Release Day Round-Up is a new, ongoing feature here at Bigfanboy that will be posted every Thursday to showcase the important information and marketing material for the new movies being released that day (special editions will be posted for movies with mid-week openings). This way you can make an informed decision on what movie (or movies) you will see on opening weekend. As always, let us know what you think in the comments, if you would like anything added and if you plan on seeing the particular movie being highlighted on opening weekend, sometime down the road, wait for it on home release or passing all together. Here’s all you could want to know about the remake of STRAW DOGS:
STRAW DOGS
Official Website
Release Date: Friday, September 16, 2011
MPAA: R for strong brutal violence including a sexual attack, menace, some sexual content, and pervasive language
Presentation: 2D
Studio: Screen Gems (Sony)
Screenwriters: Rod Lurie
Directed By: Rod Lurie
Starring: James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, Alexander Skarsgard, Dominic Purcell, Laz Alonso, Willa Holland, and James Woods
Synopsis: David and Amy Sumner (James Marsden and Kate Bosworth), a Hollywood screenwriter and his actress wife, return to her small hometown in the deep South to prepare the family home for sale after her father’s death. Once there, tensions build in their marriage and old conflicts re-emerge with the locals, including Amy’s ex-boyfriend Charlie (Alexander Skarsgärd), leading to a violent confrontation.
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Fun Facts (Courtesy of IMDb)
The film, a remake of the controversially violent 1971 movie, is considered fairly faithful to Sam Peckinpah’s original, though the location has been moved from Cornwall, England to the U.S. Mississippi Gulf Coast, and the hero’s profession has been changed from mathematician to screenwriter.
James Marsden and Kate Bosworth are playing the parts of David and Amy Sumner who were originally played by Dustin Hoffman and Susan George.
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