Straw Dogs

1971 American film by Sam Peckinpah
Movie film Q1163628
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Straw Dogs

Summary

Straw Dogs is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,370 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Straw Dogs's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Straw Dogs's director is recorded as Sam Peckinpah[4].
  • Straw Dogs's screenwriter is recorded as David Zelag Goodman[5].
  • Straw Dogs's screenwriter is recorded as Sam Peckinpah[6].
  • Straw Dogs's composer is recorded as Jerry Fielding[7].
  • Straw Dogs's movement is recorded as New Hollywood[8].
  • Straw Dogs's genre is recorded as drama film[9].
  • Straw Dogs's genre is recorded as film based on a novel[10].
  • Straw Dogs's based on is recorded as The Siege of Trencher's Farm[11].
  • Straw Dogs's cast member is recorded as Dustin Hoffman[12].
  • Straw Dogs's cast member is recorded as Susan George[13].
  • Straw Dogs's cast member is recorded as Peter Vaughan[14].
  • Straw Dogs's cast member is recorded as T. P. McKenna[15].
  • Straw Dogs's cast member is recorded as David Warner[16].
  • Straw Dogs's cast member is recorded as Jim Norton[17].
  • Straw Dogs's cast member is recorded as Colin Welland[18].
  • Straw Dogs's cast member is recorded as Ken Hutchison[19].
  • Straw Dogs's cast member is recorded as Peter Arne[20].
  • Straw Dogs's cast member is recorded as Sally Thomsett[21].
  • Straw Dogs's producer is recorded as Daniel Melnick[22].
  • Straw Dogs's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 316751980[23].
  • Straw Dogs's GND ID is recorded as 7840677-8[24].
  • Straw Dogs's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2011050066[25].
  • Straw Dogs's production company is recorded as American Broadcasting Company[26].
  • Straw Dogs's production company is recorded as Talent Associates[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Straw Dogs's producer is recorded as Daniel Melnick[22]. Its director is recorded as Sam Peckinpah[4]. Screenwriters include David Zelag Goodman[5] and Sam Peckinpah[6]. Cast members include Dustin Hoffman[12], Susan George[13], Peter Vaughan[14], T. P. McKenna[15], David Warner[16], and Jim Norton[17].

Publication

Publication dates include +1971-11-25T00:00:00Z[28], +1971-12-22T00:00:00Z[29], +1971-12-23T00:00:00Z[30], +1971-12-27T00:00:00Z[31], +1972-01-14T00:00:00Z[32], and +1972-01-30T00:00:00Z[33]. Straw Dogs's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[34]. Genres include drama film[9] and film based on a novel[10].

Subject and Themes

Straw Dogs's movement is recorded as New Hollywood[8].

Reception

Reviews include 82%[35], 8.4/10[36], and 75/100[37].

Why It Matters

Straw Dogs ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,370 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
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  26. [34] . wikidata.org.
  27. [35] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [36] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [37] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [31] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [32] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [33] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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