Straw Dogs (1971 film) days over schedule and $3 million over budget. Left with a limited number of directing jobs, Peckinpah was forced to travel to England to direct "Straw Dogs". Produced by Daniel Melnick, who had previously worked with Peckinpah on his 1966 television film "Noon Wine", the screenplay began from Gordon Williams' novel "The Siege of Trencher's Farm", with Peckinpah saying "David Goodman and I sat down and tried to make something of validity out of this rotten book. We did. The only thing we kept was the siege itself". "Straw Dogs" drew inspiration from Robert Ardrey's books "African Genesis" and "The
The Big Bounce (1969 film) town. While hitchhiking on the highway, he comes across Nancy who offers him a lift. Jack refuses, saying that since it's a nice day, he'd rather walk. The film was not well received by critics. A.H. Weiler of "The New York Times" ends his review: In his 2009 novel "Inherent Vice", author Thomas Pynchon refers to Mike Curb's score from "The Big Bounce" as being "arguably the worst music track ever inflicted on a movie." The Big Bounce (1969 film) The Big Bounce is a 1969 American drama film directed by Alex March, based on the novel of the same