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The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat (1974)

Fritz, now married and with a son, is desperate to escape from the domestic hell he now finds himself in. Lighting up a joint, he begins to dream about his eight other lives, hoping to find one that ...
Variety

Robert Taylor, Director of ‘Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat,’ Dies at 70

Robert “Bob” Taylor, an award-winning animator, producer and director best known for animated TV series including “TaleSpin” and animated films such as “The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat,” died December ...
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Tom Scott "The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat"

The 1974 sequel to Ralph Bakshi's bizarre 1972 animated film Fritz the Cat is this equally wacky film, confusingly dubbed The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat. Directed by Robert Taylor—a storyboard artist ...
IndieWire

R.I.P. “Heidi’s Song”, “9 Lives of Fritz The Cat” Animation Director Robert Taylor

We’ve just learned animator and director Robert Taylor passed away last Thursday, December 11th, from complications due to COPD. He was 70 years old. Taylor is perhaps best known for directing The ...
Los Angeles Times

‘Fritz the Cat’ Mellows With Age

Originally advertised as “X-rated and animated,” “Fritz the Cat” scored a hit when it was released in 1972, earning a then-impressive $25 million. (It cost only $850,000--a shoestring even at the time ...
Decider

‘Fritz The Cat,’ The Infamous X-Rated Cartoon That Grossed $90 Million, Lands on Amazon Prime

Discover What’s Streaming On: Dirty cartoons have been around since the dawn of animation (and the dawn of man), but none took the world of cinema by storm, pushed the envelope further, and made a ...