Coonskin
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
Coonskin (1975, USA) is an Animated film directed by Ralph Bakshi.
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Main Details
- Released in 1975
- Color
- Running Time: 100 min / UK:83 min (video version)
- Animated
- Production Co: Bakshi Productions | Paramount Pictures
- Distribution Co: Bryanston Distributing (1975) (theatrical)
- Directed by Ralph Bakshi
- Written by Ralph Bakshi
- Voices by: Barry White, Charles Gordone, Philip Michael Thomas, Scatman Crothers
- Produced by Albert S. Ruddy
- Original Music by Chico Hamilton
- Cinematography by William A. Fraker
- Film Editing by Donald W. Ernst
Plot Summary
- Rabbit, a country-born trickster, takes over the organized crime racket in Harlem, facing opposition from the institutionalized racism of the Mafia and corrupt police.
Also Known As
- Bustin Out (USA - reissue title)
- Coonskin No More (USA - working title)
- Harlem Nights (USA - working title)
- Ponires istories tou Harlem (Greece)
- Rabbit: The Killer (Sweden)
- Street Fight (USA)
Taglines
- This is it Folks!
- WARNING: "This film offends everybody!"