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Production Year: 1971 - Drama - Director: Sam Peckinpah - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, Peter Arne, T.P. McKenna, David Warner, Colin Welland, Jim Norton, Ken Hutchison more

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In Sam Peckinpah's brutal thriller, a quiet, peace-loving American (Dustin Hoffman) moves with his British-born wife (Susan George) to an isolated English village where he is...
more...constantly harassed by the locals. He is finally pushed into a violent confrontation in order to protect himself and his wife.





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Terror in Cornwall?
Review of Straw Dogs (DVD) by sunmeilan

Advantages: Compelling, great build-up of suspense
Disadvantages: Some will be disturbed by the rape scene

When quiet American mathematician David Sumner and his wife Amy return to her native Cornwall, they are expecting a quiet life. And initially, it seems that they will get their own way. But David has a job to do, Amy feels neglected and bored, and flirting with an ex-boyfriend and his friends, who are helping to repair their delapidated home, seems an obvious way out. It soon becomes apparent that the locals have not taken to David - they go out of ... Read review

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13.10.2008
Overblown Ugly Violent Drama
Review of Straw Dogs (DVD) by dreamstar70

Advantages: Cinematography, pace,decent story, Susan George
Disadvantages: Poor acting from Hoffman, direction, rape & violence, sound & picture quality

...Goodman and director, Sam Peckinpah, Straw Dogs became one of the most controversial movies of the 70s & 80s even though the film itself disappeared from the box office on its first release in 1971. Anyway, to the story: a weak minded American mathematician (Dustin Hoffman) chooses the quiet life out in the English country based around Cornwall with a rather frisky wife who wants more from her husband than just equations. Amy (Susan George), is ... Read review

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12.02.2001
(23.02.2001)
Deepest, darkest Cornwall
Review of Straw Dogs (DVD) by dadmancat

Advantages: Beautifully shot, great perfomances, slow burning nerve shredder
Disadvantages: Cliched yokels, 'that' rape scene, mixed messages

...and terrifying action. This is how Straw Dogs finally came to be reclassified and released for home viewing, and with the lengthy saga of 'that' scene out of the way, this 1971 Sam Peckinpah thriller has alot to recommend it. Dustin Hoffman and Susan George head the cast as an American mathematician and his younger wife. David Sumner (Hoffman) and wife Amy (George) have moved to a remote Cornish village, and Amy's birthplace, to escape the ... Read review

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23.02.2003
Sex Violence And Bloody Mayhem
Review of Straw Dogs (DVD) by the_mad_cabbie

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~ ~ I recently came across this old movie from the early 70’s while scouring my local video shop for something to pass away an idle evening. This is a thriller from the stable of director Sam Peckinpah, who was renowned, (some say notorious) for the graphic portrayals of violence in his films. He was one of the first Hollywood directors to use the slow motion technique to further highlight violent scenes, and to better shock the cinema audience ... Read review

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27.06.2001
(18.02.2002)
Straw Dogs can't bite can they?.....Ouch!
Review of Straw Dogs (DVD) by paulie1975

Advantages: Fantastic performances, great story
Disadvantages: Very Violent

Straw Dogs is a Sam Pekinpah film, adapted from 'The Siege of Trenchers Farm' a 1969 novel by Gordon Williams, it is known by many simply for the brutal violences which seemed shocking at the time but now seems brutal but not out of the ordinary. It has a reputation due to a brutal rape scene, which is awful, but absolutely relevant to the story and the dramatic events that follow. As it was not allowed for home release it developed a notoriety ... Read review

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28.09.2009
Unleash the Dogs of Straw
Review of Straw Dogs (DVD) by Paid.Ark.Man

Advantages: originally 'Banned' gives it must see appeal
Disadvantages: rape scene uncomfortable to watch

Released in 1971 Straw dogs caused outrange due to the level of violence and resulted in the film being banned for 18 years. Right, I’m going to try get through this review without using the words ‘cult’ and ‘classic’. Directed by Sam Peckinpah, whom it could be argued was famed for the portrayal of violence in his work, the film is set in a sleepy Cornish village (filmed only about 5 miles from Lands End in St. Buryan) and it can be difficult ... Read review

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12.03.2009
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Review of Straw Dogs (DVD) by Razzmond

Advantages: A cult film
Disadvantages: Strange Characters and Storyline, A horrible rape Scene

This film revolves around the couple. David and Amy Sumner. I think the directors intention was for us to find it a hard film to watch. This is told by the first person camera angles during the famous and explicitly brutal 'Rape' scene. The term used loosely. David is a wimp.Meek & frail, Plain and simple, has no views on anything and just wants to live his life. Amy is the flirtacious wife and seems to hate everything about David. Storyline: ... Read review

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28.08.2007
star Dogs run-through
Review of Straw Dogs (DVD) by okakenny

Advantages: good story line, good acting
Disadvantages: gory, chilling, disturbing

This Film is about a mild mannered phyisicist (american) who moves with his british wife to cornwall where she grew up. The film starts with small hints of things to come eg a gaping bear trap. Since the House the couple are living in is run down they recruite some of the girls childhood friends to do the building. soon the lads start abusing the couple hanging there cat and raping the woman. after the village idiot accidently kills the locals dons ... Read review

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