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#21
25th October 2011, 10:06 AM
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For me Straw Dogs is really Peckinpah's great masterpiece...that and Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid. I much prefer Straw Dogs to The Wild Bunch. It's interesting that Straw Dogs is filed under Horror in the back of the Time Out Film Guide - it might seem a bit of a stretch, but I think the film fits in well with the tradition of Witchfinder General, Wicker Man, Blood on Satan's Claw and Living Dead at Manchester Morgue - films that used the British landscape in a very sinister way...
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#22
28th October 2011, 05:39 AM
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Yours truly may be a tad behind the times here but can anybody please confirm the U.K. SD BR features the extended cut of the film as per MGM's U.S. variant? I was intending to buy the latter release until i discovered the British HD version is a fully-loaded edition. 
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28th October 2011, 07:19 AM
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It's a pity the Blu didn't include this 2003 doc... Mantrap Straw Dogs: The Final Cut Runtime: 56 mins. Director: Paul Joyce Cast: Sam Peckinpah, Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, David Warner, Mark Kermode Description: To accompany the UK terrestrial television premiere (August 2003) of Peckinpahs' seminal classic, Channel 4 commissioned documentary maker Paul Joyce (director of the definitive Peckinpah study Man of Iron ) and Mark Kermode to track down the film's key players including leading actors Dustin Hoffman and Susan George, and re-visit the scene of one of cinema's most notorious crimes. What they found was a film which, according to Susan George, 'lives in my mind like a dream', a traumatic and troubling work the madness of which still haunts all those involved and still arouses admiration and outrage in equal measure.
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#24
28th October 2011, 01:10 PM
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As the Straw Dogs remake hits UK screens, TOTAL FILM offer this review: TOTAL FILM: "Nihilism leaches from every frame" - Straw Dogs Official UK Hubsite - Cult Laboratories |
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#25
31st October 2011, 06:56 PM
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The UK disc can have all the extras it wants, but if the print of the film itself is shit quality I won't be buying it. US edition for me, I'm afraid. What a missed opportunity.
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#26
1st November 2011, 09:46 AM
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Gonig slightly off topic for a second here. The remake is being reviewed on Film 2012 tomorrow night (Weds 2nd Nov) for anybody that is interested. Cheers!
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4th November 2011, 01:40 PM
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Another excellent Straw Dogs review: Devastating consequences - Straw Dogs Official UK Hubsite - Cult Laboratories |
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4th November 2011, 06:56 PM
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10th March 2012, 10:36 PM
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