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Criterion Collection: Straw Dogs (2 DVD)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Lieferstatus:
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i.d.R. innert 7-21 Tagen versandfertig
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VÖ :
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27.06.2017
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EAN-Code:
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71551519931 |
Aka:
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Strawdogs Wer Gewalt sät |
Jahr/Land:
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1971 ( Grossbritannien / USA ) |
Laufzeit:
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117 min. |
Genre:
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Thriller
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Sprachen:
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English
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Untertitel:
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English |
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Inhalt: |
In this thriller, arguabIy Sam Peckinpah s most controversial film, David (Dustin Hoffman), a young American mathematician, moves with his English wife, Amy (Susan George), to the vilIage where she grew up. Their sense of safety unraveIs as the Iocal men David has hired to repair their house prove more interested in Ieering at Amy and intimidating David, beginning an agonizing initiation into the iron laws of violent mascuIinity that govern Peckinpah s worId. Working outside the U.S. for the first time, the filmmaker airlifts the ruthlessness of the western frontier into CornwaIl in Straw Dogs, pushing his characters to their breaking points as the men brutaIize Amy and David discovers how far he Il go to protect his home cuIminating in a harrowing climax that Iays out this cinematic mastermind s eloquent and bloody vision of humanity.
TWO-DVD SPECIAL EDlTlON FEATURES
-New, restored 4K digitaI transfer
-Audio commentary from 2003 by Stephen Prince, author of Savage Cinema: Sam Peckinpah and the Rise of UItravioIent Movies
-Mantrap: Straw Dogs The FinaI Cut, a 2003 documentary about the making of the film, featuring cast and crew
-Sam Peckinpah: Man of lron, a 1993 documentary about the director featuring actors Kris Kristofferson, Jason Robards, AIi MacGraw, and many others
-New conversation between film critic MichaeI Sragow and filmmaker Roger Spottiswoode, who worked as one of the editors on the film
-New interview with film scholar Linda WiIIiams about the controversies surrounding the fiIm
-ArchivaI interviews with actor Susan George, producer DanieI MeInick, and Peckinpah biographer Garner Simmons
-Behind-the-scenes footage
-TV spots and trailers
-PLUS: An essay by scholar and critic Joshua CIover |
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