Heavy Traffic
“More Spice from the makers of Fritz the Cat!”
Overview
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.
Top-billed cast
Crew
- Director
- Ralph Bakshi
- Writer
- Ralph Bakshi
- Producers
- Samuel Z. Arkoff, Steve Krantz
- Production
- Steve Krantz Productions, Cine Camera, American International Pictures
Frequently asked questions
What is Heavy Traffic rated?
Heavy Traffic has an audience rating of 6.5 out of 10 from 82 votes.
Who directed Heavy Traffic?
Heavy Traffic was directed by Ralph Bakshi.
When was Heavy Traffic released?
Heavy Traffic was released in 1973.
