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The Resource Straw dogs, from Cinerama Releasing Corporation ; ABC Pictures Corp. presents ; a Daniel Melnick production ; screenplay by David Zelag Goodman and Sam Peckinpah ; produced by Daniel Melnick ; directed by Sam Peckinpah, (videorecording)

Straw dogs, from Cinerama Releasing Corporation ; ABC Pictures Corp. presents ; a Daniel Melnick production ; screenplay by David Zelag Goodman and Sam Peckinpah ; produced by Daniel Melnick ; directed by Sam Peckinpah, (videorecording)

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Summary
"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 and intimidiating David, beginning an agonizing initiation into the iron laws of violent masculinity that govern Peckinpah's world. Working outside the U.S. for the first time, the filmmaker airlifts the ruthlessness of the western frontier into Cornwall in Straw Dogs, pushing his characters to their breaking points as the men brutalize Amy and David discovers how far he'll go to protect his home--culminating in a harrowing climax that lays out this cinematic mastermind's eloquent and bloody vision of humanity"--Container
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
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Publication
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
Extent
2 videodiscs (117 min.)
Note
  • Based on the novel: The siege of Trencher's farm / Gordon M. Williams
  • DVD release of the 1971 motion picture
  • Two-DVD special edition features on disc one: New, restored 4K digital transfer ; audio commentary from 2003 by Stephen Prince ; "Mantrap: 'Straw Dogs' -- the final cut," a 2003 documentary about the making of the film ; on disc two: "Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron," a 1993 documentary ; behind-the-scenes footage ; new conversation between critic Michael Sragow and filmmaker Roger Spottiswoode, on of the editors on the film ; A controversial classic, a 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 ; TV spots and trailers ; PLUS: an essay by scholar and critic Joshua Clover and a 1974 interview with Peckinpah
Contents
  • disc one. [The movie + special features]
  • disc two. [Special features]
Isbn
9781681433288
Instance
Label
Straw dogs
Title
Straw dogs
Statement of responsibility
from Cinerama Releasing Corporation ; ABC Pictures Corp. presents ; a Daniel Melnick production ; screenplay by David Zelag Goodman and Sam Peckinpah ; produced by Daniel Melnick ; directed by Sam Peckinpah
Title variation
Sam Peckinpah's Straw dogs
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Director of photography
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Film director
Film distributor
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Production company
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Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
"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 and intimidiating David, beginning an agonizing initiation into the iron laws of violent masculinity that govern Peckinpah's world. Working outside the U.S. for the first time, the filmmaker airlifts the ruthlessness of the western frontier into Cornwall in Straw Dogs, pushing his characters to their breaking points as the men brutalize Amy and David discovers how far he'll go to protect his home--culminating in a harrowing climax that lays out this cinematic mastermind's eloquent and bloody vision of humanity"--Container
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videorecording
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Straw dogs (Motion picture)
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Credits note
Director of photography, John Coquillon ; editors, Roger Spottiswoode, Paul Davies, Tony Lawson ; music, Jerry Fielding
Date time place
Filmed on location in the west of England, Trencher's Farm, Pendeen, Cornwall, and at Twickenham Film Studios, Twickenham, Middlesex, England
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
MPAA rating: Not rated
Language note
In English with optional English subtitles for the hearing impaired (SDH)
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.S7755 2017
PerformerNote
Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T.P. McKenna, Del Henney, Jim Norton, Donald Webster, Ken Hutchison, Len Jones, Sally Thomsett, Robert Keegan, Peter Arne, Cherina Schaer, Colin Welland
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  • 1932-2009
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  • Peckinpah, Sam
  • Melnick, Daniel
  • Goodman, David Zelag
  • Hoffman, Dustin
  • George, Susan
  • Vaughan, Peter
  • McKenna, T. P.
  • Henney, Del
  • Norton, Jim
  • Webster, Donald
  • Hutchison, Ken
  • Jones, Len
  • Coquillon, John
  • Spottiswoode, Roger
  • Davies, Paul
  • Lawson, Tony
  • Fielding, Jerry
  • Williams, Gordon M.
  • ABC Pictures Corp
  • Cinerama Releasing Corporation
  • Criterion Collection (Firm)
Runtime
117
Series statement
The Criterion collection
Series volume
182
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  • Williams, Gordon M
  • Americans
  • Spouses
  • Rape
  • Sexual harassment of women
  • Violence
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Label
Straw dogs, from Cinerama Releasing Corporation ; ABC Pictures Corp. presents ; a Daniel Melnick production ; screenplay by David Zelag Goodman and Sam Peckinpah ; produced by Daniel Melnick ; directed by Sam Peckinpah, (videorecording)
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Based on the novel: The siege of Trencher's farm / Gordon M. Williams
  • DVD release of the 1971 motion picture
  • Two-DVD special edition features on disc one: New, restored 4K digital transfer ; audio commentary from 2003 by Stephen Prince ; "Mantrap: 'Straw Dogs' -- the final cut," a 2003 documentary about the making of the film ; on disc two: "Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron," a 1993 documentary ; behind-the-scenes footage ; new conversation between critic Michael Sragow and filmmaker Roger Spottiswoode, on of the editors on the film ; A controversial classic, a 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 ; TV spots and trailers ; PLUS: an essay by scholar and critic Joshua Clover and a 1974 interview with Peckinpah
Accompanying material
1 booklet of program notes (24 pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm).
Bar code
  • 31223139032602
  • 31223139032594
  • 31223139032610
  • 31223139032552
  • 31223139032578
  • 31223139032628
  • 31223139032586
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
mixed
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
disc one. [The movie + special features] -- disc two. [Special features]
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
Extent
2 videodiscs (117 min.)
Isbn
9781681433288
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 715515199315
  • 00715515199315
  • 715515013420
  • 00715515013420
Other physical details
sound, color with black and white sequences
Physical substance
DVD video
Publisher number
CC2779D
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)991982084
System details
DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio); Dolby Digital monaural
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Straw dogs, from Cinerama Releasing Corporation ; ABC Pictures Corp. presents ; a Daniel Melnick production ; screenplay by David Zelag Goodman and Sam Peckinpah ; produced by Daniel Melnick ; directed by Sam Peckinpah, (videorecording)
Publication
Note
  • Based on the novel: The siege of Trencher's farm / Gordon M. Williams
  • DVD release of the 1971 motion picture
  • Two-DVD special edition features on disc one: New, restored 4K digital transfer ; audio commentary from 2003 by Stephen Prince ; "Mantrap: 'Straw Dogs' -- the final cut," a 2003 documentary about the making of the film ; on disc two: "Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron," a 1993 documentary ; behind-the-scenes footage ; new conversation between critic Michael Sragow and filmmaker Roger Spottiswoode, on of the editors on the film ; A controversial classic, a 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 ; TV spots and trailers ; PLUS: an essay by scholar and critic Joshua Clover and a 1974 interview with Peckinpah
Accompanying material
1 booklet of program notes (24 pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm).
Bar code
  • 31223139032602
  • 31223139032594
  • 31223139032610
  • 31223139032552
  • 31223139032578
  • 31223139032628
  • 31223139032586
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
mixed
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
disc one. [The movie + special features] -- disc two. [Special features]
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
Extent
2 videodiscs (117 min.)
Isbn
9781681433288
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 715515199315
  • 00715515199315
  • 715515013420
  • 00715515013420
Other physical details
sound, color with black and white sequences
Physical substance
DVD video
Publisher number
CC2779D
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)991982084
System details
DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio); Dolby Digital monaural
Video recording format
DVD

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