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Straw Dogs

Cast

Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T. P. McKenna View All


Crew

Sam Peckinpah (Screenplay), Sam Peckinpah (Director), David Zelag Goodman (Screenplay) View All

Release: Dec. 23rd, 1971
Runtime: 1 hour, 58 minutes
David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David and his wife relocate to the small town in rural Cornwall where Amy was raised. There, David is ostracized by the brutish men of the village, including Amy's old flame, Charlie. Eventually the taunts escalate, and two of the locals rape Amy. This sexual assault awakes a shockingly violent side of David.
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3 He Stood Up For The Honor of His Property, Not His Wife's Honor
Dustin Hoffman wouldn't kill the men who raped his wife, but when they tried to get into his house, he stood up for the honor of his property and not the honor of his wife....

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TheUsualSuspect
I want to give this film a second viewing to see if I missed what's so great about it, cause where I stand the film is pretty basic and isn't necessarily in your face with many issues that it has.


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