Hey Good Lookin'
For the Hank Williams song, see Hey Good Lookin' (song)
Hey Good Lookin'
Hey Good Lookin' VHS cover
Directed by Ralph Bakshi
Produced by Ralph Bakshi
Written by Ralph Bakshi
Starring Richard Romanus, David Proval, Jesse Welles, Tina Romanus
Distributed by Warner Brothers
Release date October 1, 1982
Running time 77 minutes
Language English
IMDb profile
Hey Good Lookin' is a 1982 animated film written, directed, and produced by Ralph Bakshi, and distributed by Warner Brothers. The film takes place in Brooklyn, New York, during the 1950s. Vinnie is the leader of The Stompers, a ragtag "gang" with delusions of grandeur. His girl, Roz, thinks Vinnie is the most wonderful thing on two legs. And his friend, Crazy Shapiro, would die for the honor of Vinnie and the gang.
Production
Bakshi started making Hey Good Lookin' in 1975.[1] It took 4-5 more years to complete it around other films.[2] Hey Good Lookin' was originally going to be a live-action movie with a few animated characters (similar to Who Framed Roger Rabbit). Bakshi's rationale was that "the animated characters were such clichés of the period - balancing them with more realistic actors would be interesting".[3]
When Bakshi's original cut of the film was shown to Warner Brothers executives, they loved it. A week later, they told Bakshi that the idea of having live-action and animated characters in the same frame was too unbelievable, and delayed the film's release, forcing Bakshi to go back and animate the live action sequences in-between the making of three other films.[3]
"There was really nothing wrong with live action and animation productions," Bakshi said. "It was just that nobody thought about them making money till Roger Rabbit came out. Then they realized they made a mistake. But it was too late for Hey Good Lookin'."[4]
It is unknown who currently has the original live-action footage.[4] One notable sequence in the released version of the film that was originally in live-action was the "rumble" ending: the black gang members are rotoscoped from the original live actors.[2] A live-action scene cut from the film featured glam-punk band, New York Dolls, taking place at the party before Vinny attempts to convince the Stompers to brawl the Chaplains. While Vinny and Crazy are in the bathroom, the other Stompers fight with the Dolls back and forth outside the bathroom. Many photographs of the scene were taken during filming.[4] In recent years, the film has become a cult classic.
Quotes
Vinnie: Well, listen, Ms. Movie star - Vinnie doesn't pay for it. OK? Vinnie NEVER pays for it.
Crazy Shapiro: It's Roz! It's Roz! It's Roz! It's Roz!
Crazy Shapiro: Some nights I... I just feel like painting a picture.
Vinnie: Hey, Norman Rockwell - paint me a picture.
Crazy Shapiro: I didn't say I painted. I said I "felt like" like it.
Vinnie: Hey, there are over twenty million ******* in New York that "feel like it" -- you wanna make it twenty million and one?
Roz and Vinnie.Old Vinnie: If there was one thing we learned back then that's still true now, it's that if you turn a woman upside down, they all look alike. So why bother?
Crazy Shapiro: When I'm up on the roof, it's like nothing can touch me. You know, it's all so quiet and beautiful, with the whole city right out in front of my eyes.
Cast
Credited:
Crazy Shapiro and Vinnie.Richard Romanus .... Vinnie (voice)
David Proval .... Crazy Shapiro (voice)
Jesse Welles .... Eva (voice)
Tina Romanus .... Rozzie (voice) (as Tina Bowman)
Danny Wells .... Stomper (voice)
Larry Bishop .... Stomper (voice)
Tabi Cooper .... Stomper (voice)
Juno Dawson .... Waitress (voice)
Shirley Jo Finney .... Chaplin (voice)
Martin Garner .... Yonkel (voice)
Terry Haven .... Alice (voice)
Allen Joseph .... Max (voice)
Bernie Massa .... Stomper (voice)
Gelsa Palao .... Stomper (voice)
Paul Roman .... Stomper (voice)
Philip Michael Thomas .... Chaplin (voice) (as Philip M. Thomas)
Frank DeKova .... Old Vinnie (voice)
Angelo Grisanti .... Solly (voice)
Candy Candido .... Sal (voice)
Ed Peck .... Italian Man (voice)
Lillian Adams .... Italian Woman (voice)
Mary Dean Lauria .... Italian Woman (voice)
Donna Ponterotto .... Gelsa (voice)
Uncredited:
Vincent Di Paolo .... Gang Member at Beach
Chris Eann .... Gangster
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