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Coonskin

1975 · 84 min

A volatile, funny, furious satire that keeps shifting between raw live action and caricatured animation, jolting you with ugly truths.

Tagline: This is it Folks!
Overview: A multi-layered satire of race relations in America. Live-action sequences of a prison break bracket the animated tale of Brother Rabbit, Brother Bear, and Preacher Fox, who rise to the top of the crime ranks in Harlem by going up against a con-man, a racist cop, and the Mafia.

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Tone: satiricalstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 3 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: race
crime
corruption
power
deception
Places: big city
prison
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: animated
nonlinear
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	6
Horror	4
Humour	7
Realism	6
Romance	1
Tension	6
Darkness	8
Complexity	8
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama, animation, comedy, crime
Directed by: Ralph Bakshi
Written by: Ralph Bakshi
Starring: Philip Michael Thomas, Barry White, Charles Gordone, Scatman Crothers, Danny Rees, Buddy Douglas, Jim Moore, Al Lewis
Music: Chico Hamilton
Cinematography: William A. Fraker
Runtime: 84 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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