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Fritz the Cat

  • 19721972
  • XX
  • 1h 18m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
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Fritz the Cat (1972)
AnimationComedyDrama
A hypocritical swinging college student cat raises hell in a satiric vision of various elements on the 1960s.A hypocritical swinging college student cat raises hell in a satiric vision of various elements on the 1960s.A hypocritical swinging college student cat raises hell in a satiric vision of various elements on the 1960s.
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
13K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
4,027
227
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    • Director
      • Ralph Bakshi
    • Writers
      • Ralph Bakshi(screenplay)
      • Robert Crumb(characters)
    • Stars
      • Skip Hinnant(voice)
      • Rosetta LeNoire(voice)
      • John McCurry(voice)
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    • Director
      • Ralph Bakshi
    • Writers
      • Ralph Bakshi(screenplay)
      • Robert Crumb(characters)
    • Stars
      • Skip Hinnant(voice)
      • Rosetta LeNoire(voice)
      • John McCurry(voice)
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    • 113User reviews
    • 51Critic reviews
    • 54Metascore
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    Skip Hinnant
    Skip Hinnant
    • Fritz the Cat
    • (voice)
    Rosetta LeNoire
    Rosetta LeNoire
    • Bertha
    • (voice)
    • …
    John McCurry
    • Blue
    • (voice)
    • …
    Judy Engles
    • Winston Schwartz
    • (voice)
    • …
    Phil Seuling
    • Pig Cop #2
    • (voice)
    Ralph Bakshi
    Ralph Bakshi
    • Narrator
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    Mary Dean
    • Girl #1
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    Charles Spidar
    • Bar Patron
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    • Director
      • Ralph Bakshi
    • Writers
      • Ralph Bakshi(screenplay)
      • Robert Crumb(characters)
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    • Trivia
      There is no evidence that Robert Crumb filed suit to have his name removed from the film's credits. Contradictory to this claim, Crumb's name continues to appear in the credits, even on home media releases. His name, however, does not appear in the credits for The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat (1974).
    • Goofs
      When he emerges from the trash can, Fritz's outfit changes color from red to blue to red again between shots.
    • Quotes

      [Arriving back at his dorm room, where his roomates ignore him]

      Fritz: Hello men... everybody all busy studyin' for their goddamn exams and all? Hey Fuz, how'd it go with that Dee Dee chick, huh? She's got some bod' you have to admit... ol' Charlene isn't bad either... like, wow! Heinz, you swine, ol' buddy pig, ya groove behind Alvina and get some kicks tonight, huh?

      [Scene fades into black]

      Fritz: Bastards... you'd think the goddamn exams was the be-all end-all of existence... the cosmic life-force or somethin'. Can't even say a few decent words to a guy... th' bastards... What a bore... take some bennies an' stay up all night with your face stuck in a bunch of books an' your thumbs up your ass... Yes... yes... I remember the time when it was all very inspiring and enlightening... all this history and literature and sociology shit... You think learning is a really big thing an' you become this big fuckin' intellectual and sit around tryin' ta out-intellectual all the other big fuckin' intellectuals... you spend years and years with your nose buried in these goddamn tomes while out there the world is passin' you by... and all the stuff to see and all th' kicks an' girls are all out there... an' ME, a writer ad a poet who should be havin' adventures an' experiencing all the diversities and paradoxes and ironies of life and passin' over all the roads of the world and digging all the cities and towns and rives and oceans... and making all them chicks!

      [Imagines naked woman]

      Fritz: As a writer and poet it is my duty to get out there and dig the world... to swing with the whole friggin' scene while there's still time!

      [Grabs papers]

      Fritz: My farting around days are over! From this day on I shall live every day as if yit were my last! Yes! Yes! I must do it! No more the dreary boring classes, the dismal lectures, the sitting around bullshitting with pretentious fat-assed hippies, no more the books, the spoutings of a bunch of old farts who think they know the whole goddamn score!

      [Breathes fire]

      Fritz: Oh God! What have I done? I've set all my notes and books and stuff on fire and now I can't study for my exams... I'll flunk out and my folks'll be pissed off as hell... I'll get a blanket... the blanket's on fire. We'd better call the fire department.

      [We see the roof of Fritz's dorm on fire]

    • Alternate versions
      When aired during the Groundbreakers block on Playboy, the scene of Harriet's rape is heavily edited. The movie is otherwise uncut.
    • Connections
      Featured in Precious Images (1986)
    • Soundtracks
      Bo Diddley
      (1955)

      Written by Bo Diddley (as Ellas McDaniel)

      Performed by Bo Diddley & Billy Boy Arnold

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    6/10
    Happy Times - Heavy Times
    That is how the 1960s were described by the narrator in the beginning of this film. Fritz the Cat is a famous movie for a number of reasons, most stemming from it being the first feature-length adult cartoon and having an "X" rating. There were controversies surrounding its creation with director Ralph Bakshi and character creator Robert Crumb. The film is like nothing I have ever seen before. It has a unique animation process that makes everything reek seediness, despair, and cry for social change. Bakshi wrote the script which really is nothing more than the knife that cuts through all the 60's BS - from existentialism to the drug culture to the love generation to African-American perspectives to militancy. Nothing is spared as the counterculture is laid bared and examined through the eyes, ears, fears, and desires of Fritz the Cat. Along the way, Fritz experiments with just about anything - including lots of sex, drugs, and sex. While the film definitely is quite vulgar in many ways with some of the most odious characterizations of otherwise cute and cuddly animals and depicting lots of strong sexual situations(though in no way deserving the "X" by today's standards), Fritz the Cat is also an intelligent look at one character's drive to find himself and meaning in his life - perhaps a symbol for the whole decade the film is examining. The end result is nothing conclusive - also perhaps a symbol. Bakshi's script is in some ways profound and thought-provoking and in some ways infantile and vile - his obvious dislike of police just one example. But what had my attention more than anything else was the animation - particularly in exterior shots not containing characters. There is one scene where the slums of Harlem are integral to the story. Bakshi uses his camera to zoom in on quite an impressive animated background shot of a field lost amongst the slums of Harlem. It is the very essence of seedy existence in an uncaring world. There are many other shots too that have that same power, but let's not forget that even with the intelligent at times script and the animation, much of Fritz the Cat is used solely to arouse - either arouse some primal feelings or arouse offense. A landmark film at any rate whether for good or for bad.
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    • Jun 30, 2006

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    • Release date
      • April 14, 1972 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • English
      • Yiddish
    • Also known as
      • Katten Fritz
    • Production companies
      • Fritz Productions
      • Aurica Finance Company
      • Steve Krantz Productions
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    • Budget
      • $700,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 18 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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