Straw Dogs (1971 film) to enjoy the act of violation". The BBFC wrote that: "Home Alone" production designer John Muto identified that film as a "kids version of "Straw Dogs"". Director Jacques Audiard cited "Straw Dogs" as the basis for his 2015 film "Dheepan". Straw Dogs (1971 film) Straw Dogs is a 1971 psychological thriller film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Dustin Hoffman and Susan George. The screenplay, by Peckinpah and David Zelag Goodman, is lightly based upon Gordon M. Williams's 1969 novel, "The Siege of Trencher's Farm". The film's title derives from a discussion in the "Tao Te Ching" that likens people
The Story of Temple Drake The Story of Temple Drake The Story of Temple Drake is a 1933 pre-Code drama film adapted from the highly controversial novel "Sanctuary" by William Faulkner. Though watered down, the movie was still so scandalous, it was one of the reasons for the introduction of the Hays Code. It starred Miriam Hopkins as a wild Southern woman who falls into the hands of a gang led by the brutal Trigger, played by Jack La Rue. The film was remade in 1961, this time under the book's original title, directed by Tony Richardson, and with Lee Remick as Temple Drake, Yves