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Heavy Traffic
“More Spice from the makers of Fritz the Cat!”
65%
Movie
1h 17m
AI Analysis
Heavy Traffic (1973) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Heavy Traffic (1973) — a movie tagged as Animation, Comedy, and Drama with dark and funny moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: A white dropout struggles to become a cartoonist and filmmaker, drawing inspiration from the harsh, gritty world around him. Still sharing his rundown apartment with his middle-aged parents, an oafish slob of an Italian father and a ditzy nutcase of a Jewish mother, he's ridiculed and looked down upon by his friends… Our models also surface themes such as family and war from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~77 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Heavy Traffic 65% (80 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
AI verdict
Heavy Traffic suits viewers who want a dark and funny film — check the trailer and reviews before committing a full evening.
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TMDb audience score
65%
from 80 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
A white dropout struggles to become a cartoonist and filmmaker, drawing inspiration from the harsh, gritty world around him. Still sharing his rundown apartment with his middle-aged parents, an oafish slob of an Italian father and a ditzy nutcase of a Jewish mother, he's ridiculed and looked down upon by his friends, hypocrites who run with violent gangs and the Italian Mafia, and a shallow Black girl who makes her living downtown with the pimps and pushers. The cartoonist gets a chance to pitch a film idea to a movie mogul, but the story proves too outrageous: a far-future Earth, depleted by war and pollution, where a mutant antihero challenges and kills God.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1973-08-08
- Runtime
- 1h 17m
- TMDB rating
- 6.5
- TMDB ID
- 30593
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Is there an official trailer for Heavy Traffic?
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What is Heavy Traffic about?
A white dropout struggles to become a cartoonist and filmmaker, drawing inspiration from the harsh, gritty world around him. Still sharing his rundown apartment with his middle-aged parents, an oaf... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for Heavy Traffic?
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How long is the movie Heavy Traffic?
The official runtime for Heavy Traffic is approximately 77 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast
- J
Joseph Kaufmann
Michael Corleone
Beverly Hope Atkinson
Carole
Frank De Kova
Angelo "Angie" Corleone (voice)
- T
Terry Haven
Ida Corleone (voice)
Mary Dean Lauria
Molly (voice)
- J
Jacqueline Mills
Rosalyn Schecter (voice)
- L
Lillian Adams
Rosa (voice)
Jamie Farr
Arcade Owner
Robert Easton
Charles Gordone
Crazy Moe (voice)
Michael Brandon
(voice)
- M
Morton Lewis
(voice)
- B
Bill Striglos
(voice)
- J
Jay Lawrence
(voice)
Lee Weaver
(voice)
- P
Phyllis Thompson
(voice)
Kim Hamilton
(voice)
- C
Carol Graham
(voice)
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