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Deliverance (1972) -- Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.

Overview

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7.9/10   32,007 votes
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Director:
John Boorman
Writers:
James Dickey (screenplay)
James Dickey (novel)
Contact:
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Release Date:
30 July 1972 (USA) more
Tagline:
Deliverance from evil more
Plot:
Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 1 win & 10 nominations more
NewsDesk:
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User Comments:
"Sometimes you have to lose yourself before you can find anything." more

Cast

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Jon Voight ... Ed

Burt Reynolds ... Lewis

Ned Beatty ... Bobby

Ronny Cox ... Drew
Ed Ramey ... Old Man
Billy Redden ... Lonnie
Seamon Glass ... First Griner
Randall Deal ... Second Griner
Bill McKinney ... Mountain Man
Herbert 'Cowboy' Coward ... Toothless Man
Lewis Crone ... First Deputy
Ken Keener ... Second Deputy
Johnny Popwell ... Ambulance Driver
John Fowler ... Doctor
Kathy Rickman ... Nurse
Louise Coldren ... Mrs. Biddiford
Pete Ware ... Taxi Driver
James Dickey ... Sheriff Bullard

Macon McCalman ... Deputy Queen
Hoyt Pollard ... Boy at Gas Station
Belinda Beatty ... Martha Gentry (as Belinha Beatty)
Charley Boorman ... Ed's Boy (as Charlie Boorman)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ed O'Neill ... Deputy in hospital (uncredited)
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Directed by
John Boorman 
 
Writing credits
James Dickey (screenplay)

James Dickey (novel)

Produced by
John Boorman .... producer
 
Cinematography by
Vilmos Zsigmond 
 
Film Editing by
Tom Priestley  (as Tom Priestly)
 
Casting by
Lynn Stalmaster 
 
Art Direction by
Fred Harpman 
 
Makeup Department
Michael Hancock .... makeup artist (as Michael Handcock)
Donoene McKay .... hair stylist
 
Production Management
Wallace Worsley Jr. .... production supervisor (as Wallace Worsely)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Al Jennings .... assistant director
Miles Middough .... assistant director
Skip Cosper .... assistant director (uncredited)
Charles Ziarko .... second assistant director (uncredited)
 
Art Department
Sidney H. Greenwood .... property master (as Syd Greenwood)
H. John Ramos .... props (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Jim Atkinson .... sound editor
Walter Goss .... sound mixer
Doug E. Turner .... dubbing mixer (as Doug Turner)
 
Special Effects by
Marcel Vercoutere .... special effects
 
Stunts
Bill Couch .... stunts (uncredited)
Ralph Garrett .... stunts (uncredited)
Gene Witham .... stunts (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
James O. Blair .... electrical supervisor (as Jim Blair)
Arthur Brooker .... key grip (as Art Brooker)
Bill Butler .... photography: second unit
Earl L. Clark .... assistant camera (as Earl Clark)
Sven Walnum .... camera operator
Alexander Klein .... camera mechanic (uncredited)
George Kohut .... camera operator: second unit (uncredited)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Bucky Rous .... wardrobe master
 
Editorial Department
Ian Rakoff .... assistant editor
 
Music Department
Michael Addiss .... banjo playing: Billy Redden (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Sue Dwiggins .... production secretary
E. Lewis King .... technical advisor
Rospo Pallenberg .... creative associate
Ray Quiroz .... script supervisor
Charles Wiggin .... technical advisor
Tony Adams .... tutor (uncredited)
John Fowler .... company doctor (uncredited)
Harry Williams .... production accountant (uncredited)
 
Thanks
Earl 'Preach' Parsons .... thanks
Frank Rickman .... thanks
 
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Additional Details

Runtime:
110 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Mono (35 mm prints)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Ned Beatty was the only one of the four main actors to ever have paddled a canoe prior to shooting the movie, which is ironic since his character is the most inept and clumsy. The others learned on set. more
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: While they're dredging the river for the canoe/bodies, you can see the mic pack visible under Aintry Sheriff Bullard's shirt. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Lewis: You w- you wanna... you wanna talk about the vanishing wilderness?
Bobby: Lewis, listen - what are you so anxious about this?
Lewis: Because they're buildin' a dam across the Cahulawassee River; they're gonna flood a whole valley, Bobby, that's why. Dammit, they're drownin' a river; they're drownin' a river, man.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Whose Line Is It Anyway?: Show No. 106 (#1.3)" (1998) more
Soundtrack:
Moonshiner more

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19 out of 21 people found the following comment useful:-
"Sometimes you have to lose yourself before you can find anything.", 15 July 2007
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John Boorman's "Deliverance" concerns four suburban Atlanta dwellers who take a ride down the swift waters of the Cahulawassee… The river is about to disappear for a dam construction and the flooding of the last untamed stretches of land…

The four friends emphasize different characters: a virile sports enthusiast who has never been insured in his life since there is no specific risk in it (Burt Reynolds); a passionate family man and a guitar player (Ronny Cox); an overweight bachelor insurance salesman (Ned Beatty); and a quiet, thoughtful married man with a son who loves to smoke his pipe (Jon Voight).

What follows is the men's nightmarish explorations against the hostile violence of nature…It is also an ideal code of moral principle about civilized men falling prey to the dark laws of the wilderness…

Superbly shot, this thrilling adult adventure certainly contains some genuinely gripping scenes…

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