Straw Dogs (2011 film) Straw Dogs (2011 film) Straw Dogs is a 2011 American psychological thriller/action film directed, produced, and written by Rod Lurie. It is a remake of Sam Peckinpah's 1971 film "Straw Dogs", itself lightly based on the Gordon Williams novel "The Siege of Trencher's Farm". It stars James Marsden and Kate Bosworth. Scriptwriter David Sumner (James Marsden) and his wife Amy (Kate Bosworth) relocate to rural Mississippi where Amy grew up. They are going to live in the house of Amy's recently deceased father and to allow David to finish a script. While in town one afternoon, David meets Amy's ex-boyfriend
Robert O'Connor (author) Army, which was particularly salient after the September 11 attacks. Robert O'Connor (author) Robert O'Connor (born 1959) is an American novelist, hailed as one of the most promising young American novelists and the author of a novel, "Buffalo Soldiers", the basis for the 2001 movie of the same name. O'Connor received a B.A. in English/Writing Arts from the State University of New York at Oswego, and an M.A. in English from Syracuse University. He currently teaches Advanced Fiction and Intermediate Screenwriting at SUNY Oswego. He is the author of a novel, 1993's "Buffalo Soldiers", which was adapted into the film