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Watch: Straw Dogs 1971 123movies, Full Movie Online – Upon moving to Britain to get away from American violence, astrophysicist David Sumner and his wife Amy are bullied and taken advantage of by the locals hired to do construction. When David finally takes a stand it escalates quickly into a bloody battle as the locals assault his house..
Plot: 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.
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Ratings:

	7.4/10 Votes: 60,789
	81% | RottenTomatoes
	73/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 755 Popularity: 16.496 | TMDB

Reviews:

Unpleasant classic
Director Sam Peckinpah never really was known for the subtlety or charitably in his films, but he has really surpassed himself with the cruelty “Straw Dogs”. This is an ultimately rude and rancorous film and, even though I’m entirely against the banning of movies in general, it truly isn’t suitable viewing for certain types of audiences. The graphic violence and disturbing atmosphere didn’t bother me at all. Lord knows I’m all pro-violence, but in this particular movie it’s really difficult to accept how the violence is glorified! Starting random fights, carrying around shotguns, assaulting other men’s wives and taking the law in your own hands…all these awry things are portrayed like they’re something you have to do in order to become a REAL man. The absolute height of this wrongful illustration unquestionable is the despicable rape-sequence halfway in the film. Feminists and women-organizations made so many efforts to enfeeble the whole myth, and yet Peckinpah shoots the sequence like it’s the ultimate fantasy of every man: she timidly says “no” and gives her attacker a couple of weak slaps in the face, but she clearly means “yes” and she even enjoys the rough hands and sweat-stinking body of a true macho. Many 70’s movies handled about rape & revenge (“Last House on the Left”, “Deliverance”, “I Spit on your Grave”, “A Clockwork Orange”…), but “Straw Dogs” is the only one of the bunch that approaches the themes as completely impeccable subjects. David and Amy Sumner are initially introduced as introvert and more educated people, but apparently this isn’t good enough for Sam Peckinpah! Real males drink, fight, work with their hands and dominate females. Killing everyone who perpetrates his property at the end of the movie looks almost like a reward for David; a sign of manhood. Disgusting!

Does all this mean that “Straw Dogs” is a bad movie and/or unworthy of his classic reputation? Well, the answer is no and that’s the tricky part! No matter how much I’d like to warn people NOT to watch it, I can’t deny that it’s a very well made film and compelling film. The build up towards the inevitably violent climax is truly fascinating. Our young couple initially encounters antipathetic behavior of the Cornish community, then hostility and only then pure inhumanity. Our controversial director masterfully illustrates these switches in tone by simple sound and editing-tricks. The scene where Amy is raped, for example, gets constantly interfered by images of David walking home from hunting, totally unaware that he was lured out of his house. Also undeniable is the influence “Straw Dogs” had on future controversial cinema. This film is completely aware of its controversy but doesn’t give a damn whether or not people have moral issues it. This in-your-face attitude somewhat became a standard rule in later cult films.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 53 min (113 min), 1 hr 58 min (118 min) (uncut)
Budget 2200000
Revenue 3251794
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director Sam Peckinpah
Writer David Zelag Goodman, Sam Peckinpah, Gordon Williams
Actors Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan
Country United Kingdom, United States
Awards Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 2 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Mitchell BNCR (uncredited)
Laboratory Denham Laboratories, London, UK (uncredited)
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm (Eastman 100T 5254)
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm