Deliverance

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Summary: A Great River Romp
Review: A great movie from the 70's made greater by DVD. Watching this movie on DVD makes it more than a deuling banjos joke. The "making of" and trailer sections make this a must own on DVD. A great party gift!

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Summary: Life lessons from John Boorman's best work
Review: Four city-boy businessmen unwittingly take themselves on a canoe trip to barbarity along a remote river in Georgia. Adapted from the magnificent novel by James Dickey, "Deliverance" employs the river and the surrounding forest as brutal devices to gradually strip its pampered characters of all traces of civilization so that they, and we, can learn what lies beneath their cultural facades. What are we capable of doing in the absence of structured society, when we must answer only to ourselves? John Boorman shot this movie in sequence, and there's a powerful sense of progression along the cruel river. The actors, the film crew and the audience are all transported relentlessly from the light into a Conrad-like heart of darkness. It's up to each of us to see what we can discover by the time we emerge. The character Lewis, portrayed in a fine performance by Burt Reynolds, concisely sets the stage with "Sometimes you have to lose yourself before you can find anything." Macho poet Dickey collaborated tempestuously but productively with Boorman to bring this wonderful work to the screen. Neither of them ever surpassed "Deliverance" and it must surely rank as one of the best movies ever made. To learn more about Dickey, the novel, and the film, see the recent book "Summer of Deliverance" by his equally talented son, Christopher. I would also recommend that the film be viewed as a double bill with Spielberg's "Duel", which replaces Dickey's river with a monstrous truck on the backroads of California.

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Summary: Pure Genius implanted in a classic
Review: Even though this movie isnt what you take your girlfriend too, you should see it. This movie expresses the brutal truth behind human nature, and is played out well by Renolds, beatty, Voight, and Cox. This is what the BWP was trying to accomplish but Deliverance still held up. For brilliantly expressing the situation, Deliverance will continue to be a classic

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Summary: Dueling Banjos.
Review: This is the mother of all camping films. It's a tourism ad for West Virginia. Really. It's a classic film and probably the best Burt Reynolds film aside from the first Smokey and the Bandit. Excellent story, acting, directing. A creepy, yet unsuspecting film. A must have for any film collector.

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Summary: DICKEYS' NOVEL BROUGHT TO LIFE!
Review: ONE OF BURT'S BEST PERFORMANCES. VOIGHT AND BEATTY SHONE AS WELL. BOORMAN REALLY GOT TO THE HEART OF THE NOVEL.BEAUTIFUL LONG SHOTS OF GREAT SCENERY. WONDERFUL ALLUSION AND DRAMA. CAUTION THERE IS A RAPE SCENE...HOMOPHOBES BEWARE.ONE OF MY FAVORITES.I RECOMMEND IT TO ANY OUTDOORSMAN

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Summary: 4 stars for 4 damn good performances
Review: I'm not surprised that a bunch of the following reviews make reference to the "Ned Beatty scene". I'd like go a different direction and comment that it's Burt Reynold's only good role (No, Boogie Nights doesn't count). We've seen Ronny Cox in other films, but his character, while subtle at first, becomes an unfortunate pivotal role to the film. Reynolds as the tough guy, ends up taking the back seat to Jon Voight, who brilliantly becomes our only source of survival. (What about Voight's mountainside bow & arrow sequence? I had to watch it twice to get what happened). Hellish scenes, and nightmarish visions make this doomed canoe trip an amazing study of human behavior.

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Summary: Suspense that Hitchcock would be proud of.
Review: This movie does for weekend camping trips what "Jaws" did for swimming in the ocean! Not since "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" has there ever been such a suspenseful powerful film about a group of men facing unique and desperate situations. The first time you watch this will have you on the edge of your seat and cringing in fear. Afterwards you will watch it several times to study the human element and how the strengths and weaknesses of each personality affects the tide of events. Even at the end of the journey, you couldn't breathe a sigh of relief. When the wily sheriff starts grilling Ned Beatty and Jon Voight about details, your heart leaps into your throat once again. The famous "love scene" will rivet in your mind forever and have you consider investing in a quality firearm or three for any woodland excursion! This film should've swept the Academy Awards as it was top-notch in every area.

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Summary: Outstanding adventure for the boys....
Review: This is a truly outstanding film of our time. It will surely keep you on the edge of your seat. it has great soundtrack, i.e., the guitars are truly magnifico! It is really good to see the physically impaired being utilized to make this movie. I applaud all of those idividuals who made this film possible. keep up the great work and I look forward to viewing Deliverance 2.

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Summary: A great movie? Maybe so... but also very unpleasant!
Review: I go to movies to be entertained, and this film was hardly entertaining. The characters aren't particularly likeable, the evil mountain people are loathsome, and when it was all over I wondered why I'd even bothered watching it. Like "Schindler's List", this may be considered a great film, but it's not near as uplifting or educational, and in any case I won't be watching it again anytime soon.

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Summary: Deserves ZERO stars
Review: "Deliverance" is to rural Southerners as "Triumph of Will" was to Jews. How surprising that it was made by a limey. If this movie had been made about blacks, it would have been banned. But who cares about Southerners?