Straw dogs
By: produced by Daniel Melnick ; written by Sam Peckinpah, David Zelag Goodman ; directed by Sam Peckinpah
Contributors: Hoffman, Dustin, 1937- actor; George, Susan, 1950- actor; Vaughan, Peter, 1923-2016, actor; Williams, Gordon M., 1934-2017
Edition: [Special edition].
Series: The Criterion collection -- 182; Criterion collection -- 182.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 117
Subjects: Drama; Violence; Film adaptations
Other titles: Straw dogs (Motion picture)
Description: A meek mathematician who tries to flee the violence of American culture by moving to Cornwall finds he has to defend his family with violent means.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1971.

Based on "The siege of Trencher's farm" by Gordon M. Williams.

Mono, wide screen 1.85:1.

Essay by scholar and critic Joshua Clover and a 1974 interview with Peckinpah in container.

Features: audio commentary from 2003 by Stephen Prince, author of Savage Cinema : Sam Peckinpah and the rise of ultraviolent movies; Mantrap : Straw dogs, the final cut (2003) documentary about the making of the film; Sam Peckinpah : man of iron (1993) documentary; 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 controversies; archival interviews with actor Susan George, producer Daniel Melnick, and Peckinpah biographer Garner Simmons; behind-the-scenes footage; TV spots and trailers.

Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T.P. McKenna, Del Henney.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

For private home use only.

In English with optional English subtitles.