Cool World (1992)

User Rating:

4.3/10   

Director:

Ralph Bakshi

Writers (WGA):

Michael Grais (written by) &
Mark Victor (written by)

Release Date:

10 July 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Fantasy

Tagline:

Cool World is such a dangerous place to be in.

Plot:

A comic strip vamp seeks to seduce her cartoonist creator in order to cross over into the real world.

Plot Keywords:

Cartoonist | Comic Book | Sex | Nevada | Casino

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Kim Basinger	...	Holli Would
Gabriel Byrne	...	Jack Deebs
Brad Pitt	...	Detective Frank Harris
Michele Abrams	...	Jennifer Malley
Deirdre O'Connell	...	Isabelle Malley
Janni Brenn	...	Agatha Rose Harris (as Janni Brenn-Lowen)
William Frankfather	...	Cop
Greg Collins	...	Cop
Maurice LaMarche	...	Interrogator #2 / Mash / drunken bar patron / Dr. Vincent "Vegas Vinnie" Whiskers / Jack Deebs (super hero version) (voice)
Joey Camen	...	Interrogator #1 / Slash / Holli's door (voice)
Michael David Lally	...	Sparks (voice)
Carrie Hamilton	...	Comic Bookstore Cashier
Stephen Worth	...	Bash (performance model) / Comic Store Patron
Murray Podwal	...	Store Patron
Jenine Jennings	...	Holli Would / Lonette (performance model) / Craps Bunny (voice)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for language and sensuality.

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Iceland:10 (original rating) | Iceland:L (video rating) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Spain:13 | UK:12 (original rating) | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Traci Lords was in contention for the role of Holli Would but lost out to the more widely recognized Kim Basinger.

Quotes:

[repeated line]
Holli Would: Pencil dicks!

Movie Connections:

References A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

Soundtrack:

INDUSTRY AND SEDUCTION

A mixed bag, but imaginative.

A mixed bag, to be sure, but not (at least in my opinion) the disaster that's widely believed to be. The story may be weak and the technology sometimes flawed, but there is one thing you can't accuse Ralph Bakshi of, and that is a shortage of imagination and creativity. The screen is filled with mostly enjoyable throwaway characters and gags, and even though the film keeps changing tones rapidly (from "slapsticky" to erotic to sad), it doesn't lose your attention. Neither does Kim Basinger, at her most gorgeous here. (**1/2)