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| Heavy Traffic | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Ralph Bakshi |
| Written by | Ralph Bakshi |
| Produced by | Samuel Z. Arkoff Steve Krantz |
| Starring | Joseph Kaufmann Beverly Hope Atkinson Frank Dekova Terri Haven Mary Dean Lauria |
| Cinematography | Ted C. Bemiller Gregg Heschong |
| Edited by | Donald W. Ernst |
| Music by | Ed Bogas Ray Shanklin |
Production companies | Steve Krantz Productions |
| Distributed by | American International Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 76 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | English Italian Yiddish |
| Budget | $950,000[2] |
| Box office | $1,500,000 (US/ Canada rentals)[3] or $2.3 million[4] |
Heavy Traffic is a 1973 American live-action/adult animated drama film written and directed by Ralph Bakshi.[5] The film, which begins, ends, and occasionally combines with live-action, explores the often surreal fantasies of a young New York City cartoonist named Michael Corleone, using pinball imagery as a metaphor for inner-city life. Heavy Traffic was Bakshi and producer Steve Krantz's follow-up to the film Fritz the Cat. Though producer Krantz made varied attempts to produce an R-rated film, Heavy Traffic was given an X rating by the MPAA. The film received largely positive reviews and is widely considered to be Bakshi's biggest critical success.
- ^ Greenspun, Roger (August 9, 1973). "Heavy Traffic (1973) HEAVY TRAFFIC". The New York Times.
- ^ Solomon, Charles (1989), p. 275. Enchanted Drawings: The History of Animation. ISBN 0-394-54684-9. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf. Accessed March 17, 2008.
- ^ "Big Rental Films of 1973", Variety, 9 January 1974 p 60
- ^ Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 301. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 182–183. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.