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.
- Samson
- (voice)
- …
- Preacherman
- (voice)
- …
- Pappy
- (voice)
- (as Scat Man Crothers)
- …
- Randy
- (voice)
- (as Philip Thomas)
- …
- Clown
- (voice)
- Referee
- (voice)
- Miss America
- (voice)
- …
- Cop with megaphone
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Mannigan
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- …
- Brother Bear
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- The Godfather
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Boxing referee
- (uncredited)
- Sonny
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaDespite claims made without evidence, director Ralph Bakshi did not research this film by going into into Harlem with a tape recorder and asked various people "What's it like being black in America?" This was actually his method of acquiring improvised monologues for the crows in his previous film, Fritz the Cat (1972). In actuality, Bakshi's socially conscious Afrocentric themes in this film originated from growing up with black friends and his views regarding racism in America originated from an event in his childhood in which Bakshi successfully persuaded his parents to enroll him in a black school, but the principal, upon learning that Bakshi was not black, pulled him out of the school during a class, as the school administration feared that a white student attending a black school would enrage racists who opposed state integration of schools.
- 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 versionsThe 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.
- ConnectionsEdited from The Birth of a Nation (1915)
To dismiss this film as simply racist is to miss the point entirely. This is not only a satire of Song of the South, it's also a biting commentary on the prejudices that Americans still have as a society. Every ethnic group portrayed in the movie gets shown as grotesque caricatures of their stereotypes, which in turn are grotesque caricatures of real people. Through this wild exaggeration, the filmmaker shows just how absurd these tightly-held beliefs really are.
If you're the sort of person who's willing to acknowledge the ugliness of the prevalent prejudices American culture still holds, and if you're not afraid to look your own prejudices in the eye, this movie may be for you.
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- Apr 19, 2006
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- Street Fight
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- New York City, New York, USA(location)
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- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
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