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David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David and his wife relocate to the small town in rural Cornwall where Amy was raised. There, David is ostracized by the brutish men of the village, including Amy's old flame, Charlie. Eventually the taunts escalate.
David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David and his wife relocate to the small town in rural Cornwall where Amy was raised. There, David is ostracized by the brutish men of the village, including Amy's old flame, Charlie. Eventually the taunts escalate.
The film's narrative arc and resolution champion individual, violent self-reliance and the defense of one's domain when social order fails, portraying intellectualism and pacifism as inadequate against primal threats.
The movie features traditional casting with a predominantly white ensemble, reflecting the typical practices of its time and setting. The narrative explores themes of violence and human nature without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or incorporating explicit DEI themes.
The film depicts a rural English community where nominal Christian values are present, but the actions of many villagers are characterized by hypocrisy, brutality, and moral decay, without offering a counterbalancing positive portrayal of the faith.
Straw Dogs does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative centers on a heterosexual couple and the escalating conflict with local villagers, making the portrayal of LGBTQ+ elements not applicable.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 1971 film "Straw Dogs" is an adaptation of the novel "The Siege of Trencher's Farm." All major characters in the film retain the same gender as established in the original source material, with no instances of a character being portrayed as a different gender.
The 1971 film "Straw Dogs" adapts the novel "The Siege of Trencher's Farm." All major characters, who were implicitly or explicitly white in the source material, are portrayed by white actors in the film. No characters established as one race were depicted as a different race.
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