Straw Dogs
Release Date: September 16, 2011
Distributor: Screen Gems (Sony)
Director: Rod Lurie
Screenwriter: Rod Lurie
Cast: James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, Alexander Skarsgard, Dominic Purcell, Laz Alonso, Willa Holland, James Woods
Synopsis: In a remake of Sam Peckinpah’s 1971 film, David and Amy Sumner (James Marsden and Kate Bosworth), a Hollywood screenwriter and his actress wife, return to her small hometown in the deep South to prepare the family home for sale after her father’s death. Once there, tensions build in their marriage and old conflicts re-emerge with the locals, including Amy’s ex-boyfriend Charlie (Alexander Skarsgård), leading to a violent confrontation.
