SweetZombieJesus
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Tue Sep-02-03 11:30 PM
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The Independent Film Channel Will Not Let Me Go To Sleep |
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I have to open the store at five am tommorrow, and I should be in bed, but I stayed up to watch A Decade Under The Influence. NOW my favorite western ever, The Wild Bunch, is on. How can I say no to Warren Oates?
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Gato Moteado
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Tue Sep-02-03 11:33 PM
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and say yes to sleeeeeeeeep
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thebigidea
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Tue Sep-02-03 11:36 PM
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2. one movie with Warren Oates should be refused |
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"The Cockfighter" - a frightening Roger Corman production.
a tragic mistake, thinking there would be a market for cockfighting movies. Or was he merely 43965349076 years ahead of his time...
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Tue Sep-02-03 11:49 PM
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4. He was ahead of his time (it's the only movie that Corman ever lost money |
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I love "Cockfighter" (AKA 'Born To Kill") Oates is fantastic as Frank Mansfield. The novel by the great Charles Willeford is also first-rate. However, I do agree with you, why did Corman and Monte Hellman ever think there was a market for a cockfighting movie? Maybe foreign sales? I dunno...
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SweetZombieJesus
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Tue Sep-02-03 11:53 PM
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5. I still haven't seen Cockfighter |
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I was able to rationalize buying Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia, but I can't rationalize spending what little money I have on a movie about cockfighting, regardless of whether or not Warren Oates is in it.
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mitchum
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Wed Sep-03-03 12:05 AM
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6. At least find the novel (along with anything else by Willeford) |
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He is (I know this is considered heresy) much better than Jim Thompson.
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MI Cherie
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Tue Sep-02-03 11:48 PM
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3. Put the VCR on record and |
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