Fritz the Cat
1972 · Movie · NC-17 · 78 min · ★ 6.2 · 59% critics
In late-1960s New York, a restless college student bolts from a stifling routine and heads west, chasing freedom and meaning. The journey becomes a wild, episodic tour through counterculture scenes filled with partying, drugs, sex, political clashes, and run-ins with authority, pushing the limits of what animation tackled at the time.
Based on Fritz the Cat
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Details
- Years
- 1972
- Release date
- 1972-04-14
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NC-17
- Runtime
- 78 min
- Critic score
- 59/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 (386 votes)
- Budget
- $700,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a provocative, raunchy animated time capsule that skewers 1960s politics and counterculture; Not for you if you dislike explicit sex, harsh stereotypes, or loose, episodic storytelling like Heavy Traffic.
Pros: bold adult animation; sharp social satire; memorable psychedelic energy | Cons: disjointed episodic plot; dated stereotypes; extreme sexual content
Themes
- new york city
- students' movement
- underground
- cat
- orgy
- sexual revolution
- addiction
- violence against women
- based on comic
- race riot
- anthropomorphism
- hallucinogenic drug
- +5 more
Cast & crew
- SH
Skip Hinnant
as Fritz the Cat (voice)
Rosetta LeNoire
as Bertha / Additional Female Crows (voice)
John McCurry
as Blue / John / Additional Voices (voice)
- PS
Phil Seuling
as Pig Cop #2 (voice)
- JE
Judy Engles
as Winston Schwartz / Lizard Leader (voice)
Ralph Bakshi
as Narrator / Pig Cop #1 (voice)
- MD
Mary Dean
as Girl #1 / Girl #2 / Girl #3 / Harriet (voice)
- CS
Charles Spidar
as Bar Patron / Duke the Crow (voice)
Directed by Ralph Bakshi