Straw Dogs

Based On the book by Gordon Williams

Straw Dogs is a 1971 psychological thriller film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Dustin Hoffman and Susan George. The screenplay, by Peckinpah and David Zelag Goodman, is based on Gordon M. Williams's 1969 novel, The Siege of Trencher's Farm. The film's title is derived from a discussion in the Tao Te Ching that likens people to the ancient Chinese ceremonial straw dog, being of ceremonial worth, but afterwards discarded with indifference. The film is noted for its violent concluding sequences and two complicated rape scenes, which were censored by numerous film rating boards.

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Release date:

November 25, 1971

Director:

Sam Peckinpah

Cast:

Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T. P. McKenna, David Warner

Genre:

Drama

Country:

United States, United Kingdom, Australia

Language:

English

Year page:

1971 in adaptations