Cockfighter

Cockfighter
USA, 1987. Monte Hellman, 83 min. R

From Governor’s Mansions to Cheap Hotels: The Big Money Sport that’s Dirty-Violent and Outside the Law!

A man (Warren Oates) who trains fighting cocks vows to remain silent until one of his birds wins a championship. Also starring Richard B. Shull, Harry Dean Stanton, Millie Perkins, and Troy Donahue.

“This wry 1974 feature is probably the most underrated work by Monte Hellman (Two-Lane Blacktop)… As a dark comedy and closet art movie, it delivers and lingers.” – Jonathan Rosenbaum