Straw Dogs (1971 film)
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| Directed by | Sam Peckinpah |
| Produced by | Daniel Melnick |
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The Siege of Trencher's Farm by Gordon M. Williams |
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| Music by | Jerry Fielding |
| Cinematography | John Coquillon |
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| Distributed by | Cinerama Releasing Corporation |
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117 minutes 113 minutes(Edited cut) |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $2.2 million |
| Box office | $8 million (rentals) |
Straw Dogs is a 1971 American-British psychological thriller film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Dustin Hoffman and Susan George. The screenplay, by Peckinpah and David Zelag Goodman, is based upon Gordon M. Williams's 1969 novel, The Siege of Trencher's Farm. The film's title derives from a discussion in the Tao Te Ching that likens the ancient Chinese ceremonial straw dog to forms without substance.
The film is noted for its violent concluding sequences and a complicated rape scene. Released theatrically the same year as A Clockwork Orange, The French Connection, and Dirty Harry, the film sparked heated controversy over the perceived increase of violence in cinema.
The film premiered in U.S. cinemas on December 29, 1971. Although controversial in 1971, Straw Dogs is considered by many to be one of Peckinpah's greatest films. A remake directed by Rod Lurie was released on September 16, 2011.
David Sumner, an American mathematician, comes to live with his glamorous young wife, Amy, in her hometown, a small village in a remote part of Cornwall, UK.
Amy's return is of particular interest to her ex-boyfriend, Charlie Venner, and his cronies, Norman Scutt, Chris Cawsey and Phil Riddaway, who are immediately resentful of the outsider who has married one of their own. David hires the men to carry out repairs to the isolated farmhouse he and Amy have rented, Trenchers Farm. Tensions in the Sumners' marriage soon become apparent—explicitly so when Amy stands topless in a window in full view of the workmen.
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