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zingy
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 Deliverance Deliverance Quote: Deliverance is a 1972 American thriller film produced and directed by John Boorman. Principal cast members include Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ronny Cox and Ned Beatty in his film debut. The film is based on a 1970 novel of the same name by American author James Dickey, who has a small role in the film as a Sheriff. The screenplay was written by Dickey and an uncredited Boorman.
In 2008, Deliverance was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
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zennier
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Absolutely terrifying!
One of my favorites... A/A+
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Libs
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Eeeesh. Disturbing.
Zing, you should see this.
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Dr. Lecter
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B+
It was really different from what I expected. I expected a disturbing survival adventure, but it was much more of a psychodrama about guilt and human nature. The only disturbing scene was the obvious one, "squeal like a pig" scene which was pretty harsh. It is very well-acted, by all members of the cast, but the whole time in the woods just flew by too fast, I was expecting much more struggling. Still, a very good drama.
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Christian
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Poor Ned Beatty. 
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STEVE ROGERS
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Christian wrote: Poor Ned Beatty. I like this film. Creepy inbreds galore!
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Libs
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BKB_The_Man wrote: Christian wrote: Poor Ned Beatty. I like this film. Creepy inbreds galore! BKB, how does the fact that it's tame today lessen the quality? If it was soaked with gore and people being split open with machetes, would it remain an A?
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Gulli
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If ever there was a film to put you off camping in the wilderness with friends it's this one.
Top survival flick
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FILMO
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I give it an 8/10
Though would I have seen it back in time when it was released I might have given it a 10/10.
But I would say its a classic and you should see it.
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STEVE ROGERS
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Libs wrote: BKB_The_Man wrote: Christian wrote: Poor Ned Beatty. I like this film. Creepy inbreds galore! BKB, how does the fact that it's tame today lessen the quality? If it was soaked with gore and people being split open with machetes, would it remain an A?
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zennier
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I can't believe I gave this an A+. Not quite that good with more distance between the last time I watched Deliverance and now. It's certainly haunting, tense, and remarkably dark. It stands as a unique and important point in cinematic history; not only is it unique, it is finely crafted and superbly acted. See it before you take a trip to rural Georgia.
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Thegun
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Re: Deliverance This movie is great. I'm not sure what is more disturbing, the ordeal that they go through or how horrifying human beings will go (And this goes toward our protagonists as well) The acting is top notch and it really flies by outside of the one scene that feels like an eternity.
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Re: Deliverance Repulsed.
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Mister Ecks
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Re: Deliverance What a terrifying film. My favorite scene, as I'm sure it is with many, is that dueling banjos scene at the start. Just creepy, the whole thing.
It strays a little, especially towards the end, where I feel the screenwriter adapted his own story probably too closely (haven't read it, so this is speculation) as it felt like the way a book would end rather than a movie.
Overall, it's fun to see one of the first examples of terror-in-the-wild horror, in which I could draw comparisons to many modern movies, even The Descent. On the flip side, it's also a great horror story about human beings and what they are willing to do, whether they're the creepy inbred lunatics or our daring "protagonists", if you can call them that.
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Re: Deliverance This won the Summer 1972 box office race I believe.
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