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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.
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Overview

User Rating:
7.9/10   33,528 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
Genre:
Adventure | Drama | Thriller 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
Plot Keywords:
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Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 1 win & 10 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(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)
User Comments:
Brilliantly Harrowing Film more (278 total)

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

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

Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
110 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Colour:
Colour (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
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
Filming Locations:
Beaufort, South Carolina, USA more
Company:
Warner Bros. Pictures more

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:
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. 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 "Saturday Night Live: Joe Pesci/Spin Doctors (#18.3)" (1992) more
Soundtrack:
Duelling Banjos more

FAQ

What happend to "Drew" ...falling out of the canoe?
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User Comments

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53 out of 77 people found the following comment useful.
Brilliantly Harrowing Film, 24 December 2000
9/10
Author: Phillip Chain (chain67@hotmail.com) from Canada

After having seen Deliverance, movies like Pulp Fiction don't seem so extreme. Maybe by today's blood and bullets standards it doesn't seem so edgy, but if you think that this was 1972 and that the movie has a truly sinister core then it makes you think differently.

When I started watching this movie nothing really seemed unusual until I got to the "Dueling Banjos" scene. In that scene the brutality and edge of this film is truly visible. As I watched Drew(Ronny Cox,Robocop)go head to head with a seemingly retarted young boy it really shows how edgy this movies can get. When you think that the kid has a small banjo, which he could of probably made by hand, compared to Drew's nice expensive guitar, you really figure out just how out of their territory the four men are.

As the plot goes it's very believable and never stretches past its limits. But what really distinguishes this film, about four business men who get more than they bargained for on a canoe trip, is that director John Boorman(Excalibur) breaks all the characters away from plain caricatures or stereotypes. So as the movie goes into full horror and suspense I really cared about all four men and what would happen to them.

The acting is universally excellent. With Jon Voight(Midnight Cowboy, Enemy of the State) and Burt Reynolds(Boogie Nights, Striptease) leading the great cast. Jon Voight does probably the hardest thing of all in this film and that is making his transformation from family man to warrior very believable. Unlike Reynolds whose character is a warrior from the start, Voight's character transforms over the course of the movie. Ned Beatty(Life) is also good in an extremely hard role, come on getting raped by a hillbilly, while Ronny Cox turns in a believable performance.

One thing that really made this movies powerful for me is that the villains were as terrifying as any I had ever seen. Bill Mckinney and Herbert "Cowboy" Coward were excellent and extremely frightening as the hillbilly's.

Overall Deliverance was excellent and I suggest it to anyone, except for people with weak stomachs and kids. 10/10. See this movie.

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