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- Dictionarydeliverance/dɪˈlɪv(ə)rəns/
noun
- 1. the action of being rescued or set free: "prayers for deliverance" Similar
- 2. a formal or authoritative utterance: "the low drawl he employed for such deliverances" Similar
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Deliverance is a 1972 American thriller film directed and produced by John Boorman from a screenplay by James Dickey, who adapted it from his own 1970 novel of the same name. It follows four businessmen from Atlanta who venture into the remote northern Georgia wilderness to see the Cahulawassee River before it is dammed , only to ...
Deliverance: Directed by John Boorman. With Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox. Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's dammed and turned into a lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a canoeing trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.
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- Adventure, Drama, Thriller
- John Boorman
- 1972-08-18
Four city-dwelling friends (Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox) decide to get away from their jobs, wives and kids for a week of canoeing in rural Georgia.
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- John Boorman
- R
- Jon Voight
Deliverance shows Boorman's skill as a director, achieving his usual visual flair but with a decidedly more disturbing subject matter.
- Adam Scovell
Four Atlanta businessmen embark on a canoeing trip through a river in deep Georgia. The reason behind their trip is that the local power company is planning to dam the river, making it into a giant lake and so this will be the last time they will get to see the river in it's natural state.
In the unfamiliar Appalachian backwoods, a weekend of male bonding for four inexperienced campers turns into a gut-wrenching fight for survival against the m...
- 3 min
- 456.7K
- World of Warner Bros.
James Dickey‘s “Deliverance” also is the story of a “worst journey.” Four city slickers from Atlanta decide to take a canoe trip down a river that will soon be flooded out to make a lake. One of the four is big on the old machismo.
