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'Straw Dogs' a terminal bore

Why on earth would anyone want to remake 'Straw Dogs'?

Sat, 05 Nov, 2011 - 14:11

Why on earth would anyone want to remake 'Straw Dogs'?

Sam Peckinpah's original film, released in 1971, is a provocative, disconcerting examination of man's basest impulses.

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