Fritz the Cat (1972)
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- 1h 18min
- Animation, Comedy
- 14 Apr 1972 (USA)
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Cast
Skip Hinnant | ... |
Fritz the Cat (voice)
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Rosetta LeNoire | ... |
Bertha / Additional Female Crows (voice)
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John McCurry | ... |
Blue / John / Additional Voices (voice)
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Judy Engles | ... |
Winston Schwartz / Lizard Leader (voice)
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Phil Seuling | ... |
Pig Cop #2 (voice)
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Ralph Bakshi | ... |
Narrator / Pig Cop #1 (uncredited) (voice)
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Mary Dean | ... |
Girl #1 / Girl #2 / Girl #3 / Harriet (uncredited) (voice)
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Charles Spidar | ... |
Bar Patron / Duke the Crow (uncredited) (voice)
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Directed by
Ralph Bakshi |
Written by
Robert Crumb | ... | (characters) |
Ralph Bakshi | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
Steve Krantz | ... | producer |
Music by
Ed Bogas | ||
Ray Shanklin |
Cinematography by
Ted C. Bemiller | ... | (as Ted Bemiller) |
Gene Borghi |
Editing by
Renn Reynolds |
Production Management
Bob Revell | ... | production manager |
Art Department
John Alvin | ... | poster artist |
Sound Department
Gene Coleman | ... | additional dialogue recordist (uncredited) |
Don MacDougall | ... | sound mixer (uncredited) |
Kitty Malone | ... | foley artist (uncredited) |
Visual Effects by
Susan Jonas | ... | special effects (as Susan Cary) |
Helen Jordan | ... | special effects |
Irene Sandberg | ... | special effects |
Animation Department
Ed Aardal | ... | animator (as Edward Aardal) |
Fred Abranz | ... | assistant animator (as Alfred Abranz) |
Cosmo Anzilotti | ... | animator / layout artist |
Clifford Augustson | ... | animator |
Ted Bonnicksen | ... | animator (as Theodore Bonnicksen) / second layout (as Theodore Bonnicksen) |
Robert Brown | ... | animation checker |
Ethlynn Dalton | ... | animation checker |
James Davis | ... | animator / layout artist (as Jim Davis) |
Dotti Foell | ... | animation checker (as Dorothy Foell) |
Jack Foster | ... | assistant animator |
John Gentilella | ... | animator |
Joseph Gray | ... | assistant animator |
Milton Gray | ... | animator / assistant animator |
Karen Haus | ... | assistant animator |
Jack Kerns | ... | assistant animator |
Bob Kirk | ... | assistant animator (as Robert Kirk) |
Helen Komar | ... | assistant animator |
Michael Lloyd | ... | second background |
Jim Logan | ... | assistant animator (as James Logan) |
Dick Lundy | ... | animator (as Richard Lundy) / second layout (as Richard Lundy) |
Bob Maxfield | ... | animator (as Robert Maxfield) |
Norm McCabe | ... | animator (as Norman McCabe) |
M. Frann McCracken | ... | animation checker |
Lew Ott | ... | second layout (as Lewis Ott Jr.) |
Manuel Perez | ... | animator |
Larry Riley | ... | animator (as Lawrence Riley) |
Virgil Ross | ... | animator |
Rod Scribner | ... | animator (as Roderick Scribner) |
John Sparey | ... | animator / layout artist |
Nick Tafuri | ... | animator (as Nicholas Tafuri) |
Martin Taras | ... | animator |
Ira Turek | ... | background designer |
James Tyer | ... | animator |
John Vita | ... | background artist |
Art Vitello | ... | assistant animator (as Arthur Vitello) |
John Walker | ... | animator / second layout |
Ray Young | ... | assistant animator |
Ellie Zika | ... | color modeler |
Phil Duncan | ... | animator (uncredited) |
Colene Gonzales | ... | ink and paint artist (uncredited) |
George Griffin | ... | assistant animator (uncredited) |
Celine Miles | ... | ink and paint artist (uncredited) |
George Rufle | ... | animator (uncredited) |
Janet Scagnelli | ... | ink and paint artist (uncredited) |
Martha Sigall | ... | ink and paint artist (uncredited) |
Ed Smith | ... | animator (uncredited) |
Bob Tyler | ... | assistant animator (uncredited) |
Music Department
Ed Bogas | ... | musical director |
Additional Crew
Marion Nobel | ... | production assistant |
Nate Smith | ... | traffic manager |
Dan Perri | ... | title designer (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- Fritz Productions (copyright: 1972)
- Aurica Finance Company (for)
- Steve Krantz Productions
Distributors
- Cinemation Industries (1972) (United States) (theatrical)
- Black Ink Films (1972) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Merkur Film (1972) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Sandrew Film & Teater (1972) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Twentieth Century Fox (1972) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Actueel Film (1972) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Fox-MGM (1973) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- MGM-Fox Films (1974) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Filmes Castello Lopes (1974) (Portugal) (theatrical)
- Warner Home Video (1982) (United States) (VHS)
- Roadshow Home Video (1983) (Australia) (VHS)
- MTC Video (1984) (Greece) (VHS)
- Thorn EMI (1984) (United Kingdom) (VHS)
- Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (1985) (Argentina) (VHS)
- Channel 5 Video Distribution (1986) (United Kingdom) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (1988) (United States) (VHS)
- Thorn-Emi Video (West Germany) (video)
- Arrow Films (1993) (United Kingdom) (VHS)
- Substance Video (1998) (United States) (VHS)
- 4 Front Video (1994) (United Kingdom) (VHS)
- Filmax Home Video (Spain) (VHS)
- Arrow Video (2006) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- WVG Medien (2011) (Germany) (DVD)
- Scorpion Releasing (2021) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- American International Pictures (AIP) (1974) (United States) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Prima Film (1972) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Badcat Entertainment (1994) (United States) (VHS)
- MGM Home Entertainment (2001) (United States) (DVD)
- MGM Home Entertainment (2001) (United States) (VHS)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (2000) (United States)
- PolyGram Video (1999) (United Kingdom) (VHS)
- VTI Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Celine Miles Ink & Paint Service (additional ink and paint services)
- Cine Camera (photography)
- Deluxe Entertainment Services (color by)
- Edit International (music and effects)
- Fantasy Studios (original soundtrack)
- International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) (this picture made under the jurisdiction of)
- Motion Picture Association (MPA)
- Perri & Smith (title layouts)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
In the 1960s, fed up with monotonous college life and police repression, free-spirited Fritz, an impenitent seducer and unrestrained party-animal, decides to explore the world. And just like that, as he flees New York City, heading to San Francisco, Fritz embarks on an endless adventure of illumination. Immersed in a world surrounded by drugs and sex, Fritz takes part in mad orgies, brings about a revolution, incites mass urban riots, and crosses paths with drug-addled Nazi bikers. Will Fritz ever find what he's looking for? Written by Nick Riganas |
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Taglines | The CAT that got the CREAM! See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | $700,000 (estimated) |
Cumulative Worldwide Gross | $90,000,000 |
Did You Know?
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). See more » |
Goofs | When he emerges from the trash can, Fritz's outfit changes color from red to blue to red again between shots. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Precious Images (1986). See more » |
Soundtracks | Bo Diddley See more » |
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] See more » |