This compelling and illuminating retrospective documentary offers a revealing glimpse into the making of the landmark 1972 picture "Deliverance." The infamous rape sequence is discussed at great length: director John Boorman notes that the city guys raped the river and are in turn raped by these two mountain men who represent the violated forest, actor Bill McKinney points out that he did his best to protect fellow thespian Ned Beatty in that scene, and the often quoted "squeal like a pig" line was actually improvised for the TV version. Moreover, everyone praises Beatty for his devastating acting in that sequence. In addition, Ronny Cox talks about his character Drew's big breakdown scene and how he deliberately made Drew's sudden death enigmatic (Cox also was able to sling his arm over his head for the scene where the others discover Drew's corpse), the canoes were on rails for the scene where they crash into each other, and Burt Reynolds performed his own stunt when he gets tossed into the roaring rapids. Essential viewing for fans of the film.
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Deliverance: Betraying the River
Michael_Elliott2 May 2015
Deliverance: Betraying the River (2007)
*** 1/2 (out of 4)
The third episode in this four part series that takes a look at the making of DELIVERANCE. John Boorman is joined by cast members Burt Reynolds, Jon Voight, Ronny Cox, Ned Beatty and Bill McKinney. The group of men focus in on the rape sequence in the movie and discuss a wide range of subjects including how it was shot, where the pig squeal came from and about the casting of the two redneck men. McKinney discusses how he saw the character and why it was so important for him to play dead as well as he did. He also talks about the importance of Beatty's performance during everything. Also discussed is another one of the death scenes in the movie and what the cast personally thought about how it happened. Overall this is another extremely good look at the making of the film and I'm sure fans are going to be happy with it.
*** 1/2 (out of 4)
The third episode in this four part series that takes a look at the making of DELIVERANCE. John Boorman is joined by cast members Burt Reynolds, Jon Voight, Ronny Cox, Ned Beatty and Bill McKinney. The group of men focus in on the rape sequence in the movie and discuss a wide range of subjects including how it was shot, where the pig squeal came from and about the casting of the two redneck men. McKinney discusses how he saw the character and why it was so important for him to play dead as well as he did. He also talks about the importance of Beatty's performance during everything. Also discussed is another one of the death scenes in the movie and what the cast personally thought about how it happened. Overall this is another extremely good look at the making of the film and I'm sure fans are going to be happy with it.
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