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Heavy Traffic
Heavy Traffic © Bakshi Productions

In this quasi-autobiographical movie, Michael is a young man obsessed with cartoons and animation, living in New York with his over-protective Jewish mother, and Italian mobster father. He falls for a black woman who works in a local bar, and moves into the room above the bar. The film follows their relationship and the various characters who interconnect with it.

Created by: Bakshi Productions
Released: 1973
Language: English
Country of Origin: USA
Style: 2D animation
Rated: R
Viewer Warning: Frontal nudity, graphic violence, profanity, racial stereotypes, transvestism, etc, etc
Featuring the voices of:
Joseph Kaufmann ... Michael
Beverly Hope Atkinson ... Carole
Frank DeKova ... Angie
Terri Haven ... Ida
Mary Dean Lauria ... Molly
Jacqueline Mills ... Rosalyn
Lillian Adams ... Rosa
Directed by: Ralph Bakshi
Produced by: Steve Krantz and Samuel Z. Arkoff
Musical Score by: Ed Bogas and Ray Shanklin
Writing Credits: Ralph Bakshi
Of Interest:

Originally rated X. Re-edited for R-rating.

At one stage, Bakshi bailed out, and Chuck Jones was approached to take over. He supposedly declined out of respect for Bakshi, who eventually returned.

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