A bizarre accident lands Frank Harris in Cool World, a realm of cartoons. Years later, cartoonist Jack Deebs, who’s been drawing Cool World, crosses over as well. He sets his lustful sights on animated femme fatale Holli Would, but she’s got plans of her own to become real, and it’s up to Frank to stop her.
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Film Cast:
- Holli Would: Kim Basinger
- Jack Deebs: Gabriel Byrne
- Detective Frank Harris: Brad Pitt
- Jennifer Malley: Michele Abrams
- Isabelle Malley: Deirdre O’Connell
- Agatha Rose Harris: Janni Brenn
- Cop: William Frankfather
- Cop: Greg Collins
- Interrogator #2 / Mash / drunken bar patron / Dr. Vincent “Vegas Vinnie” Whiskers / Jack Deebs (super hero version) (voice): Maurice LaMarche
- Sparks (voice): Michael David Lally
- Comic Bookstore Cashier: Carrie Hamilton
- Bash (performance model) / Comic Store Patron: Stephen Worth
- Store Patron: Murray Podwal
- Holli Would / Lonette (performance model) / Craps Bunny (voice): Jenine Jennings
- Interrogator #1 / Slash / Holli’s door (voice): Joey Camen
- Valet: Paul Ben-Victor
- Mash: Gary Friedkin
- Bash (voice): Gregory Snegoff
- Bob / Lonette (voice): Candi Milo
- Nails (voice): Charlie Adler
- Bouncer (voice): Patrick Pinney
- Self: Frank Sinatra Jr.
- Lucky’s Bouncer (voice): Kevin L. Jackson
- Plaza Bouncer: Big Yank
- Bob: Bobby Bell
- Lonette: Clare Hoak
- Doc Whiskers: Antonio Hoyos
- Nails: Leroy Thompson
Film Crew:
- Director: Ralph Bakshi
- Writer: Mark Victor
- Writer: Michael Grais
- Visual Effects: Al Holter
- Animation: Greg Tiernan
- Animation Manager: Micki Zurcher
- Visual Effects: David ‘Joey’ Mildenberger
- Animation Manager: Silvia Pompei
- Camera Operator: Bingo Ferguson
- Animation: Steven E. Gordon
- Art Direction: David J. Bomba
- Camera Operator: Ted T. Bemiller
- Production Design: Michael Corenblith
- Visual Effects: David Kracov
- Camera Department Manager: Bill Bloom
- Visual Effects: Ellen Greenblatt
- Animation: Darryl Gordon
- Visual Effects: Phil Cummings
- Visual Effects: Conrad Vernon
- Costume Design: Malissa Daniel
- Camera Operator: William Bemiller
- Visual Effects Editor: Kelly G. Crawford
- Director of Photography: John A. Alonzo
- Visual Effects: Daniel Eblen
- Editor: Steve Mirkovich
- Visual Effects: Tom Pope
- Visual Effects: Kristine Brown
- Visual Effects: Mike Disa
- Casting: Carrie Frazier
- Visual Effects: Pat Clark
- Associate Producer: Vikki Williams
- Visual Effects: David M. Kcenich
- Producer: Frank Mancuso Jr.
- Visual Effects: Hae Sook Hwang
- Visual Effects: Dan Wanket
- Editor: Annamária Szántó Komlóssy
- Visual Effects: Nate Pacheco
- Camera Operator: Robert Jacobs
- Makeup Artist: Jack Freeman
- Key Makeup Artist: Emily Katz
- Sound Editor: Rubén Domingo
- Sound Designer: Eugene Gearty
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Rick Hart
- Sound Effects Editor: Bill Koepnick
- Sound Designer: Skip Lievsay
- Sound Effects: Roger Mende
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Donald O. Mitchell
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Frank A. Montaño
- Supervising Sound Editor: Hamilton Sterling
- Sound Effects Editor: John Joseph Thomas
- Stunts: Gregory J. Barnett
- Stunts: John C. Meier
- Stunts: Jeffrey J. Dashnaw
- Stunts: Buddy Joe Hooker
- Visual Effects: Juli Murphy
- Stunts: Ken Blazer
- Stunts: Nick Brett
- Stunts: Kenny Bates
- Stunts: Danny Epper
- Stunts: Gary Davis
- Stunts: Chris Durand
- Stunts: Maria R. Kelly
- Stunts: Steve Kelso
- Stunts: Matt Johnston
- Stunts: Cyndi Lee Rice
- Utility Stunts: Kim Renee
- Stunts: Lynn Salvatori
- Stunt Coordinator: R.A. Rondell
- Stunts: David Welch
- Stunts: Dick Ziker
- Stunts: Scott Wilder
- Original Music Composer: Mark Isham
Movie Reviews:
- talisencrw: Decent, though a disappointment after enjoying Bakshi’s great run of Spider-Man cartoons from the 60’s. The animation style and great soundtrack–dated in a fine way–make up for such a lousy and uninspired script. I’d much rather come across Shirley Clarke’s similarly titled film from the 60’s instead.
- JPV852: I’m not 100% positive but I think my parents took me to see this, when I was only 11 years old, and I’m pretty sure they were at the very least unconformable though this was only a month after they took me to see Batman Returns so… Anyway, seeing this again after 30 years, this feels like a movie made for people to watch while high because I was perplexed at what this was. It also had the stench of studio interference with a confusing plot at least early on and not helped by one-dimensional characters and hammy acting, with Brad Pitt seeming to regret taking the role even if it was early in his career. Kim Basinger as Holli Would was fun, to say the least. And Gabriel Byrne just look confused.
- The scenes with animation and live action felt unpolished compared to something like Who Framed Roger Rabbit, however some of the real sets definitely had some interesting aesthetics to them. I don’t know, this is one that some might appreciate but for myself I doubt I’d ever revisit. **2.5/5**
