Straw dogs [DVD video]

2 videodiscs (117 min.) : DVD video, sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet of program notes ([17] pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).

ISBN:

9781681433288

Abstract:

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.

General Note:

Title from disc surface.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1971.

Based on the novel: The siege of Trencher's farm / Gordon M. Williams.

Accompanying booklet contains a reprinted interview with Sam Peckinpah from 1974, and an essay by poet Joshua Clover.

Special features: Disc one: uncut version of movie, with optional audio commentary by film scholar Stephen Prince ; Disc two: Sam Peckinpah : man of iron / Lucida Productions for BBC Television ; produced by Chris Rodley; directed by Paul Joyce (1991 documentary of reflections by members of Peckinpah's family, his friends, and his collaborators; 83 min.); On location : Dustin Hoffman / directed by Iain Johnstone (26 min.); behind-the-scenes footage; video interviews with actress Susan George and producer Daniel Melnick; Peckinpah responds: select correspondence to critics and viewers; theatrical trailer and TV spots.

Performers:

Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T.P. McKenna, Del Henney, Jim Norton, Donald Webster, Ken Hutchison.

Contents:

Disc 1. The movie. -- Disc 2. The supplements.

Technical Details:

DVD; region 1, NTSC; aspect ratio 1.78:1, enhanced for widescreen TVs; Dolby digital mono.

Subject Term:

Marriage -- Drama.

Rape -- Drama.

Americans -- England -- Drama.

Married people -- England -- Drama.

Harassment -- England -- Drama.