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Cool World

"Holli Would if she could ...and she will"

While incarcerated for murder, cartoonist Jack Deebs found escape by creating Cool World, a series featuring a voluptuous femme fatale named Holli Would. But the artist becomes a prisoner of his own fantasies when Holli transports Jack into Cool World with a scheme to seduce him and bring herself to life. Hard-boiled detective Frank Harris – the only other human in Cool World – cautions Jack with the law: Noids (humans) don't have sex with doodles (cartoons). However, flesh proves weaker than ink as Holli takes human form in Las Vegas, staring in a trans-universal chase that threatens the destruction of both worlds.

Top Cast

  • Kim Basinger

    Kim Basinger

    Holli Would

  • Gabriel Byrne

    Gabriel Byrne

    Jack Deebs

  • Brad Pitt

    Brad Pitt

    Detective Frank Harris

  • Michele Abrams

    Michele Abrams

    Jennifer Malley

  • Deirdre O'Connell

    Deirdre O'Connell

    Isabelle Malley

  • Janni Brenn

    Janni Brenn

    Agatha Rose Harris

  • William Frankfather

    William Frankfather

    Cop

  • Greg Collins

    Greg Collins

    Cop

  • Maurice LaMarche

    Maurice LaMarche

    Interrogator #2 / Mash / drunken bar patron / Dr. Vincent "Vegas Vinnie" Whiskers / Jack Deebs (super hero version) (voice)

Overview

While incarcerated for murder, cartoonist Jack Deebs found escape by creating Cool World, a series featuring a voluptuous femme fatale named Holli Would. But the artist becomes a prisoner of his own fantasies when Holli transports Jack into Cool World with a scheme to seduce him and bring herself to life. Hard-boiled detective Frank Harris – the only other human in Cool World – cautions Jack with the law: Noids (humans) don't have sex with doodles (cartoons). However, flesh proves weaker than ink as Holli takes human form in Las Vegas, staring in a trans-universal chase that threatens the destruction of both worlds.

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