Cool World

**Cool World** is a UK VHS release by CIC Video and Paramount on 15th March 1993 and 20th September 1993.

## Description

HOLLI WOULD IF SHE COULD....AND SHE WILL

The fantasy adventure from Ralph Bakshi, director-animator of Fritz The Cat and Wizards.

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. But the 'toonsmith becomes a prisoner of his own fantasies when Holli pulls Jack into Cool World with a scheme to seduce him and brings 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 (Kim Basinger) in Las Vegas, starting a trans-universal chase that threatens the destruction of both worlds. With a splashy mix of animation and live-action sequences, Cool World delivers the hottest action around.

## Cast

* Gabriel Byrne as Jack Deebs, the cartoonist seemingly responsible for the creation of Cool World.
* Brad Pitt as Detective Frank Harris, a detective for the Cool World Police Department who is bent on catching Holli. Brad Pitt also provides Frank's voice in doodle form.
* Deirdre O'Connell as Isabelle Malley
* Frank Sinatra, Jr. as Himself
* Michele Abrams as Jennifer Malley
* Janni Brenn–Lowen as Agatha Rose Harris
* Marilyn Monroe (archival footage)

### **Voices**

* Kim Basinger and Kath Soucie as Holli Would, a femme fatale doodle who wishes to be real in the real world. Basinger also portrays her in live action.
* Charlie Adler as Nails, an anthropomorphic spider who serves as Frank's partner. He actually has four arms and two legs.
* Joey Camen as Interrogator No. 1 / Slash / Holli's Door
* Jenine Jennings as Craps Bunny
* Michael Lally as Sparks
* Maurice LaMarche as Interrogator No. 2 / Mash / Dr. Vincent "Vegas Vinnie" Whiskers / Super Jack
* Candi Milo as Lonette / Bob
* Patrick Pinney as Chico the bouncer
* Gregory Snegoff as Bash

## Opening (Rental 1993 Re-Release)

1. Video Piracy Warning (CIC Video) [announced by Mark Roman]
2. CIC Video Warning Screen (1991-1996)
3. CIC Future Video Releases
4. Housesitter trailer [announced by John Leader]
5. The Babe trailer [announced by Don LaFontaine]
6. Boomerang trailer
7. Death Becomes Her trailer [announced by Dave Benson Phillips]
8. Patriot Games trailer [announced by Michael Angelis]
9. Presented In Dolby Surround Ident (Short Version)
10. BBFC 15 Card (1985-1997)
11. Paramount Pictures Ident (1986-2002) (Cool World Version)
12. Start of Cool World (1992)

## Closing (Rental 1993 Re-Release)

1. End of Cool World (1992)
2. Closing Credits Film
3. Paramount Pictures Ident (Still Version)
4. CIC Video Warning Scroll

## Opening (Original 1993 Release) (with no trailer)

1. CIC Video Warning Screen (1991-1996)
2. Presented In Dolby Surround Ident (Short Version)
3. BBFC 15 Card (1985-1997)
4. Paramount Pictures Ident (1986-2002) (Cool World Version)
5. Start of Cool World (1992)

## Closing (Original 1993 Release) (with no trailer)

1. End of Cool World (1992)
2. Closing Credits Film
3. Paramount Pictures Ident (Still Version)
4. CIC Video Warning Scroll

## Trailers and info

### Rental 1993 Re-release

1. Video Piracy Warning (CIC Video)
2. Housesitter
3. The Babe
4. Boomerang
5. Death Becomes Her
6. Patriot Games