hey good film hey good american adult animated coming age comedy film written directed produced film takes place brooklyn new_york 1950s focuses leader gang named friend girls features voices hey good completed live action animated combination main characters animated rest portrayed live actors film release pushed later postponed indefinitely claimed version film unsatisfactory concerns controversy result backlash film cited different version film released live action sequences replaced animated ones dialogue heavily rewritten version distributed limited release united_states went largely unnoticed american public performed foreign markets developed cult following cable television home video original version film remains unreleased story film opens trash talking pile garbage debating existence heaven garbage hears declares god arrived garbage truck driven away calling fuck city camera reveals brooklyn 1980s middle aged woman walks streets meets mysterious man shows remains black leather jacket woman sight man begins story brooklyn 1950s serves leader gang named best friend subject multiple murder attempts crazy detective father old basketball court reunites old flame named reunion abruptly interrupted protective jewish father chains bed won meet crazy spend evening drinking meet prostitutes sleep beach waking find close group women husbands crazy inches ladies finds dead body buried sand screams women alert beat crazy later seen crazy killed runs finding black area beach rival gang leader gang sets rumble gang later meets girl crazy dates crazy beaten head party tells going fight gang responds gang girls head rock roll horrified idea crazy having fight named girl run driving wind car crash stage finally persuades rumble drive fast food restaurant crazy girls spots car thinks crazy quick drive crazy ends shooting black gang members alley shock investigates death black gang members questions tells looking crazy seen pier tells town rumble makes crazy leader disgusted allows crazy love abandoned warehouse time fights boxer style crazy talk losing crazy lies father killed gang members packs things tries avoid rumble unfortunately time rumble gangs wait drives ready arrest rooftop nearby building crazy begins shooting randomly street causing gangs begin shooting fights including garbage monsters giant naked women tries run shot crazy jumps rooftop landing killing time save calls radio station memorial request honor apparent demise stands walks away leaving brooklyn scene returns long_island 1980s mysterious man finishes story claims left death crazy woman knows lying reveals man returned years angrily abandoning gang save skin tells husband soon come looking hates man gives second chance fight like wished walking telling waiting lovers reunite cast crazy credited old cooper italian man adams italian woman italian woman beach uncredited uncredited production production concluded wanted distinguish producing film live action animated characters interact began writing screenplay hey good editing proposed series abc characters based high school friends previously agreed distribute cat pulling funding film eager option screenplay hey good film african american animators including graffiti artists hired studio time black animators widely employed major animation studios following controversy film black animators left studio embarrassment resulting production problems hey good principal photography began budget million pre production lasted week including casting sequences shot streets new_york_city locations shot sound stages los_angeles according dress guys live action guys strange guys find having talk animated characters candy stores discussing glam punk band cast live action sequences new_york dolls playing actors cast voices shooting live action sequences recording animated dialogue involved improvisation setting premise scene allowing actors create dialogue rumble sequence actors playing filmed performing styles dance later evolved dance styles 1970s studio system selected number songs record collection film soundtrack film high costs licensing songs film initially scored singer involved production film release delay film release label released material sessions title happened bite film released cinematography shot night felt daylight scenes believable recounts day shooting actors unable play roles naturally began talking acting way wanted characters act cameras including flirting actress camera man capture events filmed told quit production replaced young cinematographer worked film post production release post production film found cost optical effect required complete live action scenes animated characters larger film budget order complete scenes cost effectively camera man purchased camera project footage glass animation camera reflected animation shot technique scenes lord rings according illusion attempted create completely live action film making work drove crazy minute promo live action version hey good screened cannes film festival print promo owned film initially scheduled christmas release moved summers later ultimately postponed indefinitely concerned controversy film encounter controversy result backlash film despite fact hey good contain political content studio felt film combination live action animation spend money project financed film completion director fees projects headed lord rings american pop president told film trades hey good needed fine tuned claiming needed dialogue scenes tested market research audiences production meetings wells told fulfilled contractual obligations live action said lawyer able convince studio sue majority live action footage deleted wanted sequences footage movements budgetary reasons little dialogue cut film retained animated version instead featured newly recorded dialogue starred following success excited second version hey good forming specialty division film distribution film opened new_york_city october released los_angeles january went largely unnoticed american public received respectable business foreign markets response brief review wrote exactly originally mind slipped away wrote film interesting visually later films entertainment vulgar pointless animation historian wrote beginning film promising garbage discussing life streets garbage example best medium animation comment society unfortunately doesn film wildly imaginative fantasy sequence climax character named crazy starts rooftop shooting scene film ideas better explored legacy hey good developed cult following cable television home video stated preferred hey good version film remains unreleased owns complete print soundtrack album originally released time film theatrical distribution compact disc release music film produced released independent record label sound film available buy rent itunes manufacture demand dvd release
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