Fritz the Cat
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Based on the comic strip of the same name by Robert Crumb, the film focuses on its Skip Hinnant -portrayed titular character, a glib, womanizing and fraudulent cat in an anthropomorphic animal version of New York City during the mid-to-late 1960s.
Fritz the Cat: Directed by Ralph Bakshi. With Skip Hinnant, Rosetta LeNoire, John McCurry, Judy Engles. In the late 1960s, a pretentious, womanizing young cat drops out of college, starts a riot in Harlem, hits the road with an ex-girlfriend and gets mixed up with domestic terrorists.
- (13.9K)
- Tedg
- X
- Ralph Bakshi
Jun 26, 2020 · This entire film was a crazy experience in total. A bit shocking in some elements definitely, but not as bad as some people point it as. Because beneath the sexual tension, violence, drug abuse, and decent amount of swearing which gives it it's X-rating, there is some real, information and dialogue, that most people wouldn't bother to analyze ...
- 78 min
- 46.4K
- L. Hillis
A persiflage on the protest movements of the 1960s. Its hero is the bold and sex-obsessed tom-cat Fritz the Cat, as created by the legendary underground artist Robert Crumb. Quitting university, Fritz the Cat wanders through the hash, Black Panther, and Hell's Angels scenes to find himself.
Fritz, a college-age cat, dabbles in drugs, radical politics and hedonism, as he goes on a cross country adventure from New York City to the West coast.
- (22)
- Steve Krantz Productions
- Ralph Bakshi
- Comedy, Drama, Animation
Nov 2, 2022 · Ralph Bakshi's bawdy and outrageous 1972 film sparked controversy when it was released 50 years ago – changing animation forever, writes Tamlin Magee. A blazer-clad student called Fritz attends...
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Fritz the Cat is a comic strip created by Robert Crumb. Set in a "supercity" of anthropomorphic animals, it focused on Fritz, a tabby cat who frequently went on wild adventures that sometimes involved sexual escapades. Crumb began drawing the character in homemade comic books as a child, and Fritz would become one of his best-known characters.
