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incites a revolution. Krantz intended to release the sequence as a 15-minute short in case the picture's financing fell through; Bakshi, however, was determined to complete the film as a feature. They screened the sequence for Warner Bros. executives, who wanted the sexual content toned down and celebrities cast for the voice parts. Bakshi refused, and Warner Bros. pulled out, leading Krantz to seek funds elsewhere. He eventually made a deal with Jerry Gross, the owner of Cinemation Industries, a distributor specializing in exploitation films. Although Bakshi did not have enough time to pitch the film, Gross agreed to fund its production and distribute it, believing that it would fit in with his

2323: 1978:. Inspired to seek the film rights, he intended to shoot the story's bracketing sequences in live action and to animate the core flashback scenes. Salinger had rejected previous offers to adapt the novel, and had not made a public appearance since 1965 or granted an interview since 1980. Bakshi sent Salinger a letter explaining why he should be allowed to adapt the novel; the writer responded by thanking Bakshi and asserting that the novel was unfit for any medium other than its original form. 480:

the push-carts that were filled with food, stating as such: "And the push carts were wood, and most of the buildings were made out of old wood, going back to the turn of the century, and they were repainted a lot but the paint was faded by, you know the hundred years of snow and rain, repainted and faded again." Bakshi loved the faded colors, the nails, the wooden crates, and he would build his own toys from the wood. He recalled having "a great feeling with wood, cement, and nails".

2287:. The concept involved a cartoon and human having sex and conceiving a hybrid child who visits the real world to murder the father who abandoned him. The live-action footage was intended to look like "a living, walk-through painting", a visual concept Bakshi had long wanted to achieve. Massive sets were constructed on a sound stage in Las Vegas, based on enlargements of designer Barry Jackson's paintings. The animation was strongly influenced by the house styles of 877: 7846: 2112: 1710: 563:

Giuliani. Bakshi's deception was not noticed until two days later, when he was called to Schudde's office because the cels had been painted on the wrong side. When Bakshi explained that Giuliani had made the mistake, an argument ensued between the three. Schudde eventually took Bakshi's side. By this point, the studio's employees were aware of Bakshi's intention to become an animator, and he received help and advice from established animators, including

1985:, a live-action feature he had been developing since the late 1960s. United Artists and Paramount Pictures each paid Bakshi to develop the film in the 1970s, but were unwilling to produce it, as were the studios he pitched the film to in the 1980s. According to Bakshi, "They thought that no one was going to admit that women can—and do—cheat on their husbands. They thought it was too hot, which made no sense." In 1985, he received a phone call from 7022: 4068: 33: 4375:, March 22, 1981. Accessed January 22, 2017. "From being a poor student at Thomas Jefferson High School, he was inspired to compete for one of 10 openings at the School of Industrial Art (now the High School of Art and Design), a vocational school for commercial artists. When he graduated in June of 1956, he won the school's cartooning medal - and he has been transmuting the gritty reality of the streets in drawings ever since." 1598:. Melnick agreed to pay United Artists $ 3 million, but was soon fired; the project was canceled by his replacement, Dick Shepherd. Bakshi contacted Saul Zaentz, who wrote a check to cover MGM's debt and agreed to fund the $ 8 million budget for the first of what was initially planned as a series of three films, and later negotiated down to two. Before production began, Bakshi and Zaentz insisted that the Tolkien estate receive 7036: 842:. Impressed by Crumb's sharp satire, Bakshi purchased the book and suggested to Krantz that it would work as a film. Krantz arranged a meeting with Crumb, during which Bakshi presented the drawings he had created while learning the artist's distinctive style to prove that he could adapt Crumb's artwork to animation. Impressed by Bakshi's tenacity, Crumb lent him one of his sketchbooks for reference. 851:

Crumb to sign the contract. After a week, Crumb left, leaving the film's production status uncertain. Two weeks after Bakshi returned to New York, Krantz entered his office and told Bakshi that he had acquired the film rights through Dana, who had Crumb's power of attorney and signed the contract. Crumb was subsequently hostile both to the film and Bakshi. Krantz produced a sequel,

4080: 1752:, and Marcia Adams. Bakshi again used rotoscoping, in an attempt to capture the range of emotions and movement required for the film's story. According to Bakshi, "Rotoscoping is terrible for subtleties, so it was tough to get facial performances to match the stage ones." Bakshi was able to acquire the rights to an extensive soundtrack—including songs by 626:, were selling shows to the networks, even as the series produced by Terrytoons (which was owned by CBS) were declining in popularity. In 1966, Bill Weiss asked Bakshi to help him carry presentation boards to Manhattan for a meeting with CBS. The network executives rejected all of Weiss's proposals as "too sophisticated", "too corny", or "too old-timey". 904:, so Bakshi had to test the animation by flipping an animator's drawings in his hand before they were inked and painted. When a cameraman realized that the cels for the desert scenes were not wide enough and revealed the transparency, Bakshi painted a cactus to cover the mistake. Very few storyboards were used. Bakshi and Vita walked around the 781:

by an American border guard, who asked him what he was doing. Bakshi responded, "All of these guys are heading into Canada to dodge the draft and I'm running back into the States. What the fuck is wrong with that!?" The guard laughed, and let Bakshi through. Vita was detained at the airport; he was searched and interrogated for six hours.

2078:, and she agreed to purchase the series. However, Bakshi did not own the rights and did not know who did. While researching the rights, he learned that CBS had acquired the entire Terrytoons library in 1955 and forgotten about it. According to Bakshi, "I sold them a show they already owned, so they just gave me the rights for nothin'!" 499:. Fearing that segregated whites would riot if they learned that a white, let alone Jewish student was attending a black school, the police removed Bakshi from his classroom. Meanwhile, his father had been suffering from anxiety attacks. Within a few months, the family moved back to Brownsville, where they rarely spoke of these events. 831:, a tale of inner-city street life. Krantz told Bakshi that Hollywood studio executives would be unwilling to fund the film because of its content and Bakshi's lack of film experience, and would likely consider it if his first film was an adaptation, luckily he would find a Comic that would become his first animated feature. 1623:, so Bakshi and camera technician Ted Bemiller created their own photographic enlarger to process the footage cheaply. Live-action special effects and analog optics were used in place of animation to keep the visual effects budget low and give the film a more realistic look. Among the voice actors was the well-regarded 518:, he took little interest in academics, spending most of his time focusing on "broads, mouthing off, and doodling". After participating in a food fight and being caught smoking, Bakshi was sent to the principal's office. Believing Bakshi was unlikely to prosper at Thomas Jefferson, the principal transferred him to 487:. Bakshi recalled, "All my friends were black, everyone we did business with was black, the school across the street was black. It was segregated, so everything was black. I went to see black movies; black girls sat on my lap. I went to black parties. I was another black kid on the block. No problem!" 2593:

and his website, both run by the Bakshi family. He currently sells an art series called Little Guys and Gals, which are fictional portraits of cartoon people. The series originated in November 2020 as random character sketches and officially began in January 2021, originally calling the series Little

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felt that the film would not make sense to viewers who had not read the book. He wrote that it was too dark and lacked humor, concluding, "The lurid, meaningless violence of this movie left me exhausted and sickened by the end." The film, which cost $ 4 million to produce, grossed $ 30.5 million. The

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wrote, "the beginning of the film is quite promising, with a garbage can discussing life on the streets with some garbage. This is an example of what Bakshi did best—using the medium of animation to comment on society. Unfortunately, he doesn't do it enough in this film. There is a wildly imaginative

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is set in Brooklyn during the 1950s; its lead characters are Vinnie, the leader of a gang named "The Stompers", his friend Crazy Shapiro, and their girlfriends, Roz and Eva. Vinnie and Crazy Shapiro were based on Bakshi's high-school friends Norman Darrer and Allen Schechterman. Warner Bros. optioned

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was released, Bakshi had become a celebrity, but his reputation was primarily based upon his having directed the first "dirty" animated film. Facing criticism of his work on publicity tours and in trade publications, he began writing poetry to express his emotions. This became a tradition, and Bakshi

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According to an interview in 2009, Bakshi said he was very poor and the walls of his neighborhood were constantly repainted. He liked the feeling when he looked out the window and saw the sun as a little boy, and whenever he would walk out in the streets, someone would break open the wooden crates in

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use. Bakshi did not initially view the footage; he believed that Klein was overreacting, but agreed to let him cut the scene. Kricfalusi expressed disbelief over the cut, insisting that the action was harmless and that the sequence should be restored. Following Kricfalusi's advice, Bakshi told Klein

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and Bob Jaques, to complete the animation within a few weeks. The band's arrival at the set was delayed by a snowstorm and several takes were ruined when the cameras crossed paths. Bakshi was forced to pay the union wages out of his own fees, and the continuity between Kricfalusi's animation and the

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in live-action and voice roles, cutting in and out of animation abruptly rather than seamlessly because he wanted to prove that the two media could "coexist with neither excuse nor apology". He wrote a song for Crothers to sing during the opening title sequence: "Ah'm a Niggerman". Its structure was

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Bakshi served as head of the studio for eight months before Paramount closed its animation division on December 1, 1967. He learned that his position was always intended to be temporary and that Paramount never intended to pick up his pitches. Although Hampft was prepared to offer Bakshi a severance

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was the most action-oriented story Bakshi had directed, so he again used rotoscoping; the realism of the design and rotoscoped animation replicated Frazetta's artwork. Bakshi and Frazetta were heavily involved in the production of the live-action sequences, from casting sessions to the final shoot.

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opened in New York City on October 1, 1982, and was released in Los Angeles in January 1983. The film's release was limited, and went largely unnoticed in the United States, although it garnered respectable business in foreign markets. In a brief review, Vincent Canby wrote that it was "not exactly

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were in the middle of a lawsuit. Failing to reach a settlement with Guest, Krantz told Bakshi to grab the series' model sheets and return to the United States. When the studio found out, a warrant for Bakshi's arrest was issued by the Toronto police. He narrowly avoided capture before being stopped

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alone. Bakshi was dissatisfied with the traditional role of a Terrytoons director: "We didn't really 'direct' like you'd think. We were 'animation directors,' because the story department controlled the storyboards. We couldn't affect anything, but I still tried. I'd re-time, mix up soundtracks—I'd

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Richard Eder said the film "could be masterpiece a shattering successful effort to use an uncommon form—cartoons and live action combined-to convey the hallucinatory violence and frustration of American city life, specifically black city life lyrically violent, yet in no way exploit violence".

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Bakshi did not want to produce a broad cartoon version of the tale, so he planned to shoot the entire film in live action and animate the footage with rotoscoping. The film also incorporated brief cel animation and straightforward live-action footage. Production of the live-action sequences took

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bought it and promised an $ 850,000 budget. Bakshi hired animators with whom he had worked in the past, including Vita, Tyer, Anzilotti, and Nick Tafuri, and began the layouts and animation. The first completed sequence was a junkyard scene in Harlem, in which Fritz smokes marijuana, has sex, and

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warned Bakshi against working with Crumb, describing him as "slick". Bakshi later agreed with Bodé's assessment, calling Crumb "one of the slickest hustlers you'll ever see in your life". Krantz sent Bakshi to San Francisco, where he stayed with Crumb and his wife, Dana, in an attempt to persuade

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The executives loved the idea, and while Silverman required a few drawings before committing, Weiss immediately put Bakshi to work on the series' development. Once Silverman saw the character designs, he confirmed that CBS would greenlight the show, on the condition that Bakshi would serve as its

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After the Spanish film development lab discovered that telephone lines, helicopters and cars were visible in the footage, they tried to incinerate it, telling Bakshi's first assistant director, "if that kind of sloppy cinematography got out, no one from Hollywood would ever come back to Spain to

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went into production the month it was greenlighted; it was scheduled to premiere on September 19, 1987. This haste required the crew to be split into four teams, led by supervising director Kricfalusi, Fitzgerald, Steve Gordon and Bruce Woodside. Each team was given a handful of episodes, and

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Bakshi's frustrations with his failing marriage and the state of the planet further drove his need to animate. In 1959, he moved his desk to join the rest of the animators; after asking Rasinski for material to animate, he received layouts of two scenes: a hat floating on water and a running

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After a few months, Schudde was surprised that Bakshi was still showing up to work, so he promoted him to cel painter. Bakshi began to practice animating; to give himself more time, at one point he slipped 10 cels that he was supposed to work on into the "to-do" pile of a fellow painter, Leo

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of local schools meant that the nearest white school was several miles away; Bakshi obtained his mother's permission to attend the nearby black school with his friends. Most of the students had no problem with Bakshi's presence, but a teacher sought advice from the principal, who called the

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Bakshi chose rotoscoping as a cost-effective way to complete the movie's battle scenes with his own finances. Because he could not afford to hire a film crew or actors, or develop 35mm stock, Bakshi requested prints of films that contained the type of large battle scenes needed, including

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during the recording sessions. Several animation sequences appear as rough sketchbook pages. The film also incorporated live-action footage and photographs. Although Krantz, in an attempt to get the film an R rating, prepared different versions of scenes involving sex and violence,

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In 2003 Bakshi received a Maverick Tribute Award at the Cinequest San Jose Film Festival; the same year he began teaching an animation class in New Mexico – this became The Bakshi School of Animation and Cartooning, which is run by Ralph's son Edward and his partner Jess Gorell.

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picture", was not completed the way he had intended: It "was going to have curse words and sex scenes, and a lot more than that. Of course, they wouldn't let me do that." He described the disappointing result as a "typical 1967 limited-animation theatrical". Animation historian

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costumes moving toward the craft service table, and used the footage in the film. Jerry Beck later wrote that, while he found the rotoscoped animation "beautiful", he felt that it was unclear whether the use of live action was an artistic choice or due to budgetary constraints.

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had introduced an industrial-sized photocopier, Bakshi asked one of the company's technical experts if he would be able to feed 35mm reels into the machine to produce enlarged copies of each frame. The experiment worked, and Bakshi got the pages he needed for a penny per copy.

2154:(AFA), alleged that "The Littlest Tramp" depicted cocaine use, instigating a media frenzy. The AFA, during its incarnation as the National Federation for Decency, had previously targeted CBS as an "accessory to murder" after a mother killed her daughter following an airing of 2256:. Ted Geisel had never been satisfied with the previous screen versions of his Dr. Seuss work. Bakshi wanted to produce an entirely faithful adaptation, and Geisel—who agreed to storyboard the special himself—was pleased with the final product. Bakshi next directed the pilot 1368:, and the film was scheduled for a Christmas 1975 release, but was moved to the summers of 1976 and later 1977, before ultimately being postponed indefinitely. Warner Bros. was concerned about any controversy the film would encounter as a result of the backlash over the film 661:, and he was unhappy with the quality of the animation, writing, timing, and voice acting. Although the series' first 20 segments were successful, Bakshi wanted to leave Terrytoons to form his own company. In 1967, he drew up presentation pieces for a fantasy series called 797:

of Manhattan, where his mother used to work and which Bakshi described as "the worst neighborhood in the world". Bakshi Productions paid its employees higher salaries than other studios and expanded opportunities for female and minority animators. The studio began work on

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was "the breakthrough movie that opened brand new vistas to the commercial animator in the United States", presenting an "almost disturbingly accurate" portrayal "of a particular stratum of Western society during a particular era, as such it has dated very well."

1350:, Bakshi wanted to distinguish himself artistically by producing a film in which live action and animated characters would interact. Bakshi said, "The illusion I attempted to create was that of a completely live-action film. Making it work almost drove us crazy." 2307:, was radically different from Bakshi's original. Paramount threatened to sue Bakshi if he did not complete the film. As Bakshi and Mancuso wrangled over their creative differences, Bakshi and the studio also began to fight over the film's casting. To keep actor 2071:

met to brainstorm. Bakshi remembers, "My car was packed to the windows. Judy was my last stop before driving cross country back to New York to my family." Price rejected Bakshi's prepared pitches, but asked what else he had. He told her that he had the rights to

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Preparation began on a studio pitch that included a poster-sized cel featuring the comic's cast against a traced photo background—as Bakshi intended the film to appear. Despite Crumb's enthusiasm, the artist refused to sign the contract Krantz drew up. Artist

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rooted in the history of the slave plantation - slaves would "shout" lines from poems and stories great distances across fields in unison, creating a natural beat. Bakshi has described its vocal style, backed by fast guitar licks, as an "early version of

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were hired to contribute backgrounds and designs. The crew included Vita, Turek, Sparey, Vitello and Spence, who had become comfortable with Bakshi's limited storyboarding and lack of pencil tests. As the production costs increased, Fox president

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in a dual lead role. While the film does not reflect Bakshi's own experiences, its themes were strongly influenced by people he had encountered in Brownsville. The film's crew included character layout and design artist Louise Zingarelli, Vita,

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and Matthew Flint. Reviewer Todd Everett noted that it had the same "hyperdrive visual sense" of Bakshi's animated films. He said, "Everything in 'Cool' seems to exist in pastels and Bakshi shoots from more odd angles than any director since

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proved that adult-oriented animation could be financially successful, animated films were still not respected, and Bakshi's pictures were considered to be "dirty Disney flicks" that were "mature" only for depicting sex, drugs, and profanity.

2164:, the AFA claimed that CBS "intentionally hired a known pornographer to do a cartoon for children, and then allowed him to insert a scene in which the cartoon hero is shown sniffing cocaine." Bakshi responded, "You could pick a still out of 428:

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

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as a holiday film, United Artists pressured Bakshi to complete it on schedule for its intended November 15, 1978, release. Once it was finished, Bakshi was told that audiences would not pay to see an incomplete story; over his objections,

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Vincent Canby wrote, "I'm amazed at the success that Mr. Bakshi has in turning animated characters into figures of real feelings." Jerry Beck called it "one of Bakshi's best films". Due to music clearance issues, it was not released on

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was released on April 12, 1972, opening in Hollywood and Washington, D.C. A major hit, it became the most successful independent animated feature of all time. The same month as the film's release, Bakshi's daughter, Victoria, was born.

2205:, in December 1988. It was the first original animated special created for Nickelodeon. Bakshi moved into a warehouse loft in downtown Los Angeles to clear his head, and was offered $ 50,000 to direct a half-hour live-action film for 2736:, saying: "What happened to the Ralph Bakshis of the world? We're all sitting here talking family entertainment. Does animation have to be family entertainment? Audiences want something new; they just can't articulate what." 1412:

fantasy sequence during the climax, when the character named Crazy starts hallucinating during a rooftop shooting spree. This scene almost justifies the whole film. But otherwise, this is a rehash of ideas better explored in

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called Bakshi's effort a "mixed blessing" and "an entirely respectable, occasionally impressive job still falls far short of the charm and sweep of the original story". Vincent Canby found it "both numbing and impressive".

1466:. Returning to the fantasy drawings he had created in high school for inspiration, Bakshi intended to prove that he could produce a "family picture" that had the same impact as his adult-oriented films. British illustrator 2438:, focusing on a trumpet-playing cockroach named Malcom and his best friend, a clown named Melvin. Both were heavily edited after Bakshi turned them in and he disowned them as a result. Bakshi was subsequently contacted by 605:. Despite threats of repercussion from the animators' union, Rasinski fought to keep Bakshi as a layout artist. Bakshi began to see Rasinski as a father figure; Rasinski, childless, was happy to serve as Bakshi's mentor. 2488:

received acceptable ratings. A second season was approved, but the network wanted to fire Bakshi's writing team and hire professional Los Angeles screenwriters. When Bakshi refused to cooperate, the series was canceled.

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called it "shocking, outrageous, offensive, sometimes incoherent, occasionally unintelligent. However, it is also an authentic work of movie art and Bakshi is certainly the most creative American animator since Disney."

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in his heyday. And the closing sequences ably demonstrate how it's possible to present strong violence without any blood being shed onscreen. Bakshi pulls strong from a cadre of youngish and largely unknown actors".

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on the spot. He described the series' characters, including Strong Man, Tornado Man, Rope Man, Cuckoo Man, and Diaper Man: "They fought evil wherever they could, and the villains were stupider than they were."

1077:, Bakshi asked when he would be paid. Krantz responded, "The picture didn't make any money, Ralph. It's just a lot of noise." Bakshi found Krantz's claims dubious, as the producer had recently purchased a new 410:(1992), which was largely rewritten during production and received poor reviews, consequently being his last theatrical feature-length film to date. Bakshi returned to television with the live-action film 1553:

saw it as "marred by cut-rate techniques and a shapeless screenplay". In the view of film historian Jerry Beck, the lead character, an aging sorcerer, "clearly owes much to cartoonist Vaughn Bodé's

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shoot again." When Bakshi returned to the United States, he learned that the cost of developing blown-up prints of each frame had risen. He did not want to repeat the process that had been used on

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Kricfalusi's team wrote story outlines for thirteen episodes in a week and pitched them to Price. By the next week, Kricfalusi had hired animators he knew who had been working at other studios.

2519:, where he became more productive than ever in his painting and began development on the Last Days of Coney Island film. In 2003, he appeared as the Fire Chief in the episode "Fire Dogs 2" of 2342:. The premiere audience I saw it with certainly did." The critical reaction to the film was generally negative. Roger Ebert wrote, "The DJ who was hosting the radio station's free preview of 2096:, Dave Marshall and Jeff Pidgeon were among the artists who worked on the series. Despite the time constraints, CBS was pleased with the way Bakshi Productions addressed the network's notes. 2199:. Bakshi has also stated that "we were trying something different but a series didn't make sense. It just didn't work". The series was scrapped, and the completed pilot aired as a special, 6354: 514:

to document his experiences and create fantasy-influenced art. He stole a copy of the book and learned every lesson in it. During his teenaged years, Bakshi took up boxing. While attending

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Gals and Little Guys. Bakshi appeared as a guest at a Canadian film festival which celebrates animation, SPARK Animation, which was held virtually, from October 28 to November 7, 2021.

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visited the studio for the chance to play a role. Animator Carl Bell loved drawing Aragorn so much that Bakshi gave Bell the live-action Aragorn costume, which he wore while animating.

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During the production of the episode "The Littlest Tramp", editor Tom Klein expressed concern that a sequence showing Mighty Mouse sniffing the remains of a crushed flower resembled

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Bakshi married his first wife, Elaine, when he was 21. Their son, Mark, was born when Bakshi was 22. Elaine disliked his long work hours; parodying his marital problems, Bakshi drew

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wrote, "Certainly, it will outrage some and, indeed, it's not Disney. The dialog it has obviously generated—if not the box-office obstacles—seems joltingly healthy." Bakshi called

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cartoonist Charles Allen. In June 1956, Bakshi graduated from the school with an award in cartooning. He attended and graduated from the School of Industrial Art (now known as the

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operated almost entirely independently of the others. Although the scripts required approval by CBS executives, Kricfalusi insisted that the artists add visual gags as they drew.

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Bakshi recognized Kricfalusi's talent, and wanted to put him in charge of a project that would showcase the young animator's skills. Bakshi and Kricfalusi co-wrote the screenplay

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preferred by Crumb, giving the film's backgrounds a stylized realism virtually unprecedented in animation. The tones of the watercolor backgrounds were influenced by the work of

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On the way to the CBS offices to make his pitch, he was involved in a car accident. At the auto body shop, he met Liz, who later became his second wife. Though CBS passed on

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Bakshi received a pay raise, but was not as satisfied with his career advancement as he had anticipated; Rasinski had died in 1965, Bakshi did not have creative control over

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were rejected. Bakshi juxtaposed stereotypical designs of blacks with even more negative depictions of white racists, but the film's strongest criticism is directed at the

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declined Bakshi's requests for salary increases, and refused to give him $ 50,000 to complete the film. At the same time, Ladd was dealing with similar budget problems on

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In the spring of 1947, Bakshi's father and uncle traveled to Washington, D.C., in search of business opportunities, and soon moved the family to the black neighborhood of

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was marketed with no indication that a second part would follow. Reviews of the film were mixed, but it was generally seen as a "flawed but inspired interpretation".

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for NBC; he described the result as "an embarrassing piece of shit". Besides Bakshi, sitcom alumnus Rob Sternin and Prudence Fraser wrote and produced the project.

2030: 1582:' head of production, who agreed to let Bakshi direct in exchange for the $ 3 million that had been spent on Boorman's screenplay. Down the hall from Medavoy was 9324: 5618: 5881: 9159: 2360:, quit while you're ahead." The film was a box-office disappointment. While other film projects followed, Bakshi began to focus more attention on painting. 2235:. After a car crash, Bakshi completed the post-production in stitches and casts. Bakshi said of the work, "It's the most proud I've been of a picture since 7509: 9309: 5799: 9099: 9069: 8610: 1736: 1128:. Bakshi said, "I can't talk about that", and hung up. After locking Bakshi out of the studio the next day, Krantz called several directors, including 1660:

s Joseph Gelmis wrote that "the film's principal reward is a visual experience unlike anything that other animated features are doing at the moment".

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attending. From February 17 to February 26 of 2023, Bakshi's entire theatrical filmography was screened in Tinker Street Cinema, which is located in

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comic strips. According to Bakshi, the proposed series "was going to be a revitalization of cartoon style from the '20s and '30s. It was gonna have

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called the film "an offensively bad picture, the kind that makes people who love animation get up and leave the theater in disgust". Production of

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commented that "Bakshi seems to throw in a little of everything and he can't quite pull it together." Eventually, positive reviews appeared in

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to work at the studio. After finishing Culhane's uncompleted shorts, he directed, produced, wrote, and designed four short films at Paramount:

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Bakshi retired from animation once more, returning to his painting. In 2000, he began teaching an undergraduate animation class at New York's

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Bakshi's game of cat and mouse; He took heat when he addressed adult themes in animation, a realm thought to belong to kids. Now it's kudos.

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wrote poems before beginning production on each of his films. The first of these poems was "Street Arabs", which preceded the production of

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The first group of Bakshi character sketches has SOLD OUT. Thank you! Additional Bakshi 4" x 6" pen and ink sketches have just been added -

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place in Spain. During the middle of a large shoot, union bosses called for a lunch break, and Bakshi secretly shot footage of actors in

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for "Distinguished Contribution to the Art of Animation". The same year, he began production on a series pilot loosely adapted from his

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would bring diversity to the animation industry. Other animators were less pleased by Bakshi's arrival and placed an advertisement in

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Prompted in part by Salinger's letter, Bakshi briefly retired to focus on painting. During this time he completed the screenplay for

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president Dan Melnick. Bakshi wanted to produce a film in which songs would be given a new context in juxtaposition to the visuals.

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As he perfected his animation style, he began to take on more jobs, including creating design tests for the studio's head director,

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After he quit the animation industry, Bakshi did multiple interviews with the media and on podcasts. He continues to sell art on

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iconography. Early designs in which the main characters (Brother Rabbit, Brother Bear, and Preacher Fox) resembled figures from

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was cast in the film in February 2013 after Modine, a longtime Bakshi fan, came across the film's Kickstarter campaign online.

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that the character should have a 1980s look and rotoscope-ish animation. Eilish referenced the works of Bakshi and animator

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The availability of Bakshi's work on the Internet sparked a resurgence of interest in his career, resulting in a three-day

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among his "Ten Best Films of 1973". Upon release, the movie was banned by the Film Censorship Board in the province of

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camera perspectives were used to portray the way the film's hippies and hoodlums viewed the city. Many scenes featured

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had proven successful at the box office, and Bakshi wanted to work with his long-time friend, the fantasy illustrator

1085:. Bakshi did not have a lawyer, so he sought advice from fellow directors with whom he had become friendly, including 9189: 9018: 9013: 9008: 9003: 8998: 8993: 8596: 7621: 7421: 7381: 6967: 6452: 5400: 5292: 5267: 5158: 5094: 4647: 4569: 4402: 4005: 3991: 3884: 2971: 1599: 1451: 633:, CBS's daytime programming chief, began to leave the office, an unprepared Bakshi pitched a superhero parody called 382: 129: 4368: 9329: 9194: 7875: 7711: 3444: 2610:

released a list of the "Top 100 Animated Features of All Time" in March 2003 that included four of Bakshi's films:

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in attendance, it was the first time lead actor Ron Thompson had ever introduced the film before a live audience.

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Provided the voices of Connelly and Goldblum in the episode "Sex Drive", and Stevie in the episode "Mano's Hands"

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wasn't pornography. It was social commentary. This all smacks of burning books and the Third Reich. It smacks of

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received a limited release, it was successful in the theaters that showed it and developed a worldwide audience.

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called it an "amusing, diverting, handsomely executed poke at youthful attitudes". John Grant writes in his book

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Superman Vs. Hollywood: How Fiendish Producers, Devious Directors, and Warring Writers Grounded an American Icon

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Over the next 11 years, Bakshi directed seven additional animated features. He is well known for such films as

6604: 9244: 7278: 2740: 2671: 2484:—and thus became the first "adults only" cartoon series. Although critical reaction was largely unfavorable, 1915: 531: 523: 7239: 817: 6741: 4873: 857:(1974), to which Bakshi was steadfastly opposed, having wanted to kill Fritz off to avoid further movies. 9274: 9164: 8810: 8577: 8572: 8567: 8562: 8557: 7868: 7823: 6837: 4744: 3415: 2715: 2636: 2607: 2206: 2151: 1321: 1274: 1135:

Bakshi wanted the voices to sound organic, so he experimented with improvisation, allowing his actors to

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Ralph Bakshi: Book 1 – A Private selection of drawings released from the Bakshi Archives. 2018–2019

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incoherent, but whatever it originally had on its mind seems to have slipped away". Animation historian

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television series. Bakshi married Liz in August 1968. His second child, Preston, was born in June 1970.

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In September 2008, Main Street Pictures announced that it would collaborate with Bakshi on a sequel to

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were gradually replaced by animation; among the eliminated live-action sequences was one featuring the

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gave Bakshi's film an X rating, as well, Cinemation exploited it for promotional purposes, advertising

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of real conversations in place of scripted dialogue; this, too, would become a signature of Bakshi's.

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for Distinguished Contribution to the Art of Animation, and the 2003 Maverick Tribute Award at the

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In May 1971, Bakshi moved his studio to Los Angeles to hire additional animators. Some, including

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In 1969, Ralph's Spot was founded as a division of Bakshi Productions to produce commercials for

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essentially stands as a footnote to the spate of barbarian films that followed in the wake of

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National Student Film Institute/L.A: The Sixteenth Annual Los Angeles Student Film Festival

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Serious Business: The Art and Commerce of Animation in America from Betty Boop to Toy Story

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studio refused to fund the sequel, which would have adapted the remainder of the story.

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Bakshi intended to attack stereotypes by portraying them directly, culling imagery from

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wrapped, Bakshi attempted several projects that fell through, including adaptations of

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At the age of 25, Bakshi was promoted to director. His first assignment was the series

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worked on the initial musical score, but the final version was scored by John Madara.

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Drawing the Line: The Untold Story of the Animation Unions from Bosko to Bart Simpson

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Drawing the Line: The Untold Story of the Animation Unions from Bosko to Bart Simpson

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commented about Bakshi and showed that he was inspired by him during an interview in

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as "90 minutes of violence, excitement, and SEX ... he's X-rated and animated!"

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creative director and to oversee the entire project. It would appear as a segment of

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That's Blaxploitation!: Roots of the Baadasssss 'Tude (Rated X by an All-Whyte Jury)

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payment, so Ladd suggested that they fund the completion of their films themselves.

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was completed in 1975. A three-minute promotion of this version was screened at the

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polisher, Bakshi was eventually promoted to animator and then director. He moved to

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in 1967 and started his own studio, Bakshi Productions, in 1968. Through producer

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family. In 1939, his family migrated to the United States, and he grew up in the

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to restore the scene, which had been approved by network executives and the CBS

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was forced to drastically compact his sets, and animation director and designer

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neared completion, Lucas requested that Bakshi change the title of his film to

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When Bakshi was 18, his friend Cosmo Anzilotti was hired by the cartoon studio

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immigrant family of musicians, whose careers parallel the history of American

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live-action footage did not match; however, the video was completed on time.

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applauded its "black humor, powerful grotesquerie, and peculiar raw beauty."

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had the idea for an animated version of herself for her in the concert film

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s investors for $ 1.2 million, while 20th Century Fox agreed to distribute.

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Forbidden Animation: Censored Cartoons and Blacklisted Animators in America

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Forbidden Animation: Censored Cartoons and Blacklisted Animators in America

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Forbidden Animation: Censored Cartoons and Blacklisted Animators in America

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on the network's 1966–67 Saturday-morning schedule; the series was renamed

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polisher and commuted four hours each day to the studio, based in suburban

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The incident had a ripple effect, weakening Nickelodeon's commitment to

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department. The episode aired on October 31, 1987, without controversy.

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Rotospective: Ralph Bakshi, Lessons in Artistry, Rebellion and Success

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inspired the animation rotoscoping techniques of the independent film

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when he learned that Bakshi wanted to discuss acquiring the rights to

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Los Angeles Student Film Institute: 13th Annual Student Film Festival

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James, Darius (1995). "Rappin' with the rib-ticklin' Ralph Bakshi".

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In April 1987, Bakshi set up a meeting with Judy Price, the head of

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Denby, David (December 4, 1978). "Hobbit hobbled and rabbit ran".

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to have two financially successful movies released consecutively.

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offered Bakshi the chance to create two animated short films for

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called it a "brutal satire from the streets". A reviewer for the

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series. For the third time, Bakshi revisited his screenplay for

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Bakshi enlisted comic-book and pulp-fiction artists and writers

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leaped onto the stage and promised the audience: 'If you liked

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and Brooklyn that served as the narration, which was spoken by

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Bakshi soon founded his own studio, Bakshi Productions, in the

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Provided the voice of Fire Chief in the episode "Fire Dogs 2"

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In the 1980s and 1990s he served on the advisory board of the

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in Hollywood, there was a special screening of Bakshi's film

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has added Bakshi's films to its collection for preservation.

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was ranked number 56 in the 2004 poll conducted by Britain's

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recalled that "audiences actually wanted a wilder, raunchier

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