The Nine Lives of Fritz The Cat/Fun Facts
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< The Nine Lives of Fritz The Cat
- Steve Krantz wanted Ralph Bakshi to do the sequel to Fritz the Cat (1972), and Bakshi didn't want to do it. He wanted to move on and do Heavy Traffic (1973). So, Krantz hired Robert Taylor to write and direct the sequel.
- This was the first animated feature in Cannes history to compete as part of the official competition.
- The director scrapped over 1,000 feet of footage to infuse the film with more topical material of the time, like Watergate, Vietnam, and the energy crisis.
- Because of his involvement with the first film, several film books erroneously list Ralph Bakshi as the director of this sequel, and many have come to believe that he actually directed the film. Bakshi, however, had absolutely nothing to do with it, and admits that he has never seen it.
