Straw dogs / a Daniel Melnick production ; screenplay by David Zelag Goodman and Sam Peckinpah ; produced by Daniel Melnick ; directed by Sam Peckinpah.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 182 | Criterion CollectionLanguage: English Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection ; 182.Publisher: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2017]Description: 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)Content type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 1559409320
- 9781559409322
- 9781681433288
- 1681433281
- Director of photography, John Coquillon ; editors, Roger Spottiswoode, Paul Davies, Tony Lawson ; music, Jerry Fielding.
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Main Library | DVD | DRAMA Straw do | Available | 33111009512159 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Sam Peckinpah examines the instinctual capacity for violence in his controversial 1971 film, loosely based on the novel The Siege of Trencher's Farm. To avoid the Vietnam-era social chaos in the U.S., American mathematician David Sumner (Dustin Hoffman) moves with his British wife, Amy (Susan George), to the isolated Cornish town where she grew up, but their presence provokes antagonism among the village's men. As the hostilities escalate from routine bullying to the gang rape of his wife, David finds his pacifistic self backed into a corner. When the hooligans attack his house, David finally resorts to the gruesome violence that he abhors. ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi
DVD format, 1.85:1 aspect ratio, Dolby digital Mono, region 1.
From Cinerama Releasing Corp. Presented by ABC Pictures Corp.
Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T.P. McKenna, Del Henney, Jim Norton, Donald Webster, Ken Hutchison.
Director of photography, John Coquillon ; editors, Roger Spottiswoode, Paul Davies, Tony Lawson ; music, Jerry Fielding.
Based on the novel: The siege of Trencher's farm / Gordon M. Williams.
Filmed on location in the west of England, Trencher's Farm, Pendeen, Cornwall, and at Twickenham Film Studios, Twickenham, Middlesex, England.
Accompanying booklet contains cast and credits, an essay by Joshua Clover, an essay by André Leroux, production notes.
A young mathematician, David Summer, and his English wife, Amy, move to a Cornish village, seeking the quiet life. But beneath the seemingly peaceful isolation of the village lies savagery and violence.
Disc 1. The movie. -- Disc 2. The supplements.
Two-DVD special edition features: 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 ; "Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron," a 1993 documentary ; new conversation between critic Michael Sragow and filmmaker Roger Spottiswoode, on 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.
Open-captioned for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).