Straw dogs

DVD 2017

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.

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Williams, Gordon M., 1934-2017. Siege of Trencher's farm Film adaptation

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ISBN:

9781681433288

Edition:

DVD special edition

Description:

2 videodiscs (117 minutes) : sound, colour with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 inches
digital optical surround Dolby Digital 5.1
video file DVD video region 1
polychrome

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated

Notes:

Accompanying booklet contains a reprinted interview with Sam Peckinpah from 1974, and an essay by poet Joshua Clover
Based on the novel: The siege of Trencher's farm / Gordon M. Williams
Special features: Audio commentary by film scholar Stephen Prince; Mantrap: "Straw Dogs" - the final cut, a 2003 documentary about the making of the film; Sam Peckinpah : man of iron, a 1993 docuemtnary; New conversation between critic Michael Sragow and filmmaker Roger Spottiswoode, one of the editors on the film; New interview with film scholar Linda Williams about the film's controveries; 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
Director of photography, John Coquillon ; editors, Roger Spottiswoode, Paul Davies, Tony Lawson ; music, Jerry Fielding
Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T.P. McKenna, Del Henney, Jim Norton, Donald Webster, Ken Hutchison
Filmed on location in the west of England, Trencher's Farm, Pendeen, Cornwall, and at Twickenham Film Studios, Twickenham, Middlesex, England
DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1
For private home use only

Control Number:

2221927

UPC:

715515199315

Other Authors:

ABC Pictures Corp., production company
British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service, production company
Cinerama Releasing Corporation, production company
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher
Fielding, Jerry, 1922-1980, composer
George, Susan, 1950- actor
Goodman, David Zelag, screenwriter
Hoffman, Dustin, 1937- actor
Lucida Productions, production company
Melnick, Daniel, 1932-2009, film producer
Peckinpah, Sam, 1925-1984, film director
Vaughan, Peter, 1923-2016, actor
motion picture adaptation of (work): Williams, Gordon M., 1934-2017. Siege of Trencher's farm

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