Cool World is a 1992 American live-action/animated black comedy fantasy one-&-only film franchise created by Ralph Bakshi Animation and owned by The Paramount Pictures Group. The franchise's plot tells the story of a cartoonist who finds himself in the animated world he thinks he created, but has actually existed long before. In this world, he is seduced by one of the characters, a femme fatale who wants to become human. The franchise continued until a year later with three video games made by Ocean Software and the prequel miniseries comics made by DC Comics only in a partnership with Paramount.
Plot[]
In 1945, Las Vegas, World War II veteran Frank Harris returns to his mother and invites her to a ride on his motorcycle. The two are involved in a traffic collision where Frank's mother dies. Afterwards, Frank is inadvertently transported to a cartoon-like alternate universe called the "Cool World", where he restarts his life as a detective for Cool World's local police department.
Media[]
Film[]
- Main article: Cool World (film)
A 1992 live-action/animated black comedy fantasy film directed by Ralph Bakshi and written by Michael Grais and Mark Victor. Starring Kim Basinger, Gabriel Byrne and Brad Pitt. Most of the film's story and settings are shown in the film.
Video games[]
Several different licensed video games based on the film were created by Ocean Software. The first game was developed by Twilight and released in 1992 for the Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and DOS. Two different games were released in 1993 for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Super NES, alongside a Game Boy version of the former.[1]
Prequel comics[]
- Main article: Cool World (comics)
A four-issue comic book prequel to the film was published as a miniseries by DC Comics.[2] It featured a script by Michael Eury and art work by Stephen DeStefano, Chuck Fiala, and Bill Wray.[3]
References[]
- ↑ "Cool World". MobyGames.
- ↑ "Bakshi gallery". RalphBakshi.com.
- ↑ "Ralph Bakshi". lambiek.net.
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