A young American and his English wife come to rural England and face increasingly vicious local harassment.A young American and his English wife come to rural England and face increasingly vicious local harassment.A young American and his English wife come to rural England and face increasingly vicious local harassment.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 3 nominations total
Bob Keegan
- Harry Ware
- (as Robert Keegan)
June Brown
- Mrs. Hebden
- (uncredited)
Jimmy Charters
- Man in Pub
- (uncredited)
Chloe Franks
- Emma Hebden
- (uncredited)
Michael Mundell
- Bertie Hedden
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaIn the scene where David Sumner (Dustin Hoffman) first enters the local pub, director Sam Peckinpah was unhappy with the other actors' reaction to this stranger entering their world. Eventually, he decided to do one take where Hoffman entered the scene without his trousers on. He got his reaction, and these are the shots shown in the final film.
- GoofsWhen David is taken duck shooting, he fires his gun into the air at ducks flying overhead. Ducks can then be seen flying to the right and straightaway to the left, revealing that it is the same film reversed.
- Alternate versionsThe video version was twice rejected by the British Board of Film Classification in 1999 after the distributors refused to cut forcible stripping and any signs that Susan George was "enjoying" the rape. Video versions were available in Britain before the 1984 law which required all videos to be classified. There were two such releases, one of which was uncut, and one which lost some dialogue due to print damage. As of 1st July 2002, the full version of the film has been passed uncut for video and DVD release by the BBFC.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Kartal Yuvasi (1974)
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Everyone betrays everyone
It is certainly possible to look at STRAW DOGS as nothing more than a simple story of a man defending his house, his animalistic insides unleashed by a group of Cornish hoodlums. On that level alone it is a terrific piece of film-making backed up with highly textured acting from the two principals. But there are layers and layers and layers in this film, and that is what makes it art, and a masterpiece. Peckinpah himself told people that Dustin Hoffman was the heavy, and the movie was a portrait of a bad marriage. Try watching with those two facts in mind, and the film takes on a whole new complexion. The Criterion Collection two-disc set of STRAW DOGS is excellent, from the Peckinpah documentary to interviews with Susan George and the producer, to the audio commentary track. I agree with other reviewers who stressed that Peckinpah wasn't interested in "solving" problems; he wanted us to look at ourselves, and cringe.
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