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Cool World
1992 · Film · 102 min
Directed by Ralph Bakshi
While incarcerated for murder, cartoonist Jack Deebs found escape by creating Cool World, a series featuring a voluptuous femme fatale named Holli Would. But the artist becomes a prisoner of his own fantasies when Holli transports Jack into Cool World with a scheme to seduce him and bring herself to life. Hard-boiled detective Frank Harris – the only other human in Cool World – cautions Jack with the law: Noids (humans) don't have sex with doodles (cartoons). However, flesh proves weaker than ink as Holli takes human form in Las Vegas, staring in a trans-universal chase that threatens the destruction of both worlds.
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit is arguably a classic, so it would have to be pretty stellar to be as good as at a film level!
People interested in the live action / toon might also want to see the 1992 "Cool World."
It is an early Brad Pitt film, squeezed oddly between Thelma and Louise and A River Runs Through It.
Unrelated but fun item for those interested in Roger Rabbit:
There was a ton of crossover between WFRR and Back to the Future Part Two.
Both films from the top (Amblin Entertainment, Zemeckis, Alan Silvestri) down to some of the production crews IIUC.
So if you listen to the soundtracks of both films they have ringing similarities!
I can't believe I'm not seeing any Guy Ritchie anywhere. Particularly Snatch, but Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels too.
And almost anything with Brad Pitt. Lots of votes for Fight Club, but what about Legends of the Fall, A River Runs Through It, 12 Monkeys, or Cool World?
And now that I'm thinking about it, Dances With Wolves. Lonesome Dove TV miniseries. Braveheart. The Departed. Lots more, I'm sure.