Coonskin

Coonskin (1974)
Director: Ralph Bakshi
Tagline: « BARRY WHITE and his men are bustin’ out to win! They’ll stop the man from calling them “Coonskin” »
Actors:
Samson
Preacherman
Clown
Rating:  vote average (4’415 votes)
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] « Doorman: This here's where Simple Savior runs his black revolution, brother. Natural black Jesus is the reverend's cousin, too. He gives people the strength to kill whites. » « Brother Bear: Kill whites? » [to Preacher Fox] « Brother Bear: You hear that shit? » [to Doorman] « Brother Bear: Any whites? » « Doorman: Yeah, any whites. » « Brother Bear: Ain't this a bitch? » « Preacher Fox: Anyone we want? » « Brother Bear: Ain't this a bitch! » « Preacher Fox: Huh. We can kill anyone we want? » « Doorman: Any whites. » « Preacher Fox: I have one special… » « Brother Bear: [Grabs Fox and pulls him to the side] Stop it, Fox. Stop it. » « Brother Rabbit: I'm tired of trying to segregate, integrate, and masturbate anymore! »
Runtime:100 minutes
Plots: 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. A multi-layered satire of race relations in America. Live-action sequences of a prison break bracket the animated story of Brother Rabbit, Brother Bear, and Preacher Fox, who rise to the top of the crime ranks in Harlem by going up against a con-man, a racist cop, and the Mafia.
Official website: Ralph Bakshi.com

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