Straw Dogs [Criterion Collection] [2 Discs]

Straw Dogs [Criterion Collection] [2 Discs]

 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] [2 Discs]

Straw Dogs [Criterion Collection] [2 Discs]

 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: 0715515199315
Original Release: 1971
Rating: R
Source: Criterion Collection
Region Code: 1
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono]
Language: English
Time: 1:57:00
Sales rank: 268

Special Features

New, restored 4k digital transfer; Audio Commentary from 2003 by Stephen Prince, author of Savage Cinema: Sam Peckinpah and the Rise of Ultraviolent Movies; Mantrap: "Straw Dogs" - The Final Cut, a 2003 documentary about the making of the film; Sam Peckinpah: 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

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Straw Dogs
1. Arrival [4:40]
2. The Locals [4:22]
3. New Home [3:48]
4. Settling In [3:27]
5. The Games Begin [3:48]
6. A Warning For Henry Niles [1:14]
7. Voyeurs [5:23]
8. Defiance [1:57]
9. "Commit To What?" [4:28]
10. Harassment [5:46]
11. The Welcoming Committee [4:01]
12. Intrusion [3:22]
13. "Did I Catch You Off Guard?" [6:33]
14. A Day Of Hunting [13:38]
15. Cowards [5:17]
16. Church Social [8:50]
17. Accident [1:28]
18. "We're Gonna Get Him" [1:29]
19. Protecting Henry [3:47]
20. Major Scott Intervenes [5:07]
21. "Give Them Niles" [2:49]
22. Full-Scale Defense [5:23]
23. "I Don't Know My Way Home" [12:18]
24. End Credits [3:17]
1. Color Bars [1:21]
1. Establishing Character [4:40]
2. Cultural Outsider [4:22]
3. Location/The Title [3:48]
4. Representing Violence [3:27]
5. The Marriage As A War Zone [3:48]
6. Backstories [1:14]
7. Film Violence In 1971/Mirrors [5:23]
8. Peckinpah's Editing Style [1:57]
9. Cultural Contexts [4:28]
10. "The Territorial Imperative" [5:46]
11. Bad Marriages [4:01]
12. A Turning Point [3:22]
13. Setting The Trap [6:33]
14. The Center Of The Controversy [13:38]
15. Working With Actors [5:17]
16. Extended Subjective Interlude [8:50]
17. The Critics Respond [1:28]
18. Cultural Conflict [1:29]
19. Interior/Exterior Locations [3:47]
20. "Violence Is Not Casual" [5:07]
21. Male Brutality [2:49]
22. Action Filmmaking [5:23]
23. Consequences [12:18]
24. End Credits [3:17]
1. Color Bars [1:21]
1. The British Wild Bunch [4:38]
2. Straw Dogs And The Siege Of Trencher's Farm [1:51]
3. Meaningful Violence [4:28]
4. The Puppet Master [9:41]
5. "Everyone Has a Breaking Point" [8:03]
6. The Heart Of The Film [19:32]
7. Internal Conflict [3:50]
Disc #2 -- Straw Dogs
1. Early Life [8:23]
2. The End Of The West [4:13]
3. Existential Violence [11:50]
4. Sam And Women [9:48]
5. The End Justifies The Means [22:03]
6. Straw Dogs [4:15]
7. Total Control [7:31]
8. "The Lesser Of Two Evils" [6:59]
9. "His Reality Was Film" [5:02]
10. The End [14:02]
1. Chapter 1 [35:51]
1. Chapter 1 [20:55]
1. Chapter 1 [19:02]
1. Chapter 1 [9:56]
1. Chapter 1 [26:52]
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