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Release Date:
30 July 1972 (USA)
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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
Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars.
Another 1 win
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10 nominations
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(29 articles)
'70s behind-the-camera greats: How Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond put the cinema in cinematography
(From EW.com - The Movie Critics. 18 November 2009, 12:48 PM, PST)
Vilmos Zsigmond: From Hungary with Cameras
(From The Guardian - Film News. 12 November 2009, 2:35 PM, PST)
(From EW.com - The Movie Critics. 18 November 2009, 12:48 PM, PST)
Vilmos Zsigmond: From Hungary with Cameras
(From The Guardian - Film News. 12 November 2009, 2:35 PM, PST)
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Disturbing, yet thought provoking
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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 |
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Runtime:
110 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
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70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) |
Mono (35 mm prints)
Certification:
Argentina:16 |
Iceland:16 |
UK:18 (video rating) (1987) (uncut) |
UK:X (original rating) (cut) |
Finland:K-16 (1987) |
Finland:K-18 (1972) |
Singapore:M18 |
West Germany:16 (f) |
New Zealand:R16 |
Brazil:16 |
Italy:VM18 |
Australia:R |
Canada:18A |
France:-12 |
Ireland:18 |
Netherlands:12 (video rating) |
Norway:18 (1973) |
South Korea:18 |
Sweden:15 |
USA:R
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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.
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Revealing mistakes: If you look carefully at the canoe, a second before it "splits" in half, you will note that it was already nearly sawn in half.
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[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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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 "Saturday Night Live: Joe Pesci/Spin Doctors (#18.3)" (1992)
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Soundtrack:
Duelling Banjos
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This was, undoubtedly, the most disturbing movie that I have ever seen. The first part of the movie, though strange, has a light and amusing quality to it. The journey begins on such a peaceful note, detailing and emphasizing the beauty of the hills of Appalachia. But that is misleading beyond belief. The obvious social problems (inbreeding) and the deformities of the countryside's inhabitants are only the first disturbing aspects of the movie. I can still hear Bobby moaning in pain, and I shudder at the thought. Lewis's leg made me wince. Yet, while the movie was, on the whole, very disturbing and distressing, it posed some interesting questions. When is it moral, or right to take another individual's life? What can morality drive us to do, or not do, in some cases? And are dignity and moral integrity more important than life itself? Whatever conclusions one may draw from the film, it is an achievement in its own right (despite certain aspects that were chillingly real and gruesome).