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Movie Summary

Released: 1976
A VERY controversial film by Ralph Bakshi ( Fritz the Cat, Heavy Traffic), that is a violent , sexual retelling of Uncle Remus and the Brer Rabbit stories. The film stars Phillip Micheal Thomas, Scatman Crothers, and Barry White, and begins as Philip Micheal Thomas Character is locked up in jail with Scatman Crother's Character, awaiting to be set free by Barry White's Character. While waiting for the jail break, Crother's tells Thomas a tale about Brer Rabbit, Brer Bear, and Brer fox, who move from the South to the North, and gets involved with the mafia, phony preachers, black revolutionarys, pimps, and racist cops.

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E_Nygma013Posted: 02/21/2006

I saw this movie years ago, It went over my head but I saw it again recently...It did have a message. A werid message but its Ralph Bakshi.

PinwheelPosted: 03/13/2006

This looks plain freaky and weird 70's style! I can't believe that this trailer was showed on tv with all that nudity..even though it was cartoon.

EightiesCrazyPosted: 03/14/2006

I actually own this movie. Barry White and um Tubbs from Miami Vice voice the maic characters. It's classic Bashki but my fav of all times is Heavy Traffic.

ganonPosted: 04/13/2006

And it's from Ralph Bakshi, the same guy who did Fritz the Cat.

jugheaddmPosted: 12/03/2007

The movie was very contraversial, that's why its not on dvd yet. It starred Philip Micheal Thomas, Scatman Crothers, and Barry White, and was Ralph Bakshi's violent retelling of Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit made in blaxploitation style. The plot revolves around Scatman Crother telling a brer rabbit tale to Phillip Micheal Thomas, while awaiting to be freed by Barry White. The story tells how Brer Rabbit, Brer Bear, and Brer Fox are forced to move from down south by a racist sheriff, to the north, where they get involved with drug dealers, phony preachers, black revolutionarys, pimps, and the mafia. Also known as Street Fight.

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