Fritz The Cat Page #8

Synopsis: A persiflage on the protest movements of the 60s. 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 to himself.
Director(s): Ralph Bakshi
Production: American International Pictures
 
IMDB:
6.3
Rotten Tomatoes:
58%
UNRATED
Year:
1972
78 min
1,829 Views


I knew that all the time.

The engine's not up here.

It's in the back.

Let's just check it out.

What's wrong?

Let me see, I'll just...

If I move that...no...

What's wrong, Fritz?

It's all very complicated,

Winston.

I couldn't begin

to explain it.

I think the piston rod's

stuck in the drive shaft.

Either that,

or the carburetor is rusted out.

Oh, good God.

Here comes a pickup truck.

Maybe he'll give us a push

to the next gas station.

What's the trouble, buddy?

Our car is busted down.

Could you give us a push

to the next gas station?

Let me look at it.

One thing I'm good at

is fixing things.

Shut up!

Please shut up, chickens!

Shut up!

Please shut up!

I mean, shut up!

One thing I'm good at...

is fixing things.

Dumb chickens.

Let me see now.

Ain't nothing the matter

with this car here.

Buddy, ain't you got

any sense at all?

You just let

your car run out of gas.

I swear, these motherfucking

hippies from New York.

There's a gas station

a couple of miles back.

I'm going this way.

You ought to stop for gas

once in a while, you stupid...

Gotta keep your engine fed.

Wise up, buddy.

Well, how do you like that?

New York hippies

come down here...

and they think they can...

I never, honest and true.

You think a thing

like that happens...

Son of a b*tch.

You're so clever.

So clever.

Big mechanical genius.

Here's a bucket, smart guy.

Good luck.

Hey, this is for sh*t!

You made a big bourgeois deal

out of everything...

and ruined it completely.

I was gonna bug out and be free

from all this bullshit...

and roam around

and dig everything...

and really have a good time.

Your naivete is astounding.

You'd be completely lost

without me, Fritz...

and you know it.

You're a motherfucking b*tch.

I see the hard facts of life.

I am realistic,

something you're incapable of.

You'd be better off with

one of those stupid morons...

like Charlene, who you could

sleep with and throw away.

You can't cope

with a mature woman.

You haven't the faintest idea

how lucky you are...

that an intelligent woman...

loves you and wants to

give you something of value...

something that will inflame

your creative potential!

Now, get going and hurry up!

We'll see who gets lost

without whom.

Fritz the Cat

Fritz the Cat

Fritz the Cat

I'm the envy of

each and every guy in town

She looks so sharp,

and the girl does, too

And everybody knows

what I'm gonna do

Gonna take a ride on my bike

Gonna take it

and drive all night

Tell my Chevy to take a hike

Take another ride on my bike

Blue, I'm crazy about you.

Penniless. A regular bum.

A hobo with no money

and no place to go.

Hey, you old scroungy

old alley cat.

Get out of them garbage cans.

You talking to me, Jack?

What the hell

you doing there, anyway?

Man, here we are on the brink

of the apocalypse...

the eve of destruction,

so to speak...

and I can't think

of anything to do.

Offhand, son,

I'd say you have got a problem.

But at least you're honest.

The revolution

can use a man like you.

Hop on.

-Hello there.

-Hi.

-How are you?

-High.

I'll introduce you to the guys

at the cell meeting.

Blue!

Glad you could make it, man.

Howdy, John. I brought along

an old buddy of mine.

He's a bright lad

but bored with life.

Fritz...

this here is John...

former biker

and small-time hood...

turned fighter for the cause.

That cat was a beautiful head.

Glad to meet you, man.

Another castout

for the bourgeois view.

From the mold

of bankrupt sedentary.

What's the state of

his political consciousness?

Practically nil, I'm afraid.

Our shipment came in today.

Thirty-two survivors.

Go around.

Hey, chief.

Getting ready for a little

action planned for tonight.

We're gonna paralyze

the whole f***ing city.

It's going to be great, man.

The sh*t is really

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Ralph Bakshi

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 2015, he directed ten theatrically released feature films, six 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 animator, and then 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. 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). During the 2000s, he focused largely on fine art and painting and in 2003 co-founded The Bakshi School of Animation with his son Eddie and Jess Gorell. Bakshi 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. more…

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