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Feature film — 1992

Cool World (1992)

5.71h 42mAnimation — Comedy — Fantasy

While incarcerated for murder, cartoonist Jack Deebs found escape by creating Cool World, a series featuring a voluptuous femme fatale named Holli Would. But the artist becomes a prisoner of his own fantasies when Holli transports Jack into Cool World with a scheme to seduce him and bring herself to life. Hard-boiled detective Frank Harris – the only other human in Cool World – cautions Jack with the law: Noids (humans) don't have sex with doodles (cartoons). However, flesh proves weaker than ink as Holli takes human form in Las Vegas, staring in a trans-universal chase that threatens the destruction of both worlds.

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Paramount Pictures / Bakshi Animation

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Director: Ralph Bakshi

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Cast & crew

Kim Basinger as Holli Would

Kim Basinger

Holli Would

Gabriel Byrne as Jack Deebs

Gabriel Byrne

Jack Deebs

Brad Pitt as Detective Frank Harris

Brad Pitt

Detective Frank Harris

Michele Abrams as Jennifer Malley

Michele Abrams

Jennifer Malley

Deirdre O'Connell as Isabelle Malley

Deirdre O'Connell

Isabelle Malley

Janni Brenn as Agatha Rose Harris

Janni Brenn

Agatha Rose Harris

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William Frankfather

Cop

Greg Collins as Cop

Greg Collins

Cop

Maurice LaMarche as Interrogator #2 / Mash / drunken bar patron / Dr. Vincent "Vegas Vinnie" Whiskers / Jack Deebs (super hero version) (voice)

Maurice LaMarche

Interrogator #2 / Mash / drunken bar patron / Dr. Vincent "Vegas Vinnie" Whiskers / Jack Deebs (super hero version) (voice)

Michael David Lally as Sparks (voice)

Michael David Lally

Sparks (voice)

Carrie Hamilton as Comic Bookstore Cashier

Carrie Hamilton

Comic Bookstore Cashier

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Stephen Worth

Bash (performance model) / Comic Store Patron

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