Heavy Traffic

Heavy Traffic is an full-length animated film by Ralph Bakshi, released in 1973 by American International Pictures. It seeks to reproduce some of the atmosphere from underground comics of the period in an animated film.

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Animated film - Ralph Bakshi - 1973 - American International Pictures - Underground comics

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This film predates American Pop and Heavy Metal by about a decade. It bears some thematic relationship to Bakshi's earlier film Fritz the Cat, which was released in 1972, based on a Robert Crumb character.

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American Pop - Heavy Metal - Fritz the Cat - 1972 - Robert Crumb

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Half way into production, Ralph Bakshi got into a fight with one of the producers, and was fired from his own film. Animation legend Chuck Jones was approached to complete the film, but declined, out of respect for Bakshi. Another director (whose name has not yet been confirmed) was finally hired, and shot one sequence, before he was fired and Bakshi was re-hired.

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Animation - Chuck Jones

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The film was re-released by Orion Pictures Corporation, and is now avalible on VHS and DVD by MGM Home Entertainment, the current copyright owners of the Orion and AIP film catalogues.

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Orion Pictures Corporation - VHS - DVD - MGM Home Entertainment

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