Straw Dogs (1971 film) 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 to the ancient Chinese ceremonial straw dog, being of ceremonial worth, but afterwards discarded with indifference. The film is noted for its violent concluding sequences and a complicated rape scene. Released theatrically in the same year as "A Clockwork Orange",
The One Woman: A Story of Modern Utopia were replaced with cheaper actors. The novel was adapted into a film in 1918. The screenwriters were Harry Chandlee and E. Richard Schayer. It was directed by Reginald Barker. It was shot in May–June 1918 at Paralta Studio on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. Actors included W. Lawson Butt, Clara Williams and Adda Gleason. The film, which is now lost, was reviewed in "Variety". The One Woman: A Story of Modern Utopia The One Woman: A Story of Modern Utopia is a 1903 novel by Thomas Dixon, Jr.. Reverend Joseph Gordon, a preacher in New York City, clashes with church