Fritz the Cat & Heavy Traffic Special Edition DVDs

To:  Mike Dunn, president: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC; MGM; current rights holders

This petition concerns the release of "special edition" DVD releases of the Ralph Bakshi films Fritz the Cat and Heavy Traffic. These films broke new ground in animation when they were originally released in 1972 and 1973. Before these films, no one ever dared to make such bold and original films like these.

Among other things, Bakshi proved that animation should not be limited by its content. Fritz the Cat and Heavy Traffic were among the first animated features released in America with an X rating, Fritz the Cat being the first X-rated animated feature film. These historical films paved the way for today's modern adult animations, such as The Simpsons, and they still have a strong cult following because of their unique approach at storytelling, filmmaking, and animation.

The current "bare-bones" DVD releases of these films were supremely disappointing to us Ralph Bakshi fans. These films deserve a lot better. Special features should include audio commentaries by Ralph Bakshi and any additional footage, or promotional material that can be found. Heavy Traffic should also be presented in its original 1.66:1 widescreen aspect ratio and enhanced for 16X9 television screens.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

The Fritz the Cat & Heavy Traffic Special Edition DVDs Petition to Mike Dunn, president: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC; MGM; current rights holders was created by and written by Isaac Mendel Baranoff (mysticstudiosproductions@yahoo.com).  This petition is hosted here at www.PetitionOnline.com as a public service. There is no endorsement of this petition, express or implied, by Artifice, Inc. or our sponsors. For technical support please use our simple Petition Help form.

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