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Deliverance is a 1972 American dramatic thriller film produced and directed by John Boorman, and stars Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty and Ronny Cox, with the latter two making their feature film debuts. The film is based on the 1970 novel of the same name by American author James Dickey, who has a small role in the film as the Sheriff. The screenplay was written by Dickey and an uncredited Boorman.
Widely acclaimed as a landmark picture, the film is noted both for the music scene near the beginning, with one of the city men playing "Dueling Banjos" on guitar with a banjo-playing country boy, that sets the tone for what lies ahead—a trip into unknown and potentially dangerous wilderness—and for its visceral and notorious male rape scene. In 2008, Deliverance was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Four Atlanta businessmen, Lewis Medlock (Burt Reynolds), Ed Gentry (Jon Voight), Bobby Trippe (Ned Beatty) and Drew Ballinger (Ronny Cox), decide to canoe down a river in the remote northern Georgia wilderness, expecting to have fun and witness the area's unspoiled nature before the fictional Cahulawassee River valley is flooded by construction of a dam. Lewis, an experienced outdoorsman, is the leader. Ed is also a veteran of several trips but lacks Lewis' machismo. Bobby and Drew are novices.
Actors: Dann Cahn (editor), William Bryant (actor), David S. Cass Sr. (actor), Ray Milland (actor), Henry Silva (actor), Hank Worden (actor), Gloria Grahame (actress), Yvette Mimieux (actress), Andrew J. Fenady (producer), Andrew J. Fenady (writer), George Duning (composer), Leif Garrett (actor), Roy Thinnes (actor), Bernard L. Kowalski (director), Joshua Bryant (actor),
Genres: Horror, Western,Nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Picture, directed by Oscar-nominated John Boorman ("Hope And Glory"), and starring Academy Award-winner Jon Voight ("Mission: Impossible," "Heat") and Oscar- nominee, Golden Globe and Emmy-winner Burt Reynolds ("Boogie Nights," "Evening Shade"), this box-office hit is the story of four city men on a harrowing weekend canoe trip who pit their nerve and muscle against the churning white waters of a wild Georgia river -- where only three are "delivered" from the heart-pounding experience. Recently selected by the prestigious American Film Institute as one of the 400 greatest American films of all time. Leonard Maltin praises this action and psychological adventure -- featuring the famous "Dueling Banjos" theme -- as having "two of the most ter...
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.
Deliverance movie clips: http://bit.ly/2oNKpEa BUY THE MOVIE: http://j.mp/SIXiu5 Don't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6pr CLIP DESCRIPTION: Lewis (Burt Reynolds) shares his philosophical point of view with Ed (Jon Voight) about the "game" of survival and the dangers of trusting a civilized system. FILM DESCRIPTION: Like such other early '70s Hollywood films as Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs (1971), Deliverance ponders violent instincts and definitions of manhood, ideas made all the more pressing by the period's escalating violence and assault on traditional gender roles. Regardless of these headier concerns, the critically praised realism of the action scenes on the river, with the actors performing a lot of the stunts, helped make the film a hit. Shooting on location on th...
Deliverance movie clips: http://bit.ly/2oNKpEa BUY THE MOVIE: http://j.mp/SIXiu5 Don't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6pr CLIP DESCRIPTION: Lewis (Burt Reynolds) kills the Mountain Man (Bill McKinney) right before Ed (Jon Voight) is raped. FILM DESCRIPTION: Like such other early '70s Hollywood films as Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs (1971), Deliverance ponders violent instincts and definitions of manhood, ideas made all the more pressing by the period's escalating violence and assault on traditional gender roles. Regardless of these headier concerns, the critically praised realism of the action scenes on the river, with the actors performing a lot of the stunts, helped make the film a hit. Shooting on location on the Chattoga River in Georgia, cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmon...
Deliverance movie clips: http://bit.ly/2oNKpEa BUY THE MOVIE: http://j.mp/SIXiu5 Don't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6pr CLIP DESCRIPTION: When Ed (Jon Voight) and Bobby (Ned Beatty) take a break from their canoe trip, they are threatened by two rednecks who have no intentions of playing nice. FILM DESCRIPTION: Like such other early '70s Hollywood films as Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs (1971), Deliverance ponders violent instincts and definitions of manhood, ideas made all the more pressing by the period's escalating violence and assault on traditional gender roles. Regardless of these headier concerns, the critically praised realism of the action scenes on the river, with the actors performing a lot of the stunts, helped make the film a hit. Shooting on location on the C...
Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee╝╝ http://deliverancezer.blogspot.com/ ╝╝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
This is a little behind-the-scenes work and documentary of Deliverance.
Deliverance movie clips: http://bit.ly/2oNKpEa BUY THE MOVIE: http://j.mp/SIXiu5 Don't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6pr CLIP DESCRIPTION: Sheriff Bullard (James Dickey) questions Ed (Jon Voight) and Bobby (Ned Beatty) one last time, then advises them never to return to the town. FILM DESCRIPTION: Like such other early '70s Hollywood films as Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs (1971), Deliverance ponders violent instincts and definitions of manhood, ideas made all the more pressing by the period's escalating violence and assault on traditional gender roles. Regardless of these headier concerns, the critically praised realism of the action scenes on the river, with the actors performing a lot of the stunts, helped make the film a hit. Shooting on location on the Chattoga River ...
We were so weak to stop this long war and
We were so numb to shout out these words
We aren't weak!
We make our lives!
[Chorus:]
We were closed in our fears.
Maze of fears.
(In our fears)
Now it's time to ruin these walls.
Strong walls
(Break these walls)
We all should break this
Weakness damnation
We have made our choice
It's our salvation
No one can ever force us
To lose our pride
No one can ever force us
To crumple inside
Now we can not lose this fight
Cause we are one
Now we can not lose this fight
It should be done
[Chorus:]
We were closed in our fears.
Maze of fears.
(In our fears)
Now it's time to ruin these walls.
Strong walls
(Break these walls)
Hold your truth in your hearts