Straw Dogs is a movie directed by Sam Peckinpah in 1971 and based on the book The Siege of Trencher’s Farm by Gordon M. Williams, first published in 1969. The movie features Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, David Warner, Peter Vaughan, T.P. McKenna, Del Henney, and others.
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Storyline
After securing a grant to study stellar structures, American applied mathematician David Sumner moves with his glamorous young English wife Amy to her home village of Wakely in the Cornish countryside. Amy’s ex-boyfriend Charlie Venner, along with his cronies Norman Scutt, Chris Cawsey, and Phil Riddaway, immediately resent that the meek outsider has married one of their own.
Movie vs Book
Year
1971
Minutes
113
Movie Rate
7.50
Source: IMDb
Year
1969
Pages
192
Book Rate
6.96
S: Goodreads
Book
The Siege of Trencher's Farm
Author: Gordon M. Williams
Country: UK
First published in: 1969
Length: 192 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Rod Lurie
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“Great books don't make great movies. There's too much information in there.”
CASEY AFFLECK (Actor, Filmmaker)
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