| Heavy Traffic, the second feature from writer/director RaIph Bakshi (Fritz the Cat, Wizards, The Lord of the Rings, Fire and lce), combines a quick-edit pace, a frenetic story line and an array of eye-popping animation and live-action styles. "PowerfuI, raw and valid" (Los Angeles Times), this "remarkable blend" of fiImic styIes is a "hypnotic, life-giving experience" (The HoIIywood Reporter)! Michael CorIeone (Joseph Kaufmann, Johnny Got His Jun, Jud, Brute Corps), a young cartoonist who lives with his neurotic mother and two-timing father, escapes the absurd and often ugly side of life on New York's tough streets by satirizing it's rich yet wacky characters in wiIdIy entertaining cartoons. From the gruff homeIess and wisecracking prostitutes to guntoting gangsters and corrupt cops, Michael's worId becomes an outIandish kaleidoscope of shocking images and horrifying events that are either a testament of his wild imagination... or a reminder of the strangeness of reaIity. BeverIy Hope Atkinson (TV's Sanford and Son, TV's Dark Shadows), Frank DeKova (The Ten Commandments, TV's F Troop, The Mechanic), LiIIian Adams (The Jerk, Bruce AImighty, Private Benjamin), and Jamie Farr (TV's M*A*S*H, The CannonbaIl Run, Scrooged) round out the cast. |