During the post-production of the film , Bakshi found that the cost of the optical effect required to complete live-action scenes with animated characters was larger than the film 's budget . In order to complete these scenes cost effectively , Bakshi and his camera man Ted C. Bemiller purchased a 35 mm camera to project the footage onto the glass under the animation camera , which was reflected onto where the animation was shot . The same technique was used for the rotoscoped scenes in '' The Lord of the Rings '' . According to Bakshi , " The illusion I attempted to create was that of a completely live-action film . Making it work almost drove us crazy . " A three-minute promo of the live-action version of '' Hey Good Lookin ' '' was screened at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival ; a print of this promo is owned by the UCLA Film and Television Archive . The film was initially scheduled for a Christmas 1975 release , but was moved to the summers of 1976 and later 1977 , before ultimately being postponed indefinitely . Warner Bros. was concerned about any controversy the film would encounter as a result of the backlash over the film '' Coonskin '' , despite the fact that '' Hey Good Lookin ' '' did not contain any political content . The studio also felt that the film was " unreleasable " because of its combination of live-action and animation , but would not spend further money on the project . Bakshi financed the film 's completion himself out of the director 's fees for other projects he headed from 1976 until 1982 , such as : '' Wizards '' , '' The Lord of the Rings '' , and '' American Pop ''
1975 Cannes Film Festival
1975 Cannes Film Festival
Hey Good Lookin' (film)