Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #45824 in DVD
• Released on: 2002-04-30
• Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English, Yiddish
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 75 minutes

Special Features
English
Region 2

Synopsis
Based on a series of comics by underground cartoonist Robert Crumb, this X-rated animated film brings a cynical eye to the idealism of the 1960s. It's a world where black people are crows, cops are pigs, rabbis are lions, and cats--like New York University student Fritz (voiced by Skip Hinnant)--are substituted for guilt-ridden white guys who want to be poets but mainly smoke pot and engage in group sex. After a drug bust by a couple of bumbling pigs makes him an outlaw, Fritz sets fire to his NYU dorm and hits the road in search of self-discovery. The crazy cat steals a car, starts a race riot in Harlem, and ends up stuck outside San Francisco with a group of sadistic revolutionaries led by a junkie biker rabbit. Through it all Fritz's pot-addled self-righteousness gradually gives way to a deeper understanding of life, but perhaps too late to extract himself from a terrorist plot.
FRITZ THE CAT was director Ralph Bakshi's first feature, and it carries many of his future themes--ultrableak urban landscapes, cynically guarded idealism, grotesque sexuality, and raucously over-the-top moments of violence. This huge international hit is definitely an odd trip for those looking to make one.

Customer Reviews

A cult classic!
A cult classic! Ralph Bakshi's animated adaptation of Robert Crumb's comic strip character. Sex, drugs and violence aplenty as we follow Fritz's adventures throught the swinging '60s. A must-have for the discerning collector.

A historical curio with much less depth than it imagines
If you've seen it before and you like it, then fine. If not, then chances are you'll be disappointed. The transfer to DVD is pretty basic, although somebody's taken the trouble to split it into chapters, which is worthwhile as the stories are often fairly unconnected.

The original stories by Robert Crumb had much more content, humour and style, and many films of the 60's are far better than this animated effort.

A cult classic!
A cult classic! Ralph Bakshi's animated adaptation of Robert Crumb's comic strip character. Sex, drugs and violence aplenty as we follow Fritz's adventures through the swinging '60s. A must-have for the discerning collector.