Last Days of Coney Island

A project in Los Angeles, CA by Ralph Bakshi
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It's an animated cop, mafia, horror movie set in the 1960s in Coney Island, with political overtones both realistic and outrageous.
Backers: 1290
Average Pledge Per Backer: $135

Funded: $174,195 of $165,000
Dates: Feb 1st -> Mar 3rd (30 days)
Project By: Ralph Bakshi
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Latest News

REWARDS UPDATE: CRITIQUES, FDP, ETC...

April 5th - via: kickstarter.com
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Major Updates About Prizes!

March 17th - via: kickstarter.com
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New AWN Article With Pics of Bakshi Working in the Studio

March 13th - via: kickstarter.com
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ORGANIZED

March 12th - via: kickstarter.com
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Coonskin (AKA Streetfight) Cels Added

March 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
"Strolling" "Bear, Rabbit, Fox" "Bear & Ms. America" "Rabbit"  (Read More)

First Saturday Update!

March 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
AT 600 LEVEL ELROND'S COUNCIL CEL ADDED! (Five feet are printed on the background because they are a held cel.  This means that there is only 1 cel of the feet in the shot - they don't move - so we print them on the bg)  (Read More)

ADDITIONAL SELECT "WIZARDS" CELS ADDED

March 1st - via: kickstarter.com
$300 LEVEL: 1) Avatar Getting Ready To Cast a Spell 2) Avatar in Montagar 3) Avatar and the President 4) They Killed Fritz (Alternate BG) 5) Elinore Riding *ALL CELS ON THE KICKSTARTER COME WITH COAs (OFFICIAL BPI CERTIFICATES OF AUTHENTICITY)  (Read More)

STRETCH GOAL ADDED!

March 1st - via: kickstarter.com
The running time of "Last Days of Coney Island" will be extended if we can reach 180k or above by the end.  This additional 15k will enable us to increase the length of the short.   So much great art is still up for grabs! Thanks so much.  Ralph... (Read More)

THANK YOU.

March 1st - via: kickstarter.com
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Ralph Bakshi's Kickstarter movie needs your help

February 28th - via: insidemovies.ew.com
Making films has never been easy for Ralph Bakshi. The maverick cartoonist and filmmaker, who became famous — and infamous — after 1972′s smash X-rated ‘toon, Fritz the Cat, never liked to color within the lines, so to speak. He was the anti-Disney back then, filling his stories with provocative themes, raunchy humor, and curvacious broads that would make Russ Meyer blush. (Read More)

Ralph Kickstarter

February 25th - via: johnkstuff.blogspot.com
Ralph has his dream project up and you only have 5 days left to help him lay his most personal and intimate feelings out naked for the voyeuristic world to enjoy. (Read More)

Matthew Modine Joins Ralph Bakshi’s Crowdsourced ‘Last Days Of Coney Island’

February 16th - via: deadline.com
Animator Ralph Bakshi (Fritz The Cat, Coonskin, Cool World) is mounting his first film project in 15 years with the help of Kickstarter and Matthew Modine. (Read More)

Lord of the Rings Animator Takes to Kickstarter with Coney Island Movie

February 7th - via: thelmagazine.com
Ralph Bakshi's long-planned animated film about the amusement district might finally get made? (Read More)

Crowdfund comics about science and scientists, Ralph Bakshi shorts, and Space Invaders chess

February 3rd - via: io9.com
If you love science—and laughing both at scientists and with them—there's a great new Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal looking for crowdfunding. Plus, animator Ralph Bakshi has a new independent animated project, a crew of laser cutters is building Space Invaders chess sets, and a puppeteer is working on an intriguing steampunk short. (Read More)

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