Straw Dogs
1971 American film by Sam Peckinpah
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Summary
Straw Dogs is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,464 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Director: Sam Peckinpah[3]
- Screenwriter: David Zelag Goodman[4], Sam Peckinpah[5]
- Composer: Jerry Fielding[6]
- Movement: New Hollywood[7]
- Genre: drama film[8]
- Based on: The Siege of Trencher's Farm[9]
- Cast member: Dustin Hoffman[10], Susan George[11], Peter Vaughan[12], T. P. McKenna[13], David Warner[14], Jim Norton[15], Colin Welland[16], Ken Hutchison[17], Peter Arne[18], Sally Thomsett[19]
- Producer: Daniel Melnick[20]
- Production company: American Broadcasting Company[21], Talent Associates[22]
- Director of photography: John Coquillon[23]
- Original language of film or TV show: English[24]
- Review score: 82%[25], 8.4/10[26], 75/100[27]
- Color: color[28]
- Country of origin: United Kingdom[29], United States[30], Australia[31]
- Publication date: November 25, 1971[32], December 22, 1971[33], December 23, 1971[34], December 27, 1971[35], January 14, 1972[36], January 30, 1972[37], February 3, 1972[38], February 9, 1972[39], March 8, 1972[40], March 27, 1972[41], March 30, 1972[42], April 18, 1972[43], April 24, 1972[44], April 29, 1972[45]
- Distributed by: Cinerama Releasing Corporation[46]
- Narrative location: Cornwall[47]
- Filming location: St Buryan[48]
- Film editor: Paul Davies[49], Tony Lawson[50], Roger Spottiswoode[51]
- Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score[52]
- Title: Straw Dogs[53]
- Has characteristic: film based on a novel[54]
- MPA film rating: R[55]
- FSK film rating: FSK 16[56]
Why It Matters
Straw Dogs has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]