Heavy Traffic
Heavy Traffic (1973) is an animation drama, directed by Ralph Bakshi. It stars Joseph Kaufmann and Beverly Hope Atkinson. The 77-minute film holds an audience score of 6.5/10.
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Beverly Hope Atkinson 
Frank De Kova T Terry Haven 
Mary Dean Lauria J Jacqueline Mills What Heavy Traffic Is About
A white dropout struggles to become a cartoonist and filmmaker, drawing inspiration from the harsh, gritty world around him. Still sharing his rundown apartment with his middle-aged parents, an oafish slob of an Italian father and a ditzy nutcase of a Jewish mother, he's ridiculed and looked down upon by his friends, hypocrites who run with violent gangs and the Italian Mafia, and a shallow Black girl who makes her living downtown with the pimps and pushers. The cartoonist gets a chance to pitch a film idea to a movie mogul, but the story proves too outrageous: a far-future Earth, depleted by war and pollution, where a mutant antihero challenges and kills God.
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What is Heavy Traffic about?
A white dropout struggles to become a cartoonist and filmmaker, drawing inspiration from the harsh, gritty world around him. Still sharing his rundown apartment with his middle-aged parents, an oafish slob of an Italian father and a ditzy nutcase of a Jewish mother, he's ridiculed and looked down upon by his friends, hypocrites who run with violent gangs and the Italian Mafia, and a shallow Black girl who makes her living downtown with the pimps and pushers.
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How long is Heavy Traffic?
Heavy Traffic runs for 77 minutes (1h 17m).
When did Heavy Traffic come out?
Heavy Traffic was released in 1973.
Who directed Heavy Traffic?
Heavy Traffic was directed by Ralph Bakshi.
Who stars in Heavy Traffic?
Heavy Traffic stars Joseph Kaufmann, Beverly Hope Atkinson, Frank De Kova, Terry Haven.
What is Heavy Traffic's rating?
Heavy Traffic holds 6.5/10 on IMDb and 6.5/10 on TMDB. Its Pulse Score is 67 out of 100.
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