Heavy Traffic (1973)

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More Spice from the makers of Fritz the Cat!

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.

Released: 1973-08-08
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Runtime: 1h 17m
Status: Released
TMDB rating: 6.5/10 from 90 votes

Directed by Ralph Bakshi.

Top cast

Joseph Kaufmann as Michael Corleone
Beverly Hope Atkinson as Carole
Frank De Kova as Angelo "Angie" Corleone (voice)
Terry Haven as Ida Corleone (voice)
Mary Dean Lauria as Molly (voice)
Jacqueline Mills as Rosalyn Schecter (voice)
Lillian Adams as Rosa (voice)
Jamie Farr as Arcade Owner
Robert Easton
Charles Gordone as Crazy Moe (voice)

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Where to watch Heavy Traffic

United Kingdom: buy on Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Australia: buy on Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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