The 1972 hillbilly thriller that made banjos cool again, set along the Cahulawassee River valley where four city-bred men decide...
The 1972 hillbilly thriller that made banjos cool again, set along the Cahulawassee River valley where four city-bred men decide to take a canoe trip through the long stretch of water. However, their voyage turns deadly when they encounter inbred hicks out for their blood. The film earned three Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director for John Boorman. Features John Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty and the line: "Squeal like a pig".
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89 %66 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
82 %49,578 reviewsAudience score rating
"Morose, shockingly violent yet strangely beautiful."
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TV Guide
TV Guide"So many of Dickey's lumpy narrative ideas remain in his screenplay that John Boorman's screen version becomes a lot less interesting than it has any right to be."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"(Deliverance) has a beautiful visual style that balances the film's machismo message."
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Chicago Reader
Chicago Reader"Each of the four lead performances is exceptional, none more so than Burt Reynolds' beefy, supercilious Lewis."
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Time Magazine
Time Magazine"This gripping drama was a controversial release back in the early 70s, and its distressing intensity hasn't really diminished in the decades since."
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Herald Sun
Herald Sun"The movie casts a spell through images both ugly and beautiful..."
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Decider
Decider"It's the stuff of which slapdash oaters and crime programmers are made but the obvious ambitions of Deliverance are supposed to be on a higher plane."
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Variety
Variety"It's a haunting, nightmarish vision."
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Time Out
Time Out"A fantasy about violence, not a realistic consideration of it."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"There's real substance in themes, performances and John Boorman's superb direction."
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Empire Magazine
Empire MagazineDeliverance | Details
- Runtime
- 109
- Genre
- Adventure, Drama, Thriller
- Country of origin
- USA
