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Sam Peckinpah's Straw dogs, from Cinerama Releasing Corp ; ABC Pictures Corp. presents ; a Daniel Melnick production ; screenplay by David Zelag Goodman and Sam Peckinpah ; produced by Daniel Melnick ; directed by Sam Peckinpah

Title from title frameOriginally released as a motion picture in 1971Based on the novel: The siege of Trencher's farm / Gordon M. WilliamsAccompanying booklet contains a reprinted interview with Sam Peckinpah from 1974, and an essay by poet Joshua CloverSpecial features: Disc one: uncut version of movie, with optional audio commentary by film scholar Stephen Prince ; Disc two: Sam Peckinpah : man of iron / Lucida Productions for BBC Television ; produced by Chris Rodley; directed by Paul Joyce (1991 documentary of reflections by members of Peckinpah's family, his friends, and his collaborators; 83 min.); On location : Dustin Hoffman / directed by Iain Johnstone (26 min.); behind-the-scenes footage; video interviews with actress Susan George and producer Daniel Melnick; Peckinpah responds: select correspondence to critics and viewers; theatrical trailer and TV spots

Criterion Collection (http://www.criterionco.com)

mixed

monaural

00715515013420

Director of photography, John Coquillon ; music by Jerry Fielding ; production designer, Ray Simm ; art director, Ken Bridgeman ; editors, Roger Spottiswoode, Paul Davies, Tony Lawson

other

9781559409322

videodisc

Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T.P. McKenna, Del Henney, Jim Norton, Donald Webster, Ken Hutchison

2 videodiscs (117 min.), DVD video, sound, color with black and white sequences, 4 3/4 in. +, 1 booklet of program notes ([17] p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)

sound on medium

videodisc

(OCoLC)54481923

DVD; region 1, NTSC; aspect ratio 1.78:1, enhanced for widescreen TVs; Dolby digital mono

715515013420715515199315

CC1584D -- Criterion CollectionCC27779DDVD -- Criterion Collection182 -- Criterion Collection

DVD