Coonskin

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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!"
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