Coonskin
Also known as: Street Fight, Bustin' Out
- Studio
- Albert S. Ruddy Productions
- Distributor
- Bryanston Pictures
Synopsis
This film about the status of blacks in America is told with vignettes, including parodies of the stories from Disney and Uncle Remus' tales from "Song of the South." This allegorical tale follows the exploits of a black rabbit who comes from the rural South to New York and ends up dealing drugs in Harlem.
Characters
Pappy, Preacherman, Preacher Fox, Son of Mafia Don, Clown, Randy, Brother Rabbit, Sampson, Brother Bear, The Godfather
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Ralph Bakshi
Producing
- Producer
- Albert S. Ruddy
Writing
- Writer
- Ralph Bakshi
Animation
- Animator
- Ed Barge, Bob Carlson, Fred Hellmich, Raymond Ratterson, Thomas Ray, John Sparey
- Sequence Animators
- Charlie Downs, Amby Paliwoda, Irven Spence, John E. Walker Sr
Voices
- Voice
- Scatman Crothers (Pappy), Charles Gordone (Preacherman, Preacher Fox), Richard Paul (Son of Mafia Don), Danny Rees (Clown), Philip Michael Thomas (Randy, Brother Rabbit), Barry White (Sampson, Brother Bear), Al Lewis (The Godfather [uncredited])
Music
- Music
- Chico Hamilton
Editing
- Editor
- Donald W. Ernst
- Assistant Editor
- Sharron Miller
Crew
- Cinematography
- William A. Fraker
- Animation Checkers
- Janis Cornell, Dorothy Foell, Robert Revell
- Camera Operator
- Thomas Del Ruth
- Layout Artists
- Charlie Downs, Don Morgan, John Sparey
Production notes
Includes live action and animation.
This cartoon was accused of being racist and was withdrawn by its distributor within a week of its release.
This cartoon was accused of being racist and was withdrawn by its distributor within a week of its release.
Reviews
Coonskin
I was a production assistant for Bakshi Productions during the making of Coonskin. As with all of the Bakshi features, the film is better in parts than in whole. While the movie has vivid characters, some funny bits and amazig design, it fails to add up. Bakshi has a great visual sense but a flawed grasp of story dynamics. I want to make one thing clear. Ralph Bakshi is no racist.. Yes, it's caustic, biting and controversial. But that's what gives it it's edge. Retitled Streetfight, the film is well worth seing. Not by young children, however.