Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Jon VoightEd Gentry
- Burt ReynoldsLewis Medlock
- Ned BeattyBobby Trippe
- Ronny CoxDrew Ballinger
- Ed RameyOld Man at the Gas-Station
- Billy ReddenLonnie - The Banjo Boy
- Seamon GlassFirst Griner
- Randall DealSecond Griner
- Bill McKinneyMountain Man
- Herbert 'Cowboy' CowardToothless Man
Recommendations
- 100
Empire
The gorgeous backdrop of the film makes the violence and darkness even more disturbing - but this is more than just a horror film. There's real substance in themes, performances and John Boorman's superb direction. - 100
Slant Magazine
Dickey taps into that stark mortal terror of abandoning control, where to become a wild man is somehow a form of connection. - 100
The Guardian
For all the furious excitement of its river-rafting sequences, and the harshness and humiliation of its explosive central rape scene, Deliverance is an elegiac movie, mourning the rural mountain culture soon to be inundated by a new hydro-electric dam. - 91
The A.V. Club
Deliverance is a film about finding the place where ideas mean less than instinct. - 90
Time
Each of the four lead performances is exceptional, none more so than Burt Reynolds' beefy, supercilious Lewis. - 90
Time Out
A haunting, nightmarish vision. - 89
Austin Chronicle
To this day, Dueling Banjoes still gives me the willies. - 80
TV Guide Magazine
Morose, shockingly violent yet strangely beautiful, Deliverance is a tale of what happens to civilized values when put to the test in a hostile wilderness environment.
