Cool World
Holli Would if she could ...and she will
1992 | 102m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Ralph Bakshi |
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| Writer: | Michael Grais, Mark Victor |
| Staring: |
| A bizarre accident lands Frank Harris in Cool World, a realm of cartoons. Years later, cartoonist Jack Deebs, who's been drawing Cool World, crosses over as well. He sets his lustful sights on animated femme fatale Holli Would, but she's got plans of her own to become real, and it's up to Frank to stop her. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 10, 1992 |
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| Director: | Ralph Bakshi |
| Writer: | Michael Grais, Mark Victor |
| Genres: | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy |
| Keywords | seduction, comic book, cartoon, alternate dimension, adult animation, cartoonist, live action and animation |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures, Bakshi Animation |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $14,100,000
Budget: $30,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Joey Camen | Interrogator #1 / Slash / Holli's door (voice) |
| Paul Ben-Victor | Valet |
| Gary Friedkin | Mash |
| Gregory Snegoff | Bash (voice) |
| Candi Milo | Bob / Lonette (voice) |
| Charlie Adler | Nails (voice) |
| Patrick Pinney | Bouncer (voice) |
| Frank Sinatra Jr. | Self |
| Kevin L. Jackson | Lucky's Bouncer (voice) |
| Big Yank | Plaza Bouncer |
| Bobby Bell | Bob |
| Clare Hoak | Lonette |
| Antonio Hoyos | Doc Whiskers |
| Leroy Thompson | Nails |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Michael Grais | Writer, Screenplay |
| David 'Joey' Mildenberger | Visual Effects |
| Bingo Ferguson | Camera Operator |
| Mark Victor | Writer, Screenplay |
| Carrie Frazier | Casting |
| John A. Alonzo | Director of Photography |
| Annamária Szántó Komlóssy | Editor |
| Malissa Daniel | Costume Design |
| Nate Pacheco | Visual Effects |
| Steven E. Gordon | Animation |
| Jack Freeman | Makeup Artist |
| Juli Murphy | Visual Effects |
| Ken Blazer | Stunts |
| Nick Brett | Stunts |
| Cyndi Lee Rice | Stunts |
| Maria R. Kelly | Stunts |
| Matt Johnston | Stunts |
| Lynn Salvatori | Stunts |
| David Welch | Stunts |
| Scott Wilder | Stunts |
| Dick Ziker | Stunts |
| Mark Isham | Original Music Composer |
| Al Holter | Visual Effects |
| Micki Zurcher | Animation Manager |
| Silvia Pompei | Animation Manager |
| David J. Bomba | Art Direction |
| Kristine Brown | Visual Effects |
| Kelly G. Crawford | Visual Effects Editor |
| Ellen Greenblatt | Visual Effects |
| David M. Kcenich | Visual Effects |
| Pat Clark | Visual Effects |
| Phil Cummings | Visual Effects |
| Daniel Eblen | Visual Effects |
| Hae Sook Hwang | Visual Effects |
| David Kracov | Visual Effects |
| Tom Pope | Visual Effects |
| Dan Wanket | Visual Effects |
| William Bemiller | Camera Operator |
| Robert Jacobs | Camera Operator |
| Ted T. Bemiller | Camera Operator |
| Bill Bloom | Camera Department Manager |
| Darryl Gordon | Animation |
| Emily Katz | Key Makeup Artist |
| Rubén Domingo | Sound Editor |
| Eugene Gearty | Sound Designer |
| Bill Koepnick | Sound Effects Editor |
| Rick Hart | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Donald O. Mitchell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Hamilton Sterling | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Roger Mende | Sound Effects |
| Frank A. Montaño | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| John Joseph Thomas | Sound Effects Editor |
| Kenny Bates | Stunts |
| Ralph Bakshi | Director |
| Greg Tiernan | Animation |
| Steve Mirkovich | Editor |
| Michael Corenblith | Production Design |
| Mike Disa | Visual Effects |
| Conrad Vernon | Visual Effects |
| Skip Lievsay | Sound Designer |
| Gregory J. Barnett | Stunts |
| John C. Meier | Stunts |
| Jeffrey J. Dashnaw | Stunts |
| Buddy Joe Hooker | Stunts |
| Danny Epper | Stunts |
| Gary Davis | Stunts |
| Chris Durand | Stunts |
| Steve Kelso | Stunts |
| Kim Renee | Utility Stunts |
| R.A. Rondell | Stunt Coordinator |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Vikki Williams | Associate Producer |
| Frank Mancuso Jr. | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 30 | 53 | 19 |
| 2024 | 5 | 29 | 60 | 16 |
| 2024 | 6 | 27 | 45 | 12 |
| 2024 | 7 | 27 | 39 | 19 |
| 2024 | 8 | 22 | 31 | 17 |
| 2024 | 9 | 22 | 33 | 14 |
| 2024 | 10 | 20 | 28 | 14 |
| 2024 | 11 | 19 | 34 | 11 |
| 2024 | 12 | 17 | 24 | 12 |
| 2025 | 1 | 18 | 29 | 11 |
| 2025 | 2 | 13 | 21 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
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| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2025 | 9 | 808 | 808 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 789 | 789 |
Decent, though a disappointment after enjoying Bakshi's great run of Spider-Man cartoons from the 60's. The animation style and great soundtrack--dated in a fine way--make up for such a lousy and uninspired script. I'd much rather come across Shirley Clarke's similarly titled film from the 60's inst ... ead.
I'm not 100% positive but I think my parents took me to see this, when I was only 11 years old, and I'm pretty sure they were at the very least unconformable though this was only a month after they took me to see Batman Returns so... Anyway, seeing this again after 30 years, this feels like a movie ... made for people to watch while high because I was perplexed at what this was. It also had the stench of studio interference with a confusing plot at least early on and not helped by one-dimensional characters and hammy acting, with Brad Pitt seeming to regret taking the role even if it was early in his career. Kim Basinger as Holli Would was fun, to say the least. And Gabriel Byrne just look confused. The scenes with animation and live action felt unpolished compared to something like Who Framed Roger Rabbit, however some of the real sets definitely had some interesting aesthetics to them. I don't know, this is one that some might appreciate but for myself I doubt I'd ever revisit. **2.5/5**