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Dec 22, 1971 · Straw Dogs: Directed by Sam Peckinpah. With Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T.P. McKenna. A young American and his English wife come to rural England and face increasingly vicious local harassment.
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Sam Peckinpah
- 1971-12-22
Sep 19, 2011 · By Malcolm Jones. Malcolm Jones. Editor. Updated Jul. 13, 2017 9:20PM EDT Published Sep. 19, 2011 5:50PM EDT. Everett Collection. I saw Sam Peckinpah’s Straw Dogs for the first time at the...
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Straw Dogs. In this thriller, perhaps Sam Peckinpah’s most controversial film, David (Dustin Hoffman), a young American mathematician, moves with his English wife, Amy (Susan George), to the village where she grew up. Their sense of safety unravels as the local men David has hired to repair their house prove more interested in leering at Amy ...
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Tom insists that Henry's brother, John (Peter Arne), "keep a close watch on him". David and Amy are getting ready for bed. The voyeuristic Janice spies on them. After a long night of lecturing and cheating antics, they retire for the night. On the next day, Amy becomes increasingly incensed by David's neglectful ways.
Synopsis. This movie is a remake of the 1971 movie of the same name (released 40 years prior) now set in modern day Mississippi. The film opens with shots of Mississippi swampland. Classical music underscores the shots and foreshadows the conflicting styles of the movie's two leading men.
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The film premiered in the U.K. in November 1971. Although controversial at the time, Straw Dogs is considered by some critics to be one of Peckinpah's greatest films, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Music (Original Dramatic Score).
Straw Dogs was not released again on VHS or DVD in Great Britain until 2002, at which time the 118-minute, uncensored version also had a limited theatrical release.
