Straw Dogs [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Straw Dogs [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

 Cast: T.P. McKenna
T.P. McKenna
, Del Henney
Del Henney
, Susan George
Susan George
, Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Hoffman
, Peter Vaughan
Peter Vaughan
Straw Dogs [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Straw Dogs [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

 Cast: T.P. McKenna
T.P. McKenna
, Del Henney
Del Henney
, Susan George
Susan George
, Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Hoffman
, Peter Vaughan
Peter Vaughan

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Overview

Straw Dogs is perhaps Sam Peckinpah's most divisive film; some viewers continue to worship at its altar, while others have written it off as worthless and repulsive. Dustin Hoffman plays an American mathematician who moves to a tiny, self-contained Cornish village with his voluptuous young wife Susan George. To say that Hoffman is a fish out of water would be giving him a break; the shy, bookish number-cruncher is treated with outright contempt by the local thugs, who while away the time singing songs about cohabiting with sheep. The bored George begins an affair with one of the locals, leading to an all-out assault against Hoffman and the gang-rape of his wife. Pushed to the brink, Hoffman takes a chilling, bloody revenge against his persecutors. The message seems to be "a man's home is his castle;" but, gee, Mr. Peckinpah, Bugs Bunny adhered to that same philosophy without attacking people with axes and burning gasoline. David Warner has a major role as a village-idiot type who becomes one of Hoffman's only friends; because a recent accident had rendered Warner a bad insurance risk, he was obliged to appear in the film without billing, lest the insurers cancel their policies. Straw Dogs was based on The Siege of Trencher's Farm, a novel by Gordon M. Williams.

Product Details

Release Date: 06/27/2017
UPC: 0715515199216
Original Release: 1971
Rating: R
Source: Criterion Collection
Region Code: A
Language: English
Time: 1:57:00
Sales rank: 8,458

Special Features

New, restored 4k digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; Audio Commentary from 2003 by Stephen Prince, author of Savage Cinema: Sam Peckinpah and the Rise of Ultraviolet Movies; Mantrap: 'Straw Dogs' - The Final Cut, a 2003 documentary about the making of the film; Sam Peckinpagh: Man of Iron, A 1993 documentary; New conversation between critic Michael Sragow and filmmaker Roger Spottiswoode, one of the editors on the film; New interview with film scholar Linda Williams about the film's controversies; Archival interviews with actor Susan George, Producer Daniel Melnick, and Peckinpah biographer Garner Simmons; Behind-the-scenes footage; TV Spots and Trailers; Plus: An essay by scholar and critic Joshua Clover and a 1974 interview with Peckinpah

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
T.P. McKenna Maj. Scott
Del Henney Charlie Venner
Susan George Amy
Dustin Hoffman David
Peter Vaughan Tom Hedden
Ken Hutchison Scutt
Colin Welland Rev. Hood
Jim Norton Cawsey
Sally Thomsett Janice
Donald Webster Riddaway
David Warner Henry Niles
Len Jones Bobby Hedden
Michael Mundell Bertie Hedden
Peter Arne John Niles
Robert Keegan Harry Ware
June Brown Mrs. Hedden
Chloe Franks Emma Hedden
Cherina Mann Mrs. Hood
Jerry Fielding Composer
Larry Groupé Composer

Technical Credits
Sam Peckinpah Director,Screenwriter
Daniel Melnick Producer
Rod Lurie Screenwriter
David Zelag Goodman Screenwriter,Screenwriter
John Richardson Special Effects
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