Deliverance (1972)

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Written by James Dickey

Directed by John Boorman

Running Time: 110 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1972

Rating: 18 Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Colour

John Boorman's 1972 Oscar-nominated thriller Deliverance works on two levels. You can enjoy it simply as a very tough adventure thriller - where four Atlanta businessmen, including Jon Voight and led by macho Burt Reynolds (pictured) head off to Georgia for a canoeing holiday and all hell breaks loose when they encounter a bunch of psychotic hillbillies.

Or dig a little bit deeper and the film takes on a more metaphoric meaning - man's inhumanity to man, masculinity under threat, men groping each other in a meaningful manner... that kind of malarkey.

Either way it's a corker that you simply can't miss. And as for those duelling banjos...

Cast

Image for Jon VoightJon VoightEd Gentry
Image for Burt ReynoldsBurt ReynoldsLewis Medlock
Ned BeattyBobby Trippe
Image for Ronny CoxRonny CoxDrew Ballinger
Ed RameyOld Man
Billy ReddenLonny
Seamon GlassFirst Griner
Randall DealSecond Griner
Bill McKinneyMountain Man
Herbert 'Cowboy' CowardToothless Man
Lewis CroneFirst Deputy
Ken KeenerSecond Deputy
Johnny PopwellAmbulance Driver
John FowlerDoctor
Kathy RickmanNurse Lilley

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