: Deliverance
Author: James Dickey (novel and screenplay)
Director: John Boorman
I didn’t know anything about this movie other it has a reputation as a classic. I thought it was a war movie, actually. For some reason I thought Marlon Brando was in it. It kept bugging me throughout the movie how much Brando looked like Burt Reynolds! (It is Burt in the movie, for the clueless like me.) This is not a war film, it’s a survival story. Four guys go canoeing down a river and struggle for their lives. While I’ve seen more recent films that were similar (and less well done) and that took away some of the originality of this movie, it is excellent. The cinematography is awesome, the performances flawless. My favorite scene? The “dueling banjos” at the beginning. A classic. I also liked that the movie didn’t just end when the guys made it home — it kept going, showing us a bit of the aftermath. That’s unusual for Hollywood movies.
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