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Deliverance is a 1972 American thriller film produced and directed by John Boorman, and starring Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, and Ronny Cox, with the latter two making their feature film debuts. The screenplay was adapted by James Dickey from his 1970 novel of the same name.
Aug 18, 1972 · Four friends go on a canoeing trip in the Georgia wilderness and face danger and violence from the locals. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this classic film based on a novel by James Dickey.
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- Adventure, Drama, Thriller
- John Boorman
- 1972-08-18
Four Atlanta businessmen go on a canoeing trip in the Georgia wilderness and face danger and degradation from hostile locals and nature. Based on the novel by James Dickey, the film is a thriller with drama and a story of survival.
Four city-dwelling friends (Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox) decide to get away from their jobs, wives and kids for a week of canoeing in rural Georgia. When the men arrive, they...
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- John Boorman
- R
- Jon Voight
For four urban explorers, a weekend of male bonding in the Appalachian backwoods turns into a fight for survival against nature and the brutality of man.
Sep 7, 2018 · When the men arrive, they are not welcomed by the backwoods locals, who stalk the vacationers and savagely attack them in the woods. Reeling from the ambush, the friends attempt to return home but...
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Roger Ebert criticizes the novel and film adaptation of Deliverance, a story of four city slickers who face violence and rape on a canoe trip. He argues that the film is a fantasy and a sensationalist exploitation of the wilderness, not a realistic or significant statement about man's nature.
