un film vaguement inspiré des Contes de l'oncle Rémus et qui, plus tard, allait devenir Coonskin. Lorsque Steve Krantz apprit que Bakshi souhaitait travailler avec Ruddy, il lui ferma les portes du studio, ne l’autorisant à revenir achever Heavy Traffic qu’au bout de deux semaines.

Newsweek écrivit que Heavy Traffic contenait « de l’humour noir, un côté fortement grotesque, et une beauté brute particulière. Les scènes de violence et de sexualité sont explicites et les parodies de la pornographie de chair et de sang […] une célébration de la décadence urbaine. » Selon Charles Champlin, dans le New York Times, le film était « de l’énergie furieuse, on éprouve en le regardant aussi souvent de la gêne que de l’hilarité. » The Hollywood Reporter le qualifia de « choquant, scandaleux, offensant, parfois incohérent, manquant par moments d’intelligence. En même temps, c'est aussi une œuvre d’art cinématographique authentique, et Bakshi est sans doute l'animateur américain le plus créatif depuis Disney. » Grâce à Heavy Traffic, Ralph Bakshi devint aux États-Unis, depuis Walt Disney, la première personne de l’industrie du cinéma d’animation à avoir produit consécutivement deux succès commerciaux. Lors de sa sortie, le film fut toutefois censuré dans la province d’Alberta au Canada.


Coonskin et Hey Good Lookin'
Après Heavy Traffic, Bakshi mit un terme à son partenariat avec Steve Krantz et démarra son propre studio. Bakshi et Ruddy commencèrent la production de Harlem Nights avec, à l’origine, Paramount Pictures comme distributeur. Le film, qui fut par la suite rebaptisé Coonskin No More... avant de trouver son titre définitif Coonskin, avait été choisi du fait de l’intérêt porté par Bakshi à l’histoire des Afro-Américains aux États-Unis, et constituait une attaque contre le racisme et les stéréotypes raciaux. Pour la réalisation de Coonskin et celle d’un autre de ses longs métrages, Hey Good Lookin', Bakshi engagea plusieurs animateurs afro-américains, parmi lesquels Brenda Banks, qui fut la première animatrice noire américaine. La sortie de Coonskin dut être repoussée à la suite de protestations du Congress of Racial Equality, qui accusa à la fois le film et Bakshi d’être racistes. C’est finalement Bryanston Distributing Company qui se chargea de la distribution au lieu de la Paramount, et cette dernière annula un autre projet que Bakshi et Ruddy étaient occupés à développer : The American Chronicles.

Ralph Bakshi utilise fréquemment la rotoscopie dans ses films, notamment dans American Pop, entièrement réalisé avec cette technique.

Il vit actuellement à Santa Fe où il peint.

Usually with

Donald Ernst
Donald Ernst
(5 films)
Frank DeKova
Frank DeKova
(4 films)
Milton Gray
Milton Gray
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Ralph Bakshi (13 films)

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Actor

American Pop, 1h36
Directed by Ralph Bakshi
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Musical, Animation
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Films about religion, Musical films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Ron Thompson, Lisa Jane Persky, Jeffrey Lippa, Richard Singer, Mews Small, Ben Frommer
Roles Piano Player (voice)
Rating71% 3.5948853.5948853.5948853.5948853.594885
Dans la Russie impériale de la fin des années 1890, le rabbin d'un village est assassiné par un groupe de cosaques : sa femme s'exile aux États-Unis avec son jeune fils, Zalmie. Peu après leur arrivée à New York, Zalmie est recruté par Louie, artiste dans un cabaret burlesque. Zalmie devenant adolescent, il passe davantage de temps avec Louie en coulisses lors des spectacles burlesques. Lorsque la mère de Zalmie meurt dans l'incendie d'un atelier de misère, il commence à travailler à plein temps avec Louie dans un petit théâtre. Et bien qu'il aspire à devenir chanteur, Zalmie entre dans la puberté, et la mue qu'opère sa voix devient un obstacle important. La Première Guerre mondiale éclate alors : Zalmie parcourt le globe, jouant pour les troupes la moitié arrière d'un cheval de pantomime , et est blessé à la gorge.
Wizards
Wizards (1977)
, 1h20
Directed by Ralph Bakshi
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Children's films, Robot films, Disaster films
Actors Bob Holt, Richard Romanus, David Proval, Susan Tyrrell, Ralph Bakshi, Mark Hamill
Roles Storm Trooper (voice, uncredited)
Rating62% 3.148413.148413.148413.148413.14841
In the beginning of the story, Earth has been devastated by a nuclear war. Only a handful of humans have survived, while the rest have changed into mutants who roam the irradiated wastelands. In the idyllic land of Montagar, fairies, elves, and dwarves live in peace. During a celebration of 3,000 years of peace, Delia, queen of the fairies, gives birth to twin wizards: Avatar, who spends much of his boyhood entertaining his mother with beautiful visions, and Blackwolf, who spends his time torturing small animals. After many years, Delia dies, and Blackwolf tries to seize her rule; but Avatar expels him. Years later, Blackwolf has become ruler of Scortch (a semi-irradiated zone), where he restores ancient technology. He tries to attack Montagar twice, but is foiled both times. Blackwolf then discovers an old projector and reels of Nazi propaganda footage, which he uses first to inspire his own soldiers and later to distract the elves, whom his own people can then overcome.
Coonskin
Coonskin (1975)
, 1h40
Directed by Ralph Bakshi
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Crime, Animation
Themes Films about animals, La corruption policière, Mafia films, Films about racism, Mise en scène d'un lapin ou d'un lièvre, Mise en scène d'un ours, Films about foxes, Gangster films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Barry White, Philip Michael Thomas, Scatman Crothers, Al Lewis, Richard Paul, Frank DeKova
Roles Cop With Megaphone (voice) (uncredited)
Rating63% 3.1937353.1937353.1937353.1937353.193735
In the South, Sampson and the local Preacherman plan to bust out their friend Randy from prison. As they rush to the prison, the two are stopped by a roadblock and have a shootout with the police. Meanwhile, Randy and another cellmate named Pappy escape from inside the prison and wait for Sampson and the Preacherman to help them get out. While waiting for them, Randy unwillingly listens to Pappy tell a story about three guys that resemble Randy and his friends. Pappy's story is told in animation set against live-action background photos and footage.
Heavy Traffic, 1h16
Directed by Ralph Bakshi
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Animation
Themes Mafia films, Films about racism, Gangster films
Actors Beverly Hope Atkinson, Frank DeKova, Michael Brandon, Jamie Farr, Robert Easton, Lillian Adams
Roles Various Characters (voice) (uncredited)
Rating64% 3.24823.24823.24823.24823.2482
The film starts out in live action, introducing the protagonist Michael Corleone, a 24-year-old virgin playing pinball in New York City. The scene then transitions into animation. New York has a diseased, rotten, tough, and violent atmosphere. Michael's Italian father, Angelo "Angie" Corleone, is a struggling mafioso who frequently cheats on Michael's Jewish mother, Ida. The couple constantly bicker and try to kill each other. Michael ambles through a catalog of freaks, greasers, and dopers. Unemployed, he dabbles with cartoons, artistically feeding off the grubbiness of his environment. He regularly hangs out at a local bar where he gets free drinks from the female black bartender, Carole, in exchange for sketches of the somewhat annoying Shorty, Carole's violent, legless bouncer devotee. One of the regular customers at the bar named Snowflake, a nymphomaniac transvestite, gets beaten up by a tough drunk who has only just realized that Snowflake is a man in drag and not a beautiful woman. Shorty throws the drunk out and the bar's white manager abusively confronts Carole over this. Fed up with her manager, Carole quits.
Fritz the Cat, 1h18
Directed by Ralph Bakshi
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Erotic, Comedy, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about cats, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Skip Hinnant, Rosetta LeNoire, Ralph Bakshi, Roger Carel, Serge Sauvion, Jacques Balutin
Roles Narrator / Pig Cop #1 (voice)
Rating61% 3.0988653.0988653.0988653.0988653.098865
In a New York City park, hippies have gathered with guitars to sing protest songs. Fritz and his buddies show up in an attempt to meet girls. When a trio of attractive females walk by, Fritz and his friends exhaust themselves trying to get their attention, but find that the girls are more interested in the crow standing a few feet away. The girls attempt to flirt with the crow, making unintentionally condescending remarks about blacks, while Fritz looks on in annoyance. Suddenly, the crow rebukes the girls with a snide remark and walks away. Fritz invites the girls to "seek the truth," bringing them up to his friend's apartment, where a wild party is taking place. Since the other rooms are crowded, Fritz drags the girls into the bathroom and the four of them have group sex in the bathtub. Meanwhile, the police (portrayed as pigs) arrive to raid the party. As the two officers walk up the stairs, one of the partygoers finds Fritz and the girls in the bath tub. Several others jump in, pushing Fritz to the side where he takes solace in marijuana. The two officers break into the apartment, but find that it is empty because everyone has moved into the bathroom. Fritz takes refuge in the toilet when one of the pigs enters the bathroom and begins to beat up the partygoers. As the pig becomes exhausted, a very stoned Fritz jumps out, grabs the pig's gun, and shoots the toilet, causing the water main to break and flooding everybody out of the apartment. The pigs chase Fritz down the street into a synagogue. Fritz manages to escape when the congregation gets up to celebrate the United States' decision to send more weapons into Israel.

Director

Cool and the Crazy, 1h24
Directed by Ralph Bakshi
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Romance
Actors Jared Leto, Alicia Silverstone, Jennifer Blanc, Bradford Tatum, John Kapelos, Christine Harnos
Rating40% 2.021732.021732.021732.021732.02173
High School sweethearts Michael and Rosy happily marry during the 1950s, both 18. Things go along smoothly until Roslyn gets pregnant, at age 19. The bills pile up and the two grow apart from each other. Roslyn spends most of the time taking care of their child and hanging out with her best friend, Joannie, who's married to a guy named Bobby. Joannie's been cheating on her husband with a man named Frankie. Roslyn is introduced to Frankie's friend, Joey, a bad boy who's also married. Immediately, Roslyn begins an affair with Joey. At first Michael doesn't suspect anything, but when the two girl friends go out at night and come back later and later, it dawns on him that they are both having affairs. Michael works at a design company with Lorraine, who's into the The Beat and jazz scenes. One night, he goes out to have an affair with her. The next morning, however, his uptight attitudes causes him to back out of the affair when he learns that he's not her only lover. Eventually Lorraine leaves to go to New York. At the same time, Roslyn's trying to break off her affair with Joey, but he won't give up that easily. Varied events soon escalate in violence. Joey kidnaps Roslyn, and Michael goes after them, and takes his wife back from him. Michael and Roslyn go their separate ways, and Michael hits the road.
Cool World
Cool World (1992)
, 1h42
Directed by Ralph Bakshi
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Animation
Themes La bande dessinée
Actors Kim Basinger, Gabriel Byrne, Brad Pitt, Deirdre O'Connell, William Frankfather, Charles Adler
Rating48% 2.41172.41172.41172.41172.4117
In 1945 Las Vegas, World War II veteran Frank Harris (Brad Pitt) returns to his mother. Riding on a motorcycle that he won in Italy during his service, Frank and his mother are struck by a drunk couple. Frank survives, but his mother dies. As an ambulance truck takes her away, Frank is transported to "Cool World", an animated city of surrealistic landscapes and random cartoon violence. He was inadvertently teleported by Dr. Vincent Whiskers (Maurice LaMarche), a doctor who created a "spike" that was supposed to take him to the real world, but brought Frank to Cool World instead. Whiskers finds Frank useful enough to run things in the Cool World while he is gone to the real world.
Fire and Ice, 1h28
Directed by Ralph Bakshi
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Erotic, Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians, La préhistoire, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Susan Tyrrell, Maggie Roswell, Steve Sandor, Leo Gordon, William Ostrander, Le Tari
Rating65% 3.251783.251783.251783.251783.25178
From their stronghold in Icepeak, the evil Queen Juliana (Eileen O'Neill) and her son, Nekron (Stephen Mendel), send forth a wave of glaciers, forcing humanity to retreat south towards the equator. Nekron sends a delegation to King Jarol (Leo Gordon) in Firekeep to request his surrender, but this is a ruse orchestrated by Queen Juliana for Nekron’s sub-humans to kidnap Jarol’s daughter, Princess Teegra (Cynthia Leake), a 15-year-old, barefoot, microkini-wearing teenage girl; Queen Juliana feels that Nekron should take a bride to produce an heir.
Hey Good Lookin', 1h16
Directed by Ralph Bakshi
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Animation
Themes Gangster films
Actors Richard Romanus, David Proval, Danny Wells, Larry Bishop, Philip Michael Thomas, Frank DeKova
Rating60% 3.0450353.0450353.0450353.0450353.045035
Le film se déroule à New York dans le quartier de Brooklyn dans les années 1950 et met en scène les aventures de Vinnie, le chef d'un gang appelé les Stompers, en compagnie de son ami Crazy Shapiro et de leurs petites amies, Rozzie et Eva.
American Pop, 1h36
Directed by Ralph Bakshi
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Musical, Animation
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Films about religion, Musical films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Ron Thompson, Lisa Jane Persky, Jeffrey Lippa, Richard Singer, Mews Small, Ben Frommer
Rating71% 3.5948853.5948853.5948853.5948853.594885
Dans la Russie impériale de la fin des années 1890, le rabbin d'un village est assassiné par un groupe de cosaques : sa femme s'exile aux États-Unis avec son jeune fils, Zalmie. Peu après leur arrivée à New York, Zalmie est recruté par Louie, artiste dans un cabaret burlesque. Zalmie devenant adolescent, il passe davantage de temps avec Louie en coulisses lors des spectacles burlesques. Lorsque la mère de Zalmie meurt dans l'incendie d'un atelier de misère, il commence à travailler à plein temps avec Louie dans un petit théâtre. Et bien qu'il aspire à devenir chanteur, Zalmie entre dans la puberté, et la mue qu'opère sa voix devient un obstacle important. La Première Guerre mondiale éclate alors : Zalmie parcourt le globe, jouant pour les troupes la moitié arrière d'un cheval de pantomime , et est blessé à la gorge.
The Lord of the Rings, 2h12
Directed by Ralph Bakshi
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Middle-earth films
Actors Christopher Guard, William Squire, John Hurt, Simon Chandler, Dominic Guard, Michael Graham Cox
Rating62% 3.104553.104553.104553.104553.10455
Early in the Second Age of Middle-earth, elven smiths forge nine Rings of Power for mortal men, seven for the Dwarf-Lords, and three for the Elf-Kings. Soon after, the Dark Lord Sauron makes the One Ring. Following the Last Alliance of Elves and Men's fall, the Ring is seized by Prince Isildur; and after Isildur was killed by orcs, the Ring lies at the bottom of the river Anduin for over 2500 years. Over time, Sauron captures the Nine Rings and creates the Ringwraiths. The One Ring is discovered by Déagol, whose friend, Sméagol, kills him and becomes Gollum (Peter Woodthorpe). Hundreds of years later, Bilbo Baggins (Norman Bird) acquires it from him.
Wizards
Wizards (1977)
, 1h20
Directed by Ralph Bakshi
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Children's films, Robot films, Disaster films
Actors Bob Holt, Richard Romanus, David Proval, Susan Tyrrell, Ralph Bakshi, Mark Hamill
Rating62% 3.148413.148413.148413.148413.14841
In the beginning of the story, Earth has been devastated by a nuclear war. Only a handful of humans have survived, while the rest have changed into mutants who roam the irradiated wastelands. In the idyllic land of Montagar, fairies, elves, and dwarves live in peace. During a celebration of 3,000 years of peace, Delia, queen of the fairies, gives birth to twin wizards: Avatar, who spends much of his boyhood entertaining his mother with beautiful visions, and Blackwolf, who spends his time torturing small animals. After many years, Delia dies, and Blackwolf tries to seize her rule; but Avatar expels him. Years later, Blackwolf has become ruler of Scortch (a semi-irradiated zone), where he restores ancient technology. He tries to attack Montagar twice, but is foiled both times. Blackwolf then discovers an old projector and reels of Nazi propaganda footage, which he uses first to inspire his own soldiers and later to distract the elves, whom his own people can then overcome.
Coonskin
Coonskin (1975)
, 1h40
Directed by Ralph Bakshi
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Crime, Animation
Themes Films about animals, La corruption policière, Mafia films, Films about racism, Mise en scène d'un lapin ou d'un lièvre, Mise en scène d'un ours, Films about foxes, Gangster films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Barry White, Philip Michael Thomas, Scatman Crothers, Al Lewis, Richard Paul, Frank DeKova
Rating63% 3.1937353.1937353.1937353.1937353.193735
In the South, Sampson and the local Preacherman plan to bust out their friend Randy from prison. As they rush to the prison, the two are stopped by a roadblock and have a shootout with the police. Meanwhile, Randy and another cellmate named Pappy escape from inside the prison and wait for Sampson and the Preacherman to help them get out. While waiting for them, Randy unwillingly listens to Pappy tell a story about three guys that resemble Randy and his friends. Pappy's story is told in animation set against live-action background photos and footage.