San Francisco Public Library

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

Based on the novel: The siege of Trencher's farm / Gordon M. WilliamsDVD release of the 1971 motion pictureTwo-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

Criterion Collection (http://www.criterionco.com)

mixed

monaural

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Director of photography, John Coquillon ; editors, Roger Spottiswoode, Paul Davies, Tony Lawson ; music, Jerry Fielding

other

Two-DVD special edition.

9781681433288

videodisc

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

2 videodiscs (117 min.), sound, color with black and white sequences, 4 3/4 in. +, 1 booklet of program notes (24 pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm).

sound on medium

videodisc

(OCoLC)991982084

DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio); Dolby Digital monaural

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CC2779D -- Criterion Collection

DVD