Heavy Traffic

Combining gritty reality with a feast of eye-popping animation and live-action styles, Ralph Bakshi -- who brought Fritz the Cat to the screen -- presents another wildly entertaining landmark in animation. Michael, a young artist who lives with his neurotic mother and two-timing father, escapes the absurd and often ugly side of life on New York's tough streets by satirizing its rich yet wacky characters in wildly entertaining cartoons.