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Coonskin
- Director: Ralph Bakshi
- Writer: Ralph Bakshi
- Producer: Alan P. Horowitz; Albert S. Ruddy
CGiii Comment
Not exactly the pinnacle of political correctness...
Bakshi's claim to fame is the original animated The Lord of the Rings (1978) and what a pile of crap that was.
Coonskin is unashamedly in-your-face, it sets out and delivers some of the most offensive exploitation material ever shown on the big screen.
He presents us with exaggerated images of black people, Italians/mafioso, homosexuals, Jews, general New York-types in Manhattan of the 70s, his intention is not realism hence the animation - you will squirm, wince and cringe...but, it is superior in its inventiveness and is a whack in the face to every exploitative film ever made.
There is no subtle facade - raw and painful.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
A multi-layered satire of race relations in America. Live-action sequences of a prison break bracket the animated story of Brother Rabbit, Brother Bear, and Preacher Fox, who rise to the top of the crime ranks in Harlem by going up against a con-man, a racist cop, and the Mafia.
Cast & Characters
Barry White as Sampson / Brother Bear;
Charles Gordone as Preacherman / Preacher Fox;
Scatman Crothers as Pappy / Old Man Bone;
Philip Michael Thomas as Randy / Brother Rabbit;
Danny Rees as Clown;
Buddy Douglas as Referee;
Jim Moore as Mime;
Ralph Bakshi as Cop with megaphone;
Ben Gage as Brother Bear;
Al Lewis as The Godfather;
Richard Paul as Sonny