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Rating: 8.5 stars

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England rape murder mob siege countryside rural

All movies seen on 12/14/2012

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Straw Dogs (1971)

Directed by Sam Peckinpah

Thriller

Most recently watched by noahphex, sleestakk

Overview

David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David and his wife relocate to the small town in rural Cornwall where Amy was raised. There, David is ostracized by the brutish men of the village, including Amy’s old flame, Charlie. Eventually the taunts escalate, and two of the locals rape Amy. This sexual assault awakes a shockingly violent side of David.

Rated R | Length 116 minutes

Actors

Dustin Hoffman | Susan George | Peter Vaughan | T. P. McKenna | Del Henney | Jim Norton | Donald Webster | Ken Hutchison | Len Jones | Sally Thomsett | Robert Keegan | Peter Arne | Cherina Schaer | Colin Welland | June Brown | Jimmy Charters | Chloe Franks | Michael Mundell | David Warner

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Very emblematic of it’s time; a vicious indictment of American culture and politics. It’s a pretty harrowing movie to watch, I can only imagine the reaction it got when it was released.

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