Straw Dogs (1971)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.6/10   

Director:

Sam Peckinpah

Escritores:

David Zelag Goodman (screenplay) and
Sam Peckinpah (screenplay) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

29 diciembre 1971 (USA)

Género:

Suspenso

Frase comercial:

The knock at the door meant the birth of one man and the death of seven others!

Plot:

A young American and his English wife come to rural England and face increasingly vicious local harassment.

Plot Keywords:

Violence | Rural | House | Mathematician | Fight

Premios:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win

Comentarios de los usuarios:

First rate thriller.

Reparto

Dustin Hoffman	...	David Sumner
Susan George	...	Amy Sumner
Peter Vaughan	...	Tom Hedden
T.P. McKenna	...	Major John Scott
Del Henney	...	Charlie Venner
Jim Norton	...	Chris Cawsey
Donald Webster	...	Riddaway
Ken Hutchison	...	Norman Scutt
Len Jones	...	Bobby Hedden
Sally Thomsett	...	Janice Hedden
Robert Keegan	...	Harry Ware
Peter Arne	...	John Niles
Cherina Schaer	...	Louise Hood
Colin Welland	...	Reverend Barney Hood
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
June Brown	...	Mrs. Hedden (scenes deleted)
Chloe Franks	...	Emma Hedden (scenes deleted)
Michael Mundell	...	Bertie Hedden (scenes deleted)

También conocida como:

Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs (UK) (complete title)
Perros de paja (Argentina) (Spain) [es]

Duración:

118 min | USA:113 min (R-rated version)

País:

UK | USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor) (uncredited)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Finland:K-18 (uncut) (1981) | Finland:K-18 (cut) (1971) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Iceland:16 | Germany:16 (re-rating) (2007) | West Germany:18 (original rating) | USA:R (cut) | USA:Unrated (uncut) | Brazil:18 | South Korea:18 | Argentina:18 | Australia:MA (DVD re-rating) (2004) | Australia:R (original rating) | France:-16 | Hong Kong:III | Ireland:18 | Italy:VM14 (re-rating) | Italy:VM18 (original rating) | Japan:R-15 | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:(Banned) (video rating) (1999) | UK:18 (video re-rating) (2002) (uncut) | UK:X (original rating) | USA:R

Locaciones de Filmación:

Lamorna Cove, Lamorna, Cornwall, England, UK

Compañía:

ABC Pictures

Trivialidades:

The movie's poster was as #12 of "The 25 Best Movie Posters Ever" by Premiere.

Errores:

Personal o Equipo Visible: As David and Amy Sumner drive up to their house for the first time, the camera crew is reflected in the car's side window.

Citas:

David Sumner: Ok, you've had your fun. I'll give you one more chance, and if you don't clear out now, there'll be real trouble. I mean it.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (2008) (TV)

First rate thriller.

Peckinpah's post- 'Wild Bunch' movies were a mixed bag. Frequently battling studios, censors and/or his own demons, some are genuine classics ('..Alfredo Garcia'), some are entertaining potboilers ('The Getaway'), and some like 'Straw Dogs' are in between. I could never argue that this movie is his best work, but it is far from his worst, and whatever you can say about his movies, they are ALWAYS interesting.

'Straw Dogs' is the closest he came to making a genre horror/thriller movie. If you enjoy 'Rio Bravo'-inspired siege movies such as Romero's 'Night Of The Living Dead' or Carpenter's 'Assault On Precinct 13', check this one out. But it is more than "just" a thriller - it features strong character development, and morally ambiguous situations among the tense build up to the explosive climax.

In these P.C. times 'Straw Dogs' offers no simple answers, but plenty of issues for discussion, and it is to be commended for that. "Right" or "wrong"? YOU decide!