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Shout! Factory bringing Ralph Bakshi’s Cool World to Blu-ray

August 6, 2022 by Amie Cranswick

Director Ralph Bakshi’s (The Lord of the Rings) cult 1992 live-action/animated hybrid Cool World – starring Brad Pitt, Kim Basinger and Gabriel Byrne – is coming to Blu-ray this September with a special Collector’s Edition release from Shout! Factory.

Check out the artwork here, along with the bonus features…

When ex-con cartoonist Jack Deebs (Gabriel Byrne) was behind bars, he found escape by creating Cool World, a cartoon series featuring a voluptuous vixen named Holli Would (Kim Basinger). But the ‘toonsmith becomes a prisoner of his own fantasies when Holli pulls him into Cool World with a scheme to seduce him and bring herself to life.

A hard-boiled detective (Brad Pitt) – the only other human in Cool World – cautions Jack with the law: Noids (humans) don’t have sex with doodles (cartoons). The flesh proves weaker than ink, however, as Holli takes human form in Las Vegas, starting a trans-reality chase that threatens the destruction of both worlds. With a splashy mix of stylish animation and colorful live-action sequences, Cool World delivers the hottest action around!

  • BRAND NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM FROM THE CAMERA NEGATIVE, approved by director Ralph Bakshi
  • NEW The Wild Minds of Cool World – A retrospective featurette including brand-new interviews with star Kim Basinger, director Ralph Bakshi, and producer Frank Mancuso, Jr.
  • Trailers
  • Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature

Cool World will release on Blu-ray on September 13th.

 

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, Physical Media Tagged With: Brad Pitt, cool world, Gabriel Byrne, Kim Basinger, Ralph Bakshi

About Amie Cranswick

Amie Cranswick has been part of Flickering Myth’s editorial and management team for over a decade. She has a background in publishing and copyediting and has served as Editor-in-Chief of FlickeringMyth.com since 2023.

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