Alexander Skarsgård’s film Straw Dogs, a remake of Sam Peckinpah’s 1971 classic, which will be released to theaters September 16th, will be pre-screened at the Thalia Film Club Xtra and so begin a new season of the very successful Thalia Film Club, hosted by Marshall Fine.
The pre-screening is scheduled for Tuesday, Sep 6th at 7 pm at Leonard Nimoy Thalia.
Single Tickets: $24; $22 for members. But if Purchased with Fall Series Subscription: $19; $17 for members.
Starring James Marsden (Superman Returns, X-Men), Kate Bosworth (Superman Returns, The Rules of Attraction), and Alexander Skarsgård (True Blood, 13), Rod Lurie’s Straw Dogs carries themes over from the 1971 film – what it means to be a man, the sometime necessity of full-on violence, the question of whether a well-educated city couple can withstand the hardened force of smalltown virility. But Rod Lurie (who wrote and directed 2000 political thriller The Contender) brings a new cinemegraphic edge to the film, moving the setting from England to the American South and casting Marsden as screenwriter rather than mathematician. The film also stars James Woods in a minor role.
A Brief Synopsis: L.A. screenwriter David Sumner has relocated with his wife to her hometown in the deep South. As tensions with the locals there arise, misunderstandings in their relationship and about themselves grow, until their very home is under siege. The film climaxes in a thrilling, if disturbing, scene of violence.
The film has been rated R for STRONG BRUTAL VIOLENCE including a sexual attack, menace, some sexual content, and pervasive language.
After the show, take advantage of a rare opportunity to talk with Writer and Director Rod Lurie!
The Thalia Film Club’s fall series will officially begin Tuesday, October 18. (Tickets onsale now.)
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