Remake 'Straw Dogs'?
July 17th 2009 04:46
I'd like to see more originality from filmmakers!
Kate Bosworth and Alexander Skarsgard are joining James Marsden in Straw Dogs,a remaking of Sam Peckinpah’s 1971 film.
Rod Lurie wrote the script and will direct. Filming beings in August.
The story follows Marsden who plays a Hollywood screenwriter, relocates with his wife (Bosworth) to her hometown in Mississippi. The wife left the South for LA. in hopes of becoming an actress. She agrees to return home, so her husband can finish his script in quiet. Skarsgard plays her high school boyfriend, an ex-football hero who sees the return of his former girlfriend as a way to reclaim glory.
As a 1971’s film was quite violent for its time, yet claims to be Peckinpah’s best classic loved by many. As a matter of fact, a good friend of mine just mentioned to me that Straw Dogs is her all-time favorite movie. Dustin Hoffman starred with Susan George. In looking over the remake storyline, it really doesn’t appear to be a remake. Why even mention remake?
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