STRAW DOGS

Year: 2011
USA: Screen Gems / Sony Pictures Releasing
UK: Sony Pictures Releasing
Cast: James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, Alexander Skarsgard, Dominic Purcell, Laz Alonso, James Woods, Willa Holland, Walton Goggins, Rhys Coiro, Anson Mount, Billy Lush, Courtney Shay Young, Kristen Shaw, Drew Powell, Grant Case, Randall Newsome, Tim J Smith
Director: Rod Lurie
Country: USA
USA & UK: 109 mins
USA Rated: R for strong brutal violence including a sexual attack, menace, some sexual content, and pervasive language
UK Certificate: 18 contains strong bloody violence and one scene of sexual violence
USA Release Date: 16 September 2011
UK Release Date: 4 November 2011


Synopsis

"Everybody has a breaking point."

Starring James Marsden as David and Kate Bosworth as Amy Sumner, a Hollywood screenwriter and his actress wife, who 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 Skarsgard), leading to a violent confrontation....

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 Skarsgard), leading to a violent confrontation.