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Straw Dogs (2011)
Sep 16, 2011 · Straw Dogs: Directed by Rod Lurie. With James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, Alexander Skarsgård, James Woods. Los Angeles screenwriter David Sumner relocates with his wife to her hometown in the deep South.
- Rod Lurie
- 3 min
Nov 9, 2011 · David and Amy Sumner (James Marsden and Kate Bosworth), a Hollywood screenwriter and his actress wife, return to her small hometown in the deep South to prepare the family home for sale after her father's death. Once there, tensions build in their marriage and old conflicts re-emerge with the locals, including Amy's ex-boyfriend Charlie (Alexander Skarsgård), leading to a violent ...
- November 09, 2011
- 1 min
Aug 6, 2022 · Theatrical trailer of "Straw Dogs" by Rod Lurie. Starring James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, Alexander Skarsgård, James Woods, Dominic Purcell, Rhys Coiro, Billy ...
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Scriptwriter David Sumner and his wife Amy, an actress, relocate to rural Mississippiwhere Amy grew up. They are going to live in the house of Amy's recently deceased father to allow David to finish a script. While in town one afternoon, David meets Amy's ex-boyfriend Charlie and his three friends, Norman, Chris, and Bic. David is intimidated by th...
The film was originally scheduled for release on February 25, 2011. However the date was pushed to September 16, 2011. The film began shooting on August 16, 2009 in Shreveport and Vivian, Louisiana. Kate Bosworth said that to make the rape scene more lifelike, she told her co-star Alexander Skarsgårdnot to hold back as he pretended to perform the v...
Box office
Straw Dogs lost money. It opened on September 16, 2011 with $1,980,000 for the day.and took $5.1 million in its opening weekend. The total domestic and international sales were $11,168,712, versus an estimated budget of $25m.
Critical reception
The film received mixed reviews; Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 42% based on reviews from 126 critics, with the consensus "This remake streamlines the plot but ultimately makes a fatal mistake: It celebrates violence". Metacritic gives the film a score of 45% based on 29 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScoregave the film a grade "C" on a scale of A+ to F. Carrie Rickey of the Philadelphia Inquirer gave the film 1.5 out of 4 stars stating...
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- September 16, 2011
- Rod Lurie, Marc Frydman
- Larry Groupé
Nov 14, 2011 · Starring James Marsden, Kate Bosworth. With its rape scene, Sam Peckinpah’s 1971 film Straw Dogs was accused of celebrating sexual violence and eventually denied video certification.
Mar 12, 2012 · Check out this interview with Kate Bosworth on her character Amy Sumner in Straw Dogs (2011)In Straw Dogs a young couple (James Marsden and Kate Bosworth) mo...
