Cool and the Crazy

Cool and the Crazy (1994)

Young... Beautiful... Deadly.

High school sweethearts Roslyn and Michael, now in their twenties, co-exist in a deeply unfulfilling marriage with kids. Both embark on extramarital affairs, unaware of the violent repercussions that await.

Date of release
1994-09-16
TMDB
4.4 / 10 (23)
Runtime
1h 25m
Genres
Drama, Romance, Action, Thriller, TV Movie
Director
Ralph Bakshi
Collection
Rebel Highway Series

Casting

Interesting facts

Cool and the Crazy is a 1994 American made-for-television drama film written and directed by Ralph Bakshi and starring Jared Leto and Alicia Silverstone. The story revolves around an unhappily married couple in the late 1950s who both lead separate affairs. The film was Bakshi's first feature-length live-action film, being primarily known as a director of animated films which heavily utilize live-action sequences, such as Fritz the Cat, Heavy Traffic, Wizards, American Pop and The Lord of the Rings.

Production

Ralph Bakshi began developing Cool and the Crazy in the late 1960s under the title If I Catch Her, I'll Kill Her. United Artists and Paramount Pictures each paid Bakshi to develop the film in the 1970s, but were unwilling to produce it, as were the studios Bakshi pitched the film to in the 1980s. According to Bakshi, "They thought that no one was going to admit that women can—and do—cheat on their husbands.

In 1993, producer Lou Arkoff approached Bakshi to write and direct a low-budget feature for Showtime's Rebel Highway series. For the third time, Bakshi revisited his screenplay for If I Catch Her, I'll Kill Her, and retitled the film Cool and the Crazy. The title comes from a 1958 exploitation film released by American International Pictures, but its plot bore no relation to the earlier film.

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