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Heavy Traffic

1973-08-08 · 77 min · ★ 6.5

Animation · Comedy · Drama

A white dropout struggles to become a cartoonist and filmmaker, drawing inspiration from the harsh, gritty world around him. Still sharing his rundown apartment with his middle-aged parents, an oafish slob of an Italian father and a ditzy nutcase of a Jewish mother, he's ridiculed and looked down upon by his friends, hypocrites who run with violent gangs and the Italian Mafia, and a shallow Black girl who makes her living downtown with the pimps and pushers. The cartoonist gets a chance to pitch a film idea to a movie mogul, but the story proves too outrageous: a far-future Earth, depleted by war and pollution, where a mutant antihero challenges and kills God.

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Directors
Ralph Bakshi
Production companies
Steve Krantz Productions, Cine Camera, American International Pictures
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released
Budget
USD 950,000
Revenue
USD 1,500,000

Top Cast

Joseph KaufmannMichael Corleone
Beverly Hope AtkinsonBeverly Hope AtkinsonCarole
Frank De KovaFrank De KovaAngelo "Angie" Corleone (voice)
Terry HavenIda Corleone (voice)
Mary Dean LauriaMary Dean LauriaMolly (voice)
Jacqueline MillsRosalyn Schecter (voice)
Lillian AdamsRosa (voice)
Jamie FarrJamie FarrArcade Owner
Robert EastonRobert Easton
Charles GordoneCharles GordoneCrazy Moe (voice)
Michael BrandonMichael Brandon(voice)
Morton Lewis(voice)
Bill Striglos(voice)
Jay Lawrence(voice)
Lee WeaverLee Weaver(voice)
Phyllis Thompson(voice)
Kim HamiltonKim Hamilton(voice)
Carol Graham(voice)
Candy CandidoCandy CandidoThe Mafia Messenger (voice)
Helene WinstonHelene Winston(voice)

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