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Straw dogs / from Cinerama Releasing Corp ; ABC Pictures Corp. presents ; a Daniel Melnick production ; screenplay by David Zelag Goodman and Sam Peckinpah ; produced by Daniel Melnick ; directed by Sam Peckinpah.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 030 550 disc 1-2 + booklet
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- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Clover, Joshua, author.
- Series:
- Criterion collection ; 182.
- Criterion collection ; 182
- Standardized Title:
- Straw dogs (Motion picture)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Williams, Gordon M., 1934-2017--Film adaptations.
- Williams, Gordon M.
- Williams, Gordon M., 1934-2017.
- Marriage--Drama.
- Marriage.
- Rural conditions.
- Sexual harassment of women.
- Harassment.
- Married people.
- Americans.
- Rape.
- England.
- Rape--Drama.
- Americans--England--Drama.
- Married people--England--Drama.
- Harassment--England--Drama.
- Sexual harassment of women--England--Drama.
- England--Rural conditions--Drama.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Feature films -- United States.
- Feature films -- Great Britain.
- Feature films.
- Fiction films.
- Film adaptations.
- Thrillers (Motion pictures)
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (117 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([17] pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm).
- DVD video 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2017]
- Language Note:
- Open-captioned for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio) presentation; Dolby digital monaural.
- digital optical monaural Dolby Digital
- widescreen (1.85:1)
- NTSC
- video file DVD video region 1
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Disc 1. The movie.
- disc 2. The supplements.
- Participant:
- Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T.P. McKenna, Del Henney, Jim Norton, Donald Webster, Ken Hutchison.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, John Coquillon; music, Jerry Fielding; production designer, Ray Simm; art director, Ken Bridgeman; editors, Roger Spottiswoode, Paul Davies, Tony Lawson.
- Notes:
- Title from title frame.
- Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 1971.
- Based on The siege of Trencher's farm / by Gordon M. Williams.
- Filmed on location in the west of England, Trencher's Farm, Pendeen, Cornwall, and at Twickenham Film Studios, Twickenham, Middlesex, England.
- 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.
- Contains:
- Sam Peckinpah, man of iron.
- On location, Dustin Hoffman.
- ISBN:
- 1559409320
- 9781559409322
- 9781681433288
- 1681433281
- OCLC:
- 54481923
- Publisher Number:
- 715515013420
- 00715515013420
- 715515199315
- CC1584D Criterion Collection
- CC27779DDVD Criterion Collection
- 182 Criterion Collection
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