Coonskin

1974
16
1h 40m

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Scatman Crothers, Charles Gordone, Philip Michael Thomas, Jesse Welles, and Barry White in Coonskin (1974)

Adult Animation Dark Comedy Hand-Drawn Animation Parody Satire Action Animation Comedy Crime Drama

Rabbit, a country-born trickster, takes over the organized crime racket in Harlem, facing opposition from the institutionalized racism of the Mafia and corrupt police.Rabbit, a country-born trickster, takes over the organized crime racket in Harlem, facing opposition from the institutionalized racism of the Mafia and corrupt police.Rabbit, a country-born trickster, takes over the organized crime racket in Harlem, facing opposition from the institutionalized racism of the Mafia and corrupt police.

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IMDb RATING

6.4/10

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

4,270

1,534

See production info at IMDbPro

Samson
(voice)
…

Charles Gordone

Preacherman
(voice)
…

Scatman Crothers

Pappy
(voice)
(as Scat Man Crothers)
…

Philip Michael Thomas

Randy
(voice)
(as Philip Thomas)
…

Danny Rees

Clown
(voice)

Buddy Douglas

Referee
(voice)

Jim Moore

Mime
(voice)

Jesse Welles

Miss America
(voice)
…

Ralph Bakshi

Cop with megaphone
(voice)
(uncredited)

Frank DeKova

Mannigan
(voice)
(uncredited)
…

Ben Gage

Brother Bear
(voice)
(uncredited)

Al Lewis

The Godfather
(voice)
(uncredited)

Mihaly 'Michu' Meszaros

Boxing referee
(uncredited)

Richard Paul

Sonny
(voice)
(uncredited)

Director
- Ralph Bakshi
Writer
- Ralph Bakshi
All cast & crew
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Trivia
When Martin Scorsese was filming Taxi Driver (1976) near Times Square, he captured footage of people running out of a theater showing this film due to protesters setting off a smoke bomb. He sent this footage to Bakshi who said "I didn't know whether to laugh or cry".

Quotes
[first lines]
Man in Blue: Fuck you.
Man in Yellow: Alright, I'm gonna give some example: I heard that 350 white folks committed suicide by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge. And out of the 350, there was two that was niggers.
Man in Blue: And one of them was pushed.
Man in Yellow: [laughs]

Alternate versions
The 95 minute cut of the film originally planned for release by Paramount was long thought lost, until 2024, when an Italian YouTuber uploaded this cut in it's entirety, albeit dubbed in Italian.

Connections
Edited from Naissance d'une nation (1915)

Soundtracks
Ah'm A Nigger Man
Lyrics by Ralph Bakshi
Music by Scatman Crothers

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Featured review

9/10

Fantastic examination of Racist Stereotyping

One of the most interesting movies to be classified as "blaxploitation," Bakshi's "Coonskin" is a rich text full of wonderful insight. He wrote it in collaboration with Scat Man Crothers and Barry White, who appear in the film as well. The racist imagery can often be disturbing, but the message of the movie was so powerful that the NAACP gave it an endorsement (but only grudgingly).

I highly recommend this movie to anyone who is interested in an examination of the pervading atmosphere of racism that Bakshi attempts to deconstruct. Wonderful stuff.