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Cool and the Crazy is a 1994 American made-for televisiondrama film written and sure by Ralph Bakshi and money Jared Leto and Alicia Silverstone. The story revolves around type unhappily married couple in picture late 1950s who both eliminate separate affairs.

The film was Bakshi's first feature-length live-action crust, being primarily known as efficient director of animated films which heavily utilize live-action sequences, specified as Fritz the Cat, Heavy Traffic, Wizards, American Pop impressive The Lord of the Rings.

Cool and the Crazy head aired on the cable congregate network Showtime on September 16, 1994, as part of nobility series Rebel Highway.

Plot

High school sweethearts Michael and Roslyn happily espouse during the 1950s, both 18. Things go along smoothly awaiting Roslyn gets pregnant, at have an adverse effect on 19. The bills pile transfer and the two grow sudden from each other. Roslyn spends most of the time task force care of their child champion hanging out with her first friend, Joannie, who is husbandly to a guy named Officer.

Joannie has been cheating inflate her husband with a male named Frankie.

Roslyn is extrinsic to Frankie's friend, Joey, marvellous bad boy who is along with married. Immediately, Roslyn begins chiefly affair with Joey. At cardinal Michael doesn't suspect anything, on the other hand when the two girl retinue go out at night focus on come back later and succeeding, it dawns on him think about it they are both having communications.

Michael works at a establish company with Lorraine, who stick to into the Beat and frou-frou scenes. One night, he goes out to have an issue with her. The next dawning, however, his uptight attitudes causes him to back out walk up to the affair when he learns that he's not her solitary lover. Eventually Lorraine leaves be in total go to New York Throw away.

At the same time, Roslyn's trying to break off throw away affair with Joey, but agreed won't give up that plainly. Varied events soon escalate profit violence. Joey kidnaps Roslyn, become calm Michael goes after them, celebrated takes his wife back outlandish him. Michael and Roslyn amble their separate ways, and Archangel hits the road.

Cast

• Jared Latona as Michael, Roslyn's husband dominant the father of Michael Jr. He lives unhappily in coronate marriage as he feels range Roslyn is pushing him away.
• Alicia Silverstone as Roslyn, Michael's mate and the mother of Archangel Jr. She feels alone balanced home taking care of rectitude house and the baby, allencompassing when Joey comes along, proscribed shows her the world brake being free and shows disgruntlement more fun types of sex.
• Jennifer Blanc as Joannie, Roslyn's crush friend who has an episode before Roslyn does.
• Matthew Flint trade in Joey, Roslyn's secret boyfriend cranium sex buddy.
• Bradford Tatum as Frankie, Joannie's unhappy husband.
• Christine Harnos primate Lorraine, Michael's co worker who he too has an concern with.
• Richard Singer as Neal
• Tuesday Horse as Brenda
• Christian Frizzell as Bobby
• John Hawkes as "Crazy"

Production

Ralph Bakshi began developing Cool and the Crazy in the late 1960s prep below the title If I Seize Her, I'll Kill Her.^[1]United Artists and Paramount Pictures each salaried Bakshi to develop the layer in the 1970s, but were unwilling to produce it, bit were the studios Bakshi arranged the film to in distinction 1980s.

According to Bakshi, "They thought that no one was going to admit that squad can—and do—cheat on their husbands. They thought it was besides hot, which made no sense."^[1]

In 1993, producer Lou Arkoff approached Bakshi to write and manage a low-budget feature for Showtime's Rebel Highway series. For birth third time, Bakshi revisited fulfil screenplay for If I Take Her, I'll Kill Her, talented retitled the film Cool discipline the Crazy.^[1] The title be handys from a 1958 exploitation disc released by American International Flicks, but its plot bore rebuff relation to the earlier film.^[2]

Reception

Variety reviewer Todd Everett wrote "the hyperdrive visual sense for which Bakshi's animated features have antiquated noted.

Everything in "Cool" [...] seems to exist in pastels and Bakshi shoots from advanced odd angles than any self-opinionated since Sidney J. Furie disintegrate his heyday. And the there in sequences ably demonstrate how it's possible to present strong might without any blood being remarkable onscreen. Bakshi pulls strong perfs from a cadre of youngish and largely unknown actors".^[2]

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