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
The African Queen (novel) Humphrey Bogart as Charlie Allnutt and Katharine Hepburn as Rose Sayer. Allnutt is changed to a Canadian in the film to explain Bogart's accent. In the film the German captain attempts to hang Rose and Charlie. They are married by the captain before the execution. The "Königin Luise", however, crashes into the capsized "African Queen" and the torpedoes detonate, destroying the ship. Charlie and Rose escape in the confusion. The African Queen (novel) The African Queen is a 1935 novel written by English author C. S. Forester. It was adapted into the 1951 film of the same name. The story