Independent British distributors FremantleMedia Enterprises have officially announced that they will release on Blu-ray Sam Peckinpah's legendary
Straw Dogs (1971), starring Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, and Peter Vaughan. Street date is October 24th. This year marks the 40th anniversary of
Straw Dogs.
Special Features:
- Audio commentary by Katy Haber (Dialogue Director and Peckinpah's associate, close friend and PA)
- Audio commentary by Peckinpah biographers Garner Simmons, David Weddle and Paul Seydor
- Isolated Oscar nominated score by Jerry Fielding
- Interviews with actress Susan George, producer Dan Melnick and Garner Simmons (author of "Peckinpah: A Portrait In Montage)
- Stills galleries
- Original U.S. theatrical trailer
- TV and radio spots
- 1971 on location documentary
- Before and After restoration comparisons
- Straw Dogs and the Censors
- The Peckinpah-Pinter Letters
- Sam and Dan correspondence
- Why Call The Film Straw Dogs?
- The Dan Melnick-BBFC Letters
- The Times review and critic outrage
- New York Times articles
- 1972 BBFC defence against local authority banning
- 1999 BBFC Home Video Statement
- 2002 BBFC Home Video Statement
- 2001 Uncut magazine feature
- Consider This A Bad Review
- The deleted Pub Scene
- Film facts and trivia