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 Christian (1914 film) West 42nd Street, for the purpose of exclusively showing their own films, opening with "The Christian". A new edition of it was made in 1917 by the Greater Vitagraph (V-L-S-E, Incorporated). The Christian (1914 film) The Christian (1914) is a silent film drama, directed by Frederick A. Thomson, and starring Earle Williams and Edith Storey. The film is based on the novel "The Christian" by Hall Caine, published in 1897, the first British novel to reach the record of one million copies sold. The novel was adapted for the stage, opening on Broadway at the Knickerbocker Theatre 10 October 1898.