{"id":69546,"date":"2013-02-28T21:17:15","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T02:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=69546"},"modified":"2013-03-01T08:26:40","modified_gmt":"2013-03-01T13:26:40","slug":"ralph-bakshi-kickstarting-last-days-of-coney-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2013\/02\/28\/69546-ralph-bakshi-kickstarting-last-days-of-coney-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Ralph Bakshi kickstarting Last Days of Coney Island"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ralph Bakshi, creator of the 1978 animated version of The Lord of the Rings, is using Kickstarter to raise funds for his latest film — Last Days of Coney Island. With 58 hours to go (at time of writing), the film is less than $4,000 short of its $165,000 target. <\/p>\n

Bakshi describes it as an animated cop, mafia, horror movie set in the 1960s in Coney Island, with political overtones both realistic and outrageous. Actor Matthew Modine, himself a longtime Bakshi fan, has been cast in the film’s lead role.<\/p>\n

In my films I have always discussed America: who we are, what we are, for better and worse, and the ridiculous. I\u2019m here on Kickstarter asking for your support for my newest project, Last Days of Coney Island.<\/p>\n

It takes place in a 1960s Coney Island populated with crooked cops, broken hearts, jaded strippers, and singers.<\/p>\n

The stories take place on and around Coney\u2019s garish, freaky midways and in it’s dark alleyways. They discuss America: Kennedy\u2019s assassination, the mafia, Bobby Dylan, Vietnam, Dick Tracy, Miss America, and more.<\/i><\/p>\n

[Donate via Kickstarter<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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