Magic Lantern Video & Book Storeanimator Ralph Bakshi
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"All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant,
and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives."
— Ralph Bakshi
"I had the X rating on my films. Now they do as much on The Simpsons
as I got an X rating for Fritz the Cat." — Ralph Bakshi
"My good films were independent and my bad films were not." — Ralph Bakshi
Ralph Bakshi entry at Wikipedia
Ralph Bakshi credits [1956-2003] at Internet Movie Database
browse Ralph Bakshi on DVD at Amazon
Ralph Bakshi has won
a Golden Gryphon at the Giffoni Film Festival, 1980
an Annie Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Art of Animation, 1988
the Maverick Tribute Award at the Cinequest San Jose Film Festival, 2003
Links
Ralph Bakshi official website
Ralph Bakshi credits [1956-2003] at Internet Movie Database
Ralph Bakshi entry at Wikipedia
browse Ralph Bakshi on DVD at Amazon
http://www.ralphsspot.com/
Family Members
son animator Eddie Bakshi: IMDb listing
co-founder The Bakshi School of Animation & Cartooning [est. 2004] in Silver City, NM
son Mark Bakshi is an executive at Paramount Pictures
son writer Preston Bakshi: IMDb listing
daughter Victoria Bakshi Yudis: IMDb listing
Movies of Ralph Bakshi
Ralph Bakshi credits [1956-2003] at Internet Movie Database
browse Ralph Bakshi on DVD at Amazon
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"Mighty Heroes" [1966]
"Captain America" [1966]
"Hulk" [1966]
"Iron Man" [1966]
"Mighty Thor" [1966]
"The Sub-Mariner" [1966]
"Fritz The Cat" animated feature [Polygram 1972]
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Two animated features based on Robert Crumb's dangerously subversive counter-culture comic strip. The first (and only) major-studio X-rated cartoon features.
Produced & directed by Ralph Bakshi MGM/UA color widescreen DVD [12/2001] for $10.99 full credits from IMDb |
"Heavy Traffic" animated feature [1973]
"Nine Lives of Fritz The Cat"
animated feature sequel [1974]
MGM/UA widescreen color DVD [12/2001] for $17.98
full credits from IMDb
"Coonskin" animated feature [1975]
http://www.amazon.com/Coonskin-film-corruption-Confidence-Live-action/dp/6130264038/
"Wizards" animated feature [1977]
http://www.amazon.com/Ralph-Bakshis-Wizards-Edward-Bolme/dp/B000H0WNI0/
"The Lord of The Rings" animated feature
[United Artists Nov 1978]
 | Produced by Saul Zaentz; directed by Ralph Bakshi; script by Chris Conkling & Peter S. Beagle, based on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien; voices of Christopher Guard, William Squire, Michael Scholes, John Hurt, Simon Chandler, Dominic Guard & Norman Bird Warner Home Video widescreen color Blu-ray [4/2010] for $19.99 
Warner widescreen color DVD [9/2001] for $10.99 Warner color VHS [9/2001] out of prodn/many used Intrada soundtrack CD [11/92] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb • official movie site |
http://www.amazon.com/Lord-Rings-1978-film-Middle-earth/dp/6130267134/
more on Magic Lantern's 'Lord of The Rings' Movies Page
"American Pop" animated feature
[Columbia Pictures Feb 1981]
 | Two parralel stories – a family of musicians in Russia, and the history of American jazz and rock-and-roll – from the IXXth Century thru the late 1970s; "featuring the music of Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and many more" – which include George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Dave Brubeck, Bob Dylan, The Mamas and Papas, Pat Benatar, Lou Reed & Bob Seger
Co-produced & directed by Ralph Bakshi; written by Ronni Kern
Sony Pictures widescreen color DVD [6/98] for $13.49 Sony Pictures color VHS [6/98] out of prodn/many used 27"x40" poster available for $5.98 at AllPosters.com full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Hey, Good Lookin' " animated feature [1982]
"Fire and Ice" animated feature [Fox 1983]
Announced 5/2010: Remake rights to "Fire & Ice" purchased by director Robert Rodriguez
"The Butter Battle Book" [T.N.T. Nov 1989]
 | 30-minute animated version of Dr. Seuss's book; Co-produced & directed by Ralph Bakshi; based on the book & teleplay by Theodor Seuss Geisel; featuring the voices of Charles Durning, Chris Latta, Miriam Flynn, Clive Revill & Joseph Cousins
full credits at IMDb available on DVD with "Horton Hears A Who" [1970 version] Warner color DVD [3/2008] for $14.49 available on "The Best of Dr. Seuss" [2003] with "Horton Hatches The Egg" [1992] and "Daisie-Head Mayzie" [1995] Turner Home Ent. color animated DVD [11/2003] for $17.98 Turner Home Ent. color animated VHS [10/2000] out of prodn/used |
more on the Dr. Seuss Page at Spirit of America Bookstore
"Cool World" (1992)
"Cool and The Crazy" [1994 TV]
Works About Ralph Bakshi
"The Animated Art of Ralph Bakshi" by Ralph Bakshi
scarce Donning Company Publrs pb [12/90] ISBN 0898657865
 | "Unfiltered: The Complete Ralph Bakshi" [2008] by Jon M. Gibson & Chris McDonnell, Foreword by Quentin Tarantino 11x9½ hardcover [4/2008] for $26.40 |
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