The Independent Film Channel Will Not Let Me Go To Sleep

[SweetZombieJesus]

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?

[Gato Moteado]

1. just say no....

and say yes to sleeeeeeeeep

[thebigidea]

2. one movie with Warren Oates should be refused

"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...

[mitchum]

4. He was ahead of his time (it's the only movie that Corman ever lost money

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...

[SweetZombieJesus]

5. I still haven't seen Cockfighter

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.

[mitchum]

6. At least find the novel (along with anything else by Willeford)

He is (I know this is considered heresy) much better than Jim Thompson.

[MI Cherie]

3. Put the VCR on record and

get some sleep!