Who""s laughing now? Who""s laughing now?" However, his severed hand kept assaulting him.In the gory scene, he was forced to grab his chainsaw with his left hand, and to saw off his own demonic, evil hand (before it infected his entire body), spattering his face with blood.As he rides on his horse and approaches Rock Ridge, the music swells - he passes by the Count Basie band on the dusty plains (Count Basie has an uncredited cameo as he plays "April in Paris" on a white piano with his jazz band).Producer David O.Selznick had acquired the film rights to Mitchell""s novel in July, 1936 for $50,000 - a record amount at the time to an unknown author for her first novel, causing some to label the film "Selznick""s Folly."In Apollo Creed""s office, the champ mentioned that since he was promoting his own matches, he was pressuring for a rematch against Rocky, the Italian Stallion, to prove for himself that he could decisively win, and regain respect: "There""s a lot of people out there accusing me of having the fight fixed, accusing me of being a fake, and insulting my kids at school.