Film festival cancels cockfighting movie
The Edinburgh International Film Festival canceled the screening of a movie about cockfighting after being told it might be illegal to show the film. "Cockfighter," a critically acclaimed 1974 movie about masculinity and blood sports set in the southern United States, was to have been shown Tuesday.
AP reports at the website below.
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Posted on August 24, 2006 in News Elsewhere by intern
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