Ralph Bakshi Trailers
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Ralph Bakshi (born October 29, 1938) is an American director of animated and live-action films. In the 1970s, he established an alternative to mainstream animation through independent and adult-oriented productions. Between 1972 and 1992, he directed nine theatrically released feature films, five of which he wrote. He has been involved in numerous television projects as director, writer, producer and animator.
Beginning his career at the Terrytoons television cartoon studio as a cel polisher, Bakshi was eventually promoted to director. He moved to the animation division of Paramount Pictures in 1967 and started his own studio, Bakshi Productions, in 1968. Through producer Steve Krantz, Bakshi made his debut feature film, Fritz the Cat, released in 1972. It was the first animated film to receive an X rating from the Motion Picture Association of America, and the most successful independent animated feature of all time.
Over the next eleven years, Bakshi directed seven additional animated features. He is well known for his fantasy films, which include Wizards (1977), The Lord of the Rings (1978) and Fire and Ice (1983). In 1987, Bakshi returned to television work, producing the series Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures, which ran for two years before it was canceled due to complaints from a conservative political group over perceived drug references. After a nine-year hiatus from feature films, he directed Cool World (1992), which was largely rewritten during production and received poor reviews. Bakshi returned to television with the live-action film Cool and the Crazy (1994) and the anthology series Spicy City (1997).
He founded the Bakshi School of Animation and Cartooning in 2003. During the 2000s, he has focused largely on painting. He has received several awards for his work, including the 1980 Golden Gryphon for The Lord of the Rings at the Giffoni Film Festival, the 1988 Annie Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Art of Animation, and the 2003 Maverick Tribute Award at the Cinequest Film Festival.
Most Popular Ralph Bakshi Trailers
Total trailers found: 72
31 October 1989
The misadventures of a small mutt named Rusty and his human family and canine friends.
09 February 1977
After the death of his mother, the evil mutant wizard Blackwolf discovers some long-lost military technologies.
08 August 1973
An "underground" cartoonist contends with life in the inner city, where various unsavory characters serve as inspiration for his artwork.
30 May 2011
A documentary film about Oscar-nominated animator Bill Plympton. This is a portrait piece that includes interviews with family, friends, colleagues, critics, and fans.
15 November 1978
The Fellowship of the Ring embark on a journey to destroy the One Ring and end Sauron's reign over Middle-earth.
08 May 2003
A documentary on the life of painter Frank Frazetta, who revolutionized science fiction, fantasy and comic art with breathtaking realistic paintings of fantastic heroes, most famously Conan the Barbarian.
12 October 2023
A new Bakshi joint. A poem about the American Midwest. One from a series of new work by Ralph and his grandson, Miles Bakshi.
25 March 1983
In this animated tale, a tiny village is destroyed by a surging glacier, which serves as the deadly domain for the evil Ice Lord, Nekron.
13 November 1989
The Zooks and the Yooks are at war over the butter and bread - on which side should one spread?
21 December 1988
Christmas in Tattertown is a 1988 television special created and directed by Ralph Bakshi about a place where everything discarded in the world came alive.
01 January 1966
A Terrytoons Cartoon
10 July 1992
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.
10 April 2010
A deep look at how Ralph Bakshi made his version of Lord of the Rings (1978). With Ralph Bakshi, Victoria Bakshi-Yudis, Chris Conkling, Timothy Galfas, Scott Kleinman, & Tom Tataranowicz.
01 May 1961
A CinemaScope Terrytoon released in May 1961
13 February 1981
The history of American popular music runs parallel with the history of a Russian Jewish immigrant family, with each male descendant possessing different musical abilities.
01 October 1965
The fairy tale of "Cinderella" is combined with the classic adventure of "The Three Musketeers." Sad Cat wants to be a musketeer like his two older brothers.
05 January 2010
Documentary about Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures.
09 December 1967
Mini-Squirts (1967) shows two kids (a boy and a girl) playing house, only to take the roles of husband and wife in a movie/soap-opera fashion, complete with organ music and overly-dramatic dialogues.
12 April 1972
A swinging, hypocritical college student cat raises hell in a satirical vision of the 1960s.
01 October 1982
An outrageous, affectionate look at coming of age in the Eisenhower era in Brooklyn.
29 June 1984
When a wealthy sheikh puts up $1 million in prize money for a cross-country car race, there is one person crazy enough to hit the road hard with wheels spinning fast.
01 June 1975
The Junker, whose base of operations is beneath a junk yard in Good Haven, creates robots that "eat" metal.
24 May 1965
A combination of the stories of "Cinderella" with "Jack and the Beanstalk," in which Sad Cat beats his two "dear, mean brothers" up the giant beanstalk.
29 November 1967
James is a secret agent who is incredibly clumsy. Yet, no matter how many mistakes he makes in his el
01 June 1970
A Terrytoons Cartoon
28 November 1997
Melvin is an alienated loser until he meets Malcom, a trumpeter cockroach who has a huge talent.
24 November 1967
In this one, the spy hound is trying to prevent a traffic jam of various remote-controlled cars.
01 April 1970
A Mighty Heroes cartoon.
01 September 1967
An evil genius gathers real witches to plague the world. Once again, it's secret agent James Hound to the rescue.
01 June 1961
George Washington wants to cross the Delaware, but he has no boats. Hector's in the business of renting boats, but they all seem to have problems.
01 October 1967
James is a secret agent who is incredibly clumsy. Yet, no matter how many mistakes he makes in his efforts to capture the bad guy, he winds up bagging the criminal.
28 November 1997
Melvin's saga continues as his partnership with Malcom is compromised by an urban superhero's intrusion.
31 December 1967
Another adventure of James Hound, secret agent extrodinaire.
26 April 1967
It's the heat of summer, but the whole town is freezing up. It's up to James Hound to find out why.
30 June 1966
The cat's been assigned by brothers Fenimore and Latimore to clean the chimney. There, Sad finds a treasure map.
01 January 1989
This Ain't Bebop is Ralph Bakshi's first live action short, starring Harvey Keitel and featuring Ron Thompson as the beatnik poet and Rick Singer as Jackson Pollock.
01 January 1967
James Hound is sent to a deserted island to break up a group of evil voodoo worshippers.
29 November 1960
Hashimoto tells his friend G.I. Joe about the Invisible Mouse.
01 August 1967
Someone has stolen the Statue of Liberty, and James Hound is to find it. He finds a recorded message with a clue.
19 November 1989
Short documentary about the great American '50s highway
01 June 1967
All of headquarters' secrets are leaking. It seems that the enemy has a mechanical bee which brings them all the top-secret material.
19 November 1989
a vivid look at the teenage subculture of South Bronx.
08 July 1965
This series followed the exploits of Sad Cat, a scraggly looking cat, and his friends.
07 December 1967
a Terrytoons Cartoon
01 February 1967
The King has his valuable jewel collection stolen. James Hound is called in to find the thief and have the jewels returned.
10 March 1965
Gadmouse attempts to make a happy ending for a cat stuck being abused by his brothers.
20 August 1975
Brother Rabbit, Brother Bear, and Preacher Fox rise to the top of the crime ranks in Harlem by going up against a con-man, a racist cop, and the Mafia.
01 April 1973
A Mighty Heroes short.
01 December 1967
Marvin, a teenage ball of fur, gets the idea to paint the entire city in groovy, psychedelic colors.
01 August 1973
A Mighty Heroes cartoon.
01 August 1974
A Mighty Heroes short.
29 March 1966
James is a secret agent who is incredibly clumsy. Yet, no matter how many mistakes he makes in his efforts to capture the bad guy, he winds up bagging the criminal.
19 November 1989
An anthology film consisting of four shorts with the central theme being life in the United States.
01 August 1970
A Mighty Heroes short.
01 November 1967
Two inept crooks have hilarious misadventures as they try to kidnap a opera singer.
31 December 1967
A cat is made General of an alien planet's army and put in charge of hunting a giant mouse.
01 December 1975
The Monsterizer and his gang of monsters kidnap prominent citizens of Good Haven, including the Mayor and Police Chief.
05 December 1967
An inept superhero tries to stop a tiny hairball that has been scaring various New Yorkers.
01 January 2012
An animated parody of trickle down economics
01 January 1975
The Raven, a villain whose hideout is hidden in a mountain near Good Haven, attacks the city with his "plastic blaster" gun.
