Cool World
“Holli Would if she could ...and she will”
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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Cast
28 people
Kim Basinger
Holli Would
Known for
8 Mile
Batman
Gabriel Byrne
Jack Deebs
Known for
The Usual Suspects
Hereditary
Brad Pitt
Detective Frank Harris
Known for
Inglourious Basterds
Fight Club
Michele Abrams
Jennifer Malley
Known for
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Troll 2
Deirdre O'Connell
Isabelle Malley
Known for
The Penguin
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Janni Brenn
Agatha Rose Harris
Known for
Murder by Numbers
William Frankfather
Cop
Known for
Death Becomes Her
Baby Boom
Greg Collins
Cop
Known for
The Rock
A Thousand Words
Maurice LaMarche
Interrogator #2 / Mash / drunken bar patron / Dr. Vincent "Vegas Vinnie" Whiskers / Jack Deebs (super hero version) (voice)
Known for
Futurama
Disenchantment
Michael David Lally
Sparks (voice)
Known for
The Nesting
Carrie Hamilton
Comic Bookstore Cashier
Known for
Fame
Shag
Stephen Worth
Bash (performance model) / Comic Store Patron
Also in
Boo Boo Runs Wild
Ralph Bakshi Director · Michael Grais Screenplay Mark Victor Screenplay
Worldwide gross $14M · Budget $30M · United States release July 10, 1992
Box office
Budget
$30,000,000
Worldwide gross
$14,110,589
Gross vs. budget
0.5×
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
Bakshi Animation
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Brazil · July 10, 1992
Theatrical
United States · July 10, 1992
Theatrical
Argentina
August 13, 1992 · Theatrical
Germany
July 10, 1992 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
December 24, 1992 · Theatrical
Italy
April 15, 1993 · Theatrical
Japan
July 29, 1993 · Physical
Spain
March 17, 1993 · Theatrical
Türkiye
October 8, 1993 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
December 18, 1992 · Theatrical
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