WTF Happened to Deliverance?
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Published 2022-10-05
Deliverance tells the tale of some Atlanta businessmen who decide to canoe down a river in the Georgia wilderness before it gets damned. They are led by Reynolds' Lewis, a swaggering, macho outdoorsman. Jon Voight's Ed is his best friend, a more casual outdoorsman, while Ned Beatty and Ronny Cox are their city slicker pals. After a disastrous run-in with forest-dwelling psychos leads to much squealing, the group must fend for themselves in the dangerous wilderness. This becomes especially dangerous once Lewis is brutally sidelined and Ed must become the team's alpha male.
If you haven't seen it, Deliverance stands the test of time as one of the best action-thrillers of the seventies and also works terrifically well as a horror movie. It's arguably the most significant role of Burt Reynolds' career (along with Boogie Nights) and a film whose impact should not be ignored. In this episode of WTF, we explain how dangerous the actual shooting was, with Reynolds and much of the cast nearly losing their lives due to the stuntwork, while the director had his hands full dealing with the alcoholic, macho author whose book the film was based on.
Do you think Deliverance stands the test of time? Let us know in the comments!
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All Comments (21)
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Not just a classic movie, but a slow burn suspense film as well. An absolute must see for anyone who loves movies.
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I was in the Navy when I first saw this movie aboard ship. Never have I seen so much squirming in seats by so many men. No maniacs in masks, no undead killers and no CGI. And it scares. That's how good movies are made.
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One thing that people may not notice is there is pretty much zero background music the entire movie , just a few scenes . It adds a huge amount of tension and realism to so many of the scenes .
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This movie is more entertaining than just that scene. The paddling down the river and Dueling Banjos were awesome moments.
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I rented this once, thinking it would be an adventure movie. Boy, was I in for a surprise.
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I saw Deliverance in 1972. I was 15 and I was petrified. It absolutely falls into the Horror genre. One of the best movies ever made. I ran right out and bought the 45 and played it to death. Thanks for posting!!
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One of the best films of all time. You can’t think of the 70’s without it. Classic
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A True Classic!! 👍👌😊🍁♈ RIP Burt Reynolds and Ned Batetey 😔
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The tension in that scene, when Reynolds waits for that dude to take the rifle....then let's it fly 🏹 KILLSHOT!!!! 🎯 AWESOME film making! HORRIFYING SCENE!
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One of Burt Reynolds best movies. He did his own stunts..
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Great flick, it was the first R rated movie I ever saw, a couple of years after its initial release. Burt's best movie IMHO. In the book, Lewis states he was at full draw for at least a minute before he made that "centershot." I heard Burt did 100 pushups before each scene to do his portrayal of Lewis justice. I lived in Atlanta as a kid, hiked and camped in North Georgia, and Boorman really made the audience feel that oppressive climate. The relentless heat, the humidity, wringing sweat, constant sounds of insects and birds--- produce a sustained claustrophobic panic as suffocating as the predicament the characters try to escape. One of my all time favorite movies.
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The reason why this film succeeds is its faithfulness to the novel.
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dueling banjos is a scene of movie gold..once seen never forgotten.. cannot remember a single movie of the past decade or more that has a single scene to compare with it.
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Happy 50th Anniversary, Deliverance! This is a truly terrifying movie, though the "Duelling Banjos" scene adds some much needed humour before the storm.
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Made my cousin a avid camper and outdoors kid watch this the other month ago. He called it the most frightening thing he ever watched lol 😂
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The first thing that came to my mind as I saw the notification was the line, spoken in thick southern accent, "He got a real pretty mouth". Classic, alongside Cool Hand Luke's "I think what we got here is failure to communicate". Oh, the classics!
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I thought the scene at the end when they are sharing dinner with the locals, the visual, knowing connection between Ed and Bobby and the subsequent release of emotion by Ed: so powerful and real. Underrated scene in light of the other more well-known scenes.
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One of my favorite movies, and one that rarely ever gets talked about on YouTube - so thank you!
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The key scene of the movie was supposed to be Ed (John Voight) climbing that big rock and wrestling with his inner demons and his conscience, which is why there's a moment when the scene turns negative color. Ed is the character who is supposed to be us, the audience, witnessing the tragedy taking place and questioning the morals of the actions taken by our four "heroes". But, of course, all we ever hear about are "those two scenes."
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This is the first classic I'd ever seen on DVD in 2001. I'd never seen it before then, but I'd seen numerous movies made around that time on VHS. I couldn't believe how well the picture quality looked on DVD. It looked as if it could have been filmed around the time I watched it. The sound, the color correction, the picture quality itself, all made for a, "I will NEVER watch another movie on VHS again!" experience. One that I never went back on.
