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Straw Dogs is a 1971 psychological thriller film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Dustin Hoffman and Susan George. The screenplay, by Peckinpah and David Zelag Goodman, is based on Gordon M. Williams's 1969 novel, The Siege of Trencher's Farm.
- $2.2 million or £1,055,829
- Daniel Melnick
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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Roger Ebert criticizes Sam Peckinpah's movie for its hypocrisy, melodrama and violence. He compares it unfavorably with Peckinpah's previous masterpiece, The Wild Bunch.
A controversial thriller by Sam Peckinpah, starring Dustin Hoffman as a mathematician who faces violent men in a Cornish village. The film features a new 4K transfer, commentary, documentary, interviews, and more.
- David Sumner
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A young American and his English wife face increasing harassment and violence from the locals in rural England. The film explores themes of masculinity, violence, and morality in a tense and brutal story.
