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Deliverance (1972)
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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. Director:John Boorman |
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Billy Redden | ... | |
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Seamon Glass | ... | |
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Randall Deal | ... | |
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Bill McKinney | ... | |
| Herbert 'Cowboy' Coward | ... | ||
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Lewis Crone | ... | |
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Ken Keener | ... | |
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Johnny Popwell | ... | |
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John Fowler | ... | |
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Kathy Rickman | ... | |
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The Cahulawassee River valley in Northern Georgia is one of the last natural pristine areas of the state, which will soon change with the imminent building of a dam on the river, which in turn will flood much of the surrounding land. As such, four Atlanta city slickers - alpha male Lewis Medlock, generally even-keeled Ed Gentry, slightly condescending Bobby Trippe, and wide-eyed Drew Ballinger - decide to take a multi-day canoe trip on the river, with only Lewis and Ed having experience in outdoor life. They know going in that the area is ethno-culturally homogeneous and isolated, but don't understand the full extent of such until they arrive and see what they believe is the result of generations of inbreeding. Their relatively peaceful trip takes a turn for the worse when half way through they encounter a couple of hillbilly moonshiners. That encounter not only makes the four battle their way out of the valley intact and alive... Written by Huggo
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Amarga pesadilla See more »Box Office
Budget:
$2,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$46,122,355 (USA) (1972)Company Credits
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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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the film was shot and the special thanks, which rolls over a shot of Ed and
his wife laying down trying to sleep. It also shows the shot of the lake
where the hand ascended up out of the water and the final credit reads
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Written by Arthur Smith (uncredited)
Arranged and played by Eric Weissberg with Steve Mandel See more »
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Author James Dickey gave Burt Reynolds a few days of bow and arrow lessons and by the end, Reynolds was quite accurate and proficient with the weapon. See more »Goofs
Crew or equipment visible: When Ed is coming down the cliff the morning right after the mountain man is shot with an arrow you can see a crew member's hands and arms feeding the rope down the cliff. See 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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Crazy Credits
The end credits only show the cast and a notice of where the location ofthe film was shot and the special thanks, which rolls over a shot of Ed and
his wife laying down trying to sleep. It also shows the shot of the lake
where the hand ascended up out of the water and the final credit reads
'Distributed by WARNER BROS' See more »
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"Duelling Banjos"Written by Arthur Smith (uncredited)
Arranged and played by Eric Weissberg with Steve Mandel See more »
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