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Deliverance

Name: Deliverance
Director: John Boorman
Genre: Thriller, Adventure, Drama
Released: 1972
Duration: 1 h 44 min
Cast: Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox, Bill McKinney

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Thriller
Adventure

1972
John Boorman
104 mins
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Thriller starring Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds and Ned Beatty. On a weekend canoe excursion in the Appalachians, Lewis Medlock and three city-dwelling friends attempt to navigate a wild and uncharted river, the future of which is threatened by a dam project. But when two mountain men appear, the mood of their trip changes dramatically.

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A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Andrew Collins

Though best, if most uncomfortably, remembered for townie Ned Beatty's shocking encounter with the hillbillies in the Appalachian mountains, this provocative adult thriller from director John Boorman is about more than shock tactics. Adapted from James Dickey's novel, it charts the gradual erosion of "civilisation" by the elements, as four men on a back-to-nature canoe holiday, led by the macho Burt Reynolds, meet with disaster and destiny. It works as a piece of straightforward suspense cinema, with an uneasy atmosphere conjured from the start by the iconic "duelling banjos" scene (where Ronny Cox duets with a local musician). But it also resonates as a metaphor about masculinity under threat - and a warning not to go into the woods.

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7.6/10

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rolenameEd GentryJon VoightLewis MedlockBurt ReynoldsBobby TrippeNed BeattyDrew BallingerRonny CoxMountain manBill McKinneyToothless manHerbert "Cowboy" CowardSheriff BullardJames DickeyOld manEd RameyLonnyBilly Redden"Griner"Seamon Glass"Griner"Randall DealDeputyLewis CroneDeputyKen Keener