#192 Cockfighter (1974)

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Monte Hellman's 1974 southern gothic cockfighting drama, COCKFIGHTER, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss Roger Corman's struggles to market the film, Joe Dante's involvement with the film, Warren Oates playing a character with virtually zero dialogue, the visceral and violent cockfighting sequences, and Hoch suggests installing a "Cock Counter" on the episode! We also pick our TOP 7 MOVIES FEATURING AN ANIMAL IN THE TITLE in this week's SILVER SCREEN 7! Join our Patreon ($2.99/month) here linktr.ee/brokenvcr to watch the episodes LIVE in video form day/weeks early. Find us on Instagram @thebrokenvcr and follow us on LetterBoxd! Become a regular here at THE BROKEN VCR!

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