The Toonhead

The Toonhead is a 2011 live action/animated psychological dark comedy film written and directed by Nicolas Argyll. The film stars Jon Hamm as a cartoonist who starts developing a delusional view of life populated by his cartoon characters, fuelled mostly by drugs, alcahol and sexual desires.

The film was produced by Alliance Films, Endgame Entertainment and the UK Film Council with animation done by Atomic Cartoons. Argyll has stated his main influences were Taxi Driver, Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Cool World, Ralph Bakshi, director of Cool World even makes a cameo as a strip club deejay. Principal photography started in November 2009 and lasted until September 2010 with post-production lasting until March 2011. It attracted controversy for it's combination of animation and mature subject matter, Argyll admitted he was expecting this kind of attention.

The Toonhead premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2011 in Toronto, Canada before being released theatrically on October 7, 2011 by CBS Films in the United States and Alliance Films in Canada and on October 12, 2011 by Momentum Pictures in the United Kingdom. The film recieved mostly positive reviews with critics praising Hamm's performance, the animation, cinematography, direction, atmosphere and homages to 1970s American cinema, though many criticized the anti-climactic ending.

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The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on February 1, 2012 in North America by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment