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    Cool World (1992)

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    Las Vegas 1945: returning war hero Frank Harris (Brad Pitt) crashes his motorcycle and enters the Cool World – a nightmarish animated hell populated by cartoon characters or “doodles” like blonde seductress Holli Would (voiced by Kim Basinger).

    It’s a world where sex between doodles and “noids” (humans) is banned, as cartoonist and ex-convict Jack Deebs (Gabriel Byrne) is about to find out.

    Deebs is the creator of the comic “Cool World”, who discovers that his fictional creation actually exists.

    Femme fatale Holli sets out to seduce him so she can become, er, Kim Basinger, and all that stands in her way is Frank Harris – the human detective of the cartoon world.

    Director Ralph Bakshi looked set to produce an adult version of Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988) with this mix of animation and live-action, but somewhere down the line, it ran out of steam.

    Although Bakshi has come up with some stunning animated characters, they are not always seamlessly integrated with their live-action counterparts, and the cast hardly looks comfortable with the confusing, unfunny script.

    For all its adult situations, this isn’t a patch on the knowing humour of Roger Rabbit.

    Holli Would
    Kim Basinger
    Jack Deebs
    Gabriel Byrne
    Detective Frank Harris
    Brad Pitt
    Jennifer Malley
    Michele Abrams
    Craps Bunny
    Jenine Jennings
    Bash
    Gregory Snegoff
    Bob/Lonette
    Candi Milo
    Vegas Vinnie/Doc Whiskers/Mash
    Maurice LaMarche
    Sparks
    Michael David Lally
    Nails
    Charlie Adler
    Isabelle Malley
    Deirdre O’Connell

    Director
    Ralph Bakshi

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