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RUNTIME
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Tight 78-minute runtime β shorter than most television pilots.
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Fritz the Cat
"We're not rated X for nothin', baby!"
1972 1h 18m EN
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6.2TMDB Β· 403
AnimationComedyDrama
Synopsis
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In late 1960s New York City, 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 NYC, heading to San Francisco, Fritz embarks on an endless adventure of illumination. Immersed in a world surrounded by drugs and sex, Fritz participates in mad orgies, brings about a revolution, incites mass urban riots, and crosses paths with drug-addled Nazi bikers.
βWe're not rated X for nothin', baby!β
Cast
Skip Hinnant
Fritz the Cat (voice)
Rosetta LeNoire
Bertha / Additional Female Crows (voice)
John McCurry
Blue / John / Additional Voices (voice)
Phil Seuling
Pig Cop #2 (voice)
Judy Engles
Winston Schwartz / Lizard Leader (voice)
Ralph Bakshi
Narrator / Pig Cop #1 (voice)
Mary Dean
Girl #1 / Girl #2 / Girl #3 / Harriet (voice)
Charles Spidar
Bar Patron / Duke the Crow (voice)
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Ralph Bakshi
- Writers
- Ralph Bakshi
- Languages
- English, Yiddish
- Countries
- United States of America
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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MONEY
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Shot for just $0.7M β micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
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MONEY
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Grossed $90M β a 128.6Γ return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
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ERA
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54 years old β a genuine piece of film history.
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WORLD
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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Yiddish.
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CINEMA
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Part of the "Fritz the Cat Collection" β so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Ralph Bakshi, shot by Ted C. Bemiller. Note their partnership β DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Ed Bogas. Worth a dedicated listen after β most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Ralph Bakshi directs. Ted C. Bemiller behind the camera. Ed Bogas scores. Renn Reynolds cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Yiddish.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 78-minute runtime β shorter than most television pilots.
- 2Shot for just $0.7M β micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
- 3Grossed $90M β a 128.6Γ return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
- 454 years old β a genuine piece of film history.
- 5Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Yiddish.
- 6Part of the "Fritz the Cat Collection" β so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
- 7Directed by Ralph Bakshi, shot by Ted C. Bemiller. Note their partnership β DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 8Original score by Ed Bogas. Worth a dedicated listen after β most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 9Editor Renn Reynolds shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 10Skip Hinnant and Rosetta LeNoire and John McCurry carry the top of the cast.
- 11Marketing tagline: "We're not rated X for nothin', baby!".
- 12IMDB entry: tt0068612 β still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 13Classified under 17 themes, including "new york city", "students' movement", "underground", "cat".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Ted C. Bemiller
- Original score
- Ed Bogas
- Editing
- Renn Reynolds
- Runtime
- 78 min Β· 1h 18m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $700,000
- Box office
- $90,000,000
- Return
- 12857% of budget
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- NC-17
Part of
Fritz the Cat Collection
A hypocritical swinging college student cat raises hell in a satiric vision of various elements on the 1960's.
Also by
Ralph Bakshi
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Selected frames
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Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
- ST
Steve Krantz Productions
- AU
Aurica Finance Company
- FR
Fritz Productions
Key crew
- EditorRenn Reynolds
- ProducerSteve Krantz
- CharactersRobert Crumb
- Music DirectorEd Bogas
- AnimationMilton Gray
- AnimationDotti Foell
- AnimationJack Kerns
- AnimationClifford Augustson
- AnimationHelen Komar
- Special EffectsSusan Jonas
- AnimationBob Kirk
- Background DesignerMichael Lloyd
- AnimationJames Tyer
- AnimationNorm McCabe
- Production Office AssistantMarion Nobel
- AnimationCosmo Anzilotti
- AnimationKaren Haus
- AnimationLarry Riley
- AnimationArt Vitello
- Color DesignerEllie Zika
- Special EffectsHelen Jordan
- AnimationVirgil Ross
- AnimationJohn Walker
- AnimationEdwin Aardal
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- new york city
- students' movement
- underground
- cat
- orgy
- sexual revolution
- addiction
- violence against women
- based on comic
- race riot
- anthropomorphism
- hallucinogenic drug
- sexual freedom
- grindhouse
- sexual violence
- drugs
- adult animation
Release history Β· US
When it landed
- Premiere1972-01-25Β· New York City
- Premiere1972-04-12Β· Los Angeles, U.S.
- Theatrical1972-04-14NC-17
- Physical2021-10-26Β· Blu-Ray
- Physical1982-07-21Β· VHS
- Physical1988-01-01Β· VHS
- Physical2001-12-11Β· DVD
Also known as
International titles
- Fritz the CatDE
- El gato calienteES
- El gato FritzES
- γγͺγγγ»γΆγ»γγ£γγJP
- Fritz el gatoAR
